The history of tea culture in Dali, Yunnan can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. Yu Ye Baked Tea? Said. ? Yu Ye? , which is Dali; ? Baked tea? , is baking tea; It shows that people of all ethnic groups in Dali in Han Dynasty drank fragrant roasted tea. In the early days of Nanzhao, Schumann in the Tang Dynasty recorded: Does Meng Sherman drink with Chili, ginger, cinnamon and stir-fry This is the prototype of three tea recipes, as? Palace tea? Palace snacks for foreign envoys. Mid Nanzhao? Nanzhao Shi Sheng? It is a kind of etiquette to combine the royal court tea with the singing and dancing performances of ladies-in-waiting, and it also forms the tea culture. The tea used in Nanzhao is not brewed with boiled water from the Central Plains, but is boiled and drunk with other things, which makes the taste of tea more intense. Song dynasty? Dali kingdom? At that time, Buddhism prevailed, temples were built, and tea mulberry was widely planted around the temples, which not only met the vegetarian needs of monks, but also met the requirements of Buddhism for participating in meditation and practicing purity of mind. Gradually formed? Is there an ancient temple famous for its tea in the mountains? Monks can drink. then what Palace tea? Developed into a literate man, and finally spread from the court to the people. And the earliest Southern Silk Road in China? Shu is poisonous? And then what? Tea-horse Ancient Road With the development of foreign trade, Dali tea and tea drinking etiquette spread to Southeast Asia and South Asia countries.
During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, with the commercial development of Dali tea, tea culture was also promoted and improved. In the Ming Dynasty, Xu Xiake mentioned Dali's tea art in many places in Yunnan Travel Notes, and received rave reviews everywhere he went. Tea? 、? Hey? 、? Making tea? There is also a tea fruit reception. In particular, he recorded in detail the grand occasion of the Lantern Festival when monks invited him to Jizu Mountain in Binchuan for tea. The elders of Hongfu invited the west building to watch the lights and took the pine velvet shop downstairs as a mat. They went to the table and sat down. Before the table, they set boxes of fruits and filled them with tea for fun. At first, they had green tea and medium salt tea. ?
In Dali, on holidays, birthdays, weddings and banquets, people always treat people with the traditional tea drinking method of original leaves? Three cups of tea? Enjoy the tea ceremony, watch the tea ceremony and realize life. In addition to white tea, yi? Morning glow? , Lisu? Jump tea? And so on, it is also very common among the people, and the national tea culture in Dali area is rich and colorful.
Tea custom is a folk custom, the accumulation of traditional tea culture and the reflection of people's mentality. It runs through the folk life centered on tea activities. Dali's tea customs are rich in content, such as tea and wedding: what is the name of a woman's engagement ceremony? Tea? ; Men take tea as a bride price when they get married, and drink tea when they get married. Tea and Sacrifice: Take tea as a sacrifice to heaven, earth, furnace, god and Buddha. Tea-drinking custom: Really? Tea? 、? Smash tea? Wait, is there? Welcome tea? 、? Blessing tea? 、? Guest tea? Wait a minute. Guests come to worship tea and take tea as their friends, which embodies the virtues and traditional etiquette of people of all ethnic groups in Dali. A famous realm of literature? Elegant manners.
Dali has been famous for its tea since ancient times. Dali is? Southern Silk Road? And then what? At the crossroads of the ancient tea-horse road, tea sales in the southwest gather and disperse. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, caravan set up a tea-making workshop in Xiaguan (Longweiguan), transported loose tea for a long distance, steamed it and pressed it into a unique shape. Hey? Shape suppression, convenient caravan long-distance transportation, so it is called? Tuocha? . Another way of saying it is that Dali tea was mostly transported to Tuojiang River in Sichuan in ancient times, and then transported to all parts of the country through the Yangtze River. So? Tuojiang water and Dali tea are fragrant, with high taste and good quality? This theory is quite popular in Tuojiang area, so it is called? Tuocha? .
Tuocha is famous for its mellow taste, bright juice color and rich aroma. Has the effects of quenching thirst, refreshing, promoting digestion, lowering blood pressure and caring skin. For a long time, it is one of the best-selling famous teas at home and abroad in China. In addition, Cangshan Snow Green, Nanjian Green Tea, Yunlong Spring Tea and Weishan Oolong Tea are all famous products in Dali. The perfect combination of famous tea and tea art makes Dali tea culture more colorful.
Yunnan tea culture species Dianhong
There are two kinds of Dianhong Kung Fu tea and Dianhong broken tea. The main characteristics of Dianhong Kung Fu tea are plump bud leaves, exposed golden hairs, red soup color, mellow taste, faint aroma, even strips and beautiful appearance. The main characteristics of Dianhong broken tea are uniform appearance, moist color, rich taste, bright red soup color and rich aroma. If milk and sugar are added to black tea, it is an excellent nutritional supplement. Dianhong is a traditional export commodity in Yunnan Province, which is exported to more than 20 countries such as the United States, Britain, Russia, Germany, Japan, Poland, Malaysia, Iran, Hong Kong and Macao.
Pu'er tea
Pu 'er is a county in the south of Yunnan Province, where tea is processed and distributed. Pu 'er tea is produced in Xishuangbanna Autonomous Prefecture in southern Yunnan Province and counties along the Lancang River, and is often transported and sold by Pu 'er, hence the name Pu 'er tea. As early as in the history of the ancient tea-horse road, Pu 'er tea played an important role in the tea-horse trade.
Pu 'er tea belongs to green tea, including loose tea and pressed tea. Both of them are made from fresh leaves of Yunnan Daye tea, which are refined through the processes of enzyme fixation, rolling, drying and post-ripening. Pu 'er loose tea is thick and light, with brown-red color and natural fragrance. Compacted tea is steamed or fried loose tea, and then put into a model to make various kinds of Tuo tea, cake tea, square tea, brick tea and so on. , has a long history. From A Dream of Red Mansions? Daughter tea? It is a kind of Pu 'er tea. According to Ruan Fu in Qing Dynasty, in Pu 'er Tea, he wrote:? Daughter tea is the name of a small garden. Daughter tea is picked by women before the rain, that is, four or two yuan of tea. ?
Qizi cake cha
The big round cake tea in Pu 'er tea is packed into a tube with seven cakes, commonly known as? Qizi cake tea? Its soup is Huang Liang in color, with rich and lasting aroma and mellow and refreshing taste.
Pu 'er tea contains a variety of trace elements and vitamins, which has the functions of quenching thirst, relieving boredom, improving eyesight, clearing heart fire, warming stomach, refreshing, promoting digestion, dispelling cold and detoxifying, and is very beneficial to human body. According to modern scientific research? Pu 'er tea can lose weight, lose weight, strengthen the body and prevent and treat some difficult chronic diseases? . Therefore, Pu 'er tea enjoys a high reputation in foreign markets. Our products are mainly sold to more than 50 countries such as the United States, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, Britain, France, the Netherlands and Germany, as well as China, Hong Kong and Macau.
Bowl-shaped compressed tea (produced in Yunnan and Sichuan)
Yunnan Tuocha is a famous traditional tea at home and abroad. Tuocha is produced by Xiaguan Tea Factory in Yunnan, which belongs to pressed tea, also known as? Xiaguan Tuocha? . It is shaped like an inverted bowl, with two different specifications: one is made of Pu 'er loose tea, refined into Tuocha, which is beautiful in appearance, small and elegant. Its color is brownish red, the soup is bright, the taste is mellow and the fragrance is long; The other is the high-quality Qingmao tea from southern Yunnan tea area, which has the characteristics of warm color, clear soup color, rich aroma, sweetness and mellow.