Prosperity of tribute tea in Qing Dynasty

Sixty years after Qianlong (1736- 1795), the Qing dynasty was in the heyday of kanggan. Besides, Emperor Qianlong was also good at drinking tea and writing poems. Every year, from the second day of the first month to the tenth day of the first month, the auspicious day is chosen at the Chinese Palace [according to: the Chinese Palace is on the west road of the Forbidden City, Yongzheng five years (1727). The second is to drink tea; Third, the winner of the poem can be rewarded with imperial tea and precious items. Although this kind of tea banquet was small in Qing Dynasty, it lasted for half a century in Qianlong period. Except for a few years, almost every new government was established. It is called "Chinese Palace Tea Banquet Couplet" and has been handed down as an affair in the Qing Palace.

In the early Qing Dynasty, Cha (1650- 1727, a native of Ninghai, Zhejiang Province, and a scholar in the 42nd year of Kangxi) made an entry on the sea about tribute tea in Jiangsu, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Fujian, Yunnan and other provinces. Jinhua Juyan, which is still produced near Lutian Village, Shuanglong Cave, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, is a thousand-year-old tea. During Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty (182 1- 1850), bud tea and leaf tea were still kept as tribute tea. In the 30th year of Guangxu reign of Qing Dynasty (1904), when the Qing Dynasty was on the verge of extinction, Prince Tea, a precious Ninghong tea produced in xiushui county, Jiangxi Province, was also listed as tribute tea.