霜降Frost's Descent
瑞泉茶业瑞泉茶業
Ruìquán Cháyè

Ruiquan Tea

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ruiquan-tea

Huang-family Wuyi yancha house named after Ruiquan Rock above Shuiliandong. The family claims roots to 1644 and a trade name from 1819; the modern company dates from about 2000.

Kind
company
Based in
Wuyishan
Fujian › Nanping
Founded
2000
Brands
  • 瑞泉 (Ruiquan)

History#

  1. 1644Family-claimed start: ancestor 彦捷公 settles in Chong'an (Chamen) / makes tea under Ruiquan Rock (Fujian Daily).
    搜狐号 茶门CHAMEN (authors 无双、香爷), 2024-04-16
  2. 1819Family-claimed founding of the 瑞泉 tea house by 定静公.
    中国网 (china.com.cn), author 吴一凡, 2024-10-29
  3. 1949Family works closed (Chamen).
    搜狐号 茶门CHAMEN (authors 无双、香爷), 2024-04-16
  4. 1978黄贤义 revives the 瑞泉 name (Chamen; China.com.cn says 1982).
    搜狐号 茶门CHAMEN (authors 无双、香爷), 2024-04-16
  5. 2000Modern company formed under 黄圣辉.
    搜狐号 茶门CHAMEN (authors 无双、香爷), 2024-04-16
  6. 2010瑞泉岩茶博物馆 opens.
    搜狐号 茶门CHAMEN (authors 无双、香爷), 2024-04-16
  7. 2021Makes the official tea for the 44th session of the World Heritage Committee.
    中国网 (china.com.cn), author 吴一凡, 2024-10-29

Also sold or written as 6#

Chinese variants
  • 瑞泉RuìquánRuiquan
  • 瑞泉号Ruìquán hàoRuiquan Hao
  • 福建省瑞泉茶产业有限公司 / 福建省瑞泉茶產業有限公司Fújiàn shěng ruìquán chá chǎn yè yǒuxiàn gōngsīFujian Ruiquan — tea company, limited liabilityCompany name in China.com.cn (2024).
  • 武夷山瑞泉茶业有限公司Wǔyíshān Ruìquán Cháyè yǒuxiàn gōngsīWuyishan Ruiquan — tea company, limited liabilityCompany name in Fujian Daily (2022).
  • 黄氏瑞泉 / Huang family RuiquanHuáng shì ruìquánFamily-brand usage, e.g. the '@黄氏瑞泉' social account mentioned by Chamen.
  • 瑞泉岩茶厂Ruìquán yánchá chǎngRuiquan — rock-tea factoryName of the historic family works in the Chamen history.

Names and ambiguities#

Founding date: 1644, 1819, 1978/1982 or 2000?

China.com.cn (2024) and Fujian Daily (2022) date the family's tea history to 1644. China.com.cn and Chamen date the 瑞泉 trade name to 1819. Chamen says the works closed in 1949 and were revived in 1978; China.com.cn dates the revival to 1982. Chamen dates the modern company to 2000 (after Huang Shenghui took over in 1999). All of these are family and company accounts. No independent record of the 1819 house was found, and no source for the year 1858 sometimes quoted was found. A registry date for the current legal entity was not confirmed.

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Heritage status of Huang Shengliang (黄圣亮)

Chamen says he became a national bearer of the Wuyi yancha (Dahongpao) craft in 2006. China.com.cn calls him one of the 'first batch' bearers. Fujian Daily (2022) calls him a provincial bearer. The national project page on ihchina lists only 王顺明, 叶启桐 and 陈德华 as national bearers. The 2006 'first batch' refers to the craft's listing in 2006, not to individual bearers. The best-supported reading is provincial bearer.

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Legal entity name

Fujian Daily (2022) names 武夷山瑞泉茶业有限公司. China.com.cn (2024) names 福建省瑞泉茶产业有限公司. These may be separate or successive entities. 黄圣辉 heads the business; no source checked lists him as a heritage bearer.

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Notes#

The name comes from 瑞泉岩 (Ruiquan Rock) at Shuiliandong in the scenic area, where the family says its ancestors lived. In the family account, ancestor 彦捷公 came to the area in 1644. Chamen says he moved to 洋庄 in Chong'an, while Fujian Daily says he was already making yancha under Ruiquan Rock. Ancestor 定静公 opened the 瑞泉 tea house in 1819 and traded between Chong'an and Qianshan in Jiangxi. Tenth-generation 黄瑞喜 is described as a noted tea maker who later made tea for a production team. Chamen says he was sent to Anxi in 1955 to teach Wuyi oolong methods. Chamen says the works closed in 1949.

Eleventh-generation 黄贤义 revived the 瑞泉 name in 1978 (Chamen) or 1982 (China.com.cn) and opened a tea room at Shuiliandong. Twelfth-generation 黄圣辉 took over in 1999 and turned it into a modern company around 2000, with his brothers 黄圣亮 (tea making) and 黄圣强 (marketing). Later milestones in company-sourced accounts: a traditional-craft research institute (2005), the 瑞泉岩茶博物馆 museum (2010), a Dahongpao research centre with Shenyang Pharmaceutical University (2014), and a 10-year lease on 133 mu of zhengyan gardens for 74 million yuan (2020).

Chamen also says it was named a 福建老字号 (Fujian time-honoured brand) in the sixth batch in March 2022; this was not confirmed in an official list. The company says it holds several hundred mu of zhengyan gardens, including Shuiliandong, 九龙窠, 马头岩, 倒水坑 and 虎啸岩. In 2022 Huang Shenghui took part, as vice-president of the 海峡两岸茶业交流协会, in filming for the 'Chinese tea' UNESCO nomination.

Sources#

  1. Reporting and journalismaccessed 2026-10-18

    Promotional in tone (photos supplied by the company). Gives company name 福建省瑞泉茶产业有限公司; 1644 / 1819 / 1982 family-history claims; says 黄圣亮 is one of the 'first batch' bearers.

  2. Community sourcesaccessed 2026-10-18

    Long brand history drawing on family accounts: 1644 migration to 洋庄, 1819 瑞泉 trade name, 1949 closure, 1978 revival, 2000 modern company, 2005 research institute, 2010 museum. Claims 黄圣亮 became a national bearer in 2006 (not supported by the ihchina list).

  3. Reporting and journalismaccessed 2026-10-18

    Calls 叶启桐 the first national-level bearer of the craft; 黄圣亮 and 刘宝顺 provincial bearers; says 武夷山凤凰茶业有限公司 was restructured from the former 武夷山茶业总厂; 1644 Ruiquan claim.

  4. Government and public institutionsaccessed 2026-10-18