Xinhua News Agency: The Hanyang Mausoleum Museum in Shaanxi Province revealed on June 13, 2016 that the tea unearthed from the Hanyang Mausoleum has been certified by the Guinness Book of World Records, becoming the oldest tea found so far.

The tea was discovered by the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology during the archaeological excavation of the Hanyang Mausoleum, about 2100 years ago.

Hanyang Mausoleum is located in the northern suburbs of Xi'an City, is the cemetery of Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty and the Queen of the Western Han Dynasty buried together in the same cave, from 1998 to 2005, the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology carried out archaeological excavations on the Hanyang Mausoleum, and found the remains of unknown plants mixed with the grain relics.

Experts said that the plant samples unearthed from the Hanyang Mausoleum are ancient tea leaves, almost all of which are made of tea buds, which is the earliest tea in the world found so far, about 2100 years ago, and is of great significance for exploring the development and evolution history of Chinese tea culture.

In March 2016, the Hanyang Mausoleum Museum and the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology jointly applied for the Guinness World Records certification for the tea unearthed from the Hanyang Mausoleum, and in May 2016, Luo Wen, President of Guinness World Records Greater China, issued a certification certificate to the Hanyang Mausoleum Museum and the Shaanxi Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

It is understood that this oldest tea object found so far shows that tea appeared in the court diet during the Han Dynasty.

The discovery of ancient tea leaves in the Hanyang Tomb is of great significance for the study of cultural exchanges on the ancient Silk Road.

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