Integration of tea and tourism to revitalize the countryside

In the past few days, tea farmers in many places have been busy picking, making tea and supplying it to the market. In some places, tea culture tourism festivals and tea picking festivals are held, and activities such as tea garden sightseeing tours, tea culture exhibitions, tea picking experiences, and handmade tea making experiences are carried out to attract tourists to participate, promote the integrated development of tea tourism, and promote rural revitalization.

On April 11, 2021, tourists experienced tea picking in a tea garden in Yejiagou Village, Shiyanqiao Town, Longchang City, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province. Photo by CICPHOTO/Huang Zhenghua

On April 11, 2021, cycling enthusiasts rode at the Niuguling Ecological Tea Farm in Taowei Town, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. (Drone photography) CICPHOTO/Photo by Jiang Kqing

On April 11, 2021, tourists experienced tea picking at Niuguling Ecological Tea Farm, Taowu Town, Jianghua Yao Autonomous County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. Photo by CICPHOTO/He Hongfu

On April 10, 2021, cherry blossoms bloomed in the tea garden of Donggou Village, Maota Township, Maojian District, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, and tourists were enjoying the flowers. (Drone photo) CICPHOTO/Zhang Xinjun photo

On April 10, 2021, two Miao girls picked tea at the matcha base in Luoxiang Village, Nuxi Town, Jiangkou County, Tongren City, Guizhou Province. Photo by CICPHOTO/Zhang Hong

The scene of the first tea-tourism integration event filmed in Huatian Town, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province on April 10, 2021. Photo by CICPHOTO/Zhang Jiancheng

On April 9, 2021, around a tea garden in Siming Mountain, Yuyao City, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province, cherry blossoms were in full bloom and the new leaves of red maples were turning red. (Drone photo) CICPHOTO/Hu Xuejun photo

On April 9, 2021, a tea garden was photographed along the winding mountain road in Dalai Village, Xinzhai Town, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. (Drone photo) CICPHOTO/Photo by Zhang Jiancheng

On April 9, 2021, an aerial view shows the winding mountain road leading to Jixiangsi Village, Xinzhai Town, Wuyi County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province, with nine twists and turns. The cultivated mountain tea is transported to all parts of the country through this road. (Drone photo) CICPHOTO/Photo by Zhang Jiancheng

On April 8, 2021, tea pickers were picking spring tea in the tea garden of the Guangxi Guilin Tea Science Institute at the foot of Yao Mountain in Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region . (Drone photo) CICPHOTO/Photo by Li Kai

On April 8, 2021, villagers in Wangliangshan Village, Dianya Town, Baokang County, Xiangyang City, Hubei Province picked tea leaves in the tea garden. (Drone photo) CICPHOTO/Photo by Yang Tao

On April 7, 2021, the person in charge of the Xinjin Village Tea Garden in Guli Town, Qianxi County, Bijie City, Guizhou Province was purchasing fresh tea leaves. Photo by CICPHOTO/Luo Xingxiang

On April 5, 2021, villagers in Shiyuan Village, Tashan Yao Township, Changning City, Hengyang City, Hunan Province were picking tea leaves. Photo by CICPHOTO/Zhou Xiuyuchun

The spring scene of the Jiuli Village Ecological Tea Garden taken in Tianmushan Town, Lin'an District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province on April 5, 2021. (Drone photography) CICPHOTO/Photo by Hu Jianhuan

On April 4, 2021, tea farmers were picking Qingming tea in the alpine organic tea garden in Huaqiao Village, Chixing Township, Wanzai County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province. (Drone photography) CICPHOTO/Photo by Deng Longhua

On April 2, 2021, tea farmers picked tea on the mountains in Dongshisun Village, Maotanchang Town, Jin'an District, Lu'an City, Anhui Province. Photo by CICPHOTO/Zheng Jinqiang

On April 2, 2021, tea farmers were picking Mingqian tea at the Dapo Tea Farm in Zhuchang Town, Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province. Photo by CICPHOTO/Wang Chunliang

On April 2, 2021, tea farmers were picking organic tea at the Baidieling Tea Base in Hudie Village, Tafeng Town, Lanshan County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province. (Drone photo) CICPHOTO/Photo by Yang Xiongchun

On March 31, 2021, Min Jiwu, a villager in Liangwang Village, Liangwang Township, Rongjiang County, Qiandongnan Miao and Dong Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou Province, gave tea seedlings in the tea garden weeding. Min Jiwu, 57, returned to his hometown in 2012 to start a business growing white tea. Not only did he help his family get rid of poverty and become rich, he also led his fellow villagers to develop the white tea industry with high quality. Photo by CICPHOTO/Wang Bingzhen