Old tea forests in China’s Pu’er gain Unesco World Heritage Site status

The newly named heritage site, located in Lancang Lahu autonomous county in Pu’er, Yunnan province, comprises five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests. - China Daily

BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in China’s Pu’er gained the World Heritage Site status at the ongoing 45th session of the World Heritage Committee of Unesco in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, becoming China’s 57th entry to the list and the first World Heritage Site related to tea.

The newly named heritage site, located in Lancang Lahu autonomous county in Pu’er, Yunnan province, comprises five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, which stand 1,250m to 1,500m above the sea level; three protective barrier forests; and nine ancient villages in the old tea forests, which are mainly inhabited by Blang and Dai ethnic groups.