Tianfu Tea Museum

Comprehensive understanding of tea history and tea culture

Tianfu Tea Museum

Tianfu Tea Museum is located beside the 324 National Road of Zhangpu, Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province, China. It covers an area of 80 mu (5.3 hectares). It was built in early 2000 and opened in January 2002. At present, it is the largest tea museum in the world. It has won the national AAAA tourist attraction and the first batch of national agricultural tourism demonstration sites.

In February 2020, to pay tribute to the medical workers who are struggling in the front line of anti epidemic, the tickets for medical workers in China will be free within one year after the end of the epidemic.

Introduction

The scenic spot is located in pantuo Town, beside 324 National Highway, 8 kilometers away from Zhangpu County, covering an area of 80 mu. It was built in January 2000 with an investment of 30 million yuan. It was completed and opened in January 2002. It was awarded national AAAA tourist area in 2003 and the first batch of national agricultural tourism demonstration sites in 2005. This is another major initiative of Tianfu group after it founded "Tianfu tea house" in 1993. It is the largest tea museum in the world. There are four Pavilions in the scenic area: main exhibition hall, Chinese tea ceremony classroom, Japanese tea ceremony hall and painting and calligraphy hall. There are also eight landscapes, such as firewood handed down from generation to generation, Mingfeng stone carvings, hanging shadow of Ming Lake, luxuriant forest and bamboo cultivation, Tangshan waterfall, Wuren tea garden, Lanting Qushui and Tiangong blessing. The scenic spot is elegant and unique, fresh and beautiful. It is a professional tea museum with rich cultural connotation and high grade, and a provincial popular science education base.

In 2005, "Tianfu" trademark became the first in Zhangpu County and the third well-known trademark in Zhangzhou city. The couplets on both sides of the grand gate of the Tea Museum: "originated in Shennong, heard in Luzhou, tea history traced back to ancient times", "after seeing Lu Yu, Ge Zhuan Lu Tong, tea wind more prosperous to see today", describe the development history of Chinese tea incisively and vividly; the main exhibition hall displays the world tea culture, the development history of Chinese tea, tea process, tea art and tea sets, tea and health knowledge. "Wu Ren tea garden" has a "monument of loyalty and bravery" in memory of 88 Anti Japanese soldiers in the Ming Dynasty. The Museum of painting and calligraphy displays famous artists' paintings and calligraphy, Zhangpu paper cutting and rare stones. The Japanese teahouse demonstrates the tea ceremony and tea art of three different times in Japan. "Tea ceremony classroom" shows the tea ceremony and tea art of different nationalities in different times, so that tourists can appreciate the true meaning of tea art, enjoy both refined and popular tastes, and cultivate their sentiment. The tea museum is a high-grade tourist area with exquisite and compact layout, unique conception, comfortable and elegant environment, and strong cultural atmosphere. It is good at tea making, tea feeling, tea culture spreading, and leisure shopping.

exhibition hall

There are five main buildings in the hospital

(1) Main exhibition hall: vivid models, light boxes and pictures are used to show the wild tea community in Yunnan, China tea culture, tea sentiment and tea culture in the world, national tea drinking customs, modern tea art, tea and poetry, tea and painting, tea and health, tea industry technology, etc.; attached Tianfu history museum is set to show the development process of Tianfu group.

(2) Tea ceremony Classroom: on the first floor, there are tea performance hall, yixiangxuan, Mingge and other elegant tea tasting places, which also serve as tea ceremony teaching; on the second floor, there is an international conference hall with advanced facilities.

(3) Japanese teahouse (fuhui'an): Japanese style courtyard and teahouse, with Jingting (four fold and a half), Jianting (eight fold) and Jingting (Li Li Xi), representing three Japanese teahouses of different times.

(4) Korean tea ceremony Hall: according to the architectural style of Korean traditional tea house, it is constructed with original fir wood structure.

(5) Calligraphy and painting Museum: on the first floor, there is a collection of calligraphy and painting hall to display our collection of calligraphy and painting, and the activity exhibition hall holds individual or theme calligraphy and painting exhibitions from time to time; on the second floor, there is a friendship hall to hold pen meetings and on-site brush waving from time to time; there is a strange stone studio to display and sell all kinds of strange stones, sculptures and other crafts.

There are also Han Pavilion, Tangshan, Song Bridge, Yuantang, Minghu, Qingchi, Lanting Qushui, Wuren tea garden, Mingfeng stone carvings, etc. The environment is elegant and natural. It is a comprehensive scenic spot integrating academic research, cultural heritage, education and entertainment. Visitors can acquire tea knowledge, know tea, understand tea art and inherit tea culture in the entertainment.

Approaching the "Tianfu Tea Museum", we are faced with a tall and grand archway with three spans. The height of this archway is about 18-20 meters. Looking up, you can see the six characters "Tianfu Tea Museum" written by Mr. Li Ruihe himself. The couplets on the doorpost "originated in Shennong, heard in the Zhou Dynasty of Lu, traced back to the ancient tea history", "saw Lu Yu by classics, passed on Lu Tong by songs, and looked at the present by the style of tea" tells the whole process of discovery, development and dissemination of tea. So it's interesting. On both sides of the archway, there are eight characters: "Qinghe", "Jingjian" and "Chengjing" and "Meilun" behind the archway, which represent the spirit of the tea ceremony and the quality slogan of the tea museum. On the left side of the archway, there is a 5-meter-high, 15 meter long screen wall. On the front, there are five figures who have made great contributions to Chinese tea culture: Shennong, Lu Yu, Su Shi, Cai Xiang and Qianlong.

In the museum, there are also Han Pavilion, Tangshan, Songqiao, Yuantang, Minghu, Qingchi, Lanting Qushui, Wuren tea garden, Mingfeng stone carving, Shiyuan tea garden and other landscaping facilities. The environment is elegant and natural. It is a Grand View Garden of tea culture integrating academic research, cultural inheritance, education and entertainment. Visitors can acquire tea knowledge, know tea, understand tea art and inherit tea culture in the entertainment.

Introduction to scenic spots

Four main pavilions

1、 Main exhibition hall: it is a two-story Chinese style antique building. The traditional style of the exhibition hall implies a sense of modernity, covering an area of more than 3000 square meters. The first floor displays tea technology, tea discovery and Utilization Evolution; tea events of past dynasties in China, famous springs in China, current situation of tea production in China, various tea manufacturing methods and samples. Among them, there is a set of tea set made of copper, gold and silver, which is very eye-catching. Although this set of "treasure of Zhenyuan" is a copy, it is also the only one in China. Its "original body" comes from the cultural relics unearthed from Famen Temple in Xi'an. It is the earliest, most complete and highest grade tea set ever found at home and abroad. The second floor mainly introduces the world tea situation, tea culture of various countries in the world, such as Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, West Asia, Africa, Europe and the United States, etc., in addition to the display of modern tea art and tea sets, tea and poetry, tea and painting, tea and health, and diversified utilization of tea, etc. the last part is Tianfu Museum, which introduces the development of Tianren and Tianfu.

2、 Chinese tea ceremony Classroom: there is a tea ceremony performance hall. There are nine sets of tea ceremony performances in different dynasties: Tang Dynasty's tea making and poetry listening, Song Dynasty's tea ordering, Ming Dynasty's literati tea, Qing Dynasty's palace tea ceremony, Qing Dynasty's tea ceremony in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, Yunnan's minority tea ceremony, Tibetan butter tea, classical beauty tea art, and seasonal tea ceremony. Yixiangxuan is a place to perform kungfu tea art in Southern Fujian. Tourists can also learn how to make a pot of good tea here. The exquisite, familiar and authentic tea ceremony and tea performance of tea artists have left an unforgettable impression on tourists.

3、 Japanese teahouse: the unique "Japanese teahouse" is the largest, most complete and most representative Japanese teahouse in China - "Fuhui nunnery". To enter the teahouse, visitors need to walk on the flying stone above the white sand, because in Japan, the white sand on the open ground of the teahouse represents running water, and stepping on the white sand means falling into the water. The first one on the right is Japan's oldest teahouse, the four and a half fold "Jingting", the middle one represents Japan's 200 year old teahouse, the eight fold "thrifty Pavilion", and the left one is the modern standing ceremony "Jingting". Visitors can watch the performance of the thousands of schools of Japanese tea ceremony in the modern teahouse.

4、 Calligraphy and painting Museum: there are four exhibition halls in the Museum: the main exhibition hall mainly displays the collection of calligraphy and painting; the activity exhibition hall will hold some calligraphy and painting exhibitions from time to time; the strange stone studio displays the strange stones from all over the country. On the second floor, there is an activity and friendship hall, where pen parties and on-the-spot activities are held from time to time.

Eight scenic spots

1、 Courtyard carving: it's called "inheriting the past and opening up the future". It was created and designed by Li Ruihe, President of Tianfu group. The story is about an old cow leading a strong cow and pulling a cart full of tea. The old cow wants to give the heavy task of pulling the cart to the strong cow. We see that the old cow has relaxed the reins, and the strong cow is pulling hard forward. The old cow also looks back at the strong cow, as if to say: "son, I'm old, you should continue to move forward, no matter the road is muddy or rough"; there is a father and son sitting on the cart The father is very pleased to hand over the heavy responsibility of driving to his son, who is also full of confidence to take over the Bullwhip in his father's hands and prepare to drive, showing the spirit of inheriting the past and opening up the future and sustainable development of tea industry management and Chinese tea culture.

2、 Mingfeng Stone Carvings: on the stones of various shapes scattered in the courtyard area, there are tea poems, tea words and tea couplets left by literati after drinking tea. For example, on the stone in front is a poem by Zheng Banqiao, a poet of the Qing Dynasty: no wind, no rain, no sunshine, green bamboo pavilions, good festival, favorite late cool guests, a pot of clear tea soaking pines.

3、 Cuilvchangchun: This is a demonstration tea garden in the hospital area, in which 12 kinds of Oolong tea varieties from southern Fujian, Guangdong and Taiwan are planted. Among them, Taiwan tea, Jinxuan and Cuiyu, are carefully cultivated by Professor Wu Zhenduo, a Chinese tea master. In the hospital, we also set up a statue for Professor Wu Zhenduo. Professor Wu Zhenduo, a native of Fu'an, Fujian Province, graduated from Fujian higher tea Academy in his early years. He arrived at Taiwan tea industry improvement farm in 1947 and served as the first director of the farm. He devoted his whole life to the research of improved tea varieties, including Jinxuan tea and Cuiyu tea

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