安溪铁观音新茶采摘 Anxi Tieguanyin new tea picking

In the spring of March, the tea trees all over the mountains and plains put green clothes on the hillsides. Photo by Huang Weifeng

Right now is the spring tea picking season. Tea farmers from all over Ninghua County, Sanming City, Fujian Province are rushing to pick spring tea during the farming season. I saw the tea trees all over the mountains and plains covering the hillsides green, and the tea farmers walking through the tea ridges with bamboo baskets on their backs, skillful hands like shuttles.

Ninghua County is the source of the "Three Rivers" of Minjiang, Ganjiang and Tingjiang, with a forest coverage rate of 75.06%. In recent years, relying on a good ecological environment, the county has vigorously developed the tea industry, increased the promotion of tea tree varieties, improved tea tree varieties, and improved the quality of tea. At present, Ninghua County has developed a tea planting area of 39,000 mu. In 2022, the output of spring tea is expected to reach more than 500 tons, with an estimated output value of about 30 million yuan. (Chen Huanhuan, Wang Yanxin, Huang Weifeng, Wen Junying)

The tea farmers walk through the tea ridges with bamboo baskets on their shoulders, and their hands are like shuttles. Photo by Huang Weifeng

Tea farmers seize the farming season and pick spring tea. Photo by Huang Weifeng

Tea farmers seize the farming season and pick spring tea. Photo by Huang Weifeng

Tea farmers walk through the tea ridges with bamboo baskets on their backs to pick tea. Photo by Huang Weifeng

Thousand acres of tea gardens in Chenjia Village. Photo by Huang Weifeng