Gucheng tea production has a long history. It was first planted in the Tang Dynasty and was very famous in the Song Dynasty. Ye, a scholar of Hanlin in Song Dynasty, said in Selected Works: "Qiantang and Gucheng produce good tea". The Qing Dynasty's "Gucheng County Records" contained: "The monks in Gucheng Temple collected grain rain tea and stored it in small barrels to eat people. Faqin, the founder of the mountain, planted several tea trees and collected them for the Buddha. After years, it has spread all over the valley, and it tastes delicious, that is, Cuifeng tea is also today "; According to the "Continued County Records of the Old City", "There are many tea producers in the four-walled dock and wrapped mountain dock in the old city, especially in Lingxiao Peak". In the Southern Song Dynasty, Yi Sheng Zen Master and Japanese monk Daying Zen Master (Nanpu Shao Ming) traveled across the ocean to study Buddhism in Gucheng Temple. When I returned home, I brought Cuifeng tea seeds and tea drinking utensils, and introduced the method of "matcha" and tea banquet etiquette to Japan.

In the Song Dynasty, when many emperors built temples, they often held grand tea banquets to entertain guests when they met the celebrations or prayers when the court gave them robes and tin service. The tea party was attended by monks from the temple and local celebrities. The "Cuifeng Tea Banquet" in Gucheng Temple, Hubei Province is famous for its combination of the interest of Shan Ye and the high rhyme of Zen forest. Tea drinking in Gucheng Temple is very popular. For a long time, a set of fixed and exquisite Cuifeng tea banquet ceremony has been formed: when a tea banquet is held, all Buddhists sit around the "tea hall" and worship tea, smell incense, watch color, taste tea, make tea and renew friendship in turn according to the order of the tea banquet and Buddhist teachings. First, the fragrant tea "Buddha tea" is brewed by people who hold it in person to show their respect, which is called "making tea"; Then, the monks of the temple successively presented fragrant teas to the guests at the banquet as "offering tea"; After taking tea, diners should first open the lid of the tea bowl to smell the fragrance, then hold the bowl to watch the color of the tea soup, and then taste it with "tut-tut". After three rounds of tea, I began to taste the fragrance and color of tea and praise the moral character of the shopkeeper. Finally, the Buddhist scriptures and the appropriate things are discussed.

After the founding of New China, the relevant departments redeveloped Cuifeng tea and achieved success. Cuifeng Tea 1979 won the first place in Hubei famous tea appraisal, 1985 won the national famous tea, and 1988 won the silver prize in the first China Food Expo. 199 1 was awarded the title of "Famous Tea of China Culture".