The top ten time-honored tea shops in Beijing are: Yuan Changhou, Qing Linchun, Sentai, Zhang Yiyuan, Zhengxingde, Wu Zhaoxiang, Jinghua, Yongan, Qiyuan, Wu Yutai Yuan Changhou: Started Yuan Changhou Tea House was founded in 1912 in Chahar Special Zone, Hebei Province. It was originally called Yonglu Yuan Tea House. It moved to Peking in 1930 and was located on Xuanwumen Nei Street. It operates a front store and a back factory, self-picking, homemade, Self-marketed and continuously innovated in business strategies, the tea house features small-leaf tea with good taste, good appearance, freshness and mellow aroma, and is deeply loved by tea drinkers in the capital. Yuan means first. Sun Huanwen, the first person to create history in Yuan Changhou, was from Hebei. In the old days, those who opened tea houses in Beijing were all from the south, represented by Anhui people, and most of them were traders under the Wu brand. Sun Huanwen was the first northerner to open a teahouse. "One Yuan begins again, has a long history, and the village has a strong foundation." Yuan Changhou, a time-honored tea house, is derived from these three sentences. Qinglin Chun: The Qinglin Chun Teahouse located on the east side of Qianmenwai Street Road started in 1927. It was opened by Lin Zixun, a native of Fujian, in the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927). At that time, Lin Zixun had three Qinglin Chun Tea Houses in Beijing. The first Qing Lin Chun Tea House was in Langfang Toutiao Quanyechang outside Qianmen. The second Qing Lin Chun Tea House was in Dong'an Market in the inner city. The Qing Lin Chun Tea House in Qianmen was Linzi Tea House. The third transaction of training. Now the first two Qinglin Chun Tea Houses no longer exist, and only the Qianmen Qinglin Chun Tea House is still doing a prosperous business. Its specialty teas are black tea, green tea, and scented tea. Sentai: Started during the Xianfeng period, Sentai Tea House is located at No. 118 Qianmen Street. It originally covered an area of ??440 square meters, including a business area of ??140 square meters. This shop is a famous old teahouse in Beijing. It was opened by Wang Sentai (also known as Fuzhai) from Qili Village, Qin County, Anhui Province during the Xianfeng period of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1861). Anhui Province has been civilized by tea cultivation since ancient times. Wang Sentai’s grandfather and father were both experts at growing tea. When he was a teenager, his father sent him to be an apprentice in a teahouse run by a fellow villager in Beijing. After the expiration of his term, he left the tea house and started a tea business. After several years of good profits, at this time, a business on Nanbian Road East of Zhushikou outside Qianmen was about to close down, so Wang Sentai opened Sentai Tea House instead. The original Sentai Tea House was a two-story wooden building with carved beams and painted columns, which was gorgeous and elegant. The "Sentai Tea House" plaque hanging in front of the door was written by Zhang Hairuo, a Hanlin scholar in the late Qing Dynasty. There are also paintings of tigers by Zhang Daqian hanging in the main hall, as well as color screens of spring, summer, autumn and winter, rows of peacock pictures and neon lights by Zhang Shanzi (the tea he distributes is under the peacock trademark). In the past, most tea traders in Beijing were from Anhui and Fujian provinces. Before the mid-Qing Dynasty, four tea merchants from Anhui and Fujian, including Fang, Zhang, Wang and Wu, monopolized the tea market in Beijing. Later, the Anhui Wang family and the Shandong Meng family appeared, which are the six famous tea houses in Beijing.