Tea is the national drink, Hangzhou is the tea capital_China National Tea Museum!!

Step into the China National Tea Museum and enjoy a feast of tea culture! Tea is the national drink, Hangzhou is the tea capital, backed by Jiqing Mountain, facing Wulao Peak, adjacent to the new West Lake in the east, and surrounded by tea gardens. Looking around, the white walls, black tiles, green trees, and the continuous green tea gardens form a picturesque scene—this is the Shuangfeng Pavilion area of the China National Tea Museum. The China National Tea Museum is located in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and includes two parts: the Shuangfeng Pavilion area and the Longjing Pavilion area, with a total building area of about 13,000 square meters and an exhibition hall area of 4,875 square meters. The two pavilion areas are connected by the ancient "Qianlong Imperial Road" and the beautiful "Eight Views of Longjing," leading visitors on a unique tea culture journey. Entering the two pavilion areas, several groups of well-arranged buildings come into view, with flower corridors, winding paths, rockeries, ponds, and waterside pavilions, all showcasing the charm of Jiangnan gardens. The China National Tea Museum was completed and opened in 1991 and currently has more than 5,000 collections, including tea sets, tea books, tea processing tools, tea samples, tea paintings, and tea stele rubbings. "As the only national first-class museum in China themed around tea and tea culture, the China National Tea Museum not only focuses on the collection, research, and display of tea artifacts but also emphasizes the preservation and inheritance of tea knowledge and tea culture, striving to create a unique exhibition brand." The Shuangfeng Pavilion area of the China National Tea Museum is an "open-air museum without walls," consisting of five exhibition spaces: tea history, tea essence, tea affairs, tea sets, and tea customs, interpreting tea culture from different angles. The permanent exhibition in the Shuangfeng Pavilion area is the "Chinese Tea Culture Exhibition," which won the "Top Ten National Exhibition Awards" in 2003. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, as the trend of drinking tea in Europe became popular, tea became an important commodity in ocean trade. In the display case of the Green Gold Exhibition, there is a tea sample with a history of nearly 300 years, telling the story of Chinese tea crossing the ocean. This tea sample is very precious; it was salvaged from the Swedish ship Götheborg, which carried nearly 370 tons of tea. The China National Tea Museum is fortunate to have preserved two samples.