Longjing, Hangzhou
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Longjing (), literally "dragon well", is a name applied to a number of locations and products from the southwestern region of the city of
Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...
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province,
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. Most notably, the name refers to the titular Dragon Well itself, located near Longjing village () in Xihu District, as well as the area encompassing the
well A well is an excavation or structure created on the earth by digging, driving, or drilling to access liquid resources, usually water. The oldest and most common kind of well is a water well, to access groundwater in underground aquifers. The ...
and the
Longjing tea Longjing tea (; Standard Mandarin pronunciation ), sometimes called by its literal translated name Dragon Well tea, is a variety of pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing, Hangzhou, Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China ...
famously grown there. The Dragon Well region consists of a number of villages, tea plantations,
tea house A teahouse or tearoom (also tea room) is an establishment which primarily serves tea and other light refreshments. A tea room may be a room set aside in a hotel, especially for serving afternoon tea, or may be an establishment that only ser ...
s, parks, and a temple. The area is popular for drinking and buying tea as well as visiting the Eight Scenes of the Dragon Well (龙井八景).


Longjing tea production

Longjing is famous since is the area where
Longjing tea Longjing tea (; Standard Mandarin pronunciation ), sometimes called by its literal translated name Dragon Well tea, is a variety of pan-roasted green tea from the area of Longjing, Hangzhou, Longjing Village in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China ...
(also known as dragon well tea) is produced. In the 17th century by the
Kangxi Emperor The Kangxi Emperor (4 May 165420 December 1722), also known by his temple name Emperor Shengzu of Qing, personal name Xuanye, was the third emperor of the Qing dynasty, and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper. His reign of 61 ...
granted the tea the status of Gòngchá or imperial tea, Gòngchá (貢茶) is a chinese word formed with the word Gòng (貢) that means contribution or tribute, and the word Chá (茶) that refers to tea, which translates to “tribute tea for the emperor”.Amazing-Green-Tea.com, , www.amazing-green-tea.com


External links

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The Tea Fields of Longjing


References

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