Museum · ZHEJIANG
China National Tea Museum
中国茶叶博物馆 · Zhōngguó Cháyè Bówùguǎn
About
Comprehensive museum of Chinese tea history, varieties, and culture. Free entry; in the Longjing tea-growing hills.
The China National Tea Museum is the country's premier tea museum, sited in the Longjing tea-growing hills west of West Lake. Multiple pavilions cover tea history, growing regions, ceremony, and the relationship of tea to Chinese culture. Combine with a walk through the Longjing tea villages (Meijiawu, Longjing) for a half-day on tea.
How to get there
Bus 27 to the museum stop.
When to visit
March–April for the spring Longjing harvest in surrounding villages.
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Other attractions in Hangzhou
Itineraries featuring this site
- Tea trail — Hangzhou, Wuyishan and Yunnan, 10 days
10d · Ten days through three of China's most significant tea-growing regions: Longjing (Dragon Well) green tea in Hangzhou, Wuyi rock oolong in Fujian, and Pu'er aged tea in Yunnan — each with its own landscape and tea-house culture.
- Classical Gardens Circuit — Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Beyond, 12 days
12d · China's finest classical gardens in sequence: Suzhou's UNESCO garden quartet, Hangzhou's West Lake landscape, Yangzhou's slender garden tradition, and Shaoxing's canal-town context.
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