The Culture of Pu 'er Tea Mr. Zheng Shihai, a well-known scholar in Taiwan's tea industry, said: Among hundreds of kinds of tea, Pu 'er tea is the product that best represents my history and culture. 1. Pu 'er tea has the ancient beauty of China group tea. Second, Pu 'er tea not only pays attention to raw materials and preservation, but also pays attention to time and age, which is of historical significance. Thirdly, Pu 'er tea has its unique flavor characteristics of "the older it gets, the more fragrant it gets". Fourth, once you like Pu 'er tea, you will often taste it, and it is difficult to accept other tea soups. Pu 'er tea is really the tea among teas, and it is also the representative of tea history and culture in China. As the treasure of tea, Pu 'er tea was presented to the imperial court and often given as a gift to other countries. In Ning 'er Town, where Pu 'er Prefecture is located, the government set up a tea factory and a tea bureau to be responsible for the fine production of tea and tribute to the court. Because the Qing court especially loved Pu 'er tea, it was stipulated that 66 thousand Jin of tribute tea should be handed in every year. At that time, this was not a small sum. The tribute of Pu 'er tea to the imperial court was organized by local officials. After entering the Qing Dynasty, the taste and quality of tea were very different from those of lobular tea paid tribute all over the country. The big leaf tea in Xishuangbanna primeval forest has a strong tea flavor, strong digestion ability, warm and fragrant nature, and has medical and health care functions. These characteristics are especially suitable for the needs of relatives of the royal family and Manchu court. They are nomadic people who mainly eat meat. As a result, the daughter tea, group tea and tea cream in Pu 'er tea series are deeply loved by emperors, royalty and princes. At one time, drinking Pu 'er tea was the fashion in the palace, some brewed and some boiled milk tea. The court attached great importance to Pu 'er tea, and people followed suit. Pu 'er tea gained a great reputation in Qing Dynasty. In the sixty-third chapter, there is a description of buying Baoyu and drinking his daughter's tea to help digestion. Talking about Maids in Palace (by Jin Yi and Shen Yiling) also mentioned that Empress Dowager Cixi likes to drink Pu 'er tea: "After the old lady entered the room, she sat by the pit beam of Tiaoshan and offered a cup of Pu 'er tea to show her warmth and relieve boredom. "Pu 'er tea paid tribute to the Qing court at the latest in the fourth year of Yongzheng (A.D. 1726), and when E Ertai, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, implemented the policy of" changing soil into water ",he should have paid tribute at the age of 20. In the 12th year of Yongzheng (A.D. 1734), there was a saying in the official announcement of "Prohibiting buying official tea" that "tea should be paid every year, and official ingots should be mobilized to send a document to Simao for delivery". It can be seen that Pu 'er tea is purchased every year to pay tribute to the imperial court. Yunnan paid tribute to the Qing court for Pu 'er tea, which lasted for nearly 200 years until the late Qing Dynasty. In the early 1960s, several tons of Pu 'er tribute tea, including Tuancha, Daughter Tea and tea cream, were still stored in the Forbidden City. Up to now, the Palace Museum in Beijing has preserved a total of Pu 'er tea "human head tea" (human head-shaped tea group) 1 piece, weighing about 5 kg, with complete shape and bright color. Pu 'er tribute tea received by the Qing court was not only used by the imperial palace, but also distributed to the royal family, and was also presented as a senior gift to foreign missions. For example, in A.D. 1792, a 95-member delegation led by Lord magal, former British Governor in Madras, came to China. In the name of congratulating Qianlong on his eightieth birthday, they asked the Qing court to set up more trading ports, reduce tariffs, allow the establishment of concessions, send envoys and send a large number of birthday gifts. Gan Long didn't agree to Britain's request. However, as a gift, a large number of precious gifts were also given back, including Pu 'er tea and Pu 'er tea paste. The feudal leaders in Xishuangbanna also regarded Pu 'er tea as a precious thing. According to Lu Shi, in the sixth year of Qin Long in Ming Dynasty (AD 1572), the history of the comfort station was published in the car. Among the gifts that Dao Meng Ying prepared for his wife (the daughter of the king of Myanmar) to return to Myanmar, there were four tubes of Pu 'er tea. There are 5 groups in each group, with equal emphasis on gold, silver and jewelry.