The terminology of Rice Cang Road

Micangdao tea: a high-quality green tea produced in the Micang Mountains in the Qinba alpine region. The tea has a refreshing and long-lasting fragrance and is rich in various trace elements. The shape of Micangdao tea is flat with tapered ends; The aroma of the inner substance is high and fresh; the soup color is clear and clear, and the taste is rich and mellow; the bottom of the leaves is evenly green. The fresh leaves used to make Yonekura Road tea are very delicate and the processing technology is very delicate. It is generally mined 3 to 5 days before the Qingming Festival. The standard is one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves. The fresh leaves are tender and uniform in size. After being spread properly, it is dried at high temperature, stir-fried and cooled three times, and the techniques of shaking, spreading, grabbing, pressing, and striping are used to shape and dry it. The tea leaves are flat, smooth, emerald green, and resemble bamboo leaves; then roasted, the tea aroma increases, and the finished tea has a beautiful appearance and excellent internal quality. ---Guangyuan Yuanshi Tea Co., Ltd.--Produced with honor! In January 2013, the State Administration of Cultural Heritage announced the "Preliminary List of China's World Cultural Heritage", and Shu Road was successfully selected, including Micang Road. Through on-site investigation and research on the Micang Ancient Road, experts fully affirmed the Micang Ancient Road and unanimously believed that the Micang Ancient Road is a fine cultural relic left by the Sichuan cultural route for thousands of years and is extremely popular among ancient roads across the country. It is rare and the cultural relics of various periods along the route are of extraordinary value. They are important physical evidence supporting the Sichuan Cultural Route's application for world cultural heritage.

Walking along the Micang Ancient Road from Hanzhong, on the hillside of Luozhangling Tea Garden in Hongmiao Town, Nanzheng County (Micang Road is called Huangguanling), a striking portrait caught people's eyes. That was a precious photo taken by General Secretary Hu Jintao when he inspected the Luozhangling Tea Garden in Hongmiao Town, Nanzheng County on April 10, 2004. Nowadays, Hongmiao Town has formed a wonder of 10,000 acres of tea gardens, with neat rows of tea trees stretching like terraces on the rolling hills. The tea leaves all over the mountains and plains are green and dripping with pleasant fragrance. The tea-picking ladies carrying baskets are happily running through the gardens. There is a vibrant and prosperous scene everywhere. In Nanjiang County, Sichuan, with green mountains and green waters, lush vegetation, and mountain streams shrouded in mist, it is a natural base for growing tea. Nanjiang tea cultivation has a long history, which can be traced back to the early Shang and Zhou dynasties. It flourished in the Han Dynasty and became famous. It is one of the key tea-producing counties in Sichuan Province. Big-leaf tea is a provincial-level local excellent variety and a high-quality raw material for making high-end famous tea. During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, as a tribute, the court sent special personnel to use horses every year to carry people directly to the palace along the ancient rice warehouse road, where they were enjoyed by emperors, generals, ministers, and dignitaries. At present, the county has a tea garden area of ??52,000 acres and 158 large and small tea farms. There are many Kongming wells on the Micang Ancient Road, which are the best water for making tea, commonly known as nectar. It is said that Zhuge Kongming, the Prime Minister of Han and Shu, dug it with his own hands along the road when he was leading his troops. But most of the wells are hidden in quiet bamboo forests and woods to prevent enemy poisoning. Today, there are still several ancient wells in Huanglinlin on Shanan Road where the water quality is still good. It is crystal clear all year round, warm in winter and cool in summer. Drinking it is clear, sweet and refreshing. It is said that brewing tea with water from Kongming Well can make people's eyesight clear and their brains clear, and they will become wiser after drinking it. Therefore, local people take Kongming Well water every full moon to bring wisdom to their sons; scholars from Bazhou, Jizhou and other places who go to Beijing to take exams will bring Kongming Well water, firstly to quench their thirst on the way, and secondly to use Kongming wisdom to open the golden list. This custom continues to this day. Before the college entrance examination every year, parents who hope that their children will become successful take the water from Kongming Well to make tea for their children, make soup and pray that Zhuge Kongming will bless their children to be admitted to a good university. Nowadays, when tourists come to Huangbailin to take a rest, a sip of the sweet well water can relieve summer heat, quench thirst, and drive away fatigue.

For thousands of years, the tea caravans and the second brother Bashanbei have created the prosperity and prosperity of the ancient towns and post houses along the Micang Ancient Road. According to the memories of older people, at least more than 100 horses and more than 1,000 bearers carry salt and cloth from Hanzhong or fire paper, tea, and white fungus from Bazhou and Jizhou on the Micang Ancient Road every day. In the evening, caravans carrying the banners of various businesses were escorted by the escorts, ringing bells in harmony, and stationed at various inns. Nowadays, with the passage of time, everything has calmed down. Only those who come to Mouyang City in Guangwu Mountain can see the antique civil buildings on the streets, the bluestone slabs with the luster of time and the exquisitely carved beams and paintings. Feel the prosperity of this ancient town in the past and the vicissitudes left over from the past years. Along the way, you can stand on Yuandingzi Mountain to enjoy a panoramic view of the entire tea garden. Under the sunlight, the green tea trees all over the mountains and plains appear more vivid, and the lush tea fields are stacked on top of each other like blue ribbons, which is picturesque. .

The light fragrance of the tea leaves hits your nose, making you feel relaxed and happy. With the breeze, you can also hear the gentle way of carrying the second brother on the old road of Micang, the rough folk songs and the ringing of the horse caravan gradually disappearing... A very important military line in history. Passages and arterial routes for transporting food supplies. It is also the section with the richest history and culture, running from north to south, and is known as "a living fossil in the history of transportation in China and even the world", "a long flowing river of tea-horse culture", and "a piece of history that can be touched".