Planting tea trees in Mengding as early as the Ganlu period of the Western Han Dynasty (53 BC), Wu Lizhen, a county native, personally planted seven kinds of "Ling Ming" between the five peaks, never leaving home, which was immortal but not surprising. This is the earliest written record of China tea. Mengding tea, which enjoys the reputation of "immortal tea", is famous at home and abroad for its unique quality, exquisite craftsmanship, beautiful appearance, long history and splendid tea culture, and enjoys a high reputation in history. "Yunnan Ji" said: "Famous mountains produce tea, and there is a mountain called Mengshan, which stretches for dozens of miles and is in the southwest of the county. An ancient poem says, "There are many beautiful mountains at the top of Mengshan Mountain, and no evil grass comes out of Shu Ming". It's been over two thousand years. Nowadays, the ruins of Wu Lizhen's tea planting-the royal tea garden, the ancient Mengquan, the manna stone house built to rest, and the statue of a nun who picked tea as the daughter of the river god-are attracting many tourists to visit and stop to mourn. Mengdingshan tea, the birthplace of world tea culture, is moving towards five continents and four seas with the North-South Silk Road. " The tea in the famous mountain is very beautiful in Mongolia and at the top of the mountain. "Mengding tea is unique in the world, not only because of its excellent quality and unique natural conditions, but also because of its exquisite craftsmanship." There is tea in Mengshan, which is full of yang and full of fragrance, which is praised by the world. As early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were famous teas, such as "Leiming Tea", "Auspicious Rui" and "Shengyanghua". Mengding Tea was sweet in taste and yellow and blue in color. In the cup, the fragrance is covered and will last for a long time. "The Tang Dynasty was the golden age for the development of Mengding tea. In the first year of Tianbao (742), Mengding Tea became a royal tribute and became famous in China. At that time, there were sporadic teas such as thunder, fog bell, sparrow tongue, bird's beak and white hair in Chang 'an. The pressed tea is Dragon Ball and Phoenix Cake. At the time of Xianzong, Mengding tea had become the highest tribute. Yuanhe County Records said: "Mengshan is ten miles west of the county seat, and it is the highest tribute to tea every year." After Mengding tea became famous all over the world because it entered the palace, dignitaries rushed to spend a lot of money to buy it, which was worth a hundred times and extremely expensive. "Shu tea named Meng Ding. Before Yuanhe, it was not easy to have a catty of spring tea. " So at that time, it greatly stimulated the enthusiasm of famous farmers to grow tea. "Therefore, in order to adjust profits, Mengshan people have been competing to grow tea. After decades, they went to the grass market in Xi 'an, earning thousands of Jin a year. "This can be described as unprecedented. In the Tang Dynasty, economic and cultural exchanges between China and Japan were frequent. From 630 to 894, Japan sent a large number of Tang Dynasty envoys to China to study China's politics, economy, language, Buddhist culture, production technology, architectural art and so on. , before and after 13 times, each time up to hundreds of people, including ambassadors, ministers, overseas students, Buddhist monks and their entourage. In the fifth year of Wenzong (840), Ren Yuan, a monk studying in Japan, returned to Japan from Chang 'an. Li Ang, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, gave him "two kilograms of Mengding tea and a bunch of Tuancha." At this time, Mengding tea not only enjoys a high reputation in China, but also has spread abroad as a national gift tea. If the Tang Dynasty initiated the golden age of Mengding tea development, then the Song Dynasty was the heyday of Mengding tea and Mingshanbian tea development. The quality of Mengding tea has been greatly improved, the tea-making technology has been further improved, and tributes such as Wanchun Silver Leaf and Yu Ye Changchun have been created. At that time, Sichuan's tea production ranked first in the country, and the famous camellia production ranked first in Sichuan. From the early years of Yuanfeng in Song Shenzong, the output of tea in famous mountains is often around one million kilograms in the past hundred years. Mingshan tea has become a favorite "side tea" of ethnic minorities in southwest and northwest China, and it is specially ordered that "Yazhou Mingshan tea should be exchanged for horses and not used by others." And "stands for eternal law." Famous mountain tea has become a special commodity for tea-horse exchange with Tibetan, Uygur and other ethnic groups in past dynasties, and has become an important link for Han nationality to strengthen political, economic and cultural exchanges with Tibetan, Uygur and other ethnic groups. Mengding tea has a tribute history of more than 1000 years since the Tang Dynasty, and it was sent to Beijing every year until the reform of the Republic of China. After liberation, Mengding famous tea has been restored and developed. According to the characteristics of ancient tribute tea, Mengshan Tea Farm has resumed the production of famous teas such as Shihua, Huangya, Ganlu, Wanchun Yinye and Yu Ye Changchun by using modern tea-making technology. In 1980s, famous teas such as Lu Chun and Chun Mei appeared. Mengding famous tea has been rated as national, provincial and ministerial excellent products for many times, and the top three famous teas are regarded as national gift teas. /kloc-in the past 0/0 years, Mengding famous tea has achieved unprecedented development, with increased output and improved quality. It is not only loved by domestic people, but also among the best in the international market, and is favored by people in the United States, Japan, Thailand, Switzerland, Sri Lanka and other countries. Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po once reported that Mengding tea was "the best tea in the world" with the title of "Imperial tea in the past, now people's home". Mengding tea, the old tea in tea, is produced in Mengshan, which spans the two counties of Mingshan and Ya 'an in Sichuan Province. It has a long history and is known as the pioneer of China old tea and famous tea. The poem "Water of the Yangtze River, Tea at the Top of Mengshan Mountain" has profound implications. It is said that the water in the Yangtze River is sweet and delicious. Fairy tea brewed with this bubble on the top of Mengshan Mountain is the most beautiful drink in the world, which is not for ordinary people to drink. Therefore, people have always admired "Mengding Tea" and are full of praise. Lu Yu, a Cha Sheng, once said: "Mengding is the first, and ancient bamboo is the second" (ancient bamboo tea is a treasure among famous teas in the Tang Dynasty, produced in Changxing, Zhejiang). There are many myths and legends about the origin of Mengding tea, which was called "fairy tea" in ancient times. It is said that an old monk was very ill and took a lot of medicine, but he failed to cure the disease. One day, an old man came to tell the monk that at the beginning of the spring thunder around the vernal equinox, Mengshan Zhong Ding tea was collected and decocted with local water to cure chronic diseases. The old monk listened to the old man's words and built a stone house on the Qingfeng Mountain in Mengshan. He invited some people to live here for a long time and picked Mengding tea according to the method taught by the old man. After decocting the medicine, the old monk really recovered and looked like a man in his thirties. As a result, the myth that Mengding tea can rejuvenate has spread. Mengshan, one of the famous ancient sacrificial mountains, is said to have sacrificed here when Dayu succeeded in water control. When Buddhism was introduced into China, Mengshan gradually became a Buddhist resort. The five peaks on the top of the mountain-Shangqing, Jiao Ling, Pilu, Lingquan and Ganlu-are all related to Buddhism. Monks in Mengshan are all responsible for the Gong tea garden, with strict division of labor and their respective duties. Mengding tea is the general name of famous teas of various colors produced in Mengshan. There are names such as thunder, fog bell, sparrow tongue, eagle mouth, bud white, and suppressed tea such as egg cake and dragon ball. In the early years of the Republic of China, it mainly produced yellow buds, so it was called Mengding yellow buds, which was the representative of Mengding tea at that time. Nowadays, most people produce manna.