"Gougunao" Tea Culture Tourism Festival opens in Suichuan

By Zhao Qian ( chinadaily.com.cn )

Updated: 2012-05-03

The Second International "Gougunao" Tea Culture Tourism Festival opened in Suichuan county of Ji'an, east China's Jiangxi province on April 19, 2012.

Yao Mugen, vice-governor of Jiangxi province and other leaders attended the opening ceremony. A total of over 8,000 people including entrepreneurs from tea-making enterprises, tea experts, journalists and reporters from news media, visitors and local residents took part in the festival.

"Gougunao" tea is a kind of precious tea produced at the Gougunao mountain in Suichuan county, Jiangxi province. As a renowned specialty of Suichuan, it has a plantation history of over 200 years. The tea features dark green tight tea leaves and is covered with a layer of white tender hair. When the tea is made, the water is golden yellow and its sweet taste lasts a long time.

Yao announced the opening of the tea culture tourism festival.