Yunnan is one of the birthplaces of tea trees in the world, with a large area of wild tea communities and cultivated ancient tea gardens, and it is also the largest and most representative area of ancient tea heritage. After the Qingming Festival, 4,952 ancient tea trees in the Iceland Laozhai Ancient Tea Garden in Iceland Village, Mengku Town, Shuangjiang County, Lincang City, have entered the 2024 spring tea picking season.
The Icelandic tea area of Shuangjiang Autonomous County is between 1500~1700 meters above sea level, with an area of 13,000 acres of tea plantations, 57,000 ancient tea trees over 100 years old, and 11,000 ancient tea trees over 500 years old. Every year in April is the busiest season for spring tea picking and production in Yunnan tea producing areas, these two days local tea farmers are strictly in accordance with the principle of two picks and three stays, the ancient tea trees in the tea king land are protected mining, and arrange special personnel to supervise and record the whole process.
Yunnan Provincial Academician Expert Workstation "Gong Zhengli Expert Workstation" Chief Expert Gong Zhengli introduced, last year's rainy season was relatively long, the moisture in the soil was relatively sufficient, after this year's spring, rainfall, sunshine are very abundant, providing good conditions for the growth of ancient tea trees, this year's tea aroma, growth is also very good, can be described as a bumper year.
In order to strengthen the protection of ancient tea tree resources, the local government has implemented the regulations on the protection of ancient tea trees in Yunnan Province since last year, requiring all parties to protect ancient tea tree resources in accordance with the strictest norms and measures. Since the implementation of the regulations, local governments and tea enterprises have been more actively involved in the protection and rational utilization of ancient tea trees, so as to achieve the organic unity of ecological and economic benefits.
Jiang Yutong, director of Bama Tea Industry Xinji Company, said: "This year is the fourth year in a row that we have carried out a protective mining of ancient tea trees in places like Laopanjang Iceland, bringing this good tea product of origin to consumers across the country, so as to help local tea farmers increase their income." ”
(Reporter: Shuangjiang Financial Media: Yang Jianyu, Tang Xiaoqun, Chen Zhiqiang)