Studies On Tea Industry History Of Hunan In The Ming-Qing Dynasty And Repulian China

With a long history of tea production,Hunan was one of the pioneer in the tea using and production among producing areas. Early in XiHan Dynasty, the tea industries had activities in Hunan; In the Tang period, tea production increased in the expansion of Hunan; Song period was a turning point of the development of tea production in Hunan, tea became a commodity circulate in the market. In the Yuan period, because of opening northwest market and widely trade, so Hunan began to mass production of tea.After unifying China in the Ming Dynasty, Hunan tea-horse trade played an important role in the tea market. The AnHua's dark tea was designated as official tea by the court in the Ming dynasty 23 years (in 1595). The leading tea merchants of Gan, Ning, Jin and other areas use the tea certificate and went to AnHua to purchasing dark tea, and marketing to northwest minority area. Until the period of late Ming and early Qing, The Northwest Region's border tea market were supplied by AnHua, and gradually replaced the Sichuan tea in Shanxi's main position.In late Ming and early Qing period, the Hunan tea production region to expand, and became a bulk export commodities because of the high yield and high quality, The Hunan tea became famous of world. After the Opium War, opened five trade, rapid economic invasion of foreign capitalism, the tea market is very active, provincial merchants and merchants from other provinces had to come to Hunan to bid, this time the price of tea to promote a rapid increased. In XianFeng time of Qing dynasty, the tea merchant of Canton began to product black tea in Hunan and marketing to the United States and Europe, because of its rich fragrance, Europe and the United States competing to buy business. To GuangXu period, Hunan tea production reached a height which security of black tea quality is excellent and best-selling foreign.The early Republic of China, tea was still the main export commodities for the province, sales were still relatively thriving, the output level remains the highest across the country. Anti-Japanese war broke out, Since the fall of coastal that tea sales almost stagnant. After the war, the National government not only failed to restore tea production, but force prices down and purchase tea, exorbitant taxes and levies after another, forcing tea farmers planted other crops instead of tea, resulting in tea production plummeted.This article discussed the Ming dynasty, the Qing and the Republic of China Hunan tea production, tea sales in the development of the evolution and profile. Summarize this historical about period last several hundred years of ups and downs of Hunan tea industry, researched the deep behind the rise and fall of its political and economic reasons and background. Looking back in history and on the summary, get new inspiration and lessons learned in order to enlighten us to explore the New Time OF Hunan tea industry.