On the afternoon of October 21, Anhua Qianling tea or Huajuan tea, a kind of dark tea, returned to Bashaxi Tea Factory, a sub-venue of the fifth Hunan (Anhua) Dark Tea Cultural Festival. The tea was made by Anhua tea makers more than 200 years ago and is now collected in the Palace Museum of Beijing. It was discovered by the staff of the Palace Museum in Beijing in 1983 when cleaning up the daily necessities of the Emperor Jiaqing (1760-1820) of the Qing Dynasty. In 2010, it was identified as the earliest existing Anhua Qianliang tea by the Anhua Dark Tea Culture Research Institute. It was one of the precious imperial tributes. It is of great significance to the study of the history and culture of Anhua Qianliang tea. (Photo/Xu Xing, Li Xuan)

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

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: hunantoday