Those who have been to Hangzhou must be amazed by her beautiful scenery. The intoxicating willows in the West Lake and the beautiful shadow of the lake tower make people linger. Especially , West Lake , , Longjing Tea , is even more famous all over the world.
Legend Longjing tea has magical effects. Drinking it regularly can make people full of energy and prolong life. There is also a touching story about the origin of Longjing tea.
A long time ago, a grand peach banquet was held in the sky every year to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother of HTML . The grand event this year was particularly lively, with fairy music, singing and dancing, delicious food, gold and jade treasures, and all the gods from all caves came to participate, filling the Queen Mother's Palace of Fushou.
All the gods and immortals have used their unique skills to cheer up the Queen Mother: Chang'e dances gracefully, the eight immortals show their abilities, the prodigy of the fairy plays and sings, sends fruits and tea, and travels back and forth, and the entire Fushou Palace is very lively. Everyone was having fun, and Dixian ran into the Fushou Palace with sweating. In order to attend the grand event, he had just come from the earth to heaven. among the Eight Immortals, Lu Dongbin, , is the most kidding. Lu Dongbin grabbed the sleeve of the earth immortal and said, "The great immortal will come late, he will be fined three glasses of wine!" The gods and immortals also echoed, "The queen mother must be fined three glasses." The Queen Mother smiled and advised, "Lu Dongbin, the earth immortal is coming hurriedly, so he must let him take a breath!"
The earth immortal smiled and kowtowed to Queen Mother : "Empress, it's too late for the little fairy to prepare a treasure for the empress." As he said that, he opened a small box he carried with him.
In an instant, the entire Palace of Fushou was shining with golden light and a fragrant fragrance lingered. The earth immortal held up a crystal tea cup in his hand, and a little white dragon carved in the cup was shining.
Earth Immortal said: "This cup is called the Silver Dragon Jade Cup. It is made of a piece of jade that fell from the sky when the sky was opened when the sky was opened. A silver dragon can be seen in the cup, combining the yin and yang energy of heaven and earth. Mortals can drink water to prolong their lives. Gods and immortals can use it to taste tea and will also have a childish face. Today is the birthday of the Queen Mother. The little fairy specially dedicated it to the Queen Mother, wishing the Queen Mother a long life." All the gods and immortals were stunned.
Queen Mother was so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. She asked the palace maid to put the jade cup on the birthday table of the main hall, and then personally gave a glass of wine to the earth immortal. All the gods and immortals were scrambling to wash the earthly immortals, and the birthday palace was very lively.
Lu Dongbin is usually the most greedy for alcohol, and today he is a little drunk again. He was attracted by the treasures brought by the Earth Immortal and thought to himself: I, Lu Dongbin, have never seen any treasures in heaven and underground, but this is the first time I have seen a teacup like today. I must take a good look and drink tea with it to sober up my wine.
Thinking of this, Lu Dongbin tiptoed to the bottom of the birthday table and reached out to pick up the cup. He saw the jade dragon in the teacup shaking his head and waving his tail and swimming in the cup. Lu Dongbin exclaimed in his heart: "What a treasure!" Lu Dongbin was about to raise his cup and admire it carefully, when a little fairy boy suddenly walked past here and shouted in panic: "Lu Dongbin got the cup!" The gods turned to Lu Dongbin in unison. Lu Dongbin was shocked, his soul came out of his body, his hands loosened, and his cup rolled into the world.
When the Queen Mother heard the shout, she turned around and saw Lu Dongbin’s face pale, and comforted her: “Don’t worry, the Peach Banquet is over, and the Big Immortal just gets the cup back.” After hearing this, Lu Dongbin said "Thank you" in tears and left. One day in heaven, and thousands of years on earth. The Peach Banquet has just begun, and more than 360 years have passed in the world.
But Lu Dongbin left the Peach Banquet, wearing cloud shoes, and hurried to the world, looking for the jade cup of Queen Mother. After estimating the direction, he stepped on the clouds and fell to Hangzhou, pretending to be a scholar, traveling around.
On this day, Lu Dongbin came to the Lion Peak and saw a white-bearded and white-haired old man sitting in front of the thatched hut next to the ancient tree under the cliff, and was weaving a basket with bamboo skin.
Lu Dongbin walked up to say hello and said, "I'm so energetic!" The old man said, "Guests from afar, please sit under the tree. There is nothing to be entertained in the mountains. Drink a bowl of herbal tea and take a break!"
Lu Dongbin picked up a big blue flower bowl and saw that the tea leaves in the bowl were as green as jade and as thin as bee wings. The tea soup was refreshing, refreshing, and the color was pure and refreshing, like transparent green plum wine . When you drink it, you feel comfortable in your body, your spirit is greatly boosted, your fatigue is eliminated, and your physical strength is doubled. The fragrance will not dissipate for a long time, ah! Where is such a famous tea in the world? Could it be... Lu Dongbin hurriedly asked his father-in-law: "What a famous tea treasure! Is this tea produced by myself?"
The father-in-law smiled and said, "My ancestors passed down an old tea tree, and I picked tea leaves and drank it home. Wild tea in the mountains had no taste. I heard from the older generation that a stone nest fell in a stone well. I caught the cliff in the stone well and kept dripping the snow from the falling spring water, crystal clear and pure. My ancestors scooped the spring water from the stone well and watered the old tea tree, and saw that the trunk of the tea tree was thick. The leaves are as green as jade, giving off a strange fragrance. From then on, this tea tree has become a treasure of my family's ancestors. A generation of people planted a new tea tree. Now it is eighteen tea trees, standing tall and standing up to the mountains. The herbal tea you drink is the first batch of tender leaves in the New Year picked from the oldest tea tree. "
Lu Dongbin asked in surprise: "Is that stone well still there?" The old man said slowly: "What a deep stone well, it can fly from the sky, but it can't fly from the ground to the sky. It can only be in the mountains for thousands of years. Do you want to see it?" Lu Dongbin hurriedly said, "I want to see such a strange thing." My father-in-law led Lu Dongbin to the back mountain and saw the mountain squatting like a brave stone lion, with strange peaks and dangerous cliffs and dense ancient trees.
Lu Dongbin came to the cliff and saw an ancient stone well located under the cliff, surrounded by weeds and wild vines, dripping clear spring water from the top of the cliff rushing towards the clouds, falling into the stone well like a broken line. A pool of clear water in the stone well is like a mirror. Lu Dongbin drinks a sip of spring water, which is cool and sweet, refreshing and moistening. Although the stone well has been exposed to wind, rain and sun for many years, it is crystal clear and shiny, and is still in a delicate state.
Lu Dongbin was surprised and happy, and couldn't help but cheer in his heart: "Ahhhh, this is the jade cup of my lost Queen Mother!"
The old man saw Lu Dongbin looking at Shijing in a daze, and asked, "Look at this Shijing? No matter how dry the weather is, the water is constantly flowing in the stone well. The eighteen tea trees were watered with this water. There is a little white dragon in this well. When people fetch water, it turns the water up at the bottom of the well, so this well is called Longjing . This tea is also called Longjing Tea." After hearing this, Lu Dongbin was happy and asked hurriedly, "Honey, I'll get a bucket of water from the well, okay?"
The old man said, "Do you want to see the Little White Dragon , right? Okay!" The old man threw the bucket into the well. Lu Dongbin looked into the well and saw that the little white dragon in the well was shaking his head and waving his tail. cough! This Longjing is the jade cup of Queen Mother. Lu Dongbin used all his strength to pull the jade cup, but it was too deep to pull it out. Seeing Lu Dongbin's tired look, my father-in-law came over and gave him two bags of tea. Lu Dongbin had no choice but to take the tea back to heaven.
Queen Mother tasted Longjing tea and found it very delicious, so she saved Lu Dongbin from being guilty and asked him to go to West Lake to pick Longjing tea every year. From then on, Longjing tea became a treasure in the heavenly court.
Where are the eighteen tea trees in my father-in-law? Water the spring water in Longjing, and the branches and leaves are lush. The picked tea leaves are green and fragrant. Soaked in the water, it flashes like dragon scales, and has a delicious shape. It is known as the four masterpieces of color, fragrance, taste, and shape. Later, it became the four famous teas of lion, dragon, cloud and tiger. It is the ancestor of Longjing tea produced in Shizi Peak, Longjing, Wuyun Mountain and Hupao Mountain, and became the leader of famous teas. Emperors of all dynasties have listed Longjing tea as imperial tea. Traditional Chinese medicine also lists Longjing tea as a heart-strengthening medicine, which is used to clear heat and reduce fire, and to relieve heat and wake up and sleep.
