In recent years, the Wuyishan National Park, renowned for its breathtaking landscapes and prestigious tea industry, has taken significant steps to safeguard its traditional tea heritage and industry, while embracing technological advances to empower farmers and raise the incomes of local people.
Home to one of China’s largest and most diverse subtropical forests, Mount Wuyi is the only place in the country where Wuyi rock tea is grown.
“Wuyi rock tea, known for its mineral-rich floral aroma, possesses a distinctive and crucial fragrance that comes from the unique soil and rocks of the region,” said Huang Shengliang, an inheritor of China’s national-level intangible cultural heritage of Wuyi rock tea craftsmanship. “Only tea planted in our rocky soil can produce such a distinctive taste…”