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1. Yongzheng Edition: It is said that during the Yongzheng period of the Qing Dynasty, there was a young man named Hu Fusi in the Hu family (that is, Hu Guiyu, the fourth Hu family, was born in Kangxi 6 1, that is, 1722, and his old man lived to be seventy years old and died in 179 1). The owner of the ship is a mother and daughter, who are the dependents of a British foreign firm comprador. Comprador adults see Hu Fusi smart and handsome, very appreciated, and intend to take care of him. When he learned that the young man came from a tea village, he revealed his business opportunities, saying that foreigners like a kind of black tea, which is made by ethnic minorities. British businessmen usually want a lot of money because the output is small. Enthusiastic comprador also told Hu Fusi the basic method of making this kind of black tea and told him to make it as usual after returning to China, saying that if it can be made, it can be sent to Guangzhou and sold overseas by his foreign firm. After Hufus returned to Tanyang, he tried this kind of black tea according to law. After some efforts, the original Tan Yang Kung Fu black tea came out. This method gradually spread, and the villagers competed to imitate it.
Second, Xianfeng Edition: It is said that in the first year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, a tea merchant surnamed Hu went out to do business and met a Jianning tea guest suffering from dysentery in the inn. The man vomited and diarrhea, and his condition was extremely critical. Tea makers are often kind-hearted. A tea merchant named Hu saw this situation and took the tea produced and soaked it in ginger and brown sugar as medicine. After taking it, it seems like a miracle, and the condition has greatly improved and recovered quickly. In order to repay him for saving his life, Jianning tea drinkers became brothers with Hu and taught him a unique method of making private black tea. Later, the tea leaves that Hu took home were used as raw materials and wiped regularly. He found that the quality of new tea is really extraordinary, and the external character is too good and full of praise. Because this kind of tea is made from local tea leaves, and the production process takes a lot of time, Hu felt it and called it "Kung Fu". Tan Yang, located in the north of Fu 'an, is a village under the jurisdiction of Shekou Town. The village name of this village first appeared in the Fu Ning Fu Zhi of 1762 (the 27th year of Qing Qianlong). Qingxi in front of Tanyang Village, fragrant osmanthus trees behind the village, Song Bailv on the other side, and green tea gardens far and near. Tan Yang is shaped like a long plate, also known as "plate ocean". Before the Republic of China, ships with a load of more than one ton could reach the entrance of Tan Yang village with convenient transportation. This is a village with a long history of planting and making tea.
According to legend, in the early Ming Dynasty, there was a villager named Hu Youcai in Tanyang Village who planted an excellent Tanyang tea on his own land. It can be harvested from Qingming to Bailu, with an average yield of nearly 700 kilograms of fresh leaves per mu. Local tea farmers generally grow vegetable tea. Baked green tea processed by Tan Yang Baoxin Tea is even and straight due to tight rope, with green color and pure aroma. 185 1 year (in the early years of Xianfeng, Qing dynasty), a Jianning tea man from Chong 'an brought the method of making black tea to Tan Yang, which brought the excellent quality of Tanyang tea to the extreme. Wanxinglong Tea House, founded by Tan Yang villager Hu Fusi (also known as Hu), successfully trial-produced Kung Fu black tea. With the trademark of "Tan Yang Kung Fu", it was distributed in western Europe through Guangzhou and was favored by western markets. Since then, there has been an endless stream of tea merchants, and local tea merchants and foreign tea vendors are scrambling to open tea shops in Tanyang. Tea leaves from neighboring counties and cities such as Shouning, Zhouning, Zherong, Xiapu and Taishun in Zhejiang Province were also processed into black tea or sent to Tan Yang for processing, and all of them were sold to Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other countries and regions under the label of "Tan Yang Kung Fu", and "Tan Yang Kung Fu" spread like wildfire, making it famous.
Tan Yang Kung Fu is famous for its exquisite skills. The production process is as follows: firstly, let the picked fresh leaves volatilize some water to soften the leaves; After withering, the next step is to knead the tea leaves into strips to make them flow out of tea juice and accelerate enzymatic oxidation; Fermentation is the key to the formation of tea quality. Under the action of enzymes, the enzymatic oxidation and condensation of polyphenols are promoted to form the inherent color, aroma and taste characteristics of black tea. Finally, drying, under the action of heat energy, stop enzymatic oxidation, evaporate excess water, emit smelly green gas to improve aroma and fix the shape of tea leaves. Then, after reheating, roller and round screen, the tea leaves are divided into four or five paths, such as self, round, light and broken tea, which are processed in different paths, and then the finished products of each path are assembled and stacked evenly and packed. Kung fu black tea made from fresh leaves of Tanyang Laicha is bright in color, golden in color and even and smooth in leaf color. Tanyanglai Tea ranks first among the three major kungfu teas (Berlin Kung Fu, Zhenghe Kung Fu) in Fujian because of its beautiful appearance and high quality. The popularity of Tan Yang Kung Fu established Tanyang Village as an important tea distribution center in eastern Fujian at that time. The popularity of Tan Yang Kung Fu has brought unprecedented prosperity to Tanyang Village. At that time, there were many new houses on both sides of Shexi River, three arch bridges sprang up along the river, and there were more than 140 shops on two parallel streets. In the fifth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1866), Fujian set up a tea tax bureau in Tan Yang, and Fuan tea tax class was unique. Tanyang Village has also become the largest tea processing plant and sales market in eastern Fujian. At the peak, there were 36 tea shops (villages) in Tan Yang Street, which was less than one kilometer long. The prosperity of the tea market can be imagined. In the first year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty, Guo Shangbin, a scholar from Tan Yang, wrote in The Story of the Fragrant Hills in Guangxi: "All the nine cities have Fragrant Hills in Guangxi, and Tan Yang is at the foot of the mountain. Tea is exquisitely made and rich, with Wuyi style. It is also called' Little Wuyi' by foreigners. " "In the era of" Tan Yang Kung Fu ",letters written from abroad don't need to specify provinces, prefectures and counties, and the book" Tan Yang, China "can reach the recipients accurately. Liu Songnian, a writer who came out of Tan Yang, described an anecdote about Tanyang Tea Village in his article "Looking at Tanyang Tea Street from Ancient Dwellings": Yuanji Tea Shop was the first one on the street, and its owner was Wu Gengyu. This tea shop consists of three rooms, 36 pavements, 100 employees and more than 200 tea pickers. The annual output of refined Tan Yang Kung Fu dry tea is about 2,000 pieces (more than 2,000 tons), and the annual profit is 50,000 silver dollars. It is located in Xialing Village at the foot of Baiyun Mountain, buying primary dry tea. More than 70 people are needed to distribute "tea silver" every year, and more than 40 barrels (each barrel 1000 pieces) of silver are carried; From Tan Yang to Xialing Village, a long snake array was sent to local farmers. When the big farmers in Xialing Village saw so much glistening money, they were surprised and said, "We haven't dug so many sweet potatoes in winter! " "
At that time, foreign businessmen mostly took the form of "loans", and tea merchants went to Fuzhou on February 2 every year to collect "tea silver" from merchants from all over the world. Tea silver is in barrels, each barrel 1000 yuan; In the spring, I brought in a shipment of silver from foreigners, and after the Spring and Autumn Period, I sent them a shipment of tea. At that time, the folk proverb said: "The country raises, and the black (tea) is white; When the country is defeated, white for Ukraine (opium) refers to the trade of tea for silver or silver for opium. There is a folk saying that "tea season comes, thousands of people make trouble, beds fall down, and tea bags pave the way." In the tea season, Tanyang Village has almost become an ocean of tea. Parallel to the main street of the tea shop is the commercial street on the other side, which is connected by three arch bridges. There are Ruiji sauce shop, fish shop and Nanjing grocery shop ... All kinds of pavements are crowded and lively. In this narrow and prosperous land, theaters, restaurants and hotels can also be seen everywhere. The folk song: "The street lights are on for ten miles, and the troupe sings all night" describes the scene of each block without exaggeration.
There are more than 70 rich people in Tan Yang block. In order to protect the safety of people and property, a solid and thick wall was built from the population at Shangqiaotou, bypassing Houmen Mountain, and square turrets were built on the street, in the middle of the street, at the end of the street, at Houmen Mountain and at every gate. There were more than 360 armed guards at the peak. The ancient buildings left by Tanyang Village provide sufficient physical evidence for people to trace back to the prosperity of Tan Yang. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), tea production has been restored and developed to a certain extent. Due to the improvement of traditional technology, the quality of "Tanyanggongfu" black tea has been improved, which is in short supply in the international market. In 1960s, Tanyang Tea was successfully planted by sending seeds to Mali, Kenya and other countries, and was widely cultivated and popularized. From 65438 to 0969, due to the deterioration of Sino-Soviet trade relations, the export of black tea was blocked. In the same year, the system of baking green tea was reformed, and only a small amount of output was reserved for "Tan Yang Kung Fu". 1990 "Tan Yang gongfu" black tea exported by foreign tea farms in Fujian province was listed as the most foreign exchange-earning product in Fujian agricultural reclamation system. In 2008, Tanyang Gongfu black tea was praised by experts for its warm color, unique aroma and mellow and sweet taste, and won the gold medal in black tea tasting at the China International Tea Culture Seminar and Exhibition held in Beijing. The first time I participated in the auction, l00g "Tan Yang Kung Fu" black tea sold for 25,000 yuan. "Tan Yang Kung Fu" black tea is exported to Russia, Western Europe and other countries and regions, with an average annual output of over 65,438+10,000 tons.
The history of the rise and fall of Tan Yang Kung Fu tells us that the formation of any brand is inseparable from the internal and external business environment, and weak countries have no business opportunities. 2 1 century, we are at the crossroads of national rejuvenation. It is the responsibility and mission of every citizen to remold traditional brands and win a place for national products in the global economic market. Looking forward to the future tea market in Tan Yang, recasting the glory of history!