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Experts laud conservation efforts of China's tea forests cultural landscape

STORY: Experts laud conservation efforts of China's tea forests cultural landscape SHOOTING TIME: April 28, 2024 DATELINE: April 29, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:10 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Pu'er, Yunnan 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG BO, Professor of Shandong University, Vice president of ICOMOS (Int'l Council on Monuments and Sites) China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): TERESA PATRICIO, President of ICOMOS 4. various of tea STORYLINE: Over the weekend, an international team of experts carried out field investigations at the old tea forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The experts commended the conservation efforts dedicated to the tea forest cultural landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): JIANG BO, Professor of Shandong University, Vice president of ICOMOS (Int'l Council on Monuments and Sites) China "While preserving their original conditions, the residential buildings have also undergone extensive repairs. These r

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Spring tea picking season begins at Jingmai Mountain

STORY: Spring tea picking season begins at Jingmai Mountain SHOOTING TIME: March 30, 2024 DATELINE: April 1, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:35 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of tea picking 2. various of the festival STORYLINE: The spring tea picking season has begun at Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. A festival is being held for the inheritance of tea culture, involving competitions like tea picking and tea making. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2023. It encompasses five ancient tea forests with a total area of 18,000 mu (1,200 hectares). Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kunming, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-SPRING FESTIVAL-TOURISM (CN)

(240215) -- BEIJING, Feb. 15, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Tourists watch sunrise on the Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Feb. 14, 2024. More Chinese people nowadays choose to go on a journey during the Spring Festival to experience different cultures and lunar new year atmosphere. (Xinhua/Jiang Wenyao)

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XINHUA-PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2023-AERIAL PHOTO

(240105) -- BEIJING, Jan. 5, 2024 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2023 shows a traditional village surrounded by forests and tea gardens of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sept. 17, 2023. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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China's ecological civilization remarkable, worth learning: U.S. scholars

STORY: China's ecological civilization remarkable, worth learning: U.S. scholars SHOOTING DATE: Dec. 20, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:11 LOCATION: PU'ER, China CATEGORY: SOCIETY/ECOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the forum 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PHILIP CLAYTON, President of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANDREW SCHWARTZ, Executive Director of the Center for Process Studies of the United States 4. Video of Jingmai Mountain STORYLINE: Experts and scholars from the United States have marveled at China's progress in achieving ecological civilization during the just-concluded 7th Pu'er Green Development Forum in southwest China's Yunnan Province. They called for more cooperation and exchanges between China and the Western countries in green development. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): PHILIP CLAYTON, President of the Institute for Postmodern Development of China "I've been visiting China for 23 years, but this is the first time that I have ever been to Yunnan

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China's rainforest preservation in eyes of French entrepreneur

STORY: China's rainforest preservation in eyes of French entrepreneur DATELINE: Sept. 22, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE/SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jingmai Mountain 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEAN-CHARLES PENOT, French entrepreneur in China's Yunnan 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JEAN-CHARLES PENOT, French entrepreneur in China's Yunnan STORYLINE: SOUNDBITE 1 (English): JEAN-CHARLES PENOT, French entrepreneur in China's Yunnan "I came to China more than 11 years ago, and it was simply because it was my dream. When I was a kid, my grandpa had a big library and a book. He was talking about China. And from a very young age, my dream was to come to discover this unique culture, which was so different, like another world compared to France. So it's what brings me here in the first place. I started as a creative director in Beijing. And when I came here (in Yunnan), this is a beautiful Jingmai Mountain. So I decided to settle here." SOUNDBITE 2 (English): JEAN-CHARLES PENOT, Fre

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Vlog: The making of Pu'er tea | Sunny's Spotlight

STORY: Vlog: The making of Pu'er tea | Sunny's Spotlight DATELINE: Sept. 21, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Jingmai Mountain 2. STANDUP 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 3. various of the Jingmai Mountain 4. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YE XIANG, Local tea farmer 6. SOUNDBITE 3 (Chinese): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 7. SOUNDBITE 4 (Chinese): YE XIANG, Local tea farmer 8. SOUNDBITE 5 (Chinese): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 9. SOUNDBITE 6 (Chinese): YE XIANG, Local tea farmer 10. SOUNDBITE 7 (English):SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 11. SOUNDBITE 8 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 12. various of the making of Pu'er tea 13. STANDUP 2 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent 14. various of people and landscape at the Jingmai Mountain STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (English): SUNNY ZHOU, Xinhua correspondent "Hello, from the world's first tea culture UNESCO heritage site, t

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 19, 2023 shows the Manghong Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2023 shows the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 18, 2023 shows the Wengji Village at sunset in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2023 shows the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows the Mangjing Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Li He)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows the Nuogang Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2023 shows the road in Wengji Village of Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2023 shows the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows the Nuogang Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 18, 2023 shows the Wengji Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows an old tea forest at the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows the Mangjing Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows shacks built for tea drying at Mangjing Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Li He)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This panoramic aerial photo taken on Sept. 18, 2023 shows the Wengji Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 18, 2023 shows the Wengji Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 30, 2023 shows the Mangjing Village in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Li He)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 29, 2023 shows villages nestled in tea forests in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Li He)

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(SKYEYE) CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FOREST-AERIAL VIEW (CN)

(230920) -- PU'ER, Sept. 20, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Aug. 29, 2023 shows an old tea forest in Pu'er City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday at the extended 45th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, making it China's 57th World Heritage Site. (Xinhua/Li He)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer picks tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer puts tea leaves into a basket in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer passes tea leaves to his companion in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer displays picked tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer puts tea leaves into a basket in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer picks tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer picks tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer picks tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer picks tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Tea farmers prepare to go to an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain to pick tea leaves in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer displays picked tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Hu Chao)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer picks tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-TEA HARVEST (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer picks tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 19, 2023. Local tea farmers here are busy picking tea leaves in harvest season to meet the market demand. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests. (Xinhua/Tang Rufeng)

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers pick tea leaves in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 14, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came later t

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager promotes Pu'er tea products via livestreaming in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 14, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2023 shows a traditional village surrounded by forests and tea gardens of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai pe

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager pours tea for customers at a tea factory of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 14, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came la

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager (L) promotes her homemade Pu'er tea to a tourist at a traditional village of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 14, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people an

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial panoramic photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows a traditional village surrounded by forests and tea gardens of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers promote Pu'er tea products via livestreaming in an old tea forest of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 17, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other e

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 17, 2023 shows a traditional village in Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came late

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A villager heats tea leaves at a tea factory of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 15, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came later to

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial panoramic photo taken on Sept. 14, 2023 shows a traditional village surrounded by forests and tea gardens of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A tea farmer bakes tea around the fireplace at a village of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 14, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who ca

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CHINA-YUNNAN-PU'ER-OLD TEA FORESTS-WORLD HERITAGE SITE-MODERN LIFE (CN)

(230919) -- PU'ER, Sept. 19, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Villagers chat at home in a traditional village of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, Sept. 17, 2023. The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, southwest China's Yunnan Province, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday. At its extended 45th session in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site. Jingmai Mountain is home to communities of well-preserved ancient tea trees, and the local history of the human cultivation of tea trees can be traced back more than 1,000 years. Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees. Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came later