When you come to Xiangxi, Hunan on May Day, in addition to the ancient city of Phoenix and Furong Town, the mysterious tea mountain is also worth a visit!

The eighteenth year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (1539), a certain day in the fourth month of the lunar calendar. When Lu Jie, a military envoy from Huguang and Guizhou, patrolled Ludong Mountain in Baojing, Hunan, a group of more than a hundred people caught miasma in the deep mountains and old forests and was unable to walk. The local Miao people picked the century-old tea leaves in front of their home for their grandmother Xiang Xiang to make tea soup for the officers and soldiers. Soon after drinking tea, the miasma recovered, and the officers and soldiers were alive and well. Lu Jie was very happy and took out an ingot of gold on the spot to thank her grandma, and presented the tea to the court. Tea is worth the price of gold, hence the name “Golden Tea”.

More than four hundred years of time have passed. Today’s golden tea has gone out of Ludong Mountain, out of Baojing County, out of Hunan, spreading its branches and leaves in the mountains and rivers of our country, and it is deeply loved by people. This April, Xiaoyu and his friends came to the origin of Baojing Golden Tea-Ludongshan Town, Baojing County, Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province. Lvdongshan Town belongs to Baojing County and is located at the junction of Jishou City, Guzhang County and Baojing County in Xiangxi Prefecture, Hunan Province. Starting from Jishou, it takes about an hour to reach Ludongshan Town. On the road, looking from a distance, a row of strange peaks stand proudly on the top of a huge rock wall, standing alone among the rugged mountains, with double caves like “Lu” running across the mountain, which is extremely mysterious and breathtaking. At the bottom of the gorge is a winding creek that quietly extends to the distance. My friend smiled and told me that the famous Ludong Mountain, the origin of golden tea, had arrived. What to do during a trip to Ludongshan Town? We can see the tea garden. My friend told me that there are 3,446 households and 15,695 people in 8 villages in Ludongshan Town. 400,000 mu of golden tea are planted in the entire Xiangxi prefecture, during which 53,000 mu are planted in Ludongshan Town, among which more than 2,700 tea growers, with an average of nearly 3 mu per capita. In Ludongshan Town, there is tea on the side of the village and the road, tea in front of and behind the house, tea on hillsides and river valleys, tea on terraces and Pingba, people in tea, tea in paintings, Ludongshan town becomes tea What a most beautiful picture in this world. Along the tea mountain road, wandering among the green tea gardens, you will have a panoramic view of the spring scenery of the mountains. The tea buds are sprouting and the mountains and greenery are everywhere, which makes people feel relaxed and happy. The most beautiful tea mountain, well-deserved! At the vernal equinox, the tea trees in the mountains spit green, and the tea pickers in the Miao uniforms shuttled in the meantime, with a special flavor; in the midsummer, climbing up and outing, a cup of cold tea, overlooking the endless tea garden; early autumn, the Miao drum beats the sky, Miao family It’s not lively to catch autumn; in the winter solstice, make a cup of golden tea, around the bonfire, everyone laughs and talks about life… We can go to the Golden Village to see the 415-year-old “Golden Tea Tree King” from the Ming Dynasty Chongzhen period. This tea tree king is currently the only living plant intangible cultural heritage protected object in Hunan Province and is known as a “drinkable cultural relic.” The Golden Village was formed in 2016 by the original Huangjin Village, Paiji Village, Banghai Village and Shangxia Beitu Group. The Golden River runs through it. Golden Village, with 7 ancient tea gardens of Derangong, Kuru, Tuantian, Bangnawu, Gezhemai, Longjingao, and Lengzhaihe, 148,600 square meters; 718 ancient tea trees in the Ming Dynasty and 1,339 ancient tea trees in the Qing Dynasty Plants; There are 2057 ancient tea trees with a trunk diameter of more than 30 cm. The tea tree king is 4.8 meters high, the crown width is 5.5 meters, the tree circumference is 120 cm, the crown cover area is 26 square meters, and the main trunk diameter is 95 cm. 415 springs. It is said that at the Baojing Golden Tea (Changsha) meeting in 2016, the tea produced by this tea tree king was once purchased by a company for 20 taels of Baojing Golden Tea. It can be described as “one tael of gold, one tael of gold). tea”. We can experience picking tea and frying tea. Nowadays, it is the time when the quality of golden tea is the best of the year, when the amino acid content peaks. The fine golden tea is brewed, and the leaves are stretched in the water again, returning to fresh green, with a tangy fragrance. Fresh and sweet, the tea fragrance is overflowing, and it diffuses from the tip of the tongue, making people forget the turmoil of the world in an instant. This bite is worth waiting for a whole year. We can also see Miao Village. My friend told me that the Miao villages around Ludong Mountain are exceptionally beautiful. More than 100 Miao villages have been preserved in Ludongshan Town. Many Miao villages still maintain the original style and features. They are built against the mountains, with a small wooden house connected to each other with a lot of stilts, and few people come to visit. We can also taste the most authentic Xiangxi cuisine. Whether you can eat the authentic full tea feast of the Miao family depends on your luck! Roasted pork with black tea, roasted pig’s feet with green tea, black tea comb button, yellow tea braised old duck, fish white tea, fried tea insects, golden tea omelette, five-color tea soup, the aroma is overflowing, drooling, gobbled up, eats… …. Such Xiangxi, such Baojing, such Ludong Mountain, waiting for you to visit~~ Wentu/Nalan Xiaoyu Xiaowu