that have the idea of “prospering in Tang” or “thriving in Tang”. It was in the Tang Dynasty that tea began to have its own word, tea began to sell to rural and surrounding countries, tea began to collect taxes, in a sentence, until then, tea really formed into an independent and national culture or cause.
Production area of tea in the Tang Dynasty
Lu Yu, the sage of tea, listed the tea production area of the Tang Dynasty in his "Tea Classics". According to his records, the Tang Dynasty tea production areas have spread throughout Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hubei, Yunnan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Guangdong, Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, fourteen provinces; and its northern limit, where has been extended to Lianyungang, Jiangsu Province, which means that the tea production area in the Tang Dynasty has reached a similar situation with the modern tea area in China. The production and marketing centers in Zhejiang and Jiangsu have gradually become professionally engaged in tea production. The Tang government also set up the first tribute bunkhouse in the history of Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, which specializes in the use of Tang royal court tea.
