Zhang Yuehua dries newly-picked tea leaves at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
CHENGDU, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an in southwest China's Sichuan Province is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritages.
Gan Yuxiang (L) instructs a staff member in checking the quality of tea leaves at a production workshop of Ya'an Youyi Tea Co., Ltd. in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 24, 2022. Gan, born in 1963, is a representative inheritor of dark tea making technique. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This aerial photo taken on March 31, 2022 shows Zhang Yuehua drying newly-picked tea leaves at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2022 shows tea farmers in cooperation with Zhang Yuehua picking fresh tea leaves at a tea garden in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Zhang Yuehua roasts tea leaves in a traditional way at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Gan Yuxiang fries tea leaves in a traditional way at a production workshop of Ya'an Youyi Tea Co., Ltd. in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 19, 2019. Gan, born in 1963, is a representative inheritor of dark tea making technique. (Xinhua)
Zhang Yuehua (L) processes tea leaves in a traditional way at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Staff members of Ya'an Youyi Tea Co., Ltd. load boxes of Tibetan tea, a kind of dark tea, onto a truck in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Zhang Yuehua dries newly-picked tea leaves at his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)
Zhang Yuehua picks fresh tea leaves near his ancestral house in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, March 31, 2022. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)■
