Description of the problem:

About the introduction and origin of Bi Luochun.

Answer:

Dongting Xishan and Dongting Dongshan in Taihu Lake are the origin and main production area of Bi Luochun tea, the earliest history of tea production, documented in the Tang Dynasty Lu Yu's "Tea Scripture". Biluochun's predecessor is produced in the west mountain water moon tea, also known as small green tea. According to "Taiping Qinghua": "Dongting Mountain, small green dock out of tea, the Tang and Song dynasties into the tribute, under the Water Moon Temple, that is, the tribute to the Tea House also." Existing Shuiyue Temple carved in the Ming Zhengtong fourteen years (1449) of the "Shuiyue Zen Monastery in the revitalization of the record" monument, engraved with a number of celebrity poems on the Shuiyue Temple, including the Song Dynasty writer Su Sunqin inscribed poems: "Shuiyue opened the mountain Danye years, the imperial edicts have survived. Ten thousand pines cover the Green Cloud Dock, and a thousand pears bloom in the White Cloud Garden. The fragrance of the unhindered spring boasts of its superb quality, and the ripeness of the small green tea accounts for its outstanding quality. At that time, I was a saint of Gao Yang female, forever as a gamelan to protect the Dharma door." To the end of the Ming and early Qing dynasties, the water moon tea is commonly known as "scared people incense". Written in the Qing Yongzheng twelve years (1734) Lu Yan Chan's "renewed tea scripture", "Dongting Mountain has tea, slightly similar to the Chinatown mountain and fine, taste very sweet incense, commonly known as scary people incense."

According to the "Taihu Lake Preparatory Examination" and other historical records, the Qing Emperor Kangxi 38 (1699) in April, the Kangxi Emperor's southern tour to Zhejiang back to Beijing, passing through Suzhou, Jiangsu Governor Song Brindo to the Dongting "scary people incense" tea into the offering, Kangxi drink greatly appreciated, because of its tea, "broth turquoise, such as the shape of the snail, picked in early spring", "the tea", "the tea", "the tea". Picked in early spring", given the name "Bi Luochun", since then, Bi Luochun annual tribute, famous all over the world. At the beginning of the Republic of China, Biluochun green tea was named one of China's top ten famous tea, when the West Mountain misty hills distributed Biluochun in the domestic and international reputation, in 1910 in the Nanyang persuasive society was awarded the excellent prize in 1915 in the Panama World's Fair was awarded the Gold Medal. In recent years, there are foreign tea according to Biluochun method of frying, also known as "Sichuan Biluochun", "Guizhou Biluochun", "Zhejiang Biluochun", etc., the appearance of the Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun, although similar, but due to the soil and climate conditions, it is not as good as Biluochun. Similar in appearance, but due to differences in soil and climatic conditions, the quality is far worse than Dongting (Mountain) Bi Luochun, a comparison can be distinguished. In order to protect the interests of consumers, the implementation of the protection of products of origin since 2003, only produced in Wuzhong District, Suzhou City, Xishan Town and Dongshan Town of Biluochun green tea, can be called "Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun", the retail product packaging are affixed with the protection of products of origin logo, and can be verified through the network.

The grade of Dongting (Mountain) Bigelow Spring has a great relationship with the time of harvesting, and can be called several products a day. Picked before the Qingming, called "Mingqian", for the best; picked before the rain, called "Yuqian", the quality is slightly inferior to the Mingqian, but still a good product. After the rainy season, the temperature is high, the tea leaves grow fast, less hair repair, coarse body, can only be called "fried green". Rarely encountered warm early spring, picked before the equinox of the "points before" Biluochun, is particularly valuable, for decades rare treasures. 1954 Premier Zhou Enlai to participate in the Geneva Conference, brought to the village of East Shanxi Dock Village and the West Mountain Meiyi Village (BaoShanWu) of the "points before", the participants, the participants of the "Biluochun", the participants of the meeting. "Biluochun, the participants drink, are full of praise; Zhou Enlai in 1971 and the U.S. Secretary of State Kissinger signed the "Shanghai Communiqué", to Kissinger's gift, is also Dongting Biluochun.

Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun harvesting labor is very large, high cost, is a real "kung fu tea". The buds used are the first show of a bud and a leaf (commonly known as "a flag and a gun"), 1 to 1.5 centimeters long, can not be more than 1 centimeter wide, each catty into the tea to an average of 5 to 60,000 head, from the picking, picking, making, frying, about 6 to 8 manual labor. Behind the young buds and leaves there is velvet, not obvious when fresh, made after the beginning of the reveal, the better the quality of the velvet, the more, is a big feature of Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun. The production process is extremely complicated and the operation technique is very demanding. From picking to picking fresh leaves, high-temperature killing after the pot, hot kneading molding, rubbing the dough to show the hair, drying by fire, before and after six basic procedures, before and after the Bi Luochun. The control of the fire is critical, often the best buds, because of the fire, frying technology defects, will become inferior Bi Luochun. Made after the Dongting (Mountain) Bi Luochun aroma rich and pure, the appearance of the "slender hair, curled screw, tender and long-lasting fragrance, taste fresh mellow, sweet aftertaste" characteristics.

Drinking Dongting (Mountain) Biluochun, the cup should be filled with boiling water first, and then the tea leaves should be thrown into the cup, all of which will sink into the cup without floating, and then the tea leaves will unfold slowly, showing the natural color of the buds and leaves. If Biluochun is first put into the cup and then injected with water, the hairs on the tea leaves will be impacted and float up, making the tea water mixed and the flavor also inferior. It is quite interesting to savor high-grade Bigelow Spring tea. When tasting tea, use a clean and transparent glass cup, first brew the water and then put the tea. When Biluochun into the cup, the tea is sunk to the bottom, instantly the cup of hair flying, fragrant. Tea in the cup, watch its shape, you can enjoy the three wonders as if the snow waves spraying beads, spring dyeing the bottom of the cup, green full of crystal palace. Drink its taste, the first drink color light, fragrance, fresh and elegant; two discretion green, fragrant, taste mellow; three discretion fragrance, fragrance, sweetness, it is really as expensive as a treasure, like a high-level crafts, not to be missed.

Bi Luochun storage method is very delicate. The traditional storage method is a paper bag of tea, bagged block lime, tea, ash spacing in the cylinder, sealed with a lid to absorb moisture storage. With the development of science, in recent years, there are also three layers of plastic preservation bag packaging, layered tightly tied, isolated from the air, placed in a refrigerator box or refrigerator below 10 ℃ storage, long time storage for more than a year, its color, aroma, taste like new tea, fresh and mellow and refreshing. Biluochun is not only a famous tea, can also be cooked into "Biluo shrimp" and other famous dishes, color, aroma and taste are excellent.

The legend of Bigelow Spring

Legend has it that a long time ago, there lived a beautiful, hard-working, kind girl named Bigelow on the West Dongting Mountain. On East Dongting Mountain lived a young man named Xiang, fishing for a living, the two fell in love. But soon disaster struck, there was an evil dragon in the Taihu Lake, evil, threatening to make the girl Biluo as its wife, if not, it will make waves, so that the people can not rest in peace. When Ah Cheung learns of this, he decides to do something to help the people. He dives to the bottom of the lake with a harpoon in his hand and fights with the dragon, finally killing it, but Ah Cheung also passes out due to excessive bleeding. Miss Bi Luo carries Ah Xiang to her home and takes care of him herself, but he does not get better. In order to save Ah-cheung, Miss Bigelow went to the mountain to look for herbs. At the top of the mountain to see a small tea tree, although it is early spring, has issued new shoots, she used her mouth one by one with each piece of new shoots, to body temperature to promote its growth, the shoots and leaves soon grew, she picked off a few young leaves in water to give AXIANG drink, AXIANG really feel the spirit of the spirit of a revitalization of the condition gradually improved. So Biluo girl to the small tea tree on the buds and leaves all picked, wrapped in thin paper close to the chest, so that the tea leaves slowly warm dry, and then rubbed, make tea to AXIANG drink. After drinking this tea, Ah Xiang recovered very quickly, and the two of them reveled in the happiness of love. However, Biluo girl is emaciated day by day, the reason is that the girl's vitality all cohesion in the tea leaves, and finally the girl with a sweet happy smile, fell in the arms of AXIANG, never woke up. AXIANG was grief-stricken, he buried the girl in the dongting mountain, from then on the mountain tea tree grows more and more prosperous, the quality of extraordinarily good. In order to commemorate the beautiful and kind girl, the townspeople will be this valuable tea, named "Biluochun". Later, there is "never good tea like a good woman" to describe the woman is precisely because of this.