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Basic Introduction to Ruo Luo Tea of ShayaShaya County is home to 350,000 mu (approximately 23,333 hectares) of wild Ruo Luo. Since ancient times, Ruo Luo has been known for its remarkable medicinal value. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, Ruo Luo possesses a variety of medicinal and health benefits, including balancing blood pressure and lipids, and enhancing overall health.The tea is named after the Robuzhuang area. The entire Ruo Luo plant is valuable: the stalk can be used as raw material for papermaking, the leaves and juice can be made into beverages, and rubber can be extracted from the roots, branches, and leaves. Ruo Luo, also known as wild hemp, wild tea, tea flower, red flower, red willow seed, and marsh hemp, is a rare wild plant that primarily grows in desert saline-alkali lands or sandy areas along riverbanks, mountain ravines, and slopes. It is widely distributed across most northern provinces of China, with the highest quality found in the desert regions of Xinjiang. Since ancient times, Ruo Luo has been regarded by the Chinese as "the herb of immortality."Geographical ScopeShaya County is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the southeast of Aksu Prefecture.…

This year, Cangyuan Autonomous County has taken market demand as its guide and improving quality and efficiency as the focus. It has consistently considered the tea industry as a leading agricultural sector to deepen the rural industrial revolution and boost rural revitalization. As a result, the county's tea industry is flourishing and showing a favorable development trend. Currently, the total area of tea gardens in the county is 144,200 mu (approximately 23,712 acres), with a total of 23,000 tea-growing households involving 91,000 people. By the end of July, a total of 7,050 tons of raw tea had been produced, achieving an agricultural output value of 218.5504 million yuan; 3,250 tons of refined tea were produced, achieving an industrial output value of 182.0012 million yuan. The comprehensive output value of the tea industry reached 636.1016 million yuan, completing 55.3% of the annual target. Cao Hongfang, Party Secretary of the Cangyuan Autonomous County Local Industrial Development Service Center, stated that they will continue to strengthen tea garden management, improve tea quality, optimize product structure, and expand market channels, further promoting the sustained and healthy development of the tea industry. Authors/Luo Huiping, Liu Jilan

In the south, there are fine trees, and in Guizhou, excellent tea is produced. Guizhou is one of the world's origins of ancient tea trees. Its tea production has a long history. Tea culture runs deep and far. And Bijie, located in northwest Guizhou, is situated within the original region of Guizhou's tea trees. It boasts unique natural endowments and environmental conditions. Among its resources, tea stands out as particularly abundant. Today, let's take a look at some of Bijie's representative teas. I wonder which ones you've tried? ↓↓↓ "Qixingguan Taijicha" ▲Qixingguan Taijicha (Source: Qixingguan District Media Fusion Center) ▲Qixingguan Taijicha (Source: Qixingguan District Media Fusion Center) The town of Liangyan in Qixingguan District, with its low latitude, high altitude, scarce sunlight, frequent mists, and absence of pollution, provides exceptional geographic conditions for growing tea, nurturing ancient tea trees with distinctive characteristics and outstanding quality. Jinsha Qingchi Tea ▲Ren Guiru making Qingchi Tea using traditional techniques (Photographed by Luo Dafu) ▲Ren Guiru making Qingchi Tea using traditional techniques (Photographed by Luo Dafu) The discovery and use of Qingchi Tea as tribute can be traced back to the Western Han period. Qingchi Tea is one of Jinsha County's famous local specialties,…