China Black Tea Museum

The first exhibition museum of black tea in China integrates collection, exhibition and tourism. With a total investment of more than 40 million yuan, it adopts the traditional Chinese Pavilion style.

This paper introduces the development history of black tea and the human geography of Anhua. It's worth a visit

China Black Tea Museum

China Black Tea Museum, located in Dongping Town, Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province, is an important cultural tourism project for Anhua county to implement green rise and vigorously promote the development of tea tourism culture integration. It is located in Huangshaping ancient tea city on the east side of the county and the South Bank of Zijiang river.

China Black Tea Museum covers an area of about 10 mu, with a total investment of more than 40 million yuan. The main building and the ground storeroom are 10 floors, 39 meters high, and the podium is two floors, with a construction area of 6250 square meters. It adopts the traditional Chinese Pavilion style, with reasonable design, exquisite workmanship, magnificent shape and beautiful scenery. China Black Tea Museum is the only special exhibition museum of black tea in China, integrating collection, exhibition and tourism. It is a landmark building in the hometown of black tea in China. The name of the museum was inscribed by Li Tieying, former vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress. The construction started in September 2012 and opened to the public free of charge in October 2015.

China Black Tea Museum is an important place to learn about black tea, to understand Anhua, and to carry out patriotic education; it is also an important window to taste tea and discuss Taoism, to visit and rejuvenate, and to display Anhua's humanistic history and overall image.

Exhibition display

China Black Tea Museum has basic exhibition hall, special exhibition hall, temporary exhibition hall, multi-functional studio, cultural relics warehouse, VIP reception room, cultural relics photography room, safety monitoring room, audience service department and other facilities. The first to third floors of the main building are exhibition halls with an area of about 2100 square meters. The first floor displays the landscape of Anhua with the theme of "verve Anhua"; the second floor displays the history and culture of Anhua with the theme of "fragrance of black tea"; the third floor displays the human history of Anhua with the theme of "traces of time". The fourth floor is a leisure place integrating tea product exhibition and tea art performance. There are also two temporary exhibition halls for all kinds of exhibitions.

Characteristic collection

After years of collection, Anhua County Cultural Relics Management Institute has collected 5037 cultural relics, including 458 precious cultural relics (6 first-class cultural relics, 45 second-class cultural relics and 407 third-class cultural relics). Among the cultural relics collected, the most distinctive ones are tea cultural relics and tablet stone carvings, including 4 first-class cultural relics, 12 second-class cultural relics, 80 third-class cultural relics and more than 800 general cultural relics. We plan to collect more than 1000 such cultural relics, especially tea relics. We plan to collect all kinds of tea production tools and inscriptions related to tea from Anhua tea factory, Baishaxi tea factory and all major tea shops in the county. For example, Anhua tea factory has all kinds of tea production tools and tea samples since the end of Qing Dynasty, Baishaxi tea factory has thousand taels of original tools for tea production, and Tang Dynasty ancient tea There are more than 20 inscriptions of tea regulations made in different periods in the town.

History and culture

Home of black tea

Anhua, known as "Meishan" in ancient times, is the birthplace of "Meishan culture"; it has unique folk customs, leaving many precious cultural heritages. Anhua black tea is formed and developed in this cultural atmosphere. Anhua county is known as the "hometown of tea". It has a long history of tea production and tea making. As early as the Tang Dynasty, there was a record that "the color of Qujiang is as iron". It has a history of more than 1000 years. In the yuan and Ming Dynasties, "Yunwu Tea" and "Furong tea" were well-known at home and abroad and became court tribute. In the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, Anhua black tea replaced Sichuan tea and sold to northwest provinces. In the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, Anhua black tea was issued by the court Anhua black tea was officially designated as the official tea for sale in Northwest China in the constitution of the people's Republic of China. During the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty, tea merchants in Europe and the United States said that they would not buy Anhua tea without Anhua brand. During the period of the Republic of China, tea merchants in Changsha, Wuhan and other places hung signs of Anhua famous tea to attract business. In recent years, Anhua black tea has become more popular both at home and abroad, with the reputation of "Anhua black tea is unique in China, Chinese black tea is unique in Anhua.". Anhua black tea is a special kind of tea in China, which is unique to Anhua. It is one of the "six kinds of tea" (green, black, red, yellow and green) in China. It is made of fresh tea leaves, a large variety of leaves in the mountainous area of Anhua, through a unique processing technology. It is an essential drink of life for border herdsmen every day. There is a saying that "it is better to have no food for three days than no tea for one day". In the past, "ruling the border with tea" maintained the stability and tranquility of the Chinese nation, and today it has become a bridge and link to maintain national unity. Due to the unique production process of black tea, it has the special effect of reducing blood sugar and fat, reducing weight and eating. It is a green health drink under the sub-health state of modern urban people. At the same time, black tea is the only tea that can be stored for a long time among the six kinds of tea, and the older it is, the more fragrant it is, the stronger its function is. It integrates cultural value, artistic value, practical value and collection value. In 2008, Anhua black tea thousand Liang tea production technology was listed in the national intangible cultural heritage list.

Humanistic Anhua

Anhua, located in the hinterland of Hunan Province, is located in the middle reaches of Zishui River, with beautiful scenery. Xuefeng mountain is magnificent, precipitous and magnificent; Zijiang river meanders eastward, mountains and valleys crisscross; there are lakes in Xuefeng lake, and mountains in the lake; Anhua rocks are strange, caves are quiet, and miraculous; Anhua forest sea is vast, and pines are in waves The mountain is the pride of Anhua, which creates the atmosphere and boldness of Anhua people; the water is the tenderness of Anhua, which endows Anhua people with flexibility and intelligence. Anhua is the birthplace of Meishan culture. Twenty thousand years ago, our ancestors lived and multiplied here. They were pioneered by Sanmiao, managed by Chu people, cultivated by Miao and Yao people. Since the Northern Song Dynasty, their territory was just settled. Their history and culture have a long history, such as Galaxy Xinghan, shining with bright light. Anhua terraces are like a paradise in heaven. The ancient tea town of Anhua is full of traffic and tea fragrance; the ancient tea horse road, the ancient trees in the setting sun and the breeze in the valley witness the treasures on horseback and compose the glory of Anhua tea industry; the wind and rain corridor bridge in Anhua is a pearl inlaid in the valley and an eternal symbol of Anhua The unique geographical environment of Anhua casts the hardworking, plain, pioneering and innovative spirit of Anhua people; the mysterious Meishan culture endows Anhua people with the character of daring to do, advocating culture and martial arts. Since the Ming and Qing Dynasties, humanities have flourished. The temple of Confucius is majestic, the hall of Peiying is carved and painted, the stone house of Yinxin is still there, and Huang's calligraphy is still fragrant. Since the Republic of China, revolution has been surging, industry has saved the country and prospered the country, students have been thriving, and sports have become famous all over the world Anhua, Anhua, return to Anhua! Be content with this, be content with this! Let's adhere to the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, deeply promote the "3 + 2" development strategy, strive for green rise, and strive to build green Anhua, ecological Anhua and well-off Anhua in an all-round way!

Address: Huangshaping ancient tea city, Anhua County, Yiyang City, Hunan Province

Longitude: 111.26872500993

Latitude: 28.369437954893

Tour time: about 2 hours

Traffic information: self driving

Ticket information: Free

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