China News Service, Xishuangbanna, April 16 (Luo Jie) In April, it was the spring tea picking season, and Yunnan tea mountains and tea gardens entered the busiest time of the year.
On the 16th, the reporter visited Menghai County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, which is known as "the first county of Pu'er tea in China", and went to Hekai Ancient Tea Mountain, an ancient tree tea production area, to learn about the protection of local ancient tea trees and the development of the tea industry.
Menghai County is located in the southwest of Yunnan Province, bordering Myanmar in the west and south, and the border is about 146 kilometers long.
The local Hekai Ancient Tea Mountain is one of the well-preserved ancient tea mountains with a large contiguous area so far. The contiguous area is about 16,000 mu and there are more than 2.3 million ancient tea trees.
There are ancient tea gardens around Hekai Village. Most of the local Lahu, Dai and Hani villagers live on tea.
In the morning, the villagers went to the tea garden to pick spring tea from ancient tea trees, and many people immediately sold baskets of fresh leaves to local tea companies.
"Now is the season for spring tea picking, and the fresh leaves of tea picked every day can reach about 20 tons." Yang Zezhong, secretary of the Party branch of Hekai Village, told reporters.
The picture shows the villagers of Hekai Village picking spring tea from the ancient tea tree.
Photo by Luo Jie
The Zanu family, a villager in the Manmai Village Group of Hekai Village, has made a living by picking and growing tea for generations, and there are more than 100 mu of ancient tea trees.
In addition to selling fresh leaves, he also started rough processing of tea leaves and helped local villagers find tea sales.
"Because of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the number of customers has decreased, and our tea exports have also been affected to a certain extent in the past two years." He said.
Zanu recalled, "Before 2007, our annual income from selling tea was only about 20,000 yuan." In recent years, the tea industry has driven local economic development. By 2021, the per capita disposable income of Hekai Village villagers will reach 15,800 yuan.
The picture shows villagers in Hekai Village selling baskets of fresh spring tea leaves to local tea companies.
Photo by Luo Jie
Since 2021, Menghai County has made every effort to extend the entire industrial chain of the tea industry, coordinate the tea industry, tea technology, tea culture, integrate production and sales, integrate the three industries, accelerate quality improvement, brand building and standardized production, and promote the high-quality development of the tea industry. to help rural revitalization.
Luo Qingli, deputy head of the Menghai County People's Government, said that at present, Menghai County is promoting the work from four aspects: the construction of high-quality raw material bases, the establishment of green manufacturing workshops, the construction of regional brand systems, and the development of tea technology training.
Especially in terms of tea tree protection, Menghai County has conducted a census on ancient tea tree resources, and has adopted classified and graded protection in key protected areas of the ancient tea area to vigorously restore the ecological environment for the growth of ancient tea trees.
At the same time, help the village to formulate village rules and regulations, so that the ancient tea tree resources can be scientifically protected.
In the next step, Menghai County will continue to carry out scientific and technological training, promote the management technology of ecological green organic tea garden, the technology of primary tea production, and the protection technology of ancient tea tree resources, and comprehensively improve the technology level of practitioners.
Yang Zezhong said that local tea farmers in Hekai Village have used traditional and extensive methods to maintain tea trees for a long time. "Starting this year, we are also guiding local tea farmers to eliminate maintenance misunderstandings, scientifically protect ancient tea trees, and help rural revitalization." (End)