green tea to a certain extent, From the later Qing to the Republic of China,Hangzhou’s tea industry has been prosperous than ever, and became the famous place of tea’s producing and the tea business center.
Nowadays Hangzhou has many institution of tea, such as the department of tea in Zhejiang University, China International Tea Culture Research Association, China Tea Museum, China Tea Association, National supply and Marketing Cooperative national tea quality inspection center, all these are the rare resources and the solid foundation for Hangzhou to develop its tea industry 2.3 The Core of Tea Culture
In the process of development of tea culture, Hangzhou has become the notable region for tea producing and a variety of the phenomenon of tea culture has derived, such as the beautiful scenery of tea village, form the Longjing tea village to the Jingshan tea village, Qingding tea village in Tianmu mountain, everywhere in the tea village appears bright and beautiful. In a long term practice, the tea grower in Hangzhou has accumulated a whole set of exquisite technique of picking tea and making tea, this is the basis for dragon well green tea become the top of Chinese famous tea. Hangzhou is a good place for growing tea, in this case, the green tea in Hangzhou has gain the distinctive quality, for example, the famous dragon well green tea known to all the tourists for ” the green color, the Fragrant, the Sweetness, and the elegant shape”. The attractive anecdote and the old tradition have formed based on the close relationship between tea culture and people’s daily life, and the well-developed tea industry in Hangzhou. The diversify tea ceremony. The tea poems, tea words and the tea couplets suit both refined and popular tastes.
Meanwhile in the long term development, tea planting, tea picking, tea making, tea tasting and relevant variety tea customs, concept has become a capital part of China's cultural system, as a kind of carrier, tea has become the epitome, of china’s traditional culture. Its basically behave in: firstly with the combination of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism-the quintessence of traditional culture and the process of drinking tea, the spirit of the tea ceremony has formed. Secondly, Tea artistry, including tea’s Bake, Selection of water, tools, tasting and drinking, is a special process of Art, demonstrate the traditional Artistic aesthetics. Thirdly, take the process of the tea ceremony as a process of cultivate the spirit, emphasize the self-improvement in tea ceremony for the sake of the formation of elegant character.
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3. The Influence of Tea Culture in Hangzhou Tourism Industry
Hangzhou tea culture has the long development history and the deep heritage, nowadays, with the development of Hangzhou tourism, tea culture has been a important tourist resource, and played a indispensable role of Hangzhou tourism, 3.1 The Status of Tea Culture in Hangzhou
Hangzhou tea culture has a long history, of long standing and well-established, and it sis fantastic. There are lots of tea culture tourism program, such as, the famous historic and cultural sites, the producing area of famous tea, The Tea Museum, leisure teahouse, the performance of tea ceremony and so on, are of great future potential and unique tourism program. Since ancient times, Hangzhou has been the producing area of noted tea, tea culture in Hangzhou has a long history and a solid foundation, in china, Hangzhou has the great resource of tea culture tourism, such as the old, appealing legend and anecdotes, exquisite technology of tea’s picking and tea’s making. The teahouse in Hangzhou has a long history, with a Large number, is one of the foundation of develop tea culture and leisure tourism. at the moment Hangzhou tea culture tourism mainly including several type as Sightseeing tour, Leisure tour, Tea culture exhibition tourism, the tourism related with tea culture.
As a representative, dragon Well tea plantation, Dream of the tiger spring, Meijiawu tea village, china tea museum, Jingshan temple, they combined with sightseeing, leisure, resort, and themed tourism. The ever-increasing Hangzhou tea culture tourism is based on the unique and great resource of tea culture tourism. Now this is going to introduce the tea culture from teahouse culture, tea garden, tea’s making, and tea ceremony. 3.1.1 The Culture of Teahouse in Hangzhou
If you're an avid tea drinker you've probably had at least a few cups of Longjing - or Dragon Well - tea, a variety known for its smooth leaves, fragrant scent and subtle taste. Hangzhou is famous for its historical sites and natural beauty - and not surprisingly, for its teahouses, which are more than simply places to drink tea. They are scattered across the city, particularly in the West Lake area, and most popular in springtime when the best Longjing is harvested、
Teahouses in Hangzhou can be traced back to at least the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279). According to Meng-liang-lu, a book describing the dynasty's capital Lin'an - the ancient name for Hangzhou - the city then had many diverse and well-appointed teahouses lining its main
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thoroughfares. Before the \revolution\(1966-1976), Hang Zhou’s teahouses also had information centers and rooms for social gatherings, said Zhu Jiaji, chairman of Hangzhou Teahouse Association, and general manager of Hu Pan Ju Teahouse.
Nowadays, there’re currently 778 registered teahouses in the city and more than 400 household teahouses surrounding Longjing village. The Hangzhou teahouses have several features. They emphasize making tea with famous water, and tasting it in an excellent environment, thus achieving the true objective of tea art. In Hangzhou, most tearooms are elegant, simple and unsophisticated. Hangzhou teahouses are called tearooms because of their elegant, quiet and beautiful artistic conception. Small shops attached to the tearooms sell handiworks such as Hangzhou fans, bamboo carvings, small images of Ji Gong, or West Lake lotus root starch. People feel that the lake and sky, and they themselves and the tea are at one when they drink tea in the tearooms along the Su and Bai causeways; when they appreciate the gurgling Running Tiger Spring and its folk stories, they can sense the wonderful Taoist celestial atmosphere. When they drink Longjing tea while listening to the gurgling spring and the clear and melodious sound of bells, watching the wreaths of incense smoke and the devoted Buddhists chanting in the Temple of Inspired Seclusion, visitors will realize the truth of Buddhist allegorical words or gestures even if they themselves are not Buddhists. Decorated with paintings, calligraphy and poetic prose works, the Association of Tea Connoisseurs beside the Xileng Printing Office has a learned and refined style. Thus people can feel tea's cultural flavor in Hangzhou tearooms not only because of the methods of brewing and making tea, but also because of the historic atmosphere. Tea is full of celestial airs, for it is produced in the area where the remains of holy hermits and immortals lay
There’re some famous teahouses as below: English mane Chinese mane Average Cost CNY63 CNY62 CNY100 Qingteng Teahouse 青藤茶馆 (qīng téng chá guǎn) Xinyuan Teahouse Hu Pan Ju Wen Ying Ge
3.1.2 The Tea Garden in Hangzhou
心源茶楼 (xīn yuán chá lóu) 湖畔居茶楼 (hú pàn jū chá lóu) 闻莺阁茶楼(wén yīng gé chá lóu) CNY60 7
Tea tree is of the characteristic of thermophilic, hygrophilous; its plantation environment required a certain height, diffused light and proper Vegetation condition and Temperature and humidity conditions. As the consequence, the place where has the tea tree growing is a beautiful place with the natural environment and beautiful version, some of them becomes the popular tourist attraction that people dreamed of. In essence, the course of tourism is a process for people who are free to back to nature and to experience the nature life and appreciate the beauty from different versions.
Touring in Hangzhou, there are lots of tea gardens in a chain of mountains, you can also find teahouse everywhere when you walking in the streets. People usually have a chat with a cup of tea to understand the human history of Hangzhou and the experience or the skills of tea’s planting and tea’s making. The tea gardens in Hangzhou usually located near the green hills and the streams with beautiful country scene, such as Meijiawu tea village, Longjing tea village, both them are the producing area of green tea as well as the famous tourist attraction.
Take Meijiawu tea village foe example. Meijiawu Tea Village is nestled in the hinterland of West Lake District, and it is renowned as one of the most important tea production bases. It is a must to visit Meijiawu if you would like to learn something about the brilliant past and equally bright future of tea in China. Meijiawu Village in particular is reputed for its history of serving exquisite tea. Here elaborate tea taking ceremonies are held, you will be able to understand why partaking in tea ceremonies is of such importance for Chinese. This picturesque village will enable you to experience the pleasure of a perfect cup of tea, watch several tea ceremonies and most interesting selected tea under professional supervision. Chinese tea can be of different varieties, and you might require some advice or help in selecting a particular type or brand for your own taste buds.
3.1.3 Tea-picking, Tea-making and Tea-Tasting Tea-picking
The words \days of tea cultivation people might have climbed up the tea trees and chopped off the tips of the branches. As tea plants in certain southern areas are trees of rather tall stature, some locals trained monkeys to pick tea leaves for them. Nowadays, tea leaves can be picked by machine; nevertheless, hand-picking is still preferred in many places, as it is felt that this is the only way to
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meet the special tea-picking requirement for preserving the traditional varieties of tea. in the long term practice, the farmers in Hangzhou has fund a exquisite skills for tea’s picking and tea’s making, based on this, caicha opera and Tea-picking Dance ahs formed, and become a indispensable part of tea culture tourism.
Tea-making
Generally speaking, the modern tea making methods include ten steps: picking, sun withering, pan firing, rolling, group of kneading, pile fermenting, dry, coarct, Autoclave expansion. With traditional tea-making processes, the daily weather — including humidity and temperature — must be taken into account during every step of the process. Sight, smell, and touch are also used during the process to determine the tealeaves’ level of oxidization and when to proceed to the next step, which is how you get rid of weed-like odors, and unwanted flavors, and ensure that the fragrant aromas and abundant nutrients of the tealeaves are preserved.
The Roasting technology of dragon well green tea is of exquisite workmanship. When roasting tea, the roaster changes the method now and then, very clever. It's known in English as Dragon Well tea, and is praised for its clarity and depth of flavor as well as the technique of its production. It is one of the few teas remaining that is processed exclusively by hand - resulting in a leaf that is completely unbroken. All of that man-powered labor is reflected in its price. Tea-Tasting
The order of tea-tasting is not to quench one's thirst; it emphasizes the spiritual enjoyment, and regard tea-tasting as a appreciation of art and the appreciation of life. When tasting tea, people should pay particular care to the process of tasting, appreciate tea deeply. People should choose a quiet and elegant environment with fresh air, use clean tea cups and tea sets, and use mineral water of a high quality.
Since the ancient times, the common people in the Dragon Well tea region have not only planted and made tea, but also appreciate and drink tea as well. Hangzhou people are very particular about the water used for making tea. Making West Lake Dragon Well tea with Tiger Spring water can not only make tea water clear and bright, but can fully reveal the fragrance of the tea and improve the diffusion rate of substances in the tea leaves as well. Therefore, “Dragon Well Tea and Tiger Spring” are called “two treasures in the West Lake region”.
But if you are traveling in Hangzhou, you must try a cup of West Lake Longjing tea made of
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