It is famous for its green color, rich fragrance, mellow taste and beautiful shape. The finished tea is flat and beautiful, smooth and symmetrical, and the green color is slightly yellow; Soaking in the cup, the bud becomes a flower, one flag and one gun, which complement each other, and the bud stands upright and lifelike; Fragrant, noble and lasting; This soup is bright in color and sweet in taste. People call it "golden bud" and "unparalleled product", and it has become a national advanced gift tea.

The mountains around the West Lake in Hangzhou are famous for producing famous tea. In the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu wrote the world's first monograph on tea, Tea Classic, which recorded the production inspection of Tianxing and Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou. I don't know how many people have praised this place at all times and in all countries.

Produce famous tea. Historically, Longjing tea in West Lake has four categories: lion, dragon, cloud and tiger. Now it is divided into three categories: lion, dragon and plum. Among them, Shifeng Longjing is the first. Its yellow-green color, rich aroma and sour taste are really the best in tea. 198 1 year, Shifeng Longjing was rated as a national quality product and won the national gold medal. According to modern scientific analysis, Longjing tea contains more chemical components such as amino acids, catechins, chlorophyll and vitamin C than other teas, which is particularly beneficial to human health. No wonder the ancients said Longjing tea was "as expensive as gold".

Longjing tea is produced in Xihu Township, Hangzhou, and the tea gardens are mainly distributed around Longjing Village in the southwest of the West Lake. The scenery of the West Lake is beautiful, Longjing tea is excellent, and Longjing tea has unique natural conditions. The climate here is mild, the four seasons are distinct, and the rainfall is abundant and even, especially during the spring tea period, it is often drizzling, covered with mountains and plains, and misty. Most tea gardens are located in valleys or hillsides. The soil is mostly sandy soil, which is soft in structure, breathable and permeable, and contains more available phosphoric acid, which is beneficial to the growth and development of tea trees, resulting in deep roots and dense leaves, evergreen seasons, more germination rounds and long picking time. From the beginning of weeping willows to the end of the forest, there are tea picking. The West Lake Scenic Area outside Longjing Tea Garden, on Lion Peak, meijiawu Lane, Yun Qi Road, Tiger Running Spring, Lingyin Temple, and along Jiuxi 18th Stream, are full of continuous trees and swaying bamboos. Under the shade, a tea garden is green and dyed, and a large number of tea mountains are connected with the sky, adding a lot of poetry to the lakes and mountains.

Longjing tea has beautiful appearance and high quality, which cannot be separated from exquisite processing and production. The frying of super Longjing tea is divided into two processes: "green pot" and "emblem pot", in which there is no twisting, which is a major feature of the production. Cooking gestures, such as shaking, holding, squeezing, throwing, standing, stretching, buckling, grasping, pressing and grinding, are called "Top Ten Techniques". A kilo of super Longjing tea has 30,000-40,000 buds, which need 6 workers to pick and fry for more than 4 hours. A skilled tea frying worker can fry one kilogram of tea a day.

At present, there are 13 villages in Xihu Township, such as meijiawu, Longjing and Shuangfeng. These tea-producing villages have their own tea processing plants, and the annual output of Longjing tea in the township is about 2,000 tons. Among them, meijiawu accounts for about one third of the township. Longjing tea, a flowing tiger, is famous for its "two wonders of the West Lake". Visitors to Hangzhou will soon be able to drink a cup of Longjing tea by Tiger Running Spring.

The water shield of the West Lake

Hangzhou traditional famous products are produced in fresh water lakes such as West Lake, also known as horseshoe grass and water lotus leaf. Grass was recorded as "Soup Sea Perch" in Jin Dynasty. According to legend, when Emperor Qianlong went to the south of the Yangtze River, he ate thick soup every time he went to Hangzhou, and regularly sent people back to the palace to eat. The meat is tender and creamy, and it is used as a soup spoon. It is rich in flavor and is regarded as a precious food at a banquet. Water shield is rich in nutrition, contains a lot of vitamin C, protein and trace iron, and has the effects of beauty, stomach strengthening, body building and cancer prevention. According to Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, the water shield can quench thirst and heat arthralgia, and when it is used together with crucian carp, it can relieve qi deficiency of large intestine, treat heat jaundice, thicken stomach, set lower energizer, drain and detoxify.

West lake lotus root starch

When people mention the West Lake, they will naturally think of Qu Yuan Feng Lian, one of the ten scenic spots in the West Lake. Here you can experience the interest of "Lotus leaves are sky-high, lotus flowers reflect different colors". Lotus root is the rhizome of lotus and lotus. Lotus, also known as lotus, belongs to the genus Nelumbo of Nymphaeaceae. As a perennial aquatic herb, it has been cultivated in China since ancient times. There is a record in The Book of Songs that "there is a bad side and a thin side to each other". Lotus in China can be roughly divided into three categories: cm; One kind mainly produces lotus root, called lotus root, also called true lotus root; One kind is mainly lotus seeds; One is for viewing, called Hualien. The lotus planted in Hangzhou West Lake is Hualien, which is very fragrant and lovely. West Lake lotus root starch is a famous product in Hangzhou. But it is not produced in the West Lake, mainly in the area from Genshanmen in Hangzhou to Tangqi in Yuhang County. The lotus root starch produced in Sancun Village, Zhanqiao Township, Yuhang County is the most famous, so the lotus root starch in West Lake is also called "Sancun Lotus Root Starch". The lotus root planted here has the characteristics of small hole, thick meat, sweet taste and mellow taste. The processed lotus root starch is fine, white and red in color. Twist a little between your fingers to make it red, while the lotus root powder produced elsewhere is white. This is the easiest way to identify the lotus root starch in Sancun. More than 0/0 varieties of lotus root/kloc-were planted in the three villages, such as pointed white crane, wild white lotus, Chai Liantou, red lotus and so on. The white crane is the best to process lotus root starch, and each load of fresh lotus root can produce lotus root starch 10 kg. Its processing must go through lotus root washing, lotus root grinding, filtration, precipitation, drying and other processes. Due to strict material selection and exquisite processing, the quality of lotus root starch is better. The brewed West Lake lotus root starch is crystal clear, fragrant and delicious, which can satisfy hunger and is a tonic. Besides starch, glucose and protein, it also contains calcium, iron, phosphorus and various vitamins. It is easy to digest, and has the effects of promoting fluid production, clearing away heat, stimulating appetite, tonifying lung, nourishing yin and nourishing blood. At present, West Lake lotus root starch has become a treasure for entertaining guests and giving gifts to relatives and friends. Best-selling all over the country, produced in Southeast Asian countries and Hong Kong and Macao.

West lake silk umbrella

With bamboo as the bone and silk as the surface, it is light and pleasing to the eye, beautiful in shape and easy to carry, and is known as the "flower of the West Lake". Umbrella has a very long history in China. It is said that it was made in the era of the Yellow Emperor more than 4,000 years ago. The ancient umbrella was also called "Gai". Like a fan, it was originally made of bird hair. With the appearance of silk fabrics, silk umbrellas are gradually adopted. After the invention of paper, oil-paper umbrellas became popular again. Especially in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the umbrella industry in China was particularly developed. Since then, many novels and operas have described umbrellas. As we all know, the story of Xu Xian borrowing an umbrella in The Legend of the White Snake happened on the broken bridge of the West Lake in Hangzhou.

Xihu silk umbrella was created in the early 1930s. It is said that it was created by Zhu Zhenfei, a worker of Du Jinsheng Silk Weaving Factory. Because of its proper selection of materials, exquisite production and originality, it was welcomed by people as soon as it was listed. 1935 In the spring, the first workshop specializing in making silk umbrellas appeared in Hangzhou, which is the famous "Bamboo Umbrella Works". After the founding of New China, the state-owned Hangzhou West Lake Umbrella Factory was established, and the Hangzhou West Lake Silk Umbrella Group was established. With more than 400 employees and more than 65,438+00 researchers, the annual output of silk umbrellas is 600,000, of which two thirds are exported. Due to the improvement of artificial umbrella making technology, silk umbrellas are becoming more and more exquisite. Although there are all kinds of automatic umbrellas that can be folded freely in the international market at present, Xihu silk umbrella still wins people's love with its unique style.

Xihu silk umbrella is well-selected and beautifully made. Its round canopy is made of special canopy silk. This kind of umbrella is as thin as cicada's wings, well-woven, breathable and sun-resistant, easy to fold and magnificent in color. The unique colors are lake color, dark green and fruit green, which is an excellent way to describe landscapes, landscapes, flowers and birds and people. There are dozens of patterns such as the Ten Scenes of the West Lake, ancient ladies, dragons and phoenixes, galloping horses and butterflies. This is beyond the reach of other umbrellas. The umbrella rib is made of light bamboo unique to Jiangnan. This kind of bamboo stick is thin and clean, and its color is jade-like and moist, and it will not bend when exposed to the hot sun. There are more than 20 kinds such as red, bordeaux, pink, sky blue and orange. Spray, brush, embroider and draw are also used on the umbrella surface to make a beautiful Xihu silk umbrella, which has to go through three stages: selecting bamboo, making umbrella ribs and putting on the umbrella surface. Choose bamboo, commonly known as "bamboo". Every year, Bailuyuan Umbrella Factory sends experienced masters to Yuhang, Fenghua, Anji, Deqing and other bamboo producing areas to climb mountains and search among bamboo forests, and select bamboos that are over three years old, with a thickness of five or six centimeters, uniform color and no spots or scars. Bamboo too tender, too old, too big or too small can't be taken. It's really one in a million. Each plant only uses 2-4 nodes in the middle section as umbrella ribs. Processing umbrella ribs requires more than ten processes, such as wiping bamboo, splitting long bones, weaving and picking, shaping, splitting green bamboo, milling grooves, splitting short bones and drilling holes. A silk umbrella has 35 bones, each of which is 4 mm wide. If you split a bamboo into 36 pieces, you need to "draw bones" to keep the bamboo tube round and the bamboo joints straight. On the umbrella surface, it has to go through the following procedures 16: corner sewing, surface stretching, shelving, threading, flower brushing, umbrella folding, green pasting, pole mounting, head mounting, handle mounting and nailing. All procedures should be absorbed and not sloppy. The umbrella made in this way weighs only about half a catty. When folded, the colored silk surface is not exposed, and the umbrella rib just reverts to a section of elegant round bamboo, with simple and elegant nodules. When the umbrella is unfolded, its surface is colorful, some are crimson with the rising sun, some are as blue as clear sky, and some are as green as clear water, which is beautiful. There are many kinds of silk umbrellas in the West Lake, including daily silk umbrellas for shade and rain, colorful rainbow umbrellas, dance umbrellas supported by dancers on the stage, acrobatic silk umbrellas used by acrobatic troupe actors to walk a tightrope, etc. /kloc-varieties above 0/0. Women in the West Lake hold silk umbrellas, which have a decorative effect on formal beauty.