The consumption of tea in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River,including Suzhou,was prevalent no later than the late Three Kingdoms period,as evidenced by the story of Wu Master Sun Hao who replaced wine with tea.The Suzhou tea remained obscure during the Tang Dynasty,however,the Water Moon Tea and Small Green Tea emerged as prestigious tributes in the Song Dynasty.Subsequently,Huqiu tea flourished during the Ming Dynasty but eventually experienced a decline.During the reign of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty(1595),Zhang Yuan documented"Tea Records,"wherein he detailed the tea-making process,particularly Tuanah tea,which closely resembles today's Biluochun.However,there was no mention of the name Biluochun.According to Lu Yancan's book"Renewing Tea Classic"(completed in 1734),the name"Biluochun tea"is derived from the place name Biluofeng.The book of"Renewing of Tea Classic"was written about 30 years after emperor Kangxi's fourth Southern tour(1699),in which there was no record of Kangxi's name for Biluochun.It means that the name Biluochun had nothing to do with emperor Kangxi.The cultural value of Biluochun tea includes its unique tea-fruit intercropping system,which has been in use for thousands of years.Wei Yingwu first sang in Biluochun Tea Garden that tea has the character of"cleanliness and not to be contaminated".Fan Chengda retired to Shihu Suzhou but he did not forget to recite the native land,bending down to the tea field.his poetry is still enough to learn for today's tea travel planning.Biluochun tea has a poetic name,a beautiful appearance as well as delicate and fine shape,which shows the tension of life.Biluochun tea art can reflect the beauty of Taihu Lake waterscape.Biluochun Tea Garden is an immovable cultural relic that records the meaning of Suzhou's thousand-year tranquility.
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