The photo, taken on March 30, shows farmers picking Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea leaves at a tea garden in Longtang Town, Anhua County. Currently Mingqian tea has entered its peak season for market availability. Farmers are busy harvesting tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian tea, which is made from the very first tea sprouts of spring and considered to be of high quality, ensuring that this "taste of spring" is promptly delivered to consumers. (Photo/Guo Gongping)

The photo, taken on March 30, shows farmers picking Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea leaves at a tea garden in Longtang Town, Anhua County. Currently Mingqian tea has entered its peak season for market availability. Farmers are busy harvesting tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian tea, which is made from the very first tea sprouts of spring and considered to be of high quality, ensuring that this "taste of spring" is promptly delivered to consumers. (Photo/Guo Gongping)

The photo, taken on March 30, shows farmers picking Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea leaves at a tea garden in Longtang Town, Anhua County. Currently Mingqian tea has entered its peak season for market availability. Farmers are busy harvesting tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian tea, which is made from the very first tea sprouts of spring and considered to be of high quality, ensuring that this "taste of spring" is promptly delivered to consumers. (Photo/Guo Gongping)

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

Translator: Xiao Juan

Chinese source: Hunan Daily