In-depth experience of Chinese tea culture

Description

Trip overview
Duration: 10 days
Target group: European and American tourists, travelers who are interested in Chinese culture, tea culture and physical and mental relaxation
Itinerary overview: tea culture experience, tea garden visit, tea art learning, meditation, tea utensil making, ethnic minority culture, combination of food and health care
D1: Arrive in Fuzhou
Afternoon/Evening:
Arrive in Fuzhou, pick up the airport, and transfer to the hotel.
Welcome dinner: Introduce the theme of the itinerary, taste Fuzhou’s local specialties, and have an initial experience of China’s food culture and warm hospitality.
D2: Fuzhou Jasmine Tea and Tea Banquet Experience
morning:
Visit the Fuzhou Jasmine Tea Museum to learn more about the history, production techniques, and unique position of jasmine tea in Chinese tea culture. Visitors will watch the smoking process of jasmine tea and taste freshly made jasmine tea.
Tea art course: The tea art master demonstrates the brewing techniques of jasmine tea on-site and explains the etiquette and aesthetics of Chinese tea ceremonies to tourists.
afternoon:
Tourists will visit the tea market in Fuzhou, experience the commercial atmosphere of local tea culture, learn about tea purchasing and collection skills, and purchase souvenirs.
night:
Arrange a tea banquet experience and taste traditional dishes made with jasmine tea, such as tea-flavored chicken, tea eggs, etc., to experience the perfect combination of tea and food.
D3: Go to Wuyi Mountain and meet Dahongpao for the first time
morning:
Take a bus to Wuyi Mountain (about 2.5 hours’ drive).
afternoon:
Visiting Wuyishan Tea Garden, tourists will personally participate in picking Dahongpao tea leaves and learn about Dahongpao tea tree planting and ecological environment.
Evening: Check into the tea garden B&B, feel the peaceful atmosphere of the tea garden, and enjoy your leisure time.
D4: Wuyishan Tea Garden and Tea Art Meditation
morning:
Participating in Dahongpao’s tea-making process, visitors can personally experience the entire process from picking, rolling, and fermentation and understand the unique process of rock tea.
afternoon:
Visit Wuyishan Jiuquxi Scenic Area, experience bamboo rafting, and enjoy the magnificent landscape.
Tea Meditation: After rafting on the bamboo raft, arrange a tea meditation experience. Through the combination of meditation and tea tasting, visitors can feel the tranquility and peace of tea in a quiet environment and deeply understand the spirit of “harmony and tranquility” in the Chinese tea ceremony.
D5: Wuyishan in-depth experience and interactive tea culture lecture
morning:
Tea Culture Interactive Lecture: Invite local tea culture experts to explain the history and global influence of Wuyi Rock Tea to tourists. Visitors can freely ask questions, communicate with experts, and learn about the types, production techniques, and cultural value of tea.
afternoon:
Visit the Wuyi Mountain Tea Museum in depth to learn about the history, celebrity allusions, and cultural origins of Dahongpao and other rock teas.
D6: Anxi Tieguanyin and DIY tea packaging
morning:
Drive to Anxi (about 4 hours’ drive) and stay at Tea Garden B&B.
afternoon:
Visiting the Tieguanyin Tea Garden, visitors will personally participate in the picking and production of Tieguanyin tea and learn about the unique processes of fermentation, rolling, and roasting of oolong tea.
DIY tea packaging:
After the tea making, a DIY tea packaging session is arranged. Visitors can design their own tea packaging box as an exclusive souvenir and take home the Tieguanyin they made themselves.
D7: Anxi tea culture and tea therapy experience
morning:
Tieguanyin Tea Tasting Course: At a tea house in Anxi, learn the brewing and tasting techniques of Tieguanyin and understand the special status of oolong tea in Chinese tea culture.
afternoon:
Arrange a tea therapy experience, incorporating traditional Chinese health concepts, where visitors will learn how to achieve health effects through different types of tea. You can experience tea health programs such as tea foot baths and tea masks on site to feel the conditioning effect of tea on the body and mind.
D8: Go to Jingdezhen and get acquainted with ceramics and tea utensils for the first time
morning:
Take a bus to Jingdezhen (about 5 hours drive).
afternoon:
Visit the Jingdezhen Ceramics Museum to learn about the connection between the history of tea sets and tea culture, appreciate classic tea sets from ancient times to modern times, and experience Jingdezhen’s unique ceramic culture.
D9: Combination of tea utensil making and calligraphy
morning:
Tea set DIY production: Visitors will personally participate in the design and production of tea sets, from drawing and engraving to glazing, and experience Jingdezhen’s unique handmade pottery. Each visitor will complete a tea set of their own.
afternoon:
Arrange a cultural experience that combines tea and calligraphy. Visitors can invite calligraphers to inscribe or paint on the tea sets they make to enhance the artistic value of the tea sets.
D10: End the trip and return to the starting point
morning:
Visit the Jingdezhen ancient kiln ruins and learn about the evolution and development of ancient porcelain-making techniques.
afternoon:
Summary of the trip, transfer to the airport, end the trip, and return to the departure point.