A Sip of Spring Fragrance: West Lake Longjing TeaReturn

West Lake has been a household scenic spot through ages, and the West Lake Longjing Tea is the essence of a profound historical legacy. This is a world-class treasure nurtured by both the nature and the city’s long-standing culture. As a proud representative of Chinese tea, it is closely incorporated into people’s daily lives, resulting in a typically oriental tea culture. It has had a wide impact on the humanistic spirit, lifestyle, etiquette, cultural appreciation, and economic life of the Chinese people. What makes it unique is that it reflects the harmonious coexistence and common development between mankind and nature, carries profound cultural information and humanistic spirit, and acts as an important medium of the West Lake culture.

Longjing Tea is an extremely important material and a legacy that embodies the perfect combination of man, nature, and culture. It is not only natural but also historical, humanistic, and social.

This exhibition is divided into five chapters: “The Glorious Past”, “Inspiring Mountains and Lakes”, “Commendable Craftsmanship”, “The Ingenuity”, and “Trail Finding”, which completely present the origin, history, environment, location, varieties, and tea-making skills of Longjing Tea, as well as its engaging stories and legends.

The unique growing environment, exquisite processing technology and profound cultural value not only help build Longjing Tea’s reputation but make it an icon of the West Lake culture.