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Since the late Qing dynasty晚清至今 · 四代茶事
Fuding · Chiang Mai福鼎 · 清迈
Mist drifting across the terraced tea gardens of Fuding
Fuding · Fujian福建 · 福鼎

The mountain山

West Kun village, the carved gate, gardens at 800 metres. Where the tea is grown, withered in the sun, and set aside to age.西昆村,门楣,八百米茶园。茶在这里生长、日晒萎凋、封藏陈放。

The home of white tea白茶之乡

Between mountains and sea山海之间

Fuding lies in the north-east corner of Fujian, where the mountains fall toward the East China Sea. The gardens sit at five to eight hundred metres and spend most mornings inside cloud. The leaf grows slowly here, thick with down, and China has called the county the home of white tea for generations.

West Kun, the family’s village, is known across the country as the first village of Confucius’s descendants in the south. The old gate still carries the four characters the tea house is named for.

福鼎在闽东北一隅,山势落向东海。茶园海拔五至八百米,大半个清晨泡在云里。叶子长得慢,毫密而厚,福鼎因此世称白茶之乡。

家族所在的西昆村,是江南孔裔第一村。老门楼上,仍刻着茶号得名的那四个字。

Terraced tea gardens under low cloud
Layered blue mountains in mist at dusk
Cloud resting on the hills above the tea gardens
Cloud crossing the ridge above the tea bushes
Eight hundred metres海拔八百米

Inside the cloud云里

Most mornings the gardens are inside the cloud. The leaf grows slowly here, thick with down.大半个清晨,茶园在云里。叶子长得慢,毫密而厚。

The retreat茶院

A house among the gardens茶园间的一座房子

The family’s retreat stands in the tea itself: a white house in the rows, a tea room hung with calligraphy, the storehouse a few steps away. It receives guests who want to see where the tea begins — to walk the gardens, sit through the withering season, drink the vintages where they rest.

Days follow the tea. Morning in the gardens or at the waterfall below the old temple mountain; unhurried meals; evenings of tea in the courtyard. In picking season, guests rise with the pickers.

家中茶院就立在茶里:茶行间一座白房子,一间挂满字的茶室,几步之外是藏茶的老屋。接待愿意溯源的客人——走茶园,看萎凋,在茶所在之处喝那些年份。

日子跟着茶走。清晨在园中或古寺山下的瀑布边,三餐从容,夜里院中吃茶。逢采茶季,客人与采茶人同起。

The white retreat house among the tea rows
The house in the tea茶中之屋
The tea room hung with calligraphy
The tea room茶室
The waterfall below the temple mountain
The waterfall瀑布
The retreat courtyard under snow
Winter冬
Tea set on a low table in the rice fields
A tea tray laid on the rocks beside the waterfall
The stream below the gardens

The stream below the gardens.茶山下的溪涧。

Ernan seated with tea at the edge of the rice field

An afternoon at the edge of the fields.田边的午后。

Mist over the terraces

The terraces above the house.屋后的茶梯。

Season时节

Spring picking (late March–April) and the White Dew autumn harvest are the living seasons; winter is the quiet one.春采(三月末至四月)与白露秋收最是热闹;冬日最静。

The table茶席

Every stay is built around the tea: the vintages, the withering trays, the old storehouse.每一次小住都围绕茶而设:年份茶、萎凋匾、藏茶老屋。

How to book如何预订

Small parties only. Send your dates and how many you are; we reply personally with what the days would hold.仅接待小型来访。来信告知日期与人数,我们亲笔回复行程安排。

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A mountain lake above Fuding
The reservoir above the village村上的湖
Tea rows in fog
Morning fog in the rows晨雾