There is a beautiful legend about the origin of "Biluochun". It is said that there is a Roby Peak in Dongshan, Dongting, and several wild tea trees grow on the stone wall. Every spring, the local old city carries a tea basket on its back to pick and cook. For decades, there has been no abnormal appearance of drinkers, and local cities are healthier and weaker than other regions. One year in the Kangxi dynasty, when it was tea-picking season, the old people came to pick tea again. There are too many baskets in Chata, so they have to put them in their arms. I didn't expect the tea to be steamed and smoked by the hot air in the body, and it suddenly dispersed and recovered. Tea pickers exclaimed in unison: "It's scary!" It means the fragrance is flourishing. So this kind of tea is called "horrible fragrance". After every tea-picking season, local people, regardless of gender and age, will pick the tea in their arms and go home to refine it. There is a local named Zhu Yuan, who is very good at making a "scare people and make them move at the smell of incense". His tea is specially called Miao, which costs three taels of silver per catty. In the thirty-eighth year of Kangxi, the emperor made a southern tour, and the governor Luo Song was responsible for welcoming him. Luo Song is a famous poet, good at calligraphy and painting, and also good at drinking tea. He knew that Kangxi didn't like to waste, and now it was February, so he asked his subordinates to buy Zhu's "Scary Fragrance". Kangxi left Taihu Lake, intoxicated with the beautiful scenery of Dongting Mountain, and Luo Song contributed to "shocking the world". I saw the tea sticks tied tightly and curled into snails, revealing white hair, silver green and dark green. It was really lovely. Once brewed, it looks like white clouds billowing and smells fragrant. It feels fresh and refreshing when you drink it, and the taste is very good. Kangxi asked what the name of this tea was, and Luo Song said, "This is a local product, which is produced at Robbie Peak in Dongting Mountain, and is also called' people who are shocked and fragrant'. Then it means that "frighten people to smell the fragrance" means extremely fragrant. Kangxi said: "Tea is a good product, but its name is unsightly. "I think this tea is Biluofeng, and the tea leaves are curled like snails, so it is called' Biluochun'!"
Longjing,
In the northeast of West Lake in Hangzhou, there is Longjing Village, which is the origin of Longjing tea. Legend has it that one year, Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, left Lion Peak in Longjing Village and went to Gong Hu Temple to rest. The monk offered a cup of tea to celebrate the tea ceremony. When he saw the bright porcelain bowl, a piece of tender tea was like a sparrow tongue, and there was a faint fragrance in the clear soup. He tasted it, but it was plain and mellow, and he couldn't help but marvel.
Gan Long summoned the monk and asked the origin of the tea: "What is the name of this tea and where is it produced?" And the reply above: "Your Majesty, this is Longjing tea produced in the small temple." As soon as Qianlong got up, it was beautiful. When he walked out of the mountain gate, he saw 18 new tea trees sprouting, lush and green, and the mountains were undulating like lions. As a dragon, it is a great honor to take Longjing Tea and Lion Peak as the precursors of great achievements. Moreover, 18 is an auspicious number, and the tea is actually refreshing, mellow and refreshing. Therefore, Qianlong named eighteen tea trees in front of Gong Hu Temple as "Imperial Tea".
Lack of tea (Maomaojian)
Produced in duyun city, southern Guizhou. According to historical records, it was listed as a top-grade tribute as early as the Ming Dynasty and was deeply loved by Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. It was once named "Hook Tea".
Huangshan Mao Feng (Xue Lingqing)
Xue Lingqing: the original name of Huangshan Mao Feng
There is a story in Shexian County, the birthplace of Huangshan Mao Feng.
Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, once moved to Wanshiling, a garrison in Huizhou, after he led an army uprising in 1352.
During the Hui people's period, Zhu Yuanzhang made friends with wise men, drank the local famous tea "Yulingqing" presented by Tang, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, and even praised "Xuelingqing". Good tea! Good name! Because Shexian dialect has the same pronunciation as Xue, Zhu Yuanzhang mistakenly named Huo Lingqing as Xue Lingqing, and the name of Xue Lingqing has spread in Huizhou since then.
Huizhou nobles, Tang Dynasty, Yao Lian, etc. also mentioned to Zhu Yuanzhang the strategy of establishing the country as its capital. The famous nine-character policy of "building a wall high, accumulating grain widely, and slowing down is king" was put forward by Zhu Sheng.
After Zhu Yuanzhang made his capital in Nanjing, he went to imperial academy one day and a cook made tea. After tasting it, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Isn't this good tea the snow green in Huizhou?" The cook listened and replied, "Exactly." How can imperial academy be green with snow-capped mountains from Huizhou? It turned out that this imperial academy cook was the one recruited by Zhu Yuanzhang in Shexian during Huizhou period.
Zhu Yuanzhang was deeply moved when he knew it, and crowned the chef as Daming Tea.
After a tribute student in imperial academy heard about it, Zhang Yinjun said, "Ten years of cold window is like a bowl of tea." Hearing this, the emperor replied, "He is not as good as you, and your life is not as good as him." Since then, Xue Lingqing's name has become louder and louder. (Jiang Wenhua) (Note: Yi's Miscellaneous Notes on Exposing the eaves)
Tieguanyin,
According to legend, Wang Tulang, a native of Nanyan, Xiping, Anxi, served as a deputy tribute in the tenth year of Qing Yongzheng, served as a judge in Jinzhou, the state capital of Huguang, and once built a study at the foot of Nanshan, named "Nanxuan". In the spring of the first year of Qing Qianlong (1736), Wang He and his friends wrote in Nanxuan. Whenever the sun goes down, I wander around Nanxuan. One day, he happened to find a tea tree in a deserted garden, so he transplanted it into Nanxuan's tea garden, managed it day and night, carefully cultivated it and propagated it year after year. The tea tree is luxuriant in branches and leaves, and the center of the leaves is red. The finished product is moist and fat. After soaking, it is fragrant and mellow. Six years later, Wang Shirang was called to Beijing to meet Fang Bao, assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, and gave this tea to Fang Bao. Fang Bao had unusual taste, so he sent it to the palace. After the emperor drank it, he praised it and asked about the history of Yaoyang tea. Therefore, tea is moist and solid, heavy as iron, delicious, like Guanyin, and named Tieguanyin.
Junshan silver needle,
Li Siyuan, the second emperor in the late Tang Dynasty, held a cup of tea for him when he first went to court. When boiling water was poured into the cup, he immediately saw a white mist rising and a white crane slowly appeared. The crane nodded to Mingzong three times, and then flew into the blue sky. Looking into the cup again, the tea leaves in the cup are all upright, just like a group of bamboo shoots that have broken through the ground. After a while, it sinks slowly, just like snowflakes falling. Mingzong felt very strange and asked the courtiers what the reason was. The courtier replied: "This is because Baihequan (that is, Liu Yijing) in Junshan has soaked Huang Yu (that is, silver needle tea)." Mingzong was very happy and immediately decided to make Junshan silver needle into "tribute tea". When Junshan silver needle is brewed, the tea buds stand in the cup, which is very beautiful.
Luan melon slices,
Empress Dowager Cixi enjoys 14 Liang every month. At the end of Qing Dynasty, Cixi's diet list also stipulated that melon slices should be provided every 14 month in A Liang.
Wuyi rock tea,
According to the article "From" Common People "to Gongcha Zhou Wuwang", as early as Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Wuyi Tea was presented to Zhou Wuwang by its ruler who was a "common people". Wuyi tea was very famous in the Western Han Dynasty. Tang Chaoyuan (806-820 AD) and Sun Qiao mentioned "Late Ganhou" in the book "Send Tea to Burn Punishment", which is the earliest written record of Wuyi tea alias. By the Song Dynasty, Wuyi tea had become a tribute tea. Fan Zhongyan, a great writer, wrote a poem, "The stream is famous in the world, and Wuyi immortals have been planted since ancient times", and "Beiyuan presents the son of heaven, and heroes under the forest compete for the first beauty." During the Yuan and Ming Dynasties, the Royal Tea Baking Bureau was established along the fourth Quxi River of Jiuqu River, which was called the "Royal Tea Garden". Since then, Wuyi tea has received a lot of praise.