Pic story: inheritors of tea making technique in Ya'an, China's Sichuan

This aerial photo taken on March 30, 2022 shows tea farmers in cooperation with Zhang Yuehua picking fresh tea leaves at a tea garden in Mingshan District of Ya'an City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. Zhang, born in 1959, is a representative inheritor of green tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Gan Yuxiang (L) instructs a staff member to check the quality of tea leaves at a production workshop of Ya'an Youyi Tea Co., Ltd. in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 24, 2022. Gan, born in 1963, is a representative inheritor of dark tea making technique. Boasting a long history of tea cultivation, Ya'an is the birthplace of dark tea and green tea making techniques. Inherited by generations of tea makers, both techniques are now listed as national-level intangible cultural heritage. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)