A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

A man from the Dai ethnic group processes newly picked tea in Jingmai village.WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY A promising outlook Tea not only serves as a spiritual totem, but also as a key economic support. As its fame rose following the bid to become a World Heritage Site, one kilo now sells for about 1,200 yuan and annual net income per capita rose to 20,300 yuan at the end of last year. The government also spent about 87 million yuan to renovate old houses and improve infrastructure in the region to prepare for World Heritage Site status. "We live for tea, but we also need to find new ways to use tea and better embrace the future," Aikan, 29, says.

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

UNESCO listing promotes tea culture in Yunnan

China Daily  

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 …

A truly exhilarating taste of tea and unity
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A truly exhilarating taste of tea and unity

China Daily  

Editor's note: An array of Chinese cities have maintained their cultural memories in the form of historical neighborhoods that have only added to their multilayered charm and vigor with the passage of time. In this installment, we follow local people's pious steps along Barkhor Bazaar, which encircles the sacred Jokhang Temple, where a traditional Tibetan lifestyle flourishes alongside a modern …

A truly exhilarating taste of tea and unity
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A truly exhilarating taste of tea and unity

China Daily  

Editor's note: An array of Chinese cities have maintained their cultural memories in the form of historical neighborhoods that have only added to their multilayered charm and vigor with the passage of time. In this installment, we follow local people's pious steps along Barkhor Bazaar, which encircles the sacred Jokhang Temple, where a traditional Tibetan lifestyle flourishes alongside a modern …

A truly exhilarating taste of tea and unity
5 months, 3 weeks ago

A truly exhilarating taste of tea and unity

China Daily  

Editor's note: An array of Chinese cities have maintained their cultural memories in the form of historical neighborhoods that have only added to their multilayered charm and vigor with the passage of time. In this installment, we follow local people's pious steps along Barkhor Bazaar, which encircles the sacred Jokhang Temple, where a traditional Tibetan lifestyle flourishes alongside a modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

A Blang woman processes Pu'er Tea in Mangjing village. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY New concerns While many young people in other rural areas pour into big cities looking for better jobs, this rarely happens on the Jingmai Mountain. Wandering around the villages, tourists are easily touched by local hospitality, and are often invited to taste homemade tea for free. According to …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

A Blang woman processes Pu'er Tea in Mangjing village. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY New concerns While many young people in other rural areas pour into big cities looking for better jobs, this rarely happens on the Jingmai Mountain. Wandering around the villages, tourists are easily touched by local hospitality, and are often invited to taste homemade tea for free. According to …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

A group of Dai women pick tea on the Jingmai Mountain, Pu'er, Yunnan province. ADMINISTRATION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF OLD TEA FORESTS OF THE JINGMAI MOUNTAIN IN PU'ER/CHINA DAILY Rich legacies It is estimated that over 1 million old tea trees grow in the approximately 72-square-kilometer core zone of the World Heritage Site, which includes nine traditional villages whose inhabitants …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

A Blang woman processes Pu'er Tea in Mangjing village. WANG KAIHAO/CHINA DAILY New concerns While many young people in other rural areas pour into big cities looking for better jobs, this rarely happens on the Jingmai Mountain. Wandering around the villages, tourists are easily touched by local hospitality, and are often invited to taste homemade tea for free. According to …

A drink heritage to cherish
1 year, 3 months ago

A drink heritage to cherish

China Daily  

Wengji settlement in Mangjing village, Pu'er, Yunnan province, shrouded by old tea forests and a sea of clouds.CHINA DAILY Traditional tea-growing area honors its history as it embraces the future, Wang Kaihao reports in Pu'er, Yunnan. This is the core area of old tea forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er, Yunnan province. "Compared to modern …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

Villages are surrounded by old tea forests and a cloud sea on Jingmai Mountain. As UNESCO World Heritage Committee noted on the 45th Session: " represents an exceptional testimony of the under-story tea cultivation traditions that enabled the development of a complementary spatial distribution of different land uses providing ecosystems and micro-climates that support both the cultivation of old tea …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

An old tea forest on Jingmai Mountain. Chen Yaohua, director of World Heritage Research Center of Peking University who has led studies of the site in the past 12 years, said that the practice on Jingmai Mountain is quite unique in the context where large-scaled terraced tea plantations play a dominant role in today's world. On Jingmai Mountain, indigenous communities …

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site
1 year, 3 months ago

Old tea forests on Jingmai Mountain named World Heritage Site

China Daily  

An old tea forest on Jingmai Mountain. Chen Yaohua, director of World Heritage Research Center of Peking University who has led studies of the site in the past 12 years, said that the practice on Jingmai Mountain is quite unique in the context where large-scaled terraced tea plantations play a dominant role in today's world. On Jingmai Mountain, indigenous communities …

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 …

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