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Tea notes, mountain context, brewing records, and manor updates.
Tea pickers plucking leaves in a tea garden on Wuyi Mountain, Fujian.On November 29, "Traditional Chinese Tea-Making Techniques and Related Customs," nominated by China, passed review at the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, held in Rabat,...
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With the ancient tea tree of Baiyanzi.On November 29, the China Tea Marketing Association released the "2022 National Survey Results on Key Tea Counties," comprising six lists: 2022 Pioneer Counties for "Coordinating Tea Culture, Tea Industry and Tea Science"; 2022 Model Counties for Tea-Driven Rural Revitalization;...
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Photo: In the winter month of the Renyin year, a fragrant cup of Chinese tea captured the world's attention.On the evening of November 29, Beijing time, "Traditional Chinese Tea-Making Techniques and Related Customs" passed review at the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the...
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Tea pickers plucking leaves in a tea garden on Wuyi Mountain, Fujian.On the evening of November 29, good news arrived from Rabat, Morocco: "Traditional Chinese Tea-Making Techniques and Related Customs" passed review at the 17th session of the UNESCO Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the...
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The cold wave may strike, but it cannot freeze the footsteps of tea people;nor can the gloom of the pandemic hold back the rich, sweet fragrance of Fuding white tea.On December 1, the 2022 International White Tea Forum, themed "Green Development, White Tea's Blessing, Shared by...
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On November 28, the "2022 Beijing International Tea Industry Expo · 2022 Beijing Maliandao International Tea Culture Expo · 2022 Online Consumer Benefits Festival" (abbreviated as the 2022 "Two Expos, One Festival" Online Tea Industry Expo), jointly hosted by the China Tea Marketing Association, the People's...
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On November 30, the 35th session of the Standing Committee of the 13th Yunnan Provincial People's Congress reviewed and passed the Regulations of Yunnan Province on the Protection of Ancient Tea Trees (the "Regulations"), clearly providing for strengthened protection of wild tea trees and cultivated tea...
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Brewing tea in the warm of winter—one of life's simple joysThe plum blossoms are at their peak; around the stove we warm wine and teaOf all the world's affairs, one cup sufficesThe grasses and trees wither; the insects sleepAll things settle into stillnessFrost on the roof...
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The competition's judging scene.Recently, the tea sample judging stage of the autumn season of the 12th "China Tea Cup" International Dingcheng Tea King Competition was held simultaneously in Nanning, Guangxi and Kunming, Yunnan. The "China Tea Cup" International Dingcheng Tea King Competition takes place twice a...
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Intangible Cultural Heritage refers to the traditional cultural expressions of various peoples, passed down from generation to generation and regarded as part of their cultural heritage, along with the objects and places associated with them. Intangible cultural heritage is an important marker of a nation's historical...
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Yunnan tea is like life: life is about learning, and wisdom is cultivated through practice. Every time I open a cake of Xiaguan tuocha, I first study its bowl-mortar curve. I tap the tea gently with a finger, judging its density by the sound—a habit taught...
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Just as the nation's tea world was celebrating and taking pride in "Traditional Chinese Tea-Making Techniques and Related Customs" entering the world intangible cultural heritage list, a well-known Fujian tea enterprise—Richun Co., Ltd.—stands accused of fraud in its "Ten Million in Cash for the Wuyi Tea...
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