Traditional Tea-making Thrives in Guidong County

Driven by leading tea businesses and led by the representative inheritors of tea-making intangible cultural heritage, Guidong County has been continuously optimizing local tea-making techniques and improving tea quality in recent years. This has helped increase tea farmers' income. The photo, taken on June 17, shows Jiang Qiugui, a representative inheritor of Linglong tea making techniques, processing tea leaves by hand at Tongluo Village, Qingquan Town, Guidong County. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily) 

Driven by leading tea businesses and led by the representative inheritors of tea-making intangible cultural heritage, Guidong County has been continuously optimizing local tea-making techniques and improving tea quality in recent years. This has helped increase tea farmers' income. The photo, taken on June 17, shows Jiang Qiugui, a representative inheritor of Linglong tea making techniques, processing tea leaves by hand at Tongluo Village, Qingquan Town, Guidong County. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily) 

Driven by leading tea businesses and led by the representative inheritors of tea-making intangible cultural heritage, Guidong County has been continuously optimizing local tea-making techniques and improving tea quality in recent years. This has helped increase tea farmers' income. The photo, taken on June 17, shows Jiang Qiugui, a representative inheritor of Linglong tea making techniques, processing tea leaves by hand at Tongluo Village, Qingquan Town, Guidong County. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily) 

Driven by leading tea businesses and led by the representative inheritors of tea-making intangible cultural heritage, Guidong County has been continuously optimizing local tea-making techniques and improving tea quality in recent years. This has helped increase tea farmers' income. The photo, taken on June 17, shows Jiang Qiugui, a representative inheritor of Linglong tea making techniques, processing tea leaves by hand at Tongluo Village, Qingquan Town, Guidong County. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily) 

Driven by leading tea businesses and led by the representative inheritors of tea-making intangible cultural heritage, Guidong County has been continuously optimizing local tea-making techniques and improving tea quality in recent years. This has helped increase tea farmers' income. The photo, taken on June 17, shows Jiang Qiugui, a representative inheritor of Linglong tea making techniques, processing tea leaves by hand at Tongluo Village, Qingquan Town, Guidong County. (Photo/Guo Liliang, Hunan Daily) 

This article is from the Hunan Provincial Government www.enghunan.gov.cn.

Translator: Pang Yuehui

Chinese source: hunantoday