In ancient times, Fengzhou was the political, economic and cultural center of southern Fujian. Lotus Peak is located in the northwest of Taoyuan Village in the north of Zhenbei, with a peak height of about120m. Lianhuayan Temple existed as early as the Western Jin Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, there was an Ouyang Zhan library on the mountainside. Han Wo, a poet at the end of the Tang Dynasty, lived in seclusion at this time. He used the poem "Looking for the old lady on the cliff and picking tea songs in local conditions" to describe the production scene of Lianhuafeng tea in that year.
The notebook Zhu Ji written by Feng Zhi in the Tang Dynasty said that "the founder called fighting for tea as fighting for tea", indicating that the custom of fighting for tea in Fujian began in the Tang Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, Fujian was famous for its tribute tea and Beiyuan tea fighting activities, which created a generation of tea fighting style and swept the country. It can be said that dragon and phoenix dance to the court, and fighting tea is more fashionable than artistic creation. It is reported that there were more than half of tea books and more than 1000 tea poems in Song Dynasty. During the Song and Yuan Dynasties, there appeared the heyday of court tea culture and literati tea culture in Fujian, which was characterized by "the dragon and the phoenix were auspicious" and "the Ming war became the wind". The' Royal Tea Garden in China-Royal Tea Garden' bred by Jiuquxi not only represents the historical glory of Wuyi tea, but also symbolizes the special position of Fujian tea in China. When the prosperity of fighting tea faded, Fujian tea entered an innovation period in Ming and Qing dynasties, creating a variety of tea. Another glory after tribute tea and tea fighting in Song Dynasty. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Fujian created oolong tea and released (1625-1711) Wuyi tea songs and Anxi tea songs. Lu Qingting-Can (1734) quoted Wang Caotang's Tea Theory in Continued Tea Classic; The production technology of oolong tea was recorded in Wuyishan Annals compiled by Dong Tiangong (175 1) in Qing Dynasty.
Fujian produces Kung Fu black tea. According to legend, it was successfully trial-produced in Tingyang Village, Fufen during the reign of Xianfeng and Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (185 1- 1874) and sold to Europe via Guangzhou, which was very popular. Since then, a large number of tea merchants have come one after another, seeking the market in the mountains and opening tea shops. The surrounding tea leaves are gathered in Tan Yang, and the reputation of "Tan Yang Kung Fu" spreads like wildfire. In Fujian, there are Berlin Kung Fu, political Kung Fu and Kung Fu, which are usually called the three major Kung Fu black teas in Fujian.
The use of jasmine tea in Fujian began in the Ming Dynasty. In Qing dynasty, the method of scenting was more developed than that of Ming dynasty, and a large number of commercial teas began to appear. During the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty, jasmine tea was produced in large quantities and sold well all over North China. Around 1890, tea from all over the world was transported to Fuzhou to make scented tea, and Fuzhou became the center of scented tea production. Innovating tea-making technology and enriching tea varieties have become the main theme of this historical period. At this time, tea trade flourished, and Wuyi tea became the name of China tea for quite some time. In the 1980s, Fujian oolong tea swept the Japanese beverage market with its unique charm, which can be described as "Narcissus" and "Oolong Crossing to the East" in the cherry blossom season.
Wuyi tea culture has a long history of 1000 years. In the Yuan Dynasty, it became a royal tribute and established a royal tea garden in Wuyi. Tea culture sites are all over Wuyi Mountain. /kloc-in the winter of 0/962, Guo Moruo traveled to Wuyi, and the poem said: "Nine songs around Wuyi are clear, the first song is Zhu singing, orchid flowers are fragrant, and bamboo is full of mountains and streams. In 6633, there was a rumor, and the cliff valley competed for the fairy posture, and the waves flew lightly. Write a topic if you can't write a poem. " Tea has an indissoluble bond with the three religions. There is harmony in tea and tranquility in tea. The essence of "harmony and tranquility" of tea is the realm pursued by the three religions, and the ideological essence of the three religions also enriches the connotation of Wuyi tea culture. Wuyi rock tea and Wuyishan can be called as one, "good mountains, good water and good tea", Wuyi is "tea is named after mountains, and mountains are named after tea".
If there is tea produced in Anxi in the late Tang Dynasty, there is a saying from Yuyanmen in Yuen Long: "White tea specialty is priceless, and stalagmites are unique." Zhan Dunren (9 14-979), the magistrate of Kaixian County, left many tea poems. With the rise of Ming and Qing Dynasties, the area of tea garden in Guangxu thirty years reached 3 1 1,000 mu, and there was a large-scale export volume. Now it is the export base of oolong tea and the hometown of famous tea in China.
From rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea to chess, calligraphy, painting and wine tea, tea is so close to people's lives that it appeals to both refined and popular tastes. Tea is a profound culture. Thousands of years of historical accumulation and civilization inheritance have made the colorful Chinese civilization wonderfully dissolved in the fragrance of tea, so that in human history, people regard tea as the enjoyment of life, the bridge of friendship, the symbol of civilization and the embodiment of spirit. Its discovery and application shocked the world and attracted worldwide attention.