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Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hangzhou
February 15, 2009 at 10:17 AMFrom this site,we have the following interesting article:
"China's Queen of Teas
LongJing (Dragon Well) Tea
LongJing or Dragon Well Tea is considered the National Tea of China, and for good reason. It is famous not only for its delicate flavor, but for the legends surrounding it. It is also has the most complicated and time consuming processing of any Chinese tea. Due to these reasons it has also become one of the most expensive teas in China. Last year in Hangzhou a man paid over $14,000 for just 200 grams of Dragon Well Tea. This is an extreme example, but it show how much Dragon Well Tea is respected in China.
Dragon well Tea received its name from a small village located on Phoenix Mountain in Hangzhou. It has been documented that since the Three Kingdoms Period (221-280) residents of this village believed that a dragon lived in the village well and controlled the rainfall. Because of this people would travel to this well to pray for rain. It has also been said that Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) made a point of visiting the village to have a cup of the local tea. During one of his visits to the village, Emperor Qianlong was picking tea. While he was picking the tender tea shoots he received work that his mother the Empress Dowager was seriously ill, and he was requested to immediately return to Beijing. Upon receiving this information Emperor Qianlong put the new tea shoots in his sleeve, and immediately sped back to the capitol. Upon his return, the Empress Dowager recovered considerably. While talking to her son, she smelled a beautiful aroma coming from his sleeve. She asked what it was and Emperor Qianlong removed the now dry tea leaves and had them brewed for his mother. Upon drinking the tea her health was completely restored. Overjoyed by the Empress Dowagers recovery he designated 18 of the village's teas as producers of "Imperial Tea". This ensured Dragon Well Tea's reputation, and the tea trees which are still alive have turned the village into a major tourist destination for tea lovers.
The original Dragon Well tea came from Lion Peak Mountain in West Lake (XiHu). Due to its popularity it is now cultivated throughout China. Today any tea that is produced using the same technique is called Longjing."
The above long jing cha is not to be confused with jing cha 警察:
Has anyone tried this long jing cha?
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hangzhou
February 15, 2009 at 9:53 AMFrom the expansion we have the Chinese for the famous last words[这个花一点也不香] before the oldest trick in the book:
Posted on: Don't push that button
February 15, 2009 at 9:09 AMI meant to say that I loved the drama of this lesson.Impressive that you can make such a simple skit so dramatic.Keep pushing those buttons and boldly go where no man has gone before.Jiayou.
Posted on: Don't push that button
February 15, 2009 at 8:26 AMThanks for pointing out and explaining the difference between zhei and zhe etc.I had wondered about that as well.
10 creepiest things you wanted to touch.
Posted on: Interesting or Boring?
February 15, 2009 at 4:44 AMThanks Pete and Connie.So dui4 here would be in the sense of towards.You towards who have interest?
好感 hao3gan3...good opinion/favourable impression/crush
hao3...good
gan3....feeling
"话里有话"..what a tidy little expression.I may have made a real dogs breakfast of trying to get this idea across if you hadn't given this expression.Good one.Thanks Pete.
Posted on: Outrageous Power Bill
February 15, 2009 at 4:36 AMIs 瓜娃子 [melon baby] really an insult? I wouldn't mind being this cute[ ke3 ai4]:
Posted on: Interesting or Boring?
February 15, 2009 at 3:33 AM有意思 you3 yi4 si...interesting/funny
的某个人有意思 ...de mou3 ge4 ren2 you3 yi4 si ...crush on someone
没意思 ...mei2 yi4 si....not interesting
我对这个人没意思 wo3 [?dui4 ??] zhe4ge4 ren2 mei2 yi4 si...don't have a crush on somebody
有趣 you3 qu4 [+/- er ] ...interesting/funny
无聊 wu2 liao2...boring/bored/lame/not funny
Any corrections appreciated.Particularly unsure about dui4 above.
Posted on: Interesting or Boring?
February 15, 2009 at 3:20 AMIgnore my previous post.The problem was on my end.Sorry.Just switched to vista on a different drive as my other one crashed.Now I don't have hanzi or anything till I get organised.Zao gao.
Posted on: Tech Fixes and Traditional Characters
February 15, 2009 at 3:04 AMCalkins,
Thanks so much.That works.There is so much to this site that I still haven't gotten around to exploring.
Posted on: Hungry Traveler: Hangzhou
February 15, 2009 at 10:38 AMChevy Chase in Chinese vacation:
你可以帮我们拍一张照片儿吗？