Located
among the tea gardens around the Dragon Well between Wulao Peak and
Jiqing Hill, the China National Tea Museum is the largest museum in
China with the mostcomprehensive
collection of tea
utensils
and exhibits on view. The compound also serves as a backdrop for a
variety of performance and exchange programs associated with tea.
On the premises are separate houses connected by zigzagging paths,
punctuated and colored by lawns and flowers and evergreen tea trees.
These
buildings function respectively for exhibition,
tea drinking, tea performance, multiple functions and international
exchanges. The exhibition section has rooms separately for history,
culture, tea affairs, tea friendship, tea utensils, and tea rituals.
The cultural part is designed for all kinds of cultural activities
concerning tea. The tea drinking and performance sections are two
perfect locations for performances of the tea drinking rituals seen
in different provinces and foreign countries. The museum has been
a fine locale for a number of cultural activities on tea, including
a series of international seminars on tea culture and exchange. The
museum provides the top-class tea, tasteful water, and perfect landscape.
Tea professionals and aficionados from all over the world meet here
in the name of tea. They come in groups and drink tea and talk about
tea. The tea fragrance permeates every inch of the museum and the
surrounding landscape. Emotions and memories get conditioned by tea
at the museum. And many visitors get so intoxicated with tea that
they forget the time for going home.
Administrative Office:
China National Tea Museum, Hangzhou
Add:
Double Peaks village, Dragon Well
Road, Hangzhou, China