Tu Lin Phoenix Ripe Tou

Name: 1980s Tu Lin Phoenix Ripe Tou (100g)
Process: Ripe
Origin: Yunnan Province
Storage: Natural Hong Kong Dry Storage
Weight: 100g，5 tous/string
Factory: DaLi NanJian Factory

The DaLi NanJian Factory was found in 1986, and this tuo was the very early batch, even the first batch that the made by the DaLi NanJian Factory.

Tight shape, like cake, moderate thickness, uniformity, dark color, aged incense, satiation and full, thick bright red soup, like rubies; strong taste mellow, with naturally ginseng flavor and woody smell.
sweet incense streaming; Securinega maroon uniform, durable resistant boiled water.

The legend of Tu Lin Phoenix: There is a fantastic legend about tu lin phoenix.
In Nanxi county, there is a mountain on the junction of Bixi, Yongcui and Gonglang, the altitude is 2347 meters.

There are many peaks there, thick forest, well grassed, birds flying.
The aged people say, long long ago, a phoenix flying towards south occationally saw a bling bling wonderful grass on the cliff of the mountain.
So the phoenix chose a tree to rest and decided to stay with the bling bling grass all her life.

Later, the king of the mountain, tiger, learnt the matter, and wanted to possess it.
The tiger wanted to forcibly occupy the grass, the phoenix never gave up.
Later, they struggled fiercely for 10 days. At last, the phoenix won and kept the grass.
All birds admired the bravery and the wisdom of the phoenix and supported him to be the king.

So they made a fine day Chao Feng Day. All birds would fly to congratulate the phoenix.
The Yi nationality ancestors admired the wisdom and bravery of phoenix, so they named the mountain phoenix mountain. The legend "birds paying homage to the phoenix" appeared.

Even now, the bird migration magnificent scene still exists. Every year, from the second month of autumn to the late October, thousands of birds flock together on Phoenix mountain, having the wonderful scene of birds paying homage to the phoenix.
The phoenix rests on the grass, actually, the bling bling grass is today's Wuliang mountain tea.

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KOREAN TEA

The tea culture of Korea and particularly now South Korea, is little known by many Tea People. The exact time that tea was introduced to the peninsular is lost in ages past. Because of its land connection with China some theorists state that tea was naturally spread by animals and winds meaning tea was in Korea from prehistoric times.

In the Samguk yusa (“Record of the Three Kingdoms” C1200’s) it tells us that thePrincess of the Ayuta Kingdom of India arrived in Kinhae in 48CE with possible gifts of tea seeds. Also, in the Samguk sagi (“History of the Three Kingdoms”) it states "Tea had been drunk from time of King Sondok” (r. 632-647CE) thereby predating the arrival of tea to Japan by some 150 years. This is hardly surprising as Korea borders with China and trade, wars and Buddhist monks moved across the boundary with ease. Whatever the case, tea in Korea became important and we can be quite certain that its first large growing area was within the region of Mount Jiri. That area remains an important wild and cultivated tea production area (see picture). Tea flourished and was used by royalty and commoners, religious and lay people alike. When the Koryo king was deposed in 1392 and the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910) was founded Confucianism displaced Buddhism and tea consumption fell into sharp decline. Alcoholic rice wine usurped tea as a drink and for rituals. Buddhist temples tried to maintain tea production but were ordered by the government to destroy their tea gardens. Tea consumption waned generation by generation until it ceased under the Japanese invasion of 1910. Following the Korean War (1950-1953), South Koreans began to rebuild their tea culture as they rebuilt their pride in their national heritage. To be continued.