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  In the native place of Nu Wa,Sanliya(three-li-strip)tribute tea base locates in the mountainous areas of the Bashan Mouuntain in Southern Shanxi,and is of the foot of the Nu Wa Mountain-10km away from Pingli county seat which in named for both its upper and lower land strips with a three-length.
  Here is with adjoining mountains,gentie hills,wide valleys and grading slopes,and gurgling rivulets,All the faworable condifinons,such as the gentie climate,criss-crossed rivers and paths,as well as the fertile soils of the platform of mountains and small basins,are adaptable to the growth of tea planting.Tea was planted here as early as the in Tang Dynasty,And the local people changed here into a tea honetown with pictureaque scenery and wafting fragrance for the four seasons by their great efforts,such as planting pines on top of the hills,reclaining soll from the channel,and cuffing tea gardens on the middle of the hills.
  According to the foiklore,when if’s under the rein of Emperor Qianlong,an official called Li Liangtian in the department of the Chief secretary was from Sanliya,pingli county.His mother became a widow at 16 and newer remamied.She endured all kinds of hardships to foster Li and let him study,and won reputation in her place,When Emperor Qianlong heard of thin,he favored her with the stele-“Zhenjie Kezun”(meaning her chasfity is honorable) and also erected a chasfity torli for her,LI’s mother requested the emperor’s enwoy to offer the local special product of Sanliya Maojian to the emperor an her thanks.Emperor Qianlong highly praised the tea ,even though having enjoyed all the famous teas in China ,and called Sanliya Maojian to the emperor as her thanks .Emperor Qianlong highly praised the tea ,even though having enjoyed all the famous teas in China,and called Sanliya Maojian the top grade of tea,Later then,Li Liangtian paid tribute each year,Soon Sanliya Maojian became popular and called as “tribute tea”and received high reputation in China.
  The royal tea was wery expensive,At that time,8 dou grain can only be traded with one jin,The ordinary people couldn’t afford it,Each year,the output of the extra fine Maojian was only around 200 jin,most of which was supplied to the govemment,and the rest was purchased by “Zhengdaming”(a local trading firm)and shipped to shanghai,Wuhan,etc,for sale and present.
  In recent years,under the leadership of the local gowemment,the tremendous development potential of sanliya tribute tea is now being fuily developed,and the total land area of tea planting nearly reaches ten thousand mu.For the development of the anclent techniques of tea production,culfural herifage and innowation,the tea shop of ancient people was built at the sife of “Zhengdaming”,and the Research Center for Sanliya Trilbute Tea came into existence,These advantages are used to rebuild the prestige of Hometown of Sanliya Tribute Tea with adwanced techniques,processing equipment and managing strategy.
  At the same time,Pingli is the birthplace of Fiveleaf gynostemma,Fiveleaf Gynostemma Atandardized Demonstrating Zone of China,and Modem standardized Planting Bose Count of Chinese Traditional Medicine for Fiveleaf Gynostemma Research insfifute of Pingli County-Wuhe Fiveleaf Gynostemma Acienfific and Trading Company is a private hi-tech enterprise speclaily engaged in the processing,R&D and technical service for Fiveleaf Gynostemma series products.The main developed products are extra fine Fiveteaf Gynostemma Longxu(tea),condensed juice,Wuhesanbao Fiveleaf Gynostemma tea for the three meals,etc having developed a new way of “mediclnal tea”-one cup of drink,better than one cup of ginseng soup.

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| Last update:2012.04.07