The history of tea has a long history in China, about three thousand years ago, our ancestors have begun to make tea and drink tea. The origin of tea is believed to be in Sichuan and Yunnan in the southwest of China. Jin Chang Qu wrote “Huayang Guo Zhi” recorded: “King Wu of Zhou invaded the Zhou Dynasty, actually got the division of Ba Shu, the soil planted five grains, livestock with six animals, mulberry, silkworms, hemp, fish, tea, honey …… are all Tribute to the.” Qing Dynasty scholar Gu Yanwu in the “Day Knowledge Records” in the test: “Since the Qin people to take Shu, began to have tea drinking thing.” Also proved that the earliest tea drinking originated in the southwest. According to the transportation conditions at that time, the place of tea drinking should be the place of tea production. exa tea net
On the “Shennong tasted a hundred herbs” legend, in the “Historical Records”, “Huainanzi”, “Diffractions of Materia Medica”, “Shennong Materia Medica” and other ancient books are recorded. According to the Qin and Han Dynasty people named Shennong made “Shennong Ben Cao Jing” recorded: “Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, encountered seventy-two poisons, and got the ‘Tantui’ and solved it.” This side of the tea in China’s long history. Tea in the history of the “hair of Shennong, heard in Lu Zhougong, rise in Tang and flourish in Song” said. exa tea net
Tea and Chinese literati relationship is inseparable. It can be said that without the records of the Chinese literati, there is no rapid spread of tea; without the records of the Chinese literati, tea will not become part of Chinese culture. Su Dongpo, a great writer in Song Dynasty, also wrote a poem saying: “Never tea is like a beautiful woman”, comparing tea to the beauty of the eyes, which is very original. Zheng Banqiao, one of the “Eight Monsters” of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a large number of couplets about tea in his life, of which “Drawing water from the river to cook new tea, buying all the green mountains as a painting paper” is the most famous. The beauty of the green mountains, tea and water into one, both majestic, but also not lose elegance, unique. exa tea net
Source: Baotou Evening News exa tea net