Chángxīng

Changxing lies west of Lake Tai, where the hills of Guzhu produce a celebrated tea known as Purple Bamboo Shoot. Its tightly gathered buds resemble bamboo shoots, and the tea was prized for its clear infusion and sweet flavour. Guzhu tea was selected for tribute to the court in the Tang dynasty and remained famous through the Song and Yuan. A Ming account praised the tea of Changxing's Guzhu Mountain as among the finest in Zhejiang. The court tribute continued into the early Ming, when it was discontinued in 1375.