1000多年前,巴陵东北部的临湘就形成了山民“靠茶为生,种茶为业”的茶乡格局。由于产茶多,茶叶纳税多,且有龙窖山芽茶进贡,公元936年朝廷就割巴陵东北部单独设立与县同级的王朝场(公元994年改称王朝县,两年后更名为临湘县),以便入户输纳出茶、茶叶纳税、经营茶事,开创了朝廷直管茶叶专业县和以茶立县的先河。 More than 1,000 years ago, Linxiang, a town northeast of Baling, formed a pattern of charisma for people living on tea and growing tea. As a result of producing tea, tea taxes and more, and there is a dragon pit hill bud tea tribute, the year 936, the court cut the northeast of Baling separate set up with the county at the same dynasty field (AD 994 renamed Dynasty, two years later changed its name to Xiang County), in order to lose households to receive the output of tea, tea tax, operating tea things, creating a direct tea court straight court and Tea County precedent.