Tang Chaoyuan (806-820 AD) and Sun Qiao mentioned "Late Ganhou" in the book "Send Tea to Burn Punishment", which is the earliest written record of Wuyi tea alias.
In the Song Dynasty, China's tea-making technology entered a period of reform, and drinking tea prevailed, making tea an indispensable thing in people's daily life. There are more than 100 kinds of local teas, including dozens of tribute teas. Wuyi tea at this time is also a part of Beiyuan tribute tea, which was transported to Jianzhou for tribute.
The rulers of the Yuan Dynasty loved tea and enjoyed good tea, so Wuyi tea became the first choice, so Wuyi tea officially became tribute tea in the Yuan Dynasty.
In the sixth year of Yuan Dade (1302), in order to supervise tribute tea, the imperial court set up a "Imperial Tea Garden" on the banks of Siqu River in Wuyishan. At that time, Wuyi tea paid a large amount of tribute, which lasted for 255 years, objectively expanding the influence of Wuyi tea.
In the 24th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (139 1 year), Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, ordered making tea, forbidding steaming green tea, changing bud tea into a tribute and gradually changing it into fried green tea. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, oolong tea appeared because of the continuous innovation of processing and frying methods and the continuous exploration in the process of making tea.
The Qing Dynasty is a period of all-round development of Wuyi rock tea. Wuyi tea area not only produces Wuyi rock tea, black tea and green tea, but also has many famous brands.
In the early days of the founding of New China, land reform was carried out, and farmers were divided into tea mountains and individual production was carried out by households. Later, a mutual aid group was established, and farmers jointly produced and expanded the processing scale. The output of rock tea reached 3,000 tons.
1958 people's commune was established, and farmers' tea hills were collectively owned, with production teams as accounting and production distribution.
/kloc-in the 0/7th century, Wuyi tea began to be exported. 1607 The Dutch East India Company purchased Wuyi tea for the first time and resold it to all parts of Europe via Java. After decades of development, Wuyi tea has developed into a daily essential drink for some Europeans. At that time, some Europeans called Wuyi tea "China tea". "Bohea" in the earliest English tea literature is the transliteration of "Wuyi". At that time, in the London market, the price of Wuyi tea was higher than that of Zhejiang Zhu tea, ranking first in China.
Wuyi tea has been planted in some countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America since the 1920s, and settled in more than 30 countries. In the 1980s, Wuyi tea was popular in Japan, regarded as bodybuilding tea, and attracted countless beautiful women.
1962, the total output of rock tea was only over 2,800 tons. After more than ten years, rock tea gradually increased, and the total output of 1978 was only 6400 tons. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, tea production was paid attention to. After more than 20 years' efforts, there are 6,543,800 mu of tea mountains in the city, with a total output of about 80,000 tons (crude tea) and an output value of nearly 100 million yuan. There are 654.38+030 large and small tea producers and 30,000 employees in the tea industry, and tea has become a local pillar industry. New achievements have also been made in scientific research. Wuyi cinnamon has successfully propagated asexually, upgrading from a famous Chinese fir to a variety, with a planting area of about 30,000 li.
During the period of 1995, Wuyishan Tea Research Institute conducted repeated experiments on Dahongpao for more than ten years. The asexual propagation was successful, which saved the worry of dating, kept the characteristics of Dahongpao, the king of tea, and passed the appraisal of the provincial science and technology commission.
In 2002, Wuyi Rock Tea was recognized by the state as a "product of geographical origin protection", which standardized a series of production, production and product standards. 13 In June, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine issued GB 18745 Wuyi Rock Tea, which stipulated that Wuyi Rock Tea could be divided into two categories, namely, famous Chinese fir and traditional Chinese fir, and five categories according to products. Dahongpao and Mingshan are not graded; Cinnamon is divided into special grade, first grade and second grade; Narcissus, an exotic species, Grade I, II and III.
In 2003, Wuyishan Municipal Government took the lead in merging Wuyixing Tea Industry and Wuyishan Tea Research Institute to form a new Wuyixing Tea Industry Co., Ltd., forming a Wuyi rock tea production and processing enterprise led by Wuyixing, and vigorously developing Wuyi rock tea industry.
20 10, impression da hong pao, the fifth impression work created by Zhang Yimou, Wang Chaoge and Fan Yue, was officially performed in Wuyishan. In the same year, Wuyishan Dahongpao declared by Wuyishan Municipal Government was newly recognized as a well-known trademark in China by the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
20 1 1, Zhang Yimou,, created the exclusive brand of "impression da hong pao" jointly launched by Guan Impression Art Development Co., Ltd. and Wuyixing Tea Co., Ltd. in Beijing. This is the first derivative tea brand of "Impression Iron Triangle", a series of landscape performances of China Impression, jointly directed by Zhang Yimou, Wang Chaoge and Fan Yue, which started the breakthrough of China tea brand. In the same year, Wuyi Star Tea Co., Ltd. "Wuyi Star Wuyi Star and Map" won the well-known trademark of China. Wuyi rock tea has unique quality. There is no floral fragrance, but the tea soup has a strong floral fragrance. It tastes sweet and delicious, with endless aftertaste. /kloc-was introduced to Europe in the 0 ~ (th) century, and was deeply loved by local people. It was once known as the "medicine for all diseases". Pearl of oolong tea. "Wuyi Rock Tea" is the general name of oolong tea produced in Wuyishan City (formerly Chong 'an County) in northern Fujian. It has a long history. According to historical records, people in the Tang Dynasty already took it as a gift. Song and Yuan Dynasties have been listed as "tributes".
In Yuan Dynasty, Wuyishan established "Cake Food Bureau" and "Imperial Tea Garden". During the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty, it began to be exported to Western Europe, North America and Southeast Asia. Europeans used to regard it as the general name of China tea.