Tea

WHS where tea is or was grown.

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Tea':

  • Ancient Kyoto Ujigama-jinja shrine is situated in Uji, the oldest tea growing area in Japan starting around 12C - "On entering the shrine grounds you will see a basin, which is fed by a famous freshwater spring. This water is used in tea ceremonies and is held to have special properties". Saiho-ji Temple - Wiki "contains 3 Tea houses Shônan-tei, Shôan-dô and Tanhoku-tei.
  • Kuk The site has been used for growing tea. AB review In "the late 1960s ... the landscape was drained and converted into a tea plantation"
  • Mount Wuyi AB "Also of interest is the evidence of the tea culture. In the 11th to 16th centuries there was an Imperial tea farm here, producing tea for the Imperial Court. Certain original elements survive, but the remainder of the structures visible today are recent reconstructions. In addition, the remains of ancient tea factories, from the 17th century onwards, also survive, mostly in fragmentary form." Also see re Tianxin Temple ; link
  • Mountain Railways of India AB describing the route of the Darjeeling Railway "finally the 30km alpine section to Darjeeling, dominated by stands of Himalayan pine and tea gardens."