Chinese tea making joins UNESCO list
2 years ago

Chinese tea making joins UNESCO list

China Daily  

White tea during the process of withering in Fujian province. The tea that has delighted and fascinated the world for millennia has finally received top-level global recognition as a shared cultural treasure of mankind. Traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China were added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Tuesday. It consists of knowledge, skills and practices concerning management of tea plantations, picking of tea leaves, and the processing, drinking and sharing of tea. According to UNESCO, in China traditional tea processing techniques are closely associated with geographical location and natural environment, resulting in a distribution range between 18°-37° N and 94°-122° E. The techniques are mainly found in the provinces and autonomous regions of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Hunan, Anhui, Hubei, Henan, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi.

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Experiencing Chinese tea culture at Minghuang Tea Park
3 months ago

Experiencing Chinese tea culture at Minghuang Tea Park

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The China Storyteller Partnership interview group arrived at Minghuang Tea Ecological Culture Park in Lianjiang, South China's Guangdong province, Sept 24. The China Storyteller Partnership interview group arrived at the Minghuang Tea Ecological Culture Park in Zhanjiang on September 24, where they experienced eco-friendly tea picking, handcrafting tea and reading tea poetry, gaining insights into the integration of tea culture …

UNESCO listing promotes tea culture in Yunnan
3 months, 1 week ago

UNESCO listing promotes tea culture in Yunnan

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A tea farmer puts tea leaves into a basket in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept 19, 2023. A year on from being declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the old tea forests in Jingmai Mountain, Yunnan province, are abuzz with activity as the first shoots of the new picking season …

Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China

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White tea during the process of withering in Fujian province Tea, recognized as a culinary icon of China for millennia, encapsulates the cultural treasure of mankind through knowledge, skills and practices concerning the management of tea plantations, the picking of tea leaves, and the processing, serving and drinking of tea. On Nov 29, 2022, the traditional tea processing techniques and …

Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China

China Daily  

White tea during the process of withering in Fujian province Tea, recognized as a culinary icon of China for millennia, encapsulates the cultural treasure of mankind through knowledge, skills and practices concerning the management of tea plantations, the picking of tea leaves, and the processing, serving and drinking of tea. On Nov 29, 2022, the traditional tea processing techniques and …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A tea master performs Chinese tea ceremony at the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon event at the Chinese embassy in Washington on May 21. Hiking around tea plantations that rise and fall on gentle mountain slopes in China, John Smagula always used to carry his instant coffee flask. "One thing about tea is that it's very equalizing everywhere I've …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A student from Columbia University in New York explores traditional Chinese tea art in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, on Jan 8. Developing curiosity "For locals, they might initially find Chinese tea flavors like Tie Guan Yin quite 'robust' and perhaps somewhat bitter, so we also offer options like white peach oolong tea or fruit-infused teas as more approachable choices. However, as …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A tea master performs Chinese tea ceremony at the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon event at the Chinese embassy in Washington on May 21. Hiking around tea plantations that rise and fall on gentle mountain slopes in China, John Smagula always used to carry his instant coffee flask. "One thing about tea is that it's very equalizing everywhere I've …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A student from Columbia University in New York explores traditional Chinese tea art in Dujiangyan, Sichuan province, on Jan 8. Developing curiosity "For locals, they might initially find Chinese tea flavors like Tie Guan Yin quite 'robust' and perhaps somewhat bitter, so we also offer options like white peach oolong tea or fruit-infused teas as more approachable choices. However, as …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A tea master performs Chinese tea ceremony at the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon event at the Chinese embassy in Washington on May 21. Hiking around tea plantations that rise and fall on gentle mountain slopes in China, John Smagula always used to carry his instant coffee flask. "One thing about tea is that it's very equalizing everywhere I've …

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time
10 months ago

Yes, that's it, it's always tea time

China Daily  

A tea master performs Chinese tea ceremony at the Tea for Harmony Yaji Cultural Salon event at the Chinese embassy in Washington on May 21. Hiking around tea plantations that rise and fall on gentle mountain slopes in China, John Smagula always used to carry his instant coffee flask. "One thing about tea is that it's very equalizing everywhere I've …

The taste of a more fulfilled life
1 year, 2 months ago

The taste of a more fulfilled life

China Daily  

By Deng Zhangyu | China Daily | Updated: 2023-10-24 05:51 A Tang Dynasty item is engraved with Chinese characters, "tea bowl". Since tea trees were discovered thousands of years ago, the beverage has become intimately integrated with daily life and has developed a unique culture. An ongoing exhibition focusing on tea culture at Beijing's Palace Museum tries to explore the …

Measures needed to ensure people enjoy a good cup of tea
1 year, 4 months ago

Measures needed to ensure people enjoy a good cup of tea

China Daily  

Editor's note: China's traditional tea processing techniques and practices are inscribed in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The inclusion of China's traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity late last year came to me as a surprise. Statistics show China today …

Culture down to a tea
1 year, 6 months ago

Culture down to a tea

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Shahbaz Khan, from the UNESCO Multisectoral Regional Office for East Asia, learns chabaixi. Accompanied by the resonant sound of traditional Chinese instruments and the chirping of birds, guests strolled into a garden nestled within the Prince Kung's Palace Museum, where tea experts from around China invited them to take a seat and relish a cup of tea. The Beijing event, …

Thai princess takes in Chinese tea culture
1 year, 7 months ago

Thai princess takes in Chinese tea culture

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Thailand princess Sirivannavari Nariratana sips tea with Chinese ambassador to Thailand Han Zhiqiang and his wife at a tea-themed cultural salon at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok on May 3, 2023. A Yaji cultural salon, Tea for Harmony, was held on May 3 at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok, with Thailand princess Sirivannavari Nariratana as the guest of honor. Chinese …

Thai princess takes in Chinese tea culture
1 year, 7 months ago

Thai princess takes in Chinese tea culture

China Daily  

Thailand princess Sirivannavari Nariratana sips tea with Chinese ambassador to Thailand Han Zhiqiang and his wife at a tea-themed cultural salon at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok on May 3, 2023. A Yaji cultural salon, Tea for Harmony, was held on May 3 at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok, with Thailand princess Sirivannavari Nariratana as the guest of honor. Chinese …

​Haiyang Green Tea brings farmers good fortune in Yantai
2 years ago

​Haiyang Green Tea brings farmers good fortune in Yantai

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Traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China were added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Nov 29. The Haiyang Green Tea Processing Technique is the most recognized in Yantai, and was inscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity of Shandong Province in 2021. Haiyang Green …

A closer look at Chinese tea’s application for world heritage status
2 years ago

A closer look at Chinese tea’s application for world heritage status

China Daily  

Editor's Note: China's traditional tea-making techniques and their associated social practices successfully became UNESCO's latest world intangible cultural heritage on Tuesday, increasing the number of world intangible cultural heritages in China to 43. After the UNESCO jury in Morocco announced that Chinese tea-making techniques and their associated social practices had been approved for the World Intangible Cultural Heritage List on …

Art of Huangshan tea making joins UNESCO list
2 years ago

Art of Huangshan tea making joins UNESCO list

China Daily  

Taiping Houkui, one of the best known locally produced green tea varieties in Huangshan, is added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The art of making the celebrated Huangshan Maofeng, Taiping Houkui and Qimen Black Tea – which are among China's top 10 teas and produced in Huangshan city, Anhui province – have received international …

每日一词∣传统制茶技艺 traditional tea processing techniques
2 years ago

每日一词∣传统制茶技艺 traditional tea processing techniques

China Daily  

11月29日，我国申报的“中国传统制茶技艺及其相关习俗”在摩洛哥首都拉巴特召开的联合国教科文组织保护非物质文化遗产政府间委员会第17届常会上通过评审，列入联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录。 China's traditional tea-making was added on Nov 29 to the intangible cultural heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. The item "Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China" passed the examination at the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Rabat, the capital …

每日一词∣传统制茶技艺 traditional tea processing techniques
2 years ago

每日一词∣传统制茶技艺 traditional tea processing techniques

China Daily  

11月29日，我国申报的“中国传统制茶技艺及其相关习俗”在摩洛哥首都拉巴特召开的联合国教科文组织保护非物质文化遗产政府间委员会第17届常会上通过评审，列入联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录。 China's traditional tea-making was added on Nov 29 to the intangible cultural heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. The item "Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China" passed the examination at the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Rabat, the capital …

每日一词∣传统制茶技艺 traditional tea processing techniques
2 years ago

每日一词∣传统制茶技艺 traditional tea processing techniques

China Daily  

11月29日，我国申报的“中国传统制茶技艺及其相关习俗”在摩洛哥首都拉巴特召开的联合国教科文组织保护非物质文化遗产政府间委员会第17届常会上通过评审，列入联合国教科文组织人类非物质文化遗产代表作名录。 China's traditional tea-making was added on Nov 29 to the intangible cultural heritage list of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization. The item "Traditional tea processing techniques and associated social practices in China" passed the examination at the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Rabat, the capital …

Chinese tea making joins UNESCO list
2 years ago

Chinese tea making joins UNESCO list

China Daily  

White tea during the process of withering in Fujian province. The tea that has delighted and fascinated the world for millennia has finally received top-level global recognition as a shared cultural treasure of mankind. Traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China were added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Tuesday. …

Chinese tea making joins UNESCO list
2 years ago

Chinese tea making joins UNESCO list

China Daily  

White tea during the process of withering in Fujian province. The tea that has delighted and fascinated the world for millennia has finally received top-level global recognition as a shared cultural treasure of mankind. Traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China were added to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity on Tuesday. …

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