Wuyi rock tea is a general term for oolong tea produced in the rocks of Wuyi Mountain in northern Fujian, and the main varieties are Da Hong Pao, Da Narcissus, Odd Species, Cinnamon, Ming Cong and so on. Among them, the most expensive and the best quality is the Da Hong Pao.
Liu Guoying, the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage Wuyi Rock Tea (Da Hong Pao) production skills inheritor, president of the Wuyishan Tea Industry Association, and chairman of Wuyishan City Rock Tea Industry, said that the core production area of Wuyi Rock Tea is three pits and two streams in a broad sense, on the southeast side of Sanyang Peak, with Tianxin Rock as the center, and the origin of Da Hong Pao "Jiulong" is covered.
Wuyi rock tea ecology is complex and diverse, regional characteristics are prominent, the tea differences between different pits and streams are subtle, even professional tea people are difficult to fully grasp, so it is more difficult for ordinary people to distinguish the difference between a pit and a stream. As long as the process characteristics and variety characteristics are identified, it is enough to distinguish between the positive rock and the semi-rock.
Unique rock bone floral fragrance
In the "Tea Classic", The Tea Saint Lu Yu wrote about the growth conditions of the tea trees in Wuyi Mountain: "The upper one gives birth to rotten stone, the middle one gives birth to gravel soil, and the lower one gives birth to loess", hinting at the origin of the unique floral rock rhyme of Wuyi rock tea.
The special geographical and climatic environment has bred Wuyi Rock Tea, a kind of "rock rhyme" that is different from other types of tea. People who often drink rock tea will generally use the four words of "fragrant, clear, sweet and alive" to describe the unique "rock rhyme". So, what exactly is "rock rhyme"?
In 2006, the national standard "GB/T18745-2006 Geographical Indication Product Wuyi Rock Tea" was promulgated and implemented, which stipulates: "Wuyi Rock Tea refers to the Oolong Tea that selects suitable tea varieties for breeding and cultivation under the unique natural ecological environment conditions of WuyiShan City, and is made with unique traditional processing technology, with the quality characteristics of Rock Rhyme (Rock Bone Flower Fragrance). It can be seen that in the national standard, rock rhyme refers to the aroma of rock bone flowers.
Chen Dehua, the old director of the Wuyishan Tea Science Research Institute, pointed out in the book "Wuyi Rock Tea (Da Hong Pao) Research": "How to understand the meaning of rock rhyme can be explained from the special ecological environment of the origin of Wuyi Rock Tea. The result is: rock rhyme - rock bone flower fragrance - regional incense - Wuyi earth incense, that is, rock rhyme - Wuyi earth incense. ”
Unique craftsmanship
Wuyi rock tea is highly respected by the world, in addition to relying on the unique ecological environment and rich varieties of suitable oolong tea resources, it should also be attributed to its unique and exquisite production process.
The traditional production technique of Wuyi Rock Tea (Da Hong Pao) originated in the late Ming Dynasty and was formed in the early Qing Dynasty, and has experienced more than a thousand years of technical inheritance. The traditional production process has a total of 10 processes, which are interlocking and indispensable.
Wuyi rock tea (Da Hong Pao) production technology can be among the first batch of "national intangible cultural heritage list", "see the green to do green, see the sky to do green", "two drying and two drying", "low temperature long baking" and other techniques, relying on the unique growth environment of Da Hong Pao and the regionality of raw materials, and the geographical landform of the Wuyi Mountains, as well as the special soil properties are inseparable, can not be applied outside the Wuyi Mountain area.
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