The historical origin of the history of Pu er tea, the origin of Pu er tea

Pu'er tea has a very long history, as early as more than 3,000 years ago, during the period of King Wu's war, the Pu people, the ancestors of Yunnan tea planting, had already offered tea to King Wu of Zhou.

It's just that there was no name for Pu'er tea at that time. The transitional ancient tea tree of Bangwei is a living fossil left over from the cultivation and domestication of tea trees by the ancient Pu people.

Historical documents record that the earliest person to plant Pu'er tea was Tang official Fan Xuan, in his book "Barbarian Book".

Volume 7 Zhongyun "Tea out of the mountains of Yinsheng City, scattered harvest without harvesting method." Meng Sheman cooked and drank it with pepper, ginger and cinnamon. ”

According to research, the tea of Yinshengcheng should be Yunnan large-leaf tea, that is, Pu'er tea. Historical records show that as early as more than 1,100 years ago, it belonged to Nanzhao.

Yinsheng City Boundary Mountains" in the Sipu District, has been rich in tea.

Li Shi of the Song Dynasty in his "Continuation of the Naturalist".

The book also recorded: "Tea out of the silver life mountains, when there is no time to pick, mixed ginger cooked and drunk." "From the cognition of the history of tea culture, tea flourished in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty.

In the Yuan Dynasty, there was a place called "Buribu", which was later written in Chinese characters, and became "Puer" (at that time, "ear" did not have three points of water). The word Pu'er was first seen here.

During the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, Xie Zhaoqian wrote in his book "Dian Luo".

, mentioning the word "Pu Cha" (i.e., Pu'er tea), the book says: "All Pu tea used by Shishu is steamed into a ball." This is the first time that the word "pucha" has appeared in writing. Li Shizhen of the Ming Dynasty wrote "Compendium of Materia Medica".

There is also a record of "Pu'er tea out of Yunnan Pu'er".

Qing Dynasty Ruan Phuc "Pu'er Tea Record".

Pu'er belonged to Yinsheng Mansion in ancient times. The use of Pu'er in the West has been since the Tang Dynasty. Qing Daoguang's "Pu'er Mansion Chronicles".

Six Tea Mountain Relics", in the Three Kingdoms period more than 1,700 years ago, tea was planted in Pu'er Prefecture.

After all, the origin of Pu'er tea is too far away from the center of Chinese culture, and the inconvenient transportation and the separation of thousands of rivers and mountains make the written records of Pu'er tea very poor.

The "Book of Man", written by Tang Fan in the fourth year of Xiantong (863 AD), recorded a lot of history and culture of Yunnan, among which it is recorded in the "Book of Man, Yunnan Chronicles, Guannei Products, Volume VII": "Tea out of the mountains of Yinsheng City, scattered harvest, no mining method, Mengshe Man with pepper, ginger, cinnamon and cooking and drinking." This is the earliest written record of the Pu'er tea producing area that is currently recognized, so it is widely cited.

If we look at Fan's record calmly, there are still issues that need to be screened and discussed. In 862 A.D., the Nanzhao State that ruled Yunnan sent troops to attack Annam (that is, Vietnam, which was under the rule of Tang at that time, and Tang ** had a ruling body in Annam), and Tang ** sent Cai Xi to succeed him as the envoy of Annam, and Fan Xuan was Cai Xi's staff. In order to know himself and the enemy, and understand the situation of Nanzhao, Fan Xuan was ordered to collect information about Nanzhao and wrote the "Book of Barbarians" in 863, and in the same year, Nanzhao captured Annam, Cai attacked and died, and Fan Sui fled.

Fan Xuan had never actually been to Yunnan. Therefore, the records of tea in the "Book of Barbarians" also need to be screened and discussed. First, the book said that "tea out of the mountains of Yinsheng City" should be credible.

"Yinsheng" is the Yinsheng Festival, the governance is located in Yinsheng City (now Jingdongdong County), the jurisdiction includes Pu'er City, Lincang City, Xishuangbanna Prefecture and other places, this area is recognized as the origin of tea area, "Barbarian Book" only says "tea out of the mountains of Yinsheng City". Before the Tang Dynasty, Jingmai Mountain has been planting tea for more than 1,300 years, and the newly found scriptures written in Dai script record that the Brown people have built a village and planted tea in Mangjing more than 1,800 years ago, which of course needs to be carefully verified by experts. Second, it is said that "scattered harvesting, no harvesting method, Mengsheman with pepper, ginger, cinnamon and cooking and drinking."

Regarding "bulk harvesting, no mining method" should be hearsay. There are many ancient tea mountains in the Lancang River Basin, and these ancient tea mountains are large in scale and old in age. Taking Jingmai Mountain as an example, the area that can be picked is more than 10,000 acres, and tea has been planted for more than 1,800 years according to the legend of the Brown people.

As for "Mengsheman drinks it with pepper, ginger, cinnamon and cooking", that is only the drinking method of some people, and does not represent the tea drinking method of Pu'er tea producing areas. Mengsheman is the ruling nation of the Nanzhao State, before the unification of the Nanzhao there are six edicts (six small kingdoms) around the Erhai Lake, the Mengshe Zhao in the south is also called the Nanzhao, its nationality belongs to the part called "Wuman" at that time, the other five edicts are all "white barbarians", and later the Nanzhao unified the other five edicts to build the Nanzhao country and conquered most of the present-day Yunnan region. "Mengsheman" is a branch of "Wuman" at that time, is the ruling nation of Nanzhao, the tea should be from the "Yinsheng City Boundary Mountains" ancient Pu'er tea, but there is a custom of adding pepper, ginger and cinnamon to boil and drink when drinking.

The three-course tea drinking method of the Bai people in Dali should have originated here.

Pu'er tea is produced in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province and other places, because it has been distributed in Pu'er since ancient times, so it is named. Pu'er County, also known as Pu'er Hani Autonomous County, belongs to Simao District, is located in the south of Yunnan Province, 373 kilometers away from Kunming, formerly known as Ning'er County. "Pu'er" is Hani language, "Pu" is Zhai, and "Er" is Shuiwan, which means "Shuiwan Village", with the meaning of "homeland".

Pu'er tea is produced in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan Province and other places, because it has been distributed in Pu'er since ancient times, so it is named. Pu'er County, also known as Pu'er Hani Autonomous County, belongs to Simao District, is located in the south of Yunnan Province, 373 kilometers away from Kunming, formerly known as Ning'er County.

"Pu'er" is Hani language, "Pu" is Zhai, and "Er" is Shuiwan, which means "Shuiwan Village", with the meaning of "homeland".