Chinese Green Tea Culture

Tea in Hangzhou
Hangzhou is noted for its Dragon Well tea, the city's legendary curative. From growing it to writing poetry about it, the green tea is consumed in almost everywhere within it.

Chengdu - thousands of teahouses
Sichuan is one of the provinces where tea originated from. Celebrated for its green tea of antiquity, Chengdu City still has authentic teahouse culture in China today.

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A Chinese movie about a marriage-seeking girl who could tell fortune by a glass of green tea.

Lu Yu
Tea was popular 1,400 years ago in China. 'The Book of Tea' written by Chinese poet Lu Yu in 780 AD was the first monograph of tea in the world.

Teahouses in Shanghai
Shanghai produces only one green tea, but it borders all types of Chinese teahouse.