In the 18th year of Hongwu 1385, Ding Xian, the son of Juzi, suffered from heatstroke on the way to the exam, and was treated with tea by the monks of Tianxin Temple. After being rescued, he won the championship. In return for his kindness, the champion wore a red robe and a tea tree. Formerly known as "Dahongpao".
14 19 In the seventeenth year of Yongle in the Ming Dynasty, Ming Chengzu named Tianxin Yongle Temple and named the tea of Tianxin Temple "Dahongpao". "Dahongpao" has become a statue of all teas and is famous all over the world.
In the fifth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1526), Liu Xu wrote the Book of Tianxin Zen Tea, and the name of Tianxin Zen Tea first appeared in ancient books.
In the third year of Shunzhi 1646, Tianxin Tea Monk developed the production technology of oolong tea, which is durable and durable, and provides "rice" for congou tea. Dahongpao, known as the ancestor of oolong tea and the source of congou tea, has gradually become synonymous with Wuyi rock tea.
In the 25th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (65438-0685), Shi Chao, a Tianxin tea monk, wrote Wuyi Tea Song, which was the earliest document to record the production technology of oolong tea.
In the fifth year of Xianfeng 1855, the abbot of Tianxin presented 36 tea seedlings to Lin Fengchi, a student in Taiwan Province Province. It was widely introduced in Taiwan Province and became a famous tea "Frozen Top Oolong".
In 32 years from 65438 to 0943, Tianxin monks completed the "Dahongpao" cliff stone carving.
195 1 year, the "land reform" put the tea garden "Dahongpao" produced by Tianxin Yongle Temple under farm management.
In 2006, the production technology of "Dahongpao" was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list.
In 2007, at the first Wuyishan International Zen Tea (Dahongpao) Cultural Festival, the ceremony of "Dahongpao Zuting" was held.
In 2008, at the second China (Wuyishan) International Zen Tea Culture Festival, a series of activities were held, such as the opening ceremony of the Tea Ancestor Hall and the awarding ceremony of the "Lu Yu Award" for tea culture on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
The publication of Tianxin Zen tea
According to "Yan Rui Ji" and other related historical records, in the late Tang Dynasty, the poet Guan Xiu, a Zen master, visited Wuyi three times and signed a bill at Tianxin Temple, where he happened to meet Zen master Koubing Zhaoguang, who took tea as wine and talked about Zen and current affairs. Under the action of tea tannin, the "Wild Crane in the Cloud" was repaired, and his thoughts were full of eloquence, and he took part in the case-solving and stopped fighting Zen. The essence of seaweed optical frequency collar is an eye-opener. Tianxin Zen tea not only undertakes the function of tea as a medium of social communication, but also becomes an opportunity to participate in Zen, realize Taoism and explain Buddhism. Liu Xu, a magistrate of Binxian County in Ming Dynasty, not only believed in Buddhism, but also loved tea. During his visit to the Tianxin Yongle Temple in Wuyishan, his poems were full of emotions. He praised Tianxin ancient Buddha and Zen master for helping Zen with tea and melting Zen with tea. Tianxin Zen tea first appeared in the classics.
The first person to grow tea was a monk, the first tea book was written in a temple, and the best tea was also produced in the temple, such as Longjing tea in Longjing Temple, Dahongpao in Tianxin Temple, and Yunwu tea in Tuolin Temple in Lushan Mountain ... These are the most authentic portrayal of the "tea Buddha family".
The monks of Tianxin Yongle Temple inherited the tradition of paying equal attention to agriculture and Zen, and inherited the concept of benefiting ten tea farmers and all living beings. They opened up tea gardens, took Yongle Teahouse as the base for hand-made tea, took Tianchen Tianxinchan Teahouse as the communication window of tea culture, took tea as friends, registered the trademarks of "Qu Qu Bing" and "No Me", and chose more insightful products of Dahongpao tea pillows and tea mats to promote nobility and naturalness. Make unremitting efforts to promote Wuyi rock tea and spread Zen culture.