平水珠茶是浙江独有的传统名茶，由日铸茶发展而来，素以形似珍珠、色泽绿润、香高味醇的特有风韵而著称于世。几百年来，外销不衰，成为中国主要出口绿茶产品。

Pingshui Gunpowder is a unique traditional tea of Zhejiang. It is developed from Japanese tea. It is famous for its pearl shape, green color, savoury and mellow. For hundreds of years, export has never been cut off and it has become a major export of green tea products in China.

　　作为绍兴东南的一个著名集镇，平水早在唐代就已经是茶叶加工贸易的集散地了。珠茶多集中在平水进行精制加工、转运出口，因此，浙江所产的珠茶在国际贸易中逐渐以“平水珠茶”相称，一直沿用至今。18世纪中期，平水珠茶在英国伦敦市场上的售价每磅高达十先令六便士，茶价之高，不亚于珠宝，所以又被称为“绿色珍珠”。1843~1894年的50年间，平水珠茶平均每年出口20万担，最高达25万担，为中国绿茶出口创造了历史的最高纪录。

As a famous market town of Southeast Shaoxing, Pingshui was already the center of tea processing and trade in Tang dynasty. Gunpowder is mostly concentrated in Pingshui for refined processing and export. Therefore, the Gunpowder produced in Zhejiang has gradually been called "Pingshui Gunpowder "in international trade, and has been used so far. In the mid eighteenth Century, the price of Pingshui Gunpowder in the London market was as high as ten shillings and six pence per pound. The tea price was no less than jewelry, so it was also called "Green Pearl". In the 50 years of 1843~1894, Pingshui Gunpowder exported an average of 200 thousand loads per year, with a maximum of 250 thousand loads, creating the highest historical record for Chinese green tea exports.

　　1984年9月，在西班牙马德里举行的第23届世界优质食品评选会上，特级珠茶荣获金质奖。此前，在1981年获国家优质产品银质奖。

In September, 1984, Super Gunpowder won the gold award at the 23rd world High Quality Food Selection Meeting held in Madrid, Spain. Previously, it won the national good quality products silver medal in 1981.

（中国网综合 翻译 杜依依）

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