Then through reheating, drum, and round sieve, the tea leaves are divided into 4 or 5 routes such as the original tea, round tea leaves, light tea leaves, and broken pieces of tea. Then they are proce

Then through reheating, drum, and round sieve, the tea leaves are divided into 4 or 5 routes such as the original tea, round tea leaves, light tea leaves, and broken pieces of tea. Then they are processed separately, and then the finished products of each route are evenly assembled and piled. box. Gongfu black tea produced from the fresh leaves of Tanyanglai tea has a bright golden color and a smooth red leaf base. Tanyang Gongfu ranks among the three major Gongfu teas in Fujian (Bailin Gongfu, Zhenghe) due to its beautiful shape and quality. Kungfu). The sales of Tanyang Gongfu established Tanyang Village’s important position as a tea distribution center in eastern Fujian at that time. The popularity of Tanyang Kungfu has brought unprecedented prosperity to Tanyang Village. At that time, there were many new houses on both sides of Shexi River, three arch bridges were built near the river, and there were more than 140 shops of various types on the two parallel streets. In the fifth year of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1866), Fujian Province established a tea tax bureau in Tanyang, and Fu'an had its own tea taxation department. Tanyang Village has also become the largest tea processing factory and sales market in eastern Fujian. At its peak, Tanyang Street, which was less than one kilometer long, had 36 tea shops. You can imagine the prosperity of the tea market from this. Guo Shangbin, a Tanyang official in the first year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, said in his "Guixiang Mountain Records": "There are Guixiang Mountains in all nine cities of the city, and Tanyang is at the foot of the mountain. The tea production is beautiful and plentiful, and it has the style of Wuyi, so foreigners call it 'Little Wuyi'." "In the days when the word "Tanyang Gongfu" was popular, letters written from abroad did not need to be named by provinces, prefectures, or counties. Just write "China Tanyang" and they would arrive accurately. In the hands of the recipient, Liu Songnian, a writer who came from Tanyang, described the anecdotes of Tanyang Tea Village in the past in the article "Looking at the Tanyang Tea Shop from the Ancient Houses": The first store on the street was Yuanji Tea Shop. , owner Wu Gengyu. This tea shop consists of three buildings, with a total of 36 shops, employing more than 100 people, and more than 200 tea pickers. The annual output of refined Tanyang Gongfu dry tea is about 2,000. The remaining pieces (more than 2,000 loads) can earn an annual profit of 50,000 yuan. Based in Lingxia Village at the foot of Baiyun Mountain, it requires more than 70 people to distribute "tea silver" every year. More than forty barrels (each barrel contains 1,000 yuan) of silver dollars; they were picked up in a long procession from Tanyang to Lingxia Village and distributed to local farmers. When the big farmers in Lingxia Village saw so much white money, they said in surprise: “We haven’t dug so many sweet potatoes in winter! ”At that time, foreign businessmen mostly took the form of “loans” to do business. Every year on February 2 of the lunar calendar, tea merchants went to Fuzhou to collect “tea silver” from merchants from various countries. Tea silver was packed in barrels and cost 1,000 yuan per barrel. In the early spring, a shipload of silver was shipped from foreigners, and in the late spring and autumn, a shipload of tea was shipped to them. The folk proverb at that time said: "When a country rises, black (tea) is exchanged for white; when a country fails, black (tea) is exchanged for white." Wu (opium)" refers to the trade of exchanging tea for silver or silver for opium. The folk song goes: "The tea season is here, thousands of families are in trouble, and the tea bags pave the way to make beds." In the tea season, Tanyang Village has almost become a tea leaf The ocean. Parallel to the main street of the tea shop, the commercial street on the other side is connected by three arch bridges. There are Ruiji Sauce Store, Fish Store, Nanjing Miscellaneous... various shops are crowded together, and the theaters and restaurants are very lively. , hotels are also visible in this narrow and prosperous land. The folk song: "The street lights are shining for ten miles, and the theater troupes sing all night long", which describes the scene of Tanyang Street without exaggeration.

In order to protect the safety of people and property, more than 70 wealthy people built a solid and thick wall starting from the entrance to Shangqiaotou and bypassing the back gate mountain. The streets, the middle of the street, the end of the street, the back gate mountain, and every fence gate They all have square gun towers. The number of armed guards at the time was more than 360. The remaining ancient buildings in Tanyang provide sufficient evidence for people to trace the prosperity of Tanyang after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It has been restored and developed to a certain extent. Due to the improvement of traditional technology, the quality of "Tanyang Gongfu" black tea has been improved, and the supply of "Tanyang Caicha" variety in the international market has exceeded the demand in the 1960s. The seeds were also sent to Mali and Kenya. After the country's successful trial planting and large-scale cultivation and promotion, the export of black tea was hindered by the deterioration of Sino-Soviet trade relations. In the same year, the production of roasted green tea began, and "Tanyang Gongfu" only retained a small amount of production in 1990. The "Tanyang Gongfu" black tea exported by Yangcha Chang is ranked as the top export earner in Fujian Province's agricultural reclamation system.

At the 2008 "Humanistic China - World of Tea Fragrance" Chinese Tea Culture International Seminar and Exhibition held in Beijing, Fu'an's "Tanyang Gongfu" black tea was distinguished by its dark color, unique fragrance and mellow taste. Gantian was praised by expert judges and won the gold medal in the black tea category. Participating in the auction for the first time, 100g of "Tanyang Gongfu" black tea sold for 25,000 yuan. "Tanyang Gongfu" black tea is exported to Russia, Western Europe and other countries and regions on average more than 1,000 tons per year.

The history of the rise and fall of Tanyang Gongfu tells us: the formation of any brand is inseparable from the internal and external business and trade environment, and weak countries have no business opportunities. In the 21st century, we are at the crossroads of national rejuvenation. How to reshape traditional brands and win a place for national products in the globalized economic market is the responsibility and mission of every citizen. I hope that Tanyang Tea Market will re-create its historical glory in the future!