Yixing was known as "Yangxian" in ancient times. Yangxian tea began in the Eastern Han Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. The tea has a tight straight shape and a green color. After brewing, the tea is clear in color and has a light and elegant fragrance, which is refreshing.
Recommended by tea sage Lu Yu, it was designated as tribute tea. The finished product baked before Grain Rain was delivered to Chang'an by Yiqi, who traveled day and night for ten days, in time for the emperor's "Qingming Banquet".
Yangxian tea is especially loved by literati. The tea immortal Lu Tong once said: "The emperor has not tasted Yangxian tea, and the grass will not dare to bloom first." His "Seven Bowls of Tea Poems" written for Yangxian Tea is widely known at home and abroad.
In order to spread, it is regarded as the enlightenment content of Japanese tea ceremony culture.
Yixing people love to drink tea. If friends come from afar, they must make tea to show their respect.
The "tea lovers" at home and abroad who attended the China Yixing Yangxian Tea Culture Seminar not long ago experienced the beauty of Yixing people's tea ceremony here "fascinatingly".
Nowadays, Lu Tong Thatched Cottage, which is open to welcome guests in the Yangxian Tea Ecological Tourist Park in Yixing Zhuhai, recreates the tranquil scene of the tea fairy leisurely seeing Nanshan.
According to the receptionist at Lu Tong Cottage, many tourists sat in front of the tea stall from the moment they entered the park, drinking one cup after another. When the tea tasted weak, they asked for new tea. However, they were too embarrassed to issue an eviction order, so they could only get another cup.
Another glass.
Compared with other places in China, Yixing pays more attention to the combination of famous tea and water, and the fun of drinking tea and enjoying the scenery, which has an elegant and poetic mood.
China's ceramic culture is even more extensive and profound. Once tea culture and ceramic culture collide and combine, the two complement each other and enhance cultural taste.
The great writer Su Shi, who visited Yixing many times and planned to "buy Yangxian fields and grow oranges for retirement", left a famous line about tea: "Snow buds ask for Yangxian for me, milk and water should be paid to me by the spring."
Li Yu, a famous writer in the Qing Dynasty, also said: "The best way to brew tea is in the sand, and the essence of the teapot is none other than Yangxian." Yangxian is Yixing, Jiangsu Province. Yangxian tea is brewed with the Jinsha mineral water of Yixing's excellent water quality and served in
Yixing's unique purple clay teapots are known as the "three wonders of tea drinking in the south of the Yangtze River" because the tea does not lose flavor when brewed, does not change color when stored, and does not go rancid easily in midsummer.
Yixing also retains tea culture monuments such as Tea Bureau Alley and Tea Pavilion, and has formed a tea culture spirit that enhances harmony, tranquility, pleasure and authenticity in the long-term process of growing, making and drinking tea.
For Yixing people, going to teahouses to enjoy tea has become an indispensable part of some people's daily lives.
Tea is the national drink, and Yangxian tea is full of the charm of China's tea culture. It has long been beyond the scope of simply quenching thirst. From "Yangxian Snow Buds", "Jingxi Cloud Pieces", "Shanjuan Chunyue", "Bamboo Sea"
The naming of a series of famous teas such as "Jin Ming" and "Shengdao Shoumei" shows a kind of peaceful cultural pursuit.
Yixing Yangxian Tea Ecological Sightseeing Park closely adheres to the core of tea, tea culture and tea town, and arranges Jiangnan tea art performances and tea culture tourism routes with Yixing characteristics, which are popular among tourists at home and abroad.
Zhou Zhongping, member of the Standing Committee of the Yixing Municipal Party Committee and Vice Mayor, talked about the origin of Yangxian tea. The proportion of high-quality tea gardens in Yixing has exceeded 40%, which is a leading position in China. Every year, a large amount of high-quality Yangxian tea goes abroad, especially from Japan and Japan.
European and American markets favor it.