The First Chinese Tea-Themed Tourism Conference and Wufeng Spring Tea Tourism Festival were held in Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County from Apr. 14 to 15. In the early period of the event, five tea-themed routes were released for the first time by Wufeng Tourism. Wuling Gallery žthe Place of Origin of Yihong Tea, which is the exploring route of world tea-themed tourism, is awarded the gold route of 2018 national tea-themed tourism and it is favored by many self-driving tour teams from nearby areas.
Route one: tea garden tour (Ecological Tea Garden • Pleasant Wufeng)
Recommended Route: YuyangGuan Town – Qinggangling Tea Park at YuyangGuan Town – Mei Erchong Village Tea Garden at YuyangGuan Town –Wangjiaping Village at YuyangGuan Town –Daojiawan Tea Garden at Qiaoliang Village –Tuanbao Tea Garden at Bainianguan Village, Changleping Town – Yaopai Village, Changleping Town – Shiqiaogou Tea Park at Changleping Town – Xiangdong Village Tea Park at Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County – Changsheng Cave Scenic Area at Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County – Xingyanping Village Tea Garden at Caihua Town – Liziping Village at Caihua Town (Chinese minorities featured villages, Hubei Tourism Village)
Route two: experience tea-themed tour (Appreciate Poetry Landscape •Listen to Tea Rhyme)
Recommended Route: YuyangGuan Town – Qinggangling Tea Park at YuyangGuan Town –Modern Production Line of Maojian – Jiming Maojian tea base at Hanmachi Village, YuyangGuan Town – the Grand Canyon of Chai Buxi Scenery Spot – Shiqiaogou Village Tea Garden at Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County – Houhe Tianmen Gorge Scenery Spot at Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County – Xiangdong Village Tea Garden – Beifengya Forest Zone – Ancient Village Tea Base at Wantan Tea Garden.
Route three: tea shopping tour (Smell Tea Fragrance· Enjoy Free Life)
Recommended Route: YuyangGuan Town – Modern Production Line of Maojian – Hubei Tea Museum – Wufeng Delicate Tea Factory at YuyangGuan Town – Southwest Tea Market at YuyangGuan Town –Jiming Maojian tea base at Hanmachi Village –Xiangdong Village Tea Park at Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County – Zhongshun Tea Factory at Xingyanping Village, Caihua Town.
Route four: nostalgic ancient road tour (Crossing Tea Road • Searching for Sources)
Recommended Route: Ancient Tea Road in Hanyang Bridge Area of YuyangGuan Town – National Highway 351(Changchongzi) – Baiyanping Village at Changleping Town (you can enjoy southern opera and local accent, and appreciate cliff carving Figural Statues, Merit Tablet) – Nanmu Bridge at Caihua Village (Ancient Tea Park at Nanmu Bridge and Villages) – Caihuatai (The ancient tea tree over 500 years) – Maozhuang Village, Wantan Town – Suojin Village, Wantan Town – Tea Garden Village, Wantan Town (Chinese minorities featured villages).
Route five: inquiry learning at tea village tour (Enjoy Leisure Life žObtaining Multiple Knowledge)
Recommended Route: YuyangGuan Town – Hubei Tea Museum (Interpreting the history of tea industry in the world) – the Grand Canyon of Chai Buxi Scenery Spot –Xiangdong Village Tea Garden at Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County – Houhe National Nature Reserve at Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County (The world’s rare animal and plant gene pool) – Baixi River at Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County – Baiyi Village, Caihua Town (Tusi Sites with cool summer and warm winter) –GAP Chinese Herbal Medicine Base in Niuzhuang Town ( called “Tibet” in Wufeng)