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True love and Pu'er tea conquer all
By Lu Xiaofeng and Pan Zheng |
May 25, 2009, Monday
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SHE'S from Yunnan Province and he's from Shanghai. She's a martial arts practitioner and tea expert and he's a white collar.
Both love martial arts and both love Pu'er tea.
Mu Lisha and Wang Cheng met through the online game of "The Three Kingdoms."
Now they are married and living happily in Jiading District, running a successful shop that sells the finest Pu'er tea from Yunnan.
Mu was born into a martial arts family in Kunming, Yunnan. Her mother Xia Xufeng is a 19th-generation successor of Chenshi tai chi and the coach of the national level A team.
"I practiced tai chi before a huge mirror in our living room," says Mu. "I began when I was very little and I was often beaten by my parents when I made a mistake."
Tai chi and martial arts was her life.
Then one day while walking with a friend, she first tasted Yunnan's famous Pu'er tea and immediately fell in love with it.
Then tea became part of her life.
"Every morning when I woke up, there was a delicate taste of the tea in my mouth - I knew I could not live without it," she says.
In 2005, Yunnan held its first training course and exam to become a tea art master. Mu signed up and passed. At that time she was already a department manager in a hotel, but despite her family's strong objections, she quit and took a humble entry level job in a tea factory.
"I had to work at the lowest level, and every day my work was just washing teas," she recalls. It was difficult but she worked hard and her career advanced.
Then Shanghai boy Wang entered her life. They met in the online game "The Three Kingdoms."
"Usually 'Three Kingdoms' is favored by males since it's always about war and strategy," says Wang. "So I felt curious when I found out that Mu was a girl."
They learned that they were both interested in history and traditional culture, especially teas.
In April 2006, Mu went to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, to participate in a tea exhibition. Wang took leave and went to meet her in person.
"When I first saw her, I saw my Mrs Right," Wang says.
However, because of their very different situations, Mu wasn't certain they had a future together. But fate stepped in. Mu fell ill in August 2006 and was hospitalized.
Wang could tell from her voice on the phone that Mu was very weak. Without telling his parents, Wang quit his job in Shanghai Baoshan Steel Corp and went to see Mu.
"I know that really hurt my family, but I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn't go see her," Wang says.
When Wang appeared at her bedside, as if by magic, Mu couldn't believe her eyes - there was her Mr Right.
After their marriage, they decided to go back to Shanghai and open a Pu'er tea shop in Jiading District in 2006. At first, even they didn't expect much of a future.
"Our neighbors often told us that few people in Jiading would prefer Pu'er tea and we couldn't last long," Mu recalls.
However, they never gave up. Every year they go to Yunnan to buy the best Pu'er and business gets better and better.
Now, they already enjoy a good living through their own efforts. Customers often stop by and chat, some talking with them late into the night.
"For us, tea is not only a business," says Mu, "but also our culture and life."
Both love martial arts and both love Pu'er tea.
Mu Lisha and Wang Cheng met through the online game of "The Three Kingdoms."
Now they are married and living happily in Jiading District, running a successful shop that sells the finest Pu'er tea from Yunnan.
Mu was born into a martial arts family in Kunming, Yunnan. Her mother Xia Xufeng is a 19th-generation successor of Chenshi tai chi and the coach of the national level A team.
"I practiced tai chi before a huge mirror in our living room," says Mu. "I began when I was very little and I was often beaten by my parents when I made a mistake."
Tai chi and martial arts was her life.
Then one day while walking with a friend, she first tasted Yunnan's famous Pu'er tea and immediately fell in love with it.
Then tea became part of her life.
"Every morning when I woke up, there was a delicate taste of the tea in my mouth - I knew I could not live without it," she says.
In 2005, Yunnan held its first training course and exam to become a tea art master. Mu signed up and passed. At that time she was already a department manager in a hotel, but despite her family's strong objections, she quit and took a humble entry level job in a tea factory.
"I had to work at the lowest level, and every day my work was just washing teas," she recalls. It was difficult but she worked hard and her career advanced.
Then Shanghai boy Wang entered her life. They met in the online game "The Three Kingdoms."
"Usually 'Three Kingdoms' is favored by males since it's always about war and strategy," says Wang. "So I felt curious when I found out that Mu was a girl."
They learned that they were both interested in history and traditional culture, especially teas.
In April 2006, Mu went to Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, to participate in a tea exhibition. Wang took leave and went to meet her in person.
"When I first saw her, I saw my Mrs Right," Wang says.
However, because of their very different situations, Mu wasn't certain they had a future together. But fate stepped in. Mu fell ill in August 2006 and was hospitalized.
Wang could tell from her voice on the phone that Mu was very weak. Without telling his parents, Wang quit his job in Shanghai Baoshan Steel Corp and went to see Mu.
"I know that really hurt my family, but I would regret it for the rest of my life if I didn't go see her," Wang says.
When Wang appeared at her bedside, as if by magic, Mu couldn't believe her eyes - there was her Mr Right.
After their marriage, they decided to go back to Shanghai and open a Pu'er tea shop in Jiading District in 2006. At first, even they didn't expect much of a future.
"Our neighbors often told us that few people in Jiading would prefer Pu'er tea and we couldn't last long," Mu recalls.
However, they never gave up. Every year they go to Yunnan to buy the best Pu'er and business gets better and better.
Now, they already enjoy a good living through their own efforts. Customers often stop by and chat, some talking with them late into the night.
"For us, tea is not only a business," says Mu, "but also our culture and life."
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