Tenfu
Tea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by pouring hot or boiling water over cured or fresh leaves of '' Camellia sinensis'', an evergreen shrub native to East Asia which probably originated in the borderlands of southwestern China and northe ...
Museum, in
Zhangzhou
Zhangzhou (), alternately romanized as Changchow, is a prefecture-level city in Fujian Province, China. The prefecture around the city proper comprises the southeast corner of the province, facing the Taiwan Strait and surrounding the prefec ...
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Fujian
Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
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China
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, was constructed in 2000, and finished in 2002. It is the world's largest tea museum
with a total area of 13 acres. The museum consists of many displays of past tea cultures, tea processing, tea and tea ware, as well as having live tea arts culture performances.
Presentation facilities
The museum consists of five parts: Main Exhibition Hall, Chinese Tea Art Classroom, Japanese Tea House, Korean Tea House, Calligraphy and Chinese Painting Hall.
See also
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China National Tea Museum The China National Tea Museum () is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China.[China National Tea Museum](_blank)
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History of tea in China The history of tea in China is long and complex, for the Chinese have enjoyed tea for millennia. Scholars hailed the brew as a cure for a variety of ailments; the nobility considered the consumption of good tea as a mark of their status, and the com ...
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Ping-Lin Tea Museum
The Ping-Lin Tea Museum (), also spelled Pinglin Tea Museum, is a museum located in the hills of Pinglin District, New Taipei, Taiwan. It is one of the world's largest tea museums.
Ping-Lin is renowned for producing Pouchong tea. The picking of ...
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List of food and beverage museums
This is a list of food and beverage museums. Food museums, beverage museums and wine museums generally provide information about how various foodstuffs are produced or were historically produced. Many of these museums are owned and operated by spe ...
References
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China Travel Guide
External links
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Museums established in 2002
Tea museums
Museums in Fujian
Chinese tea
Buildings and structures completed in 2002
Zhangzhou
2002 establishments in China
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