The Xiaguan Tuocha production area is located at the foot of the snow-covered Cangshan Mountain all year round and on the shore of the rippling Erhai Lake. It is a place where the breeze blows all year round, the spring water is sweet, and there are the famous four scenes of "wind, flowers, snow and moon". It is the place where refined tea is processed. ideal environment.

Xiaguan Tuocha Pu'er is a tightly pressed tea. The concave surface looks like a thick-walled small bowl, and the convex surface looks like a bun. It has a delicate appearance and graceful curves. Its processing and evolution process originated from the "Pu'er Tuan Tea" in the Ming Dynasty and the "Daughter's Tea" in the Qing Dynasty. In 1902, it was successfully finalized by the "Yongchangxiang" trade name in Xiaguan, and it has a history of more than 100 years. This can be seen from historical records. There is a record in the third volume of "Dian Lue" written by Zhaozhe and Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty that "all Pu'er tea used by scholars and common people is steamed and made into balls", which shows that Pu'er ball tea was already produced at that time. Ruan Fu's "Pu'er Tea Records" of the Qing Dynasty records: "The small garden is called Nv'er Tea. Nv'er Tea is picked by women before the rain, which is also a four-liang group tea." Zhang Hong of the Qing Dynasty's "Xinyu of Western Yunnan" It is also said: "Treasures of Pu'er tea have the names of Maojian, Yacha and Nv'er. Nv'er's tea is also Yacha, which is collected and made by barbarian women. The goods and silver are accumulated as makeup, hence the name." It can be seen from the historical materials of the Qing Dynasty. Various characteristics of Chu'er tea:

①Time for picking fresh leaves (before rain);

⑦Weight (four ounces, approximately 125 grams);

③Shape (Tuancha);

④Materials for loose tea production (Yacha, the rarest Pu'er tea second only to Maojian);

⑤The origin of the name (Girl After selling this high-end Pu'er tea that he picked and prepared himself, he saved his own money and used it to buy dowry when he got married). It can be seen that by the Qing Dynasty, the processing of Xiaguan Tuocha had begun to take shape. The founder of Xiaguan Tuocha was Yan Zizhen (Zhengui), the leader of the "Four Major Business Gangs" in Xizhou, Dali. In 1902, he jointly established the "Yongchangxiang" business name with Jiangxi businessman Peng Yongchang and Beicheng businessman Yang Hongchun. in the country, we mainly do Yunnan and Tibet. Yunnan-Sichuan trade mainly deals with Yunnan-Myanmar and Yunnan-India trade abroad. Its business policy is: Yunnan tea is sold to Sichuan and Tibet; Sichuan silk is sold to Burma; Burmese cotton is sold to Yunnan; Yunnan and Tibetan medicines are sold to Sichuan. It mainly relies on long-distance trafficking and adjusting surplus and shortage to make profits.

Once Yongchangxiang’s Xiaguan Tuocha came out, it quickly opened up sales in Yunnan, Sichuan, Tibet and other places. Seeing the huge profits from Tuocha, other merchants invested in it one after another. Xiaguan became a competition among merchants. The big battlefield of Tuocha. Before the end of the Anti-Japanese War, there were eighteen tea factories in Xiaguan. Among them, tea factories operated by Yongchangxiang, Maoheng, Fuchunhe, Chengsheng, Hongshengxiang and other companies were larger in scale. In the fierce market competition, Yongchangxiang fought steadily in the business war and defeated the others. This number of "Songhe Brand" Tuocha not only attaches great importance to quality, but also has novel promotion and anti-counterfeiting methods. For example, in a certain batch of Tuocha, you can find Tuocha with a golden ribbon marked with the trademark. For every ten ribbons that a customer accumulates, they can go to the dealership to exchange for a pound of tea. In Sichuan, "Songhe Brand" Xiaguan Tuo Tea is highly regarded. Chen Bangxian and Bo Mianzhai (Essays of Chen Bangxian and Bo Mianzhai) record: "The trend of drinking tea is prevalent in Sichuan. Tuo tea is the most abundant, and Tuo tea from Xiaguan is the top quality. The tea has a strong flavor, a golden color, and is resistant to brewing." (General History of Yunnan) "Changbian" records: "People all over Sichuan call it Yongchangxiang Xiaguan Tuocha, and tea shops in villages and towns also flaunt its name." Tuocha is produced in Xiaguan but is famous in Sichuan. It is purely a common saying in Sichuan and Yunnan dialects. In ancient times, people used to call lump-shaped solid objects "tuo". At first, the main types of Pu'er pressed tea produced by Yongchang Xiaguan Tea Factory were: "bowl-shaped and mortar-shaped" mainly sold in the Tuojiang River Basin of Xufu (now Yibin), Sichuan. " and "heart-shaped with handle" sold to Kangzang. They are named after the sales area. The former is called "Xufuzhuang Tea" and the latter is called "Jin Tea". Because "Xufuzhuang Tea" in Xiaguan is sold in Sichuan Later, it was brewed with Tuojiang water, and the color, aroma and taste were all good. In order to express their cherishment of this tea, the locals culturally connected "Tuojiang water" with "Xiaguan tea" and called it - "Tuo tea" The change of "Tuo" and "Tuo" makes people naturally think of the fragrance of Xiaguan tea when they taste it, and recall the long history of Tuojiang River. To this day, Sichuan has always been Xiaguan tea. In the main sales area, local tea lovers still have a special liking for it, which is all related to the inheritance of tea culture. In addition to the excellent product quality, Yongchang Yang attaches great importance to integrity in its operations.

Especially in transactions with Tibetans, they promised each other that they would not establish any written documents for a year and a half but never break their promises. Therefore, they were deeply trusted by Tibetans and won respect in the business community. Xiaguan Tuocha has won the title of Provincial Excellent Product three times, the National Quality Silver Award and the World Food Golden Crown Award, and was awarded the title of "China's Famous Tea Brand"; in October 1996, it won the 10th European Gold Award for Product Quality in Paris, France.