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Hello everyone, I'm Chen Yuye from the School of Communication, East China University of Political Science and Law, majoring in journalism.
Tea Picking Dance. When it comes to Jiangnan tea songs, I think you will definitely unconsciously hum the tune of "Tea Picking Dance". "The stream is clear and the stream is long, the two sides of the stream are good, the scenery is good, brother, you are planting rice diligently Sister, you are busy picking tea in the mountains and mountains of Dongshan ......At that time, the song "Tea Picking Dance" was a smash hit once it was released, spreading all over the country, singing the "tea picking" culture in the south of the Yangtze River all over the country and even around the world.
This year coincides with the 65th anniversary of the birth of "Tea Picking Dance" and the 100th anniversary of the birth of its creator, Mr. Zhou Dafeng, accompanied by cheerful and melodious singing, and accompanied me to its birthplace, Dongxi Township, Taishun County, Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, let me tell its story to you in detail.
Dongxi Township is known as the "Hometown of Chinese Tea", which is the main birthplace of "Three Cups of Xiang" tea and "Huangtang" tea in Taishun County, and has given birth to a unique tea variety "Dongxi Zao". Here, the story of "tea" has a long history.
Source: Wenzhou release).
Since the Ming Dynasty, Dongxi Township has been an important traditional tea producing area in Taishun County. During the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods of the Qing Dynasty, Taishun began to produce yellow soup. In the fifteenth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, the "Huangtang Tea" produced in Dongxi Township was designated as "Tribute Tea" by the imperial court. 1200 years ago, Lu Yu had such a record of Taishun Yellow Soup in the "Book of Tea". "Taishun Yellow Soup (Yellow Tea) - Baihao is revealed, the cords are even, the soup is orange and yellow, and the aroma is high. ”
In the 20th century, its glory is still continuing, and Dongxi Township is full of mountain tea plantations, which is magnificent. In 1985, the Temple of Heaven brand special Zhenmei made from Taishun fried green tea won the gold medal of the 25th World Food Expo. Tea experts unanimously recognized its "clear soup and green leaves, fragrant and mellow, repeated brewing, three cups still have residual fragrance", so it was named "three cups of incense".
In addition, the local characteristic variety "Dongxi Zao" was bred here, which is a wild tea variety on the mountain, which is 3-5 days later than the best-selling tea variety "Wuniuzao" on the market now, but the soup is stronger, and is called a "gift" from God by the local villagers.
The unique geographical conditions are a necessary factor for Dongxi to be rich in tea. The climate in the territory is mild, the four seasons are distinct, the rainfall is abundant, the terrain is diverse, the mountains are full of clouds and mist, the hills are warm and humid, and the ecological environment is very pleasant as a whole. And the forest coverage rate is high, known as "nine mountains, half water and half fields".
Layers of terraced fields, tea mountains everywhere, and the mist are filled with the fragrance of tea. Here, the fragrance of tea and the song of tea complement each other and complement each other.
Tea picking" is a song.
Tea Picking Dance" performance Source: Zhejiang Propaganda.
What is a tea song?Singing for tea.
"Tea picking" was originally a folk song and dance genre in China, popular in the southern tea-producing areas, used to express people's joyful emotions of planting and picking tea. In 1958, Mr. Zhou Dafeng, a famous ** family, came to Dongxi Township to collect style, and went up the mountain to pick tea with the villagers in his spare time. The unique and charming scenery of the tea area and the hot tea picking production scene in the mountain village inspired him to create a world-famous song "Tea Picking Dance".
This piece maintains the basic style of traditional tea-picking song and dance, adopts the national pentatonic tonality, and has the material of alternating keys, the tune is cheerful and jumping, and reproduces the youthful and radiant style of the tea-picking girl. In 1987, "Tea Picking Dance" was preserved by UNESCO as an excellent national song and dance in the Asia-Pacific region, and was recommended as the first teaching material in this region, which is the highest honor that Chinese tea songs and tea dances have received so far. In 2005, "Tea Picking Dance" was identified as the county song of Taishun County. Since then, "Tea Picking Dance" has been sung and performed at important moments such as the G20 Hangzhou Summit and the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou.
G20 Hangzhou Summit Source: Gala**.
Common prosperity. The tea song is lingering, and the aftermath is lingering. A piece of tea, a tea song, supports the hope of common prosperity in Dongxi.
In recent years, Dongxi has closely focused on the golden business card of "the birthplace of "Tea Picking Dance" to further promote the integrated development of tea tourism. A number of projects such as the Taishun Tea Culture Exhibition Hall and the Memorial Hall of "Tea Picking Dance" have been completed one after another, injecting new vitality into the development of Taishun's all-for-one tourism. Improve the construction of supporting infrastructure, repair and restore the old site of creation and creation of the Dongxi Tulou, and hold a series of activities such as the provincial tea song conference ......Dongxi Township has successfully created a new model of rural cultural tourism for the first event. The township integrates industrial chain resources, implements the "10,000 mu tea garden" plan in the mode of "combination of village enterprises and agricultural enterprises", vigorously plants tea trees, and drives low-income farmers to increase their income.
At the same time, "Three Cups of Fragrant and Rich Tea" is becoming the most distinctive golden signboard, the most rich cultural symbol, and the most potential industry for enriching the people in Taishun. Nowadays, more and more young people choose to stay in Dongxi, return to Dongxi, and contribute their strength to the construction of their hometown.
Source: Taishun release.
Dongxi Township has been named the social science popularization base of Zhejiang Province, and has won a series of honors such as national health township and provincial model of comprehensive environmental improvement of small towns.
Based on the cultural charm of the birthplace of tea picking and dance music and the advantages of the tea industry, Dongxi Township adheres to systematic thinking and integrated promotion, strengthens the system supply of "Tea Song Town** Dongxi" brand building, improves the level of governance, dresses up the town environment, expands the tea culture industry, strengthens the integration of ** elements, and comprehensively plays the song of strong development of tea song integration, fragrance rhyme, and green butterfly change.
Notes of Youth. Chinese stories, international expressions, Generation Z sings and enjoys the youth of Jiangnan, I am Chen Yuye, and I will tell you the stories of Jiangnan.
Perhaps, you can take the time to come to Dongxi for a walk. Listen to the cheerful and jumping "Tea Picking Dance", stroll through the streets and alleys of Dongxi, and feel the rich tea song culture here. Stroll around the memorial hall of Zhou Dafeng's "Tea Picking Dance" that is full of tourists, admire the simple and elegant Dongxi Tulou, and then go to the tea song style characteristic block to make a card ......I think you've made it worthwhile!
The stream is clear and the stream is long, and the tea picking on both sides of the stream is busy ......The singing of "Tea Picking Dance" is still melodious, and the story of "Tea Song Town" is still being written by thousands of Dongxi people, and the story of Dongxi people's "tea picking" has been on the road!