From City Desk to Mountain Leaf: Wu Wenhua’s Return to Luokeng’s Ancient Tea Trees
In 2014, a young man from the Yao community of Luokeng made a decision that would reshape his relationship with […]
Heritage
Tea history, Yao ethnic culture, intangible cultural heritage, and traditional craftsmanship.
The Tea Master Who Wears His Heritage — Wang Ronghe and the 22-Step Craft of Monkey-Picked Red
Wang Ronghe, the intangible heritage inheritor behind Monkey-Picked Red, still hand-pan-fires every batch of HCH-01 Peach-Almond Aroma Ancient Tree Black Tea using a 22-step process passed down through generations. This is his story.
Heritage, Terroir
Chuandiding: The Ancient Tea Forest of Luokeng, in the Shadow of Guangdong’s Ship-Bottom Peak
Deep in the Luokeng Nature Reserve of northern Guangdong, 40,000 wild ancient tea trees grow on a 1,586-meter peak called Chuandiding. This is the forest, the mountain, and the people who have harvested its tea for over twelve centuries.
Northern Guangdong Tea-Picking Opera: A National Intangible Cultural Heritage Reviving in Shaoguan
Deep in the misty tea gardens of Shaoguan, where ancient tea trees have stood for centuries, a unique theatrical tradition
