China is the hometown of the world the origin of tea, tea, Yunnan is home to the heart of the origin of tea, the appropriate length of the famous Yunnan large leaf tea, representative of the product is at all times famous tea, this sense speaking, tea is the origin of tea "hometown of tea.

First, Pu'er tea appear to Qinggong tribute tea

Southern Yunnan tea, Tang and Song dynasties since sold to Tibet. After the ancient dynasty commonly Yunnan Pu'er tea with the the Tufan exchange horses, "tea-horse trade tea. Six major tea (tea have stable sales, increased demand, will promote the development of tea production, gradually formed the famous southern Yunnan history in this Xishuangbanna territory), reputation spread far and wide. Visible until the late Ming Pu'er name records. Qing Dynasty established in the year 1644, Gu rule 16 years in 1659, the reign of the Qing Dynasty forces arrive in Yunnan. Yongzheng Emperor assigned the Manchu henchman Minister Ertai as the Yunnan Governor, In 1726 Yongzheng 4 years, Ertai implemented in ethnic minority areas in Yunnan Chieftain rule policy (waste toast, set the official, set stream officer, stationed in the army strengthen administrative rule), 1729 Yongzheng 7 years settings of Pu'er Prefecture governance Yongzheng 13 years in 1735 to set up the administrative organization of Simao town government genus the "Simao Hall" (the area including today's Xishuangbanna). Simao Pu'er became the purchase and sale of the six major tea tea distribution center for trade fairs prosperity. Qing Dynasty for the control of the purchase and sale of the right of Pu'er tea, 1730, Governor Ertai in Simao tea headquarters of the government-run assigned pass sentence the "officials personally in charge of the total tea shops, the implementation of the monopoly of the local policies disguised tea monopoly purchase, and not to private phase trading alone cages benefits exploitation of the mountain, while implementation on the old into the the Chaya system, select the best Pu'er Tea tribute Beijing, in order to win the emperor favor.

Second, the Qing appreciated Pu'er tea

Yunnan Pu'er tea into a clean government, after the same all over the tribute tea, its flavor and tea are different from lobular Zhongcha, won the favor of the imperial family, regarded as a rare tea. The reason lies in the deep forests primeval tea leaf species tea, its flavor is particularly strong special quality, to help digestion skill strongest, and medical treatment, the role of health care. Characteristics of tea. Ming and Qing era who has long experience, and a variety of written records, the late Ming scholar Fang Yizhi that Pu'er tea steamed into the group, "most things"; Qing Zhao Xuemin "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica" records medicinal point of view Pu'er tea "bitter and engraved, oily solution of cattle and sheep poison", "bitter, by sputum under gas, scraping intestinal pass vent," Xiaoshi phlegm. Qingwei Shengjin, skill, particularly "The tea is very suitable for the needs of the nobles of the Palace of Heavenly Purity.

Salty known world, the Qing Dynasty the Manchu ancestors of the present northeast China safari national, meat-based, and into imperial rulers, pampered, eating delicacy everything pole need a digestion skill tea drinks. Pu'er tea is with this feature, so Pu'er tea and daughter tea, Pu'er tea cream, won the emperors, concubines, the royal food nobles especially appreciated, the palace to drink Pu'er tea for fashion, for Paoyin for boil boiled tea, especially the annual winter climate in the north dry, patients have to drink Pu'er tea. Somewhat, and under must efficiency Yan. So Yunnan Pu'er tea became famous in the Qing Dynasty Beijing, social salty smell. Qianlong period, literati Cao Xueqin heard know it back in depicting the lives of the nobility of "A Dream of Red Mansions" 63 "Shou Yihong Qunfang open Banquet" a write Jiabao Wang drink tea, the daughter tea to aid digestion The literary reflect.

Qinggong heavy goods tea fashion spread in tribute tea Origin Yunnan, therefore, "S & P (-er) tea name heavy world," said "Pu'er tea all over the world, most strong that taste, capital (Beijing) especially" records that reflect the actual situation of the Qing Dynasty then.

Fashion The Qinggong dignitaries who love to drink tea ordinary bait, from generation to generation, until the late Qing period palace is still the case. Clear, after death, the eviction of the eunuchs, the ladies said the palace horizons reflected. For example, used to serve the eight years of the Empress Dowager Cixi daily life the odalisque said: Granny (Empress) into the room on the east side is born Zhongtiaoshan kang. The Jingcha first Sincerely cup of Pu'er tea Granny after the eldest being winter inside, they had just eaten greasy, so drink Pu'er tea, the Figure it also Nuanwei can oily solution "and so on.

Third, Simao is the Procurement of Qinggong tribute tea

Qing Dynasty royal tribute tea drinking followed the prescribed system, provides year-old into bud. Junji early, the Department of the Ministry of Responsibilities seven years, change is the Ministry of Rites ", 1650" Junji seven years, the Ministry of Rites note to the tea-producing provinces of the Chief Secretary, the annual \ 'Guyu \' after the 10th destabilize indefinite date to the Ministry of delaying those parameters at the "Yunnan Pu'er tea what year was the beginning of tribute, old Gong how much needs to be verified later than in 1726 Yongzheng four years, Ertai implementing The Chieftain "the period should have been old Gong. Of Yongzheng 12 March 734 official proclamation "forbidden pressure buying tea divisions encyclical" tribute tea "should do every year, the Department of moving public pieces of silver, Simao pass sentence reference to a Order of the collar do up" language, we can see that time The Qinggong Pu'er tea has an annual tribute Simao acquisition.

Later in the early years of the dynasty, Nguyen Phuc "tea" tribute tea documented more clearly: "check (read) tribute tea case books, known cases of tea tribute each year in the the CHIEF library copper-bearing under the disbursement silver twelve hundred by Simao hall leading to forward purchase and repairing received tea tin bottle satin tray, wooden boxes and other charges. their tea in Simao local charge fresh tea to be three or four pounds of fresh tea before being folded into a pound of dry the tea annually prepare tribute, five pounds of weight group tea, three pounds weight of group tea, a pound weight group Tea four two-tier group of tea, a twenty-five money re-group tea; glass bottle bud, the Rui tea tray Sheng tea cream, a total of eight colors, Simao sub-prefect (of Guan Ming) collar silver contractors. "Pu'er the tribute tea sub-group tea, loose tea and tea extract three eight colors, sent by local officials to do the honest and upright official.

Then, the same book also describes the season of Pu'er tribute tea plucking and manufacturing method: "adopted in February Rui fine and white, that the Tippy, for tribute, tribute rear Xu folk trafficking. Mining and steam, knead for corporation cake its leaves little put rather of Judah tender by name Yacha,, adopted in March and April by the name \ 'the Xiaoman tea \', adopted in June and July by name Valley scented tea. tight group tea round by name; small circle by name \ 'daughter tea \'. daughter tea for women adopted before rain in \ '\' was the four twofold mass tea time plucking and the season in general and now as if it is credible .

Yunnan is an annual to Qinggong tribute tea shall be a statute, has been extended to the end of the Qing Dynasty, before and after about 200 years. Wong with tribute tea is stored in the slippery official "tea library" (in this Palace east of Yonghe Palace East). "Tea library, to set YuanWaiLang two, treasurer of two of the six products, no grade treasurer two library so that fifteen specially accommodating management.