{"id":3123,"date":"2024-07-10T01:30:34","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T01:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2024-07-10T01:30:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T01:30:34","slug":"intl-tea-day-spotlights-chinas-ancient-tea-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.ctma.com.cn\/index.php\/2024\/07\/10\/intl-tea-day-spotlights-chinas-ancient-tea-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"Int’l Tea Day spotlights China’s ancient tea traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

(People’s Daily Online) 16:18, May 21, 2024<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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A worker performs Diancha, a traditional tea-making technique listed as an intangible cultural heritage, in Zhenjiang, southeast China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo\/CFP)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 21 marks the fifth International Tea Day, the first global festival for the agriculture sector spearheaded by major tea-producing nations such as China. The event celebrates tea’s economic, social and cultural significance while advocating for sustainable development across the global agriculture industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In China, tea culture and tea products have been a huge part of daily life for thousands of years, providing a delicious taste and injecting continuous impetus into the development of the tea industry.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A teahouse in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Photo\/CFP)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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A worker shows apprentices Niancha, a traditional technique to rub tea leaves, in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. (Photo\/CFP)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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A girl makes tea in a teahouse in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province. (Photo\/CFP)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Tourists dressed in Yao costumes pick tea leaves in Yongzhou, central China’s Hunan Province. (Photo\/CFP)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Young kids experience tea art at a kindergarten in Huzhou, southeast China’s Zhejiang Province. <\/em>(Photo\/CFP)<\/p>\n\n\n

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Tea artisans perform tea art at a scenic area in east China’s Jiangxi Province. (Photo\/CFP)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Teapot and covered tea bowls at a teahouse in Chengdu, southwest China’s Sichuan Province. (Photo\/CFP)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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A girl in traditional dress makes tea at a tea art competition. (Photo\/CFP)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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Tea artisans compare the effects of brewing using different techniques in southwest China\u2019s Guizhou Province. (CNS\/Qu Honglun)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Intern Xing Yawen contributed to this story.)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(People’s Daily Online) 16:18, May 21, 2024 A worker performs Diancha, a traditional tea-making technique listed as an intangible cultural heritage, in Zhenjiang, southeast China’s Jiangsu Province. (Photo\/CFP) May 21 marks the fifth International Tea Day, the first global festival for the agriculture sector spearheaded by major tea-producing nations such as China. The event celebrates<\/p>\n

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