Jinkang Tea Cultural Street

Tea in China is as old as the country itself. The Chinese pride themselves in their blends of tea for medicinal use as well as for consumption. According to legend, tea was discovered by Emperor Shennong who lived in 2737 BC. He liked to drink boiled water because it was clean, so one day while on a trip a leaf fell into his cup of boiled water. He liked the taste so much that tea came into being.
Historical records such as the Eyra which was written in the third century BC dates tea being used int the  Zhou Dynasty which was about 1046-256 BC.
The tea market in Xi'an had various types of teas, flowers and herbs in baskets that you can choose and have bagged. Some tea was wrapped in gold foil, I think it's use was for a gift.
My favorite part of this market were the umbrellas strung up between the buildings on either side of the street.