"The water rises and the tea can be spicy, and the secondary tea is a good tea; the thousand-year-old Wusa can, which is famous all over the world" - Bijie City has unique tea planting conditions and has a history of more than 3,000 years of Yi Wusa roasted tea culture.
Usa roasted tea
Wusa is the ancient name of Weining Yi Hui and Miao Autonomous County in Bijie City, located in the western border of Guizhou, is the largest ethnic autonomous county in Guizhou Province, of which the majority are Yi. "Roasted tea" is a primitive way of drinking tea by the ancestors of Wusa, which originated from the ancient Yelang era and is a unique national and folk tea culture in Weining.
The production process and tasting method of Wusa roasted tea can be called "the living fossil of tea culture", and the word "roasting" is the soul of Wusa roasted tea, which is a different taste and feeling from brewing tea. "Wusa roasted tea" uses pollution-free ecological tea on the shore of Caohai Lake as raw materials, puts the clay pot on the stove and roasts it, puts in the tea leaves, keeps shaking, bakes out the aroma of tea, and then pours boiling water slowly, until the foam dissipates, the Uza roasted tea with a rich plateau mellow aroma is completed. This kind of roasted tea has both a simple "bean flavor" and the sweetness of green tea, which quenches thirst and awakens the brain and refreshes the smell.
Coinciding with spring, the tea leaves are fragrant, it is better to walk away, to Bijie to have a journey of Usa roasted tea culture experience.
Wusa roasted tea culture tour: Guiyang City - Weining County Furnace Mountain Tea Garden - Weining Grass Sea - Weining Qianyun Purple Sea - Weining Hundred Lawn - Bandi Township Bandi Yi Village
Furnace Hill Tea Garden
In Weining, wumeng mountain range, the average altitude of the tea plant planting base is above 2200 meters, and the highest planting altitude is 2279 meters, which is the "world's highest altitude tea garden". Weining Incense Burner Mountain is an important part of the Wusa culture, and the famous "roasted tea" tea leaves come from the incense burner camellia garden.
Pick tea in spring
Weining Sea of Grass
Weining Caohai is one of the three famous plateau lakes in China (Caohai, Dianchi, Qinghai Lake), the largest plateau natural freshwater lake in Guizhou, the world's top ten bird watching bases, and has the reputation of "Plateau Pearl" and "Bird Kingdom". It is one of the top ten migratory bird activity venues for symbiosis and harmony between people and birds in the world, and is the best choice for bird watching in winter and spring, summer and autumn.
National Nature Reserve Caohai Photo / Zhou Tiangui
The beauty of the sea of grass, the water surface is vast, the peaks around the sea are twisting and turning, high and low, and cascaded. In late spring, there are also large areas of rhododendrons blooming around the sea of grass, which is beautiful.
Weining Qianyun Purple Sea
At the end of March and April, nearly 10 million tulips in Weining Qianyun Purple Sea begin to bloom and enter the best viewing season.
Weining Qianyun Purple Sea Source/Weining Qianyun Purple Sea
Weining Hundred Lawn
Baicaoping, known as the "Southern Grassland", has both the majestic atmosphere of "Umeng Majestic" and the gentle and amorous side. The lawns under the sunny sun are quiet and long, and all kinds of wild grasses and wildflowers shyly display their unique beauty. On the grassland, dotted with cattle and sheep, the poetry of "the sky is clear, the wild is vast" is fully revealed.
Hundred Lawn Image Source/Weining Released
Bandi Yi village
Bandi Yi Customs Village is located in Bandi Village, Bandi Township, is an important inheritance and display area of Guizhou Yi culture, Yi compatriots account for 95% of the township population, strong ethnic customs, profound cultural heritage, villagers are simple and enthusiastic, can sing and dance. The Bandi Yi village has preserved a rich and unique ethnic and folk culture in a relatively complete way, and is known as the "Hometown of Putaiji". In addition, it has the reputation of "the hometown of Yueqin" and is a well-known "village with national characteristics" in Guizhou.
Photo by Tai Ji / Chen Jinsong
Spring to Bijie, go to the incense burner mountain to pick tea, go to the grass sea to watch birds, go to Qianyun Purple Sea to see the flowers, go to the Hundred Lawns to experience the majestic atmosphere of Wumeng, go to the Bandi Yi village to admire the "Putaiji", trace the ancient civilization, and then sit down with the local villagers, taste a cup of rich and mellow Wusa roasted tea, and enjoy the leisurely spring.