临海盖竹洞与葛仙翁茶园探析

Exploring Linhai Gaizhu Cave and Ge Seno Tea Garden

临海市南部山区盖竹洞发现有古碑确切记载的最早植茶遗址,为东汉末年著名道士葛玄"仙翁茶园",出自葛玄侄孙葛洪名著《抱朴子》,宋《嘉定赤城志》亦有记载。清代著名史地学家齐召南所撰古碑犹存。证明临海自"葛仙翁植茗"开始,已有1800余年的茶史,明清两代,茶叶列为贡品,当代已成为全国名茶产区,茶文化历史可谓源远流长。

The earliest vestige of planting teas,which has been confirmed by some steles,in mountainous areas in southern Linhai City,Gaizhu Cave was once called the ＂Ge Seno Tea Garden＂ of the famed Taoist Ge Xuan in late Eastern Han Dynasty.This piece of anecdote was derived from the famous work Bao Pu Zi which was written by Ge Xuan＇s grandnephew Ge Hong,and it was also recorded in Jia Ding Chi Cheng Zhi in Song Dynasty.There was a celebrated historian and geologist called Qi Zhaonan in Qing Dynasty,whose bequeathal stele proves Linhai has a tea history of more than 1800 years since ＂Ge Seno Planting teas＂.Tea culture does have a long history indeed since tea was one of the tributes for emperors in both Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty,while today Linhai is a nationally famous tea-producing area.