Spring tea picking starts in China's Yunnan

STORY: Spring tea picking starts in China's Yunnan DATELINE: March 26, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:13 LOCATION: KUNMING, China CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Jingmai Mountain 2. STANDUP (English): ZHAO ZHIQIN, Xinhua correspondent 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YAN WENFA, Local tea farmer 4. various of the ceremony 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YAN YIKAN, Local villager STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): ZHAO ZHIQIN, Xinhua correspondent "As spring has come, the farmers in Jingmai Mountain once again threw themselves into the busy tea plucking work. Today, we are here at the Jingmai Mountain Spring Tea Harvest Festival, to see how the local people start one of their most important activities in a year. Let's go find out." Before harvesting the tea plants, local people held a ceremony to show reverence to nature and their ancestors. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YAN WENFA, Local tea farmer "We tell the deceased old people that we are harvesting new tea leaves, and then thank our ancestors for leaving the tea trees for us to