A.D. 1823 (the 3rd year of Qing Daoguang) saw the Secret Book of Wuyi Qingyuan Tea Cake. At that time, the production of tea cakes was only in small batches. During the Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Zheng Qingsong, a monk from Nan 'an, Qingyuan Cave in Wuyishan, got this secret book and started making tea cakes in Wuyishan with his apprentice Ni Zhiyuan (also known as Ni Honggui). One year, master and apprentice went back to Quanzhou to visit relatives. Seeing that her old mother was old and lonely in Quanzhou, Zheng Qingsong mobilized Ni Zhiyuan to be secular, and at the same time betrothed his niece Zhuang Mijuan to Ni Zhiyuan. Zhuang Mijuan stayed in Quanzhou to take care of Zheng Qingsong's old mother, and the two of them still returned to Qingyuan Cave in Wuyishan to make tea cakes for relatives and friends. The efficacy of Wuyi Qingyuan Tea Cake, the brand of Wuyi Qingyuan Mountain, is gradually appreciated in Quanzhou.

19 14 Zheng Qingsong died in Wuyi Mountain. Ni Zhiyuan passed on the technology of making tea cakes to his nephew Ni, and the factory is still located in Qingyuan Cave, Wuyishan. 1925, Ni Zhiyuan took his wife Zhuang Mijuan to Wuyishan and taught her a whole set of tea cake making techniques. The following year, the tea cake factory moved to Chishi Street at the foot of Wuyishan. 1930, Ni Zhiyuan founded the "Ni Hongji" tea shop at No.67 Zhongshan Middle Road, Quanzhou, and operated Wuyi Qingyuan Tea Cake. 1932, Ni Zhiyuan died in Quanzhou. In the same year, his wife Zhuang Mijuan moved the tea cake factory to Jian 'ou.