The 2007 King of West Lake Longjing Green Tea Drying Compitition
was held in Hangzhou, capital of east China's Zhejiang province,
Thursday, Mar 22, 2007. Over 30 local masters of tea competing for
the title, exposing freshly-picked tea-leaves to heat, expelling
surplus moisture from them. An auction of the best dried tea was
held, following the contest, and the most treasured 200 grams was
bought by a businessman for 11,000 yuan (US$1380). East China's
Hanghzou has China's top class tea plantations, and West Lake's
Longjing, or Dragon Well, is one of the most famous brands of green
tea in this tea-loving country.
A businessman from a local tea company shows the public the tea
he has just bought from an auction, following the contest on
Thursday, Mar 22, 2007. The price is 11,000 yuan (US$1380) for 200
grams.?
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Local masters of tea parching compete with each other for the
title of "King of Tea Drying" on Thursday, Mar 22, 2007.
A group of Chaboshi, the waiter from a traditional Chinese tea
house, performs in a tea farm to demonstrate tea etiquette from the
past.
Girls prepare to play tea music in a tea farm, using the
Guzheng, a stringed instrument from ancient China.
(CRI.cn, Xinhua News?Agency?March 23, 2007)
