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35 Jiangsu Glimpses
Both Yuhua tea and Yuhua stone are
symbols of Nanjing. However, compared
with Yunnan's Pu'er tea, Fujian's
Tieguanyin, and Hangzhou's Longjing, it is
rare to have people know Yuhua tea when
talking about Nanjing. It is more like a
secret of the Nanjing people.
Besides Yuhua Stone,
do not Miss Yuhua Tea
When You Travelling in Nanjing
—— Geng Chunxiao
his time, we plan to crack the secret by going
to Pingshan Tea Co. Ltd., located in Nanjing's
T Pingshan Forest Park. There are over 2,500
mu of tea garden, situated on the mountain top, with over
85 percent of it covered by forest, and it is neighboring four
reservoirs, providing a suitable place for tea trees to grow.
The "Huaping" Yuhua tea has the shape of pine needles
and the color of jade-like green. Prof. Cheng Qikun, former
director of the Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Science
Academy, wrote "the treasure among teas is the Yuhua tea in
Pingshan."
