Lotus Highland Tea

Lotus Highland Tea

　　Junying Village in Lianhua Town, Tong'an District, Xiamen City, is located at the foot of Xiamen’s second highest peak, Zhuangyuanjian, at an altitude of over 1,000 meters, making it one of the highest-altitude villages in Xiamen. The village neighbors Anxi County, known as the hometown of Tieguanyin tea, and shares similar soil and climatic conditions—pleasant temperatures, abundant sunshine, rich water resources, and no industrial pollution—resulting in high-quality tea. Hence, the tea produced here is widely known as “Lotus Highland Tea.” It lies at the junction of Xiamen, Zhangzhou, and Quanzhou, occupying a highly strategic geographic location. Junying Village is a major producer of high-mountain oolong tea in Xiamen. With a total labor force of 500, over 80% are engaged in tea production and business, yielding more than 300 tons of oolong tea annually. The village has a long history of tea cultivation, with records showing that tea has been widely grown here for over 300 years. Almost every household was involved in tea farming, and tea income has long been the primary source of livelihood for villagers.

　　Junying Village has approximately 7,000 mu of tea plantations, making it an important export tea production base in Xiamen, with its tea sold both domestically and internationally. It became the first registered export tea plantation base at the Xiamen Port and in Fujian Province. Since 2008, new rural development initiatives have significantly transformed the village’s appearance, and it has been recognized as one of Fujian Province’s first ecological civilization villages. In 2011, Junying Village (tea) was designated by the Ministry of Agriculture as a national “One Village, One Product” demonstration village. Currently, the village has planned to leverage its existing tea plantation advantages, aiming to develop a rural tourism project themed around tea processing, tea tasting, and leisure sightseeing in two phases over five years, thereby increasing villagers’ income.