The World's First Tea Theme World Cultural Heritage

The world's first tea-themed world cultural heritage is Pu 'er Jingmai Mountain in southwest China.

Jingmai Mountain is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province, China, in Huimin, Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu 'er City, with Menghai County in Xishuangbanna in the east and Myanmar in the west, which is the junction of Xishuangbanna, Pu 'er and Myanmar.

Jingmai Mountain is famous for its Pu 'er tea. * * There are 14 traditional villages, which belong to two administrative villages, namely Jingmai Village and Mangjing Village. Jingmai Village has eight traditional villages, namely Jingmai Dazhai, Nuogang, Bangai, Mengben, Manggeng, Laojiufang, Nanzuo and Cage * * *.

There are six traditional villages in Mangjing Village, namely Wengji, Wengwa, Mangjing Shangzhai, Mangjing Xiazhai, Manghong and Nanai * * *, which constitute an ancient tea garden of 1, mu in Jingmai Mountain, covering an area of 28, mu. The fresh tea leaves in each village are sold in the name of "Jingmaishan Pu 'er Tea".

on September 17th, 223, China's "Pu 'er Jingmai Mountain Ancient Tea Forest Cultural Landscape" was considered at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO, and was listed in the World Heritage List, becoming the 57th World Heritage in China.

Historical background:

In August 23, the project of "Protection, Development and Utilization of Thousand-acre Ancient Tea Garden in Lancang Jingmai" by China Academy of Sciences proposed that the Thousand-acre Ancient Tea Garden in Jingmai integrates biological treasure house, cultural treasure house, Jinshan treasure house, ecological and humanistic tourism treasure house and artistic treasure house, which has great scientific value, landscape value, cultural value and production and application value.

Jingmai Mountain will become the birthplace of tea in the world, and it is an important natural and cultural heritage. Jingmai Mountain is the best preserved, oldest and largest artificially cultivated ancient tea garden in the world, the root and source of world tea culture, and Jingmai Mountain is also a historical witness to the development of tea culture in China.

above content reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Jingmai Mountain