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Tea Beauty in History

First, Princess Wencheng

The founder of milk tea, Princess Wencheng, the "queen of tea drinking" in Tibetan tea culture, loved tea all her life. When she married Songzan Gambu, she brought tea as a dowry in addition to gold and silver jewelry.

When she first arrived in Tibet, Princess Wencheng didn't get used to the animal food there, and she thought the milk of cattle and sheep was very smelly. Later, in order to relieve boredom, she often had some tea after eating beef and mutton. Later, she found that the tea tasted better after it was poured into milk. This is the original milk tea. It is good in this world, but it is effective in the next life. Under the propaganda of Princess Wencheng, the wind of drinking tea soon became popular in Tibet. Today, people in Xizang will use butter tea to receive tourists from all directions.

Second, Ye Li.

The first female tea artist in China, together with Xue Tao, Yu and Yu, was called the four great female poets in the Tang Dynasty. She is a disciple of Cha Sheng Lu Yu. Li Zhi often writes poems and drinks tea with celebrities, thinking that he has deep attainments in tea art, but after meeting Lu Yu, he realized his shallowness in tea art ... The tea maker's tea-making skills are also impressive. She has outstanding tea skills and good looks. She was summoned to the palace in her forties.

However, due to the coup, Ye Li was implicated and eventually lost the election. However, although she died because of the war, tea art has been handed down. Until now, her tea-making method has been adopted in Xing Wu, and "smashing tea" in Huzhou is said to be a skill handed down by her.

Third, Li Qingzhao

Ancient poets loved tea more and integrated it into their lives. Li Qingzhao recorded in the preface to the Records of the Stone that "I remember my leisure. After every meal, I sit back in class.". Making tea refers to the accumulation of book history, auspicious things in a book, a book, which page, which line wins or loses, for tea successively. Hold up a cup and laugh in the middle, but you can't drink tea until you pour it into the cup. "

From this record, we can know that their lives are very happy. After dinner, they will play a game, which is to guess which page an allusion is on. Whoever wins will have a drink and live a happy life of "I'm joking and you're laughing".

Fourth, Cixi

Have a soft spot for Pu 'er tea. There is a description of Cixi drinking Pu 'er tea in the Palace Maids' Notes of Empress Dowager Cixi in the Qing Dynasty. Grandmother Jia came into the room and sat on the east side of Tiaoshankeng, offering a cup of Pu 'er tea first. "。 The old lady is old, and she just finished eating greasy food in winter. She wants to drink Pu 'er tea to warm her stomach and relieve greasy food. Among the varieties of Pu 'er tea denied by Qing Palace, Ci Cao especially likes "Jinguagong Tea". According to statistics, about 40 kinds are consumed every year.

In Changchun Palace, the bedroom of Empress Dowager Cixi, Pu 'er tea used by Empress Huixi is still on display. This "Lafayette" who is good at health preservation has never left Pu 'er tea in his life. When you bring it every morning, you should drink it well with Xi 'eryang mouthwash every day. In her later years, she also soaked Pu 'er tea to moisten and relieve itching.