Tea Industry Economy In Jiangxi Provincein Tang And Song Dynasties Under The Trend Of Economic Center Moving Southward

From the middle Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty,it was a key period for the economic development and finalization of tea industry in Jiangxi Province,and it had a certain synchronization with the southward shift of the economic center of gravity in ancient China.The development of tea industry is helpful to improve the degree of economic development in Jiangxi and promote the southward shift of economic center of gravity.Of course,it is also one of the important manifestations of the phenomenon of the southward shift of economic center of gravity.Jiangxi was a famous tea-producing area in Tang Dynasty.Seven of the eight states in Jiangxi Province produced tea.The tea-producing areas were widely distributed.Famous tea such as Xishan Bailu,Yuanzhou Jieqiao,Fuliang tea and so on were well-known in the world.The tea industry economy gradually became a part of the economy of the region.By the Song Dynasty,tea production was more specialized,tea producing areas were more extensive and concentrated,various famous products such as Shuangjing tea,Huangbo tea,Jiang tea and so on emerged,while the output of Jiangxi ranked first in the tea producing areas,and the tea industry economy had improved compared with the Tang Dynasty.The development degree of tea industry in Jiangxi is related to the development degree of Jiangxi.There are many economic factors for the development of tea industry in Tang and Song Dynasties.One is the increase of labor force.The second is the increase of grain production and the third is the development of transportation.In addition,due to the improvement of the economic status of the South,tea culture has become popular in the society,which has promoted the production and consumption of tea in Jiangxi from another level.Tea planting has promoted the development of mountainous areas in Jiangxi Province.In addition to scattered small-scale farmers and some main tea planters,Jiangxi tea industry is characterized by specialized production of tea planters inQimen,Fuliang and Wuyuan,which promotes the market-oriented and prosperous commodity economy.In addition,Temple tea industry is a characteristic production form in Jiangxi.Under the strong atmosphere of agriculture and Zen in Jiangxi,monks planted food and cash crops,including tea.During this period,many famous tea was born in the temple of Jiangxi.Tea management system began in Tang Dynasty and developed in Song Dynasty.After the mid-Tang Dynasty,tea tax was levied in the period of Dezong,and Jiangxi became an important source of tax revenue for the court.In the period of Wenzong Cha,Jiangxi set up a special management organization.During the Song Taizu period,tea in Jiangxi needed to be handed over to Zhenzhou and Wuwei Army for discussion;there were tea farms in Zhenzong period;and there were contract farms in Jiangxi during the period of introduction and sale.But the abuses of tea law also caused social problems.The phenomenon of folk smuggling emerged in endlessly in Jiangxi.The armed riots of tea merchants and the rebellion of Lai Wenzheng's tea merchants army occurred in Jiangxi during the Southern Song Dynasty,which had a negative impact on economic life.