The Development History of Wuyun Tea in Lushan Mountain

Lushan Mountain has a long history of growing tea.

As far back as the Han Dynasty, tea trees were planted here.

According to the Records of Lushan Mountain, Buddhism was introduced to China in the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, there were more than 300 temples in Lushan Mountain, where monks gathered.

They climb dangerous cliffs, take flying springs and compete for wild tea; Deep in the white clouds, cut cliffs and fill valleys, plant tea trees and pick tea leaves.

During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Lushan Mountain had become one of the Buddhist centers. According to records, Hui Yuan, a famous monk at that time, lived in the mountains for more than 30 years, where he gathered monks, taught Buddhism and developed tea.

Lushan tea was very famous in the Tang Dynasty.

Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, once went to Lushan Mountain to collect herbs and grow tea, and wrote a poem: "Under the long pine, there is a stream head, a sika deer towel and white cloth fur, a medicine garden tea garden as a business, and a wild elk forest stork as a friend."

In the Song Dynasty, there were famous teas such as Hongzhou Hongling, Hongzhou Shuangjing, Bailu and Eagle Claw.

At this time, although the appearance of Wuyun tea is not clear, it is faintly visible from the poems of Huang Tingjian, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty.

As the poem says, "My home in the south of the Yangtze River is better than gathering clouds and falling snow".

The "cloud" written here refers to the white and plump tea; "It's not as good as falling snow", which means that tea ground into powder in the mill has more white hairs, so its Bai Sheng is better than snow.

It seems that there is no doubt that there was Bai Hao tea in the Song Dynasty.

By the Ming Dynasty, the name of Lushan Yunwu Tea had appeared in Records of Lushan Mountain in the Ming Dynasty, which shows that Lushan Yunwu Tea has a history of at least 300 years.

After Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded to the throne, Lushan's reputation became more prominent.

Lushan cloud was produced in the Ming Dynasty and soon became famous all over the country.

Li Rihua's Miscellaneous Notes on Zitaoxuan in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty says: Kuanglu is the best, and tea is produced in fog, which has a unique charm.

Kuanglu Mountain is really the hometown and world of clouds.

The clouds in Lushan Mountain are unpredictable, sometimes like vast waves, and sometimes like light flocs. The whole Lushan Mountain is immersed in the hazy clouds, in the haze of Qianshan Mountain, and in the Vientiane HarmonyOS system, just as it is out of space.

Therefore, with the name of Wuyun Tea, the mist bud absorbed all the balsam. The moisture in the mist promotes the accumulation of aromatic oil in the bud leaves, and also keeps the bud fresh and tender, so it can be made into good tea with excellent fragrance.

In 197 1, Lushan Yunwu tea is listed as the best green tea in China, and it is famous at home and abroad for its "six wonders": thick rope, lush green, bright soup color, even tender leaves, lasting fragrance and mellow taste.

1982 ranks first among the eight famous teas in Jiangxi in the evaluation of 2 1 tea varieties in Jiangxi.

In the same year, the national famous tea appraisal was also designated as China famous tea.

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"Lushan Records" contains: Lushan Yunwu Tea was first planted by birds and spread in the crevices of rocks.

Also known as zuanlin tea.

Zuanlin tea is considered to be the top grade of Wuyun tea, but it is difficult to find scattered thorny bushes, not only the clothes are torn, but also the quantity is very small.

In the past, the cultivation of Wuyun tea in Lushan relied on the monks in Lushan Temple, who planted and watered tea trees one by one.

Lushan Wuyun tea was planted on a large scale after entering the 20th century, but it is still related to Buddhism.

1934 After the establishment of Lushan Botanical Garden, tea seedlings were introduced from Wuru Temple at the foot of Lushan Mountain, and tea seeds were purchased to open up tea gardens 10 mu.

However, before this, the cultivation and production of Wuyun tea in Lushan Mountain depended on the monks in Lushan Temple.

As Chen said in his poem, this is the result of "monks walking between ankles and shins, crying in front of tigers and leopards".

Lushan Yunwu Tea is a masterpiece of tea and Zen.

Since 1950s, cloud tea in Lushan Mountain has developed rapidly, with more than 5,000 mu of tea gardens distributed in Hanyangfeng, Wulaofeng, Xiaotianchi, Datianchi, Hanpokou, Huajing, Tianqiao, Xiujing Temple, Zhong 'an, Zhuomaling, Haihui Temple, Jia Shuai, Huachengshan, Qingshan, Tong Yuan, Baxian Temple, Maweishui and Gao Long.

Especially between Wulao Peak and Hanyang Peak, the quality of tea is the best because of the fog all day long.