History of Songyang Tea

Dai Shulun was intoxicated by the aroma of tea, not realizing that the sun was setting in the west, and was overwhelmed with emotion, and wrote a poem entitled "Hengshan": "Occasionally, I entered the Hengshan Temple, and the stream was deep and the road was even more quiet. Dew connotation pine green drops, the wind surging waves floating. The old diamonds offer tea bowls, and the slanting sun sends the guest boat. Since the return thought is urgent, I can't stay later." To the Song Dynasty, Songyang tea drinking style is increasing, the tea ceremony is prevalent, monks, literati enjoy "fighting tea" (i.e., performing the tea ceremony) and not tired. Songyang Zen Master Zuqian once lived in Xiping Mountain White Crane Temple practice, he was then known as the "fighting tea" masters, which is friendly with the great poet Su Shi. One day, he met and talked with Mr. Su Dongpo, for whom he had a "tea fight". Mr. Dongpo admired Zuqian tea ceremony is profound, is a poem "Xi Ping Shan": "Taoist dawn out of Xi Ping Shan, to Shi tea three hands. Suddenly startled by the afternoon lamp rabbit hair spots, playing as a spring urn goose wine. Tiantai milk flower is not seen in the world, Yuchuan phoenix liquid where is it now? Dongpo intended to renew the tea scripture, to make Zuqian name immortal." It is said that the descendants in finishing the foundation of the White Crane Hall on Xiping Mountain, found a stone tablet engraved with this poem by Su Shi. Zhan Jiaqing, a Ming Dynasty tribute scholar from Euping, wrote in his poem "Wanshoushan", "There is no fire and smoke by the empty kitchen bamboo, and there are bamboo chickens in the sound of fine and tea." Describes the sound of tea and the sound of chickens and the leisurely idyllic life, it can be seen that drinking tea in Songyang common people's homes has been a common phenomenon. Zhou Shengjiao, a sage of the Qing Dynasty, wrote in his poem "Ancient Memories of Xiping Mountain": "The smell of tea boiled in the water is so clear that one who drinks it suspects that there is an immortal bone". Drinking Songyang tea can make people feel refreshed, which shows the excellent quality of Songyang tea. Songyang tea culture has a long history, tea folklore is unique, over the generations, forming a unique regional culture. Tea has influenced the social life of the people of Songyang for more than 1800 years, but also the traditional culture of Songyang for more than 1800 years. To this day, tea and people's relationship is closer, people's daily life is inseparable from the tea. Songyang tea on the local people's production, the impact of life is particularly profound. By 2010, the county has an area of 110,200 acres of tea, more than 80,000 farmers engaged in the tea industry, with an output value of nearly 200 million yuan, the development of the tea industry has become the main channel for Songyang farmers to increase income. Songyang tea today can be widely known and marketed throughout the country, not only from the reality of a large number of social demand for tea, but also from the Songyang traditional tea culture.