tea forests of the jingmai mountain
states: [china]
category: cultural
year: 2023
location: Yunnan Province
region: Asia and the Pacific
latitude/longitude: 22.1841666667, 100.0075000000
last visited: 2026
unesco id: 1665
world heritage site: 1665
The Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain, a UNESCO World Heritage site in China’s Yunnan Province, is a 1,513-hectare cultural landscape where ancient tea cultivation thrives. Developed over a millennium by the Bulang, Dai, and Hani peoples, it features old-growth tea forests, traditional villages, and sacred groves atop the mist-shrouded Jingmai and Mangjing mountains. Recognized in 2023 for its sustainable agroforestry and unique tea ancestor worship, this site exemplifies a harmonious blend of nature, culture, and Indigenous knowledge, shaping the global heritage of tea production.
