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The founder of Tai Chi Teahouse was Zheng Xiangdong in 18th century. Zheng came to Shanghai from Jiangxi Province with his family, apprenticed in a small teahouse for living, he was honest and smart, soon became an excellent tea expert. The owner of the teahouse appreciated him very much, so in 1785 when he gained enough money to open a bigger teahouse at another place, he gave this small one to Zheng. Zheng changed the name of the teahouse to “Tai Chi Teahouse”, managed it very well, got tea purchase contracts from a British trade firm, gradually his business gained sustainable development. In 1938, Zheng’s family moved to Hangzhou because of the Japanese invasion to China, settled down on the prosperous Hefang Streeet, with their Tai Chi Teahouse.

Time flied, Zheng’s offspring had been through wars, political movements, and recessions. The brand disappeared. In 1994, the sixth generation of Zheng’s, Zheng Chunhui, he decided to resume his family’s tea culture and reopened Tai Chi teahouse on Hefang Street. He started to promote, recruit and train his staff. Now the Tai Chi is one of the most famous teahouses and has about 500 subsidiaries in China. The uniqueness of Tai Chi Teahouse is that tea experts are all dressed in Qing dynasty costumes, and they can play wonderful tea Kongfu. Also it has set up a museum nearby its headquarter on Hefang Street, displaying the pedigree of this tea family, different tea utensils and furniture used in different periods. 

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