清代、民国时期普洱茶楹联赏析
“世味但尝燕市酒；乡情惟有普山茶。”
——清·许希孔
这是由清代瞻鲁少司空许希孔作的一副著名楹联，高挂于北京云南会馆，因补书悬之新馆。“后许之联，盖本于先许之诗也。”这里所说的普山茶也就是普洱茶，在北京品普洱茶，表达的是浓郁的乡情。
“景谷之茶衣食万姓，庄驕而后见公一人。”
——民国29年（1940年），云南省立第一中学教授王毓嵩题挽普洱茶区景谷县景谷乡老茶人纪襄廷墓联
“贡树早分香，泮水景山昭德望；种茶永获利，民生国计赖维扬。”
——纪襄廷的姻侄、前国民党中央陆军第十六师师长章基亮为纪襄廷题写的挽联
“There are many tea shops, merchants and caravans, and you can still see crowded people in the ancient city of Xi’an; Pu’er tea gains its fame in the Capital City as the tribute, in the plateau in the west and in exotic land in the south”.Tea couplets are everywhere in famous mountains and rivers, temples and palaces.The old tea couplets are also often found in people’s houses,halls and study rooms, such as“poems written in plum blossom wells, tea which is picked before Grain Gain cooked.”These couplets are elegant and exquisite, thought-provoking.There are many masterpieces in Pu’er tea poems and couplets, which have the same lingering charm as Pu’er tea.
Fig.3-2 Couplets about Tea (1)