1. Agreements are established during transactions.

Qizi cake tea was originally obtained from border trade starting in the Tang Dynasty. It is called Tea Horse Market for short. During the transaction, seven cakes are bundled and one cake is added to eight cakes. In addition, the separated tea cake is used to pay taxes.

2. The caravans are named for the convenience of statistics.

One cake of tea is 357 grams, one tube has seven cakes; 357 grams * 7 cakes of tea = 2499 grams, about 2.5 kilograms. One piece of 12 tubes is about 30kg. A horse can carry two pieces of about 60 kilograms, which is just enough to carry the weight forward. Our ancestors had already calculated this, and this is how the horse gangs used to transport tea in the old days.

3. Choose a name with homophonic meaning.

In ancient times, the "Ancient Tea Horse Road" was a long and difficult journey, and people transporting tea would have to travel for several months. "Seven Son Cake" means being together with family members and missing your wife and children, so there is also this saying "Wife Cake".

4. Choose a name based on the auspicious number seven.

In Chinese traditional national culture, the number "seven" is an auspicious number with many meanings. Seven symbolizes many children, many places, many blessings, many lives, many years of happiness, many fortunes, There will be lots of wealth, and the seven sons will get together and be happy. Qizi Cake Tea is generally made of 7 liang of cakes, and 7 cakes are mentioned in one mention. It is regarded as a symbol of "family reunion" and is also the traditional packaging of Qizi Cake Tea.

5. From "Qizi Tea" to "Qizi Round Tea" and then to "Qizi Cake Tea".

The "Instances of the Qing Hui Dian" records: "In the thirteenth year of Yongzheng's reign (1735), Yunnan merchants sold tea in a tube of seven yuan, weighing forty-nine taels (today's 1,800 grams). ), the tax rate is one cent, and one cent for every hundred catties. Thirty-two tubes of tea should be used as one cent. At the beginning of the thirteenth year, the tax rate will be three cents and two cents, and the tea will be awarded three thousand cents. p>

Here the Qing government stipulated that the tea exported from Yunnan was Qizi tea, but there was no such term at that time.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, as the Qing court was in decline, the forms of tea began to change. For example, Xiaowuzi round tea appeared in Baosen Tea House. In order to distinguish it, people called the seven-tube garden tea packaging form It is called "Seven Sons Round Tea".

In the early 1970s, Yunnan Tea Import and Export Company wanted to find a more appealing name that would be more conducive to publicity and promotion. They changed "Yuan" to "Cake", forming "Qizi Cake" With the auspicious name "Tea", "Yunnan Qizi Cake Tea" has become the dominant tea since then.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia: Qizi Cake