about zhenghe county（政和县）

in Chinese history, is there a county whose name is derived from tea? The answer is Zhenghe County, as an important main producing area of ​​white tea in China, the origin of white tea in Zhenghe County is very deep, which can be traced back to the end of the Tang Dynasty and the beginning of the Song Dynasty. By the Song Dynasty, Zhenghe had become an important Beiyuan tribute tea producing area, and the silver needle tea produced was highly regarded. During the reign of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty (1115), Guandi County at that time gave tribute to silver needle tea, which the emperor liked, Given the reign, the county's name was changed to Guandi for  Zhenghe County .

 Zhenghe County is located in the northern part of Fujian Province, adjacent to the southern part of Zhejiang Province, and is mainly hilly landforms. The average altitude is about 800 meters, and the highest peak in the territory reaches 1597 meters. The average temperature is around 16 degrees, and the average annual sunshine is 1907 hours. Most of Zhenghe's territory is mountainous and hilly areas, with an elevation of 400 to 1,000 meters, and the highest peak is more than 1,300 meters. The tea produced has unique high mountain characteristics, and the white tea produced is of high quality. Zhenghe’s distinctive local buildings are slab houses and covered bridges. In the past, the withering of white tea was done in these well-ventilated slab houses and covered bridges, which created certain unique advantages for the tea industry. Since 2013, as the popularity of white tea in China has continued to rise, Zhenghe has become another popular producing area after Fuding, and the price of fresh leaves has also increased year by year.

                                   

relaxing time

The period from February 15th to March 10th is relatively leisurely for most tea farmers.Everyone is waiting to make spring tea. Most of the things that everyone can communicate with each other are about new production techniques. New machinery and equipment, good raw materials, and the price of fresh tea leaves, etc. We will do some refurbishment of machinery and equipment, as well as the allocation of personnel when making spring tea. When the weather is fine, I will go hiking with my relatives and friends to feel the beauty of nature.

2021 Febuary in chaozhou

We spent the whole month in Chaozhou in February 2021. We will be in Chaozhou every January of the lunar calendar since we got married in 2013. My husband Zhou Shiwu is from Chaozhou, Guangdong Province. He lives and works in Wuyishan with my family all year round. But no matter how busy we are, we must go back to his hometown to celebrate with his family during the Chinese New Year. This is a tradition in the bones of Chaozhou people. I respect it very much. When I have my own child, I I also support this behavior of my husband even more.

(my sister in-law with her unty )

 Chaozhou is a very interesting place, where there are very delicious food, traditional customs, strong clan spirit, and of course Kung Fu tea available in every household. It is a place that makes me feel a strong human touch. I am very fortunate and grateful that I have a relationship with this city.

(my husband'shometwon in chaozhou )

Every first month of the year, we will take turns eating at the family's relatives' house in chaozhou. On the 3rd day of the first month of every year,they all ate at my husband’s house. There are no big meals. The meals are ordinary home-cooked dishes. The relatives who are more able to cook are responsible for the cook, and we are responsible for washing the dishes and washing the dishes.

             (The third day of the first month ,relatives have dinner at my husband's house)

After the meal, the entire clan gathers in the Zhou clan's ancestral hall. The more prestigious members of the clan will speak and make a statement about the good or bad things that happened in the clan in the past year. Then the older generation will spontaneously sing Chaozhou opera.        

  

We are very busy in February 2021. Since April 2019, my father-in-law has signed a lease contract with the government. We have a 50-year use right for a tea mountain. Then, starting in 2019, he will start to open the mountain and build roads. Finally, in 2020, at the end of the year, we planted the first batch of saplings brought over from Wuyi Mountain, as well as some more popular varieties in Chaozhou. This will be our organic tea base. We don’t know what will happen in the future, but I told you My husband is very happy, just to give this beautiful world a little bit more green.

(zhou shi wu with my father in-law )

                              (my new garden with wuyi cutlviar in chaozhou )