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The extraordinary quality of Longjing tea has always been praised by tea people. Gao Lian of the Ming Dynasty said, “The spring of the West Lake is the best in Hupeng, and the tea of the two mountains is the best in Longjing.” Longjing tea and Hupeng spring are the two best things about Hangzhou. For thousands of years, there are many legends and stories about Longjing tea, which make Longjing tea more full of mysterious color. s3M Tea Net
Legend has it that when Emperor Qianlong traveled to the south of the Yangtze River, he came to Hangzhou Longjing Shifeng Mountain to watch the village women picking tea to show that he was aware of the people’s feelings. On this day, Emperor Qianlong saw a few townspeople are more than 10 green tea trees before picking tea, heart a happy, also learn to pick up. Just picked a handful, suddenly the eunuch came to report: “The Empress Dowager is sick, please hurry back to the capital.” Emperor Qianlong heard that the Empress Dowager is sick, hand will just pick a handful of tea leaves to the bag a put, day and night to rush back to the capital. In fact, the empress dowager only because of the delicacies eat too much, a moment of liver fire rise, eyes red and swollen, stomach discomfort, and no serious illness. At this time to see the emperor came, only feel a fragrance came, they asked what good things to bring. The emperor also felt strange, where the fragrance it? He touched his hand, ah, the original is a handful of tea in Hangzhou Shifeng Mountain, a few days after the tea has dried up, the rich aroma is that it emanates. Empress Dowager would like to taste the flavor of the tea, the courtesan will be a good tea, sent to the front of the Empress Dowager, really fragrant, the Empress Dowager drank a mouthful, both eyes suddenly more comfortable, drink the tea, the redness subsided, the stomach is not bloated. Empress Dowager said happily: “Hangzhou Longjing tea, really a panacea.” Emperor Qianlong saw the Empress Dowager so happy, immediately passed down the order, will Hangzhou Longjing Shifeng Mountain Hu Gong Temple in front of the 18 tea trees sealed for the Imperial Tea, picking new tea every year, special tribute to the Empress Dowager. To date, Hangzhou Longjing Village, Hu Gong Temple is still preserved in front of the 18 imperial tea, to Hangzhou, a lot of travelers also made a special trip to visit a number of people, and take pictures to remember. s3M Tea Network
Longjing tea (one of China’s top ten famous tea), Hupeng Spring is known as “Hangzhou double best”. Tiger Run Spring is how to come? It is said that a long time ago there were two brothers, named Tiger and Tiger. The two were very strong, and one year they came to Hangzhou and wanted to settle down in the small temple that is now Hupeng. Monks told them that the water here is difficult, to go over a few mountains to pick water, the brothers said, as long as we can live, picking water, so the monk took in the two brothers ridge to pick water, the brothers said, as long as we can live, picking water, so the monk took in the two brothers. One summer, drought and no rain, the creek also dried up, more difficult to eat water. One day, the brothers remembered that when they were wandering, they had seen the “Children’s Spring” in Hengshan Mountain, Nanyue, and it would be good if they could move the spring to Hangzhou. The two brothers decided to go to Hengshan to move the child spring, all the way to the foot of Hengshan when they fainted, stormy attack, the wind stopped after the rain, they woke up, only to see in front of the eyes of a small child standing in hand with a willow branch, which is the management of the “child spring” of the little fairy. Little fairy listened to the two of them with a willow branch after a finger, water sprinkled on both of them, all of a sudden, the two brothers into two colorful tigers, the boy jumped on the back of the tiger, the tiger up to the sky with a long whine, with the “Children’s Spring” straight to Hangzhou. The old monk and the villagers had a dream at night, dreaming that the big tiger, the two tigers into two tigers, the “Children’s Spring” moved to Hangzhou, the daybreak will have spring water. The next day, the sky is bright, two tigers fell from the sky, the tiger fell in the bamboo garden next to the temple, the front paws planing the ground, in a short time to plan a deep pit, suddenly stormy and rainy, after the rain stops, only to see the deep pit gushed out a spring, we understand, must be the big tiger and the two tigers to bring them the spring. In order to commemorate the big tiger and the two tigers, they named the spring “tiger planing spring”. Later on, they called it “Tiger Run Spring” for the sake of catchiness. The color and flavor of Longjing tea brewed in Hupeng Spring is excellent, and nowadays you can taste this “double excellent” drink in Hupeng Tea Room. s3M Tea Net