In ancient times, there were 12 views of Chuzhou, there was Langya Mountain as the prosperous saying, and raised your eyes to see the mountains and mountains of Langya Mountain.

And the reason for the prestige of Langya Mountain lies in the drunken pavilion in the mountains. At that time, Ouyang Xiu's "The Story of the Drunken Man's Pavilion" made many literati and writers linger here in the past hundred years.

Soon after the Qingming Festival, Langya Mountain ushered in the peak period of passenger flow, and the reason for this is that the triennial tea fighting conference is held near this drunken Weng Pavilion.

The Song Dynasty was an era of great emphasis on the tea ceremony, from the emperor to the scholars, all of whom were not bad about this, and wrote books and theories about it. Maybe you are on the street, an inconspicuous merchant stall owner, you know how to taste tea, talk about laughter, and talk about the wind.

The date of the tea bucket is mostly chosen during the Qingming Festival, because at this time, the new tea is beginning to emerge, which is the most suitable for participating in the bucket. The participants of the tea fight are all tea lovers free combination, more than a dozen people, less five or six people, when the tea fight, naturally there are many lively neighbors.

If you are fighting tea in a tea shop, the owner or buddies of the nearby shop pù will take turns to join in the fun, especially the customers who want to buy tea at that time, and they are even more reluctant to leave, so that they can have a glimpse.

The location of the tea bucket is set in Langya Mountain, which is enough to see the grandeur of the tea fight. In fact, the tea fight has continued to this day, and it is not only a personal taste and competition, but also a kind of culture, but has become a reputation competition between local tea merchants.

If you win tea at a tea fight, it is equivalent to a brand label.

And Ye Yu's father, Ye Mengeng, participated in the tea fighting conference and won eight times in a row, which made the Ye family a well-known tea merchant in Jianghuai. Because of this, the Ye family's 'Dragon Regiment Shengxue' later became one of the six major tribute teas of the imperial court.

Tea tasting, also known as tea tasting, is invited by the host to three or five confidants, the brewed tea, put it in a tea cup the size of a small wine glass, and taste it carefully like drinking.

However, fighting tea is different, fighting, there is the meaning of fighting, and there is also the meaning of winning in the battle. It is possible to use "the essence of the basket and the difference between the appraisals" to summarize the meaning of the tea fight.

Those who participate in the tea fight should each offer their own famous tea and take turns to taste it to decide the winner. The content of the tea fight includes the hue and aroma of the tea leaves, the mellow aroma of the tea soup, the advantages and disadvantages of the tea set, the urgency of boiling water and so on. Tea fights are subject to collective tasting, and the best wins.

The Tea Fighting Conference was presided over by the Governor of the Prefecture, supervised by the officials of the Tea Division, and selected by ten highly respected tea ceremony masters in the Prefecture.

Before the time of the tea fight, many people have gathered in Langya Mountain, like an unprecedented event.

"Come, I've seen the shopkeeper of Yipinxiang! The shopkeeper Hu is a great Confucian with poetry and songs! ”

"This is the money shopkeeper of the Purple Qi Donglai Teahouse, and the golden seal carving is also a must!"

"This old gentleman with Tong Yanhe is Wu Lao, an all-encompassing and omnipotent old tea bone!"

"Hahaha! ……”

The ten judges introduced each other, and their faces were full of joy, after all, this triennial tea fighting conference is also an unattainable thing, and they all hope that each session will have unexpected gains for them.

Just when everyone was talking, Zhizhou Yue Lin and Yang Wanli of the Tea Division walked over together, Yue Lin saw that everyone was talking happily, so he smiled and said: "A few people came earlier than us!" ”

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads, bowed in unison and saluted the two adults, "I've seen the two adults!" ”

"No need to be polite, Wu Lao, you are the authority of the tea industry in this state, I don't know what to expect from this tea fighting conference?" At this time, Yang Wanli, a young official beside Yue Lin, asked softly to Wu Lao, who was in the last years of his life.

Although Wu Lao is an old dragon clock, his eyes are not cloudy, and he immediately arched his hand and said: "Lord Yang has praised it falsely, how can the tea ceremony be authoritatively said, and the advantages and disadvantages of tea are not old and decrepit. As for what to expect......"

Speaking of this, Wu Lao glanced at Ye Mengxin's father and son behind Yue Lin, and shook his head with a little loss: "Since the Ye family of Longyun Tea House won the tea back then, it has been unsurpassed for eight consecutive years. Please forgive Lao Yu for saying bluntly, Lao Yu and all the tea friends are not optimistic......"

"This official has also heard a lot, and now it is difficult to win this tribute tea 'Dragon Tuan Shengxue' in Benzhou, I hope this session will have a heart!" Yang Wanli listened to Wu Lao's words, and nodded thoughtfully.

Yue Lin saw that everyone looked listless, and then glanced at the arrogant Ye Mengxin father and son behind him, and then lightly twisted his beard and smiled: "You don't have to be so discouraged, there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the tea ceremony, how can we know everything, Ye shopkeeper, what do you say?" ”

The rules of the tea fighting competition are that one winner is selected at each session before he is eligible to compete with the previous tea competition. And as the tea of the last session, there is no reason to refuse.

Therefore, although it was Ye Mengeng who won the tea in the last session, now that the Ye family's tea business is taken over by his younger brother Ye Mengxin, this challenge will naturally be taken over by him.

Ye Mengxin bowed slightly, and responded very respectfully: "What the adults said is extremely true, there is no first martial arts and no second, not to mention this tea ceremony!" Even if my Ye family can sit firmly in this state, it may not be able to compare with the rest of the masters in various places! ”

is a seasoned old boy, these words can be described as a combination of fiction and reality, neither humble nor arrogant! It is not only very humble, but also shows its own pride. What do you mean by 'sitting firmly in this state', it's tough enough!

"Oh? That's right, but that's just the honor your brother won, as for whether Shopkeeper Ye can sit firmly, this official will wait and see! ”

Hearing this, the corners of Ye Mengxin's eyes twitched involuntarily, but he still said respectfully: "Thank you for reminding me!" ”

"Third uncle!" As soon as Yue Lin's words fell, a woman's voice came from behind him, and this woman was her niece Yue Sanniang.

Yue Lin turned around and glanced at Yue Sanniang, and said helplessly: "Didn't you go back to Beijing?" ”

Yue Sanniang came to the front and said with a sweet smile: "I heard that there is a tea fighting conference here, so my niece ordered the coachman to turn back!" ”

"You girl loves to join in the fun, you haven't caused me a lot of trouble here for a few months......" Although Yue Lin pretended to be displeased, he didn't feel the slightest complaint, but it made people feel a kind of spoiling of the elders for the younger generations.

"Humph! Third uncle, you know that your niece likes to join in the fun, but you don't say that there is a tea fight today, which caused your niece to suffer dozens of miles of bumps in vain! Yue Sanniang has a girlish temperament, wrinkling her delicate nose, which is quite cute.

Yue Lin gently knocked his niece on the forehead, and said with an angry smile: "Then aren't you like a cat, smelling the fishy smell and rushing here?" ”

"Hee-hee!"

Immediately, Yue Lin introduced his niece to everyone, and at this time, everyone knew that the girl in front of them was the daughter of Yue Lei, a scholar of Hanlin University in the current dynasty. Ye Mingming, who came with his father, although he listened to his father's teachings, he should say less and see more.

And he did this, but these eyes did not look at the scene of the conference, but all fell on Yue Sanniang. And this fiery look was exchanged for Yue Sanniang's anger as cold as a blade.

In the bustling Langya Mountain venue, while a group of people chatting with each other, the time for the tea fight meeting has arrived. Wu Lao, as the convener of this tea fight, walked up to the stage to announce the start of the tea fight.

Afterwards, dozens of tea lovers who participated in the tea fight walked into the venue one after another, and each took out the tea making tools they carried. Boiling tea is a very particular thing, so the formation of the people participating in the tea fight is naturally different.

Some are just carrying a pair of tea burdens, and the whole process is done by themselves. And some have a few tea pots with tea sets next to them.

The person in front of the left wears straw sandals, holds a cup in one hand, holds a tea bucket in the other, and shows his chest and arms, as if boasting about the beautiful quality of his tea, showing a proud face.

Behind him, his sleeves rolled up, holding a cup in one hand and a pot in the other, he was pouring the tea soup into his arms. Two people stood on the right, staring at the former, as if listening to the two sides introduce the characteristics of the tea soup, ready to fight back. Although boiling tea is an elegant thing and the wind is light, it is full of invisible swords, guns, swords and halberds at this moment.

When the first qiē process is completed, everyone serves the tea they brought, and each cup only writes "one, two, three, four......" and sends it to the ten judges with Wu Laowei, and the final success or failure is judged by them.

"The first item is to evaluate tea leaves and tea soup!" Wu Lao said in a trembling but high-pitched voice.

Ten judges picked up the teacup, first to see whether the shape of the tea leaves is uniform, how many fragments and defects are occupied, and then to see whether the color meets the requirements of this type of tea at that time, for example, green tea requires the color to be green, not charred or broken, curly and so on.

Breathe in and smell the fragrance vigorously at a foot or so from the tea, and grab a small cup of tea to smell the fragrance under the nose, and finally everyone talks about it from ear to ear, and then votes by secret ballot with a small note, the note only writes the tea number, and evaluates their favorite tea.

After folding, it is placed in a small cardboard box and waiting for the host to announce it. When Veteran Wu handed the cardboard box that had voted to Yue Lin, he returned to his seat and waited for the results to be announced. The selection of each procedure of the subsequent tea fight is also carried out in this form.

"The second item, evaluate the tea set!"

Dozens of people participated in the competition, each of whom put the tea set he brought on the judge's table and listened to the judges' comments.

"This pot is well-made and unique......"

"This pot is novel, creative, simple and elegant, and it complements the tea perfectly!"

"This pot is harmonious in color, easy to use, and simple and generous......" ......

"The third item of judging is to evaluate the quality of the brewed tea and the quality of the water!"

This third criterion is the most laborious, and it is necessary to judge whether the water used to make tea is a landscape, a river, or a well. Generally speaking, the mountain water is the top choice, the river water is the middle choice, and the well water is the bottom choice. If it weren't for the fact that these ten judges were all old tea bones, they wouldn't have tasted the difference in water quality at all.

After the three basic indicators of tea fighting are judged, the process of the first tea fight is basically over. After several votes, the 10 judges also made their own choice that they thought was the best.

When Yue Lin glanced at the name of the winner in his hand, he couldn't help but smile to himself, and then announced on the stage: "After three comprehensive evaluations, No. 3 is the first place in this review, and No. 3 tea friends will be eligible to fight tea with the previous tea!" ”

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