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Li Deyu “water delivery” Huishan spring NpQ tea net
Chancellor Li Deyu’s tea drinking requirements for water are extremely high, even at any cost just to get good water. There are many stories about him recognizing and tasting water, and Tang Geng told the story of Li Deyu’s “water delivery” to Huishan Spring at any cost in his own “Tea Fighting Records” in Song Dynasty. NpQ Tea Net
“Tea Sage” Lu Yu in the “Tea Classic” in Wuxi Huishan Temple stone spring water is listed as second only to Mount Lu Kang Wang Valley Valley Curtain Springs of the water of the world’s second spring, with the water to cook the tea soup, clean and sweet, refreshing. For the water quality is extremely concerned about the Chancellor Li Deyu, natural Huishan spring extra “mercy”. He was in the capital Chang’an for the government, and Wuxi is thousands of miles away, and after all, the opportunity to ask someone to bring and not much, how can I drink this Huishan spring brewed tea? Tang Dezong, the court to eat to the top grade Wuxing purple bamboo shoots tea, specially ordered the local officials of Wuxing annual tribute to the purple bamboo shoots tea must be day and night, before the Qingming Festival to the capital, some people will call this “rush tea”. Inspired by this, Li Deyu decided to take full advantage of their own power as prime minister, they ordered the establishment of a boat capital to Wuxi to draw Huishan spring express line, this special line is known as “water delivery”. Li Deyu water delivery Huishan spring so that tea this originally very elegant and indifferent things become extravagant, lose the true meaning of the NpQ tea net.
It is said that a monk came to pay a special visit to Li Deyu, and said to him: “I have opened a ‘water vein’ for you, Chang’an city, there is a well water, its water and Huishan spring with the same vein, with which to cook tea, the flavor of Huishan spring water with the slightest difference”. How can Li Deyu gullible monk’s words, then asked: “so, dare to ask the master, this well body in the capital where,” the monk put his hands together, replied: “HaoTianKuan well water that is”. Li Deyu still half-believe, in order to identify the true and false, he sent his attendants will be Huishan spring water and HaoTianKuan well water to take a bottle, mixed in the other eight bottles of water, let the monk distinguish. Strange to say, the monk easily will be equipped with Huishan spring and Haotian view of the well water of the two bottles to find out, making Li Deyu more marveled. The story of the “water vein” was made up by later generations, which is inevitably a bit absurd and bizarre. However, the story of Li Deyu’s “water delivery” of Huishan Spring was criticized as a typical example of excessive extravagance. npqtea.net