From the Yuan Dynasty to the 16th year of the Yuan Dynasty (A.D. 1279), Pingzhang, Zhejiang Province happily passed by Wuyishan, and the supervisor sent several kilograms of "Shi Ru" tea to the palace, which won the favor of the emperor. In the 19th year of Zhiyuan (A.D. 1282), Gao Xing ordered Chong 'an county magistrate to personally supervise the tribute tea, saying that "the annual tribute is 20 Jin, and the pickers are 80." In the fifth year of Dade (A.D. 130 1), the happy son Gao Jiuzhu became the general manager of Shaowudao and went to Wuyishan to supervise the tribute tea. In the second year, in the sixth year of Dade (A.D. 1302), the Royal Tea Baking Bureau was established in Pingban, the fourth stream of Jiuqu River in Wuyishan, which was called "Royal Tea Garden". Since then, Wuyi Rock Tea has officially become a tribute of the imperial court. It is made into dragon ball cakes every year and sent to Dadu (now Beijing) along the post station. At that time, the architecture of the Royal Tea Garden was magnificent and magnificent, and it was designed and built in full accordance with the royal specifications. When you enter Renfengmen, you are faced with the worship hall (also known as the "first spring" hall), as well as the Green Temple, the Four Classics Hall, the Roasted Tang Fang, the Banquet Pavilion, the Yiji Pavilion, the Fuguang Pavilion and the Biyun Bridge. There is also Tongxian Well, which is covered with Long Ting and called Tongxian Pavilion. "It's very spectacular."
There are officials and workers in the Royal Tea Garden. The school official is responsible for the annual tribute. Later, the tribute system was expanded, and the number of farmers picking and making tea increased to 250, picking 360 kilograms of tea and making 5 thousand cakes. In the third year of Tai's reign (AD 1326), Chong 'an County ordered Zhang Ruiben to build a large plaque on the left and right sides of the Imperial Tea Garden. In the second year of Yuan Zhishun (A.D. 1332), General Manager Jianning built a five-foot-high platform on the bank of Tongxianjing, which was called "Shoushan Terrace", and a Shoushan Temple was built on the mountain to worship the tea god. Every year, the officials of Imperial Tea Garden, together with Xiancheng and others, personally boarded the platform and called for offering sacrifices to the tea god. The eulogy said: "God is the only one, the machine moves silently, the earth and the clock are harmonious, the buds are exquisite, the first spring is unique, the stone frankincense is delicious, and the dragon group has been dedicated to the world for thousands of years!" The second son is a sacrifice. " After the sacrifice, the slaves sounded golden drums, firecrackers exploded, red candles burned high, and the tea family gathered under the stage. Shouted in unison: "tea bud! Tea bud! " It resounded through the valley and echoed endlessly. Amid the shouts echoed in Shan Ye, the well water of Tongxian well slowly overflowed, which was very strange. Some people explained that it was already in shock and the ground temperature was hot. In addition, when offering sacrifices to the tea god, the fire smokes and heats up, the ground temperature rises and the well water gradually overflows. This is a possible phenomenon. The saying that "the tea god enjoys tea and the well overflows" only adds a magical color, which is not superstitious and understandable. Tea farmers call the well water of Tongxianjing "Hulai Spring".
Wuyi tribute tea flourished in the Yuan Dynasty. In the 24th year of Hongwu in Ming Dynasty (A.D. 139 1 year), Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of Ming Dynasty, ordered the tea-producing areas all over the country to be sent to Beijing according to the prescribed annual tribute, and the' tea' donated by Fujian Jianning (Wuyishan belonged to Jianning House at that time) was designated as the top grade. There are four kinds of tea names: Tanchun, Xianchun, Xichun and Zizun, and it is ordered that they should not be rolled into "big and small dragon groups" and be converted into bud tea for tribute according to the new production method. In the thirty-sixth year of Jiajing (A.D. 1557), Wuyi Rock Tea was exempted from tribute because of the neglect of management of the Imperial Tea Garden, the tea tree withered and the tea industry declined. The Royal Tea Garden has experienced 255 years before and after. Its rise and fall caused a deep sigh of later generations. Dong Tiangong, a Qing Dynasty man who compiled Wuyishan Annals, wrote in "Tribute to Tea Feelings": "Wuyi millet buds are offered to heaven, and the fire is divided into one or two, and spring is the beginning; Guyuan is unparalleled, and Beiyuan dares to boast. If you are happy, you will be polluted through the ages. " Refined tribute tea from the Royal Tea Garden, which pleased the emperor, originated from Cai Xiang (Bachelor of Duanming Temple) in the Northern Song Dynasty, which caused the burden on tea farmers and should be criticized. However, due to the careful cultivation and elaborate production of tribute tea in the Imperial Tea Garden, Wuyi Rock Tea has excellent quality and great influence, and it is unique in the tea altar and the first in Jianzhou. It was favored by the world and affirmed by the emperor, which further confirmed the lofty status of Wuyi rock tea orthodoxy, and its objective achievements were indelible.