Qingcheng Mountain is one of the four famous mountains of Taoism and one of the auspicious places of Taoism. It is a world cultural heritage and a national cultural relic protection unit. Compared with Wudang Mountain, Qingcheng Mountain is a national 5A tourist attraction. So what kind of tea is the tea on Qingcheng Mountain? How does it taste? Let’s take a look below.
On Qingcheng Mountain, there is a river with endless gurgling water, clear and sweet. The climate and soil here are very suitable for the growth of tea trees. According to research, it was a famous tea-producing area as early as the Tang Dynasty and was included in tribute. This is the famous "Qingcheng Tea" at home and abroad. Lu Yu, the tea sage of the Tang Dynasty, once recorded in the "Tea Classic": "Qingcheng County has loose tea and tribute tea."
Since the middle of the Qing Dynasty, Qingcheng tea has plummeted due to various reasons such as increased tea taxes, rush buying by tea merchants and wars. After liberation, Qingcheng tea industry recovered. In 1958, we improved the output and quality on the basis of Qingcheng tea and produced an excellent variety of "Qingcheng Snow Ya". This is a kind of fried green tea, which uses young buds picked in early spring as raw materials, with one bud and one leaf as the standard.
The production process is: fixing - cooling - kneading - second frying - cooling - kneading again - third frying - cooling - baking - evaluation - selection ——Refire. Among them: the second frying, re-kneading, and third frying processes mainly make the tea leaves soft and begin to take shape, creating conditions for shaping. The production of "Qingcheng Snow Ya" is based on traditional craftsmanship and strives for excellence, constant reform and innovation. The resulting tea has a strong and even appearance, exposed pekoe, tender green and oily buds and leaves, bright yellow-green soup, and a long-lasting fragrance. The taste is sweet and rich, and it is also rich in beneficial nutrients. It is favored by consumers at home and abroad
Features
The characteristics of "Qingcheng Tea" are: the tea leaves are small and tender. Its buds are like "Yuanchu flowers" and are of excellent quality. They were listed as "tributes" for feudal dynasties to hold ceremonies and rulers to enjoy, so it is called "Qingcheng Tribute Tea". Peng Jian gave a detailed description of "Qingcheng Tribute Tea" in the "First Draft of Guanji": "Since the 13th year of the Tang Dynasty (Qing Dynasty), the Chief Secretary of the Qing Dynasty ordered the monk Taoist priest of No. 35 Temple in Qingcheng Mountain in Qingcheng County to pick bud tea for eight meals. One hundred catties, Neidong's most beautiful tribute tea is sixty catties, accompanying tea is sixty catties, and official tea is six hundred and eighty catties." The quantity of tribute tea mentioned above is clearly stipulated by the government and is indispensable. But in fact, officials at all levels are extorting money at all levels, and the amount does not stop there? Although the price of this tea is "five yuan per catty", it still brings a heavy burden to tea growers.
Legend
According to legend, during the Tang Dynasty, the Anlushan rebels invaded the capital, and Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty fled towards Chengdu with his concubines in a hurry. The story tells that after Yang Guifei was forced to be executed, Emperor Ming of the Tang Dynasty saw his beloved concubine in a dream and offered tea to her in Qingcheng Mountain for her to taste. The emperor saw that the soup was green in color, with upright buds and leaves, and the fragrance was fragrant. The tea was neither muddy nor strong, and he felt divine after smelling it. It feels refreshing and makes me feel energetic all over my body after drinking it. I even say it’s a good tea! After waking up from the dream, he asked his entourage to find the best local tea farmers and rush to make this tea overnight. The emperor named it Qingcheng tea! Qingcheng Tea has been a famous tea producing area as early as the Tang Dynasty. The famous "Weijiang Tea Garden" in the Song Dynasty was built in Qingcheng.
Qingcheng not only has a long history of tea production, but also has a rich variety of tea colors. According to Mao Wenxi's "Tea Book" of the Five Dynasties, "Qingcheng is made from the buds of its Hengyuan, bird's tongue, bird's beak, and wheat kernels." Qingcheng Snow Ya is a product of the ancient famous tea production techniques discovered in recent years. According to the characteristics of Qingcheng tea, it absorbs the advantages of traditional tea making technology, improves, develops and creates it.