德昂族种茶历史悠久,人称“古老的茶农”,至今在一些村寨周围还可以看到已有数百年树龄的老茶树。德昂人非常自豪地说,很久很久以前,我们种的是“金茶”、“银茶”,闪闪发光。的确,史书记载早在宋元时期德昂族的金银最多,在集市上他们是最早以茶叶作为商品交换各种食物的民族,? De’ang ethnic tea has a long history and is called “old tea farmer”. Up to now, some old tea trees that have been aged for hundreds of years can still be seen around some villages. De Ang people are very proud to say, long long ago, we planted the “golden tea”, “silver tea”, shiny. Indeed, the historical records as early as in the Song and Yuan dynasty, the largest number of gold and silver in the market, they are the earliest tea as a commodity exchange of various ethnic groups?