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UNESCO designated Jingmai Mountain Ancient Pu’er tea forests

UNESCO designated Jingmai Mountain Ancient Pu’er tea forests
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UNESCO designated Jingmai Mountain Ancient Pu’er tea forests a World Heritage Site to recognize the unique tradition of growing these unique trees located in southwestern China, this cultural landscape was developed over a thousand years by the ethnic Blang and Dai peoples following practices that began in the 10th century.

 

The property is a tea production area comprised of traditional villages within old tea groves surrounded by forests and tea plantations. The traditional understorey cultivation of old tea trees is a method that responds to the specific conditions of the mountain’s ecosystem and subtropical monsoon climate, combined with a governance system maintained by the local Indigenous communities.

           

Traditional ceremonies and festivities relate to the Tea Ancestor belief that spirits live in the tea plantations and in the local fauna and flora, a belief that is at the core of this cultural tradition.

 

Book a visit to this ancient and well preserved ancient community forest for its pristine landscape that has been maintained and harvested by the local populace for centuries.