Glory of ancient Mengshan tea experiencing revival

Tea companies, tea masters and research institutes in Sichuan province are striving to revive the glory of the thousand-year-old Mengshan tea produced in and around Mengding Mountain in the city of Ya'an.

Mengding Mountain is known as one of the birthplaces of Chinese tea culture. Historical records show that Wu Lizhen, who was born in the area during the Western Han Dynasty (206 BC-AD 24), was the world's first tea grower.

To protect the authenticity of Mengshan tea and inherit the culture, Ya'an has explicitly designated 300 hectares of tea gardens at an altitude above 800 meters in Mengding Mountain as the core area for Mengshan tea since 2021.