Spring Tea Harvest

Aerial video taken on March 28, 2022 shows tea farmers picking tea in a tea plantation in Zigui, Hubei Province, China. "Mingqian Tea" is tea picked before qingming Festival. According to the latest statistics released by the China Tea Distribution Association on Thursday, the country's main tea producing areas have entered the picking season, and the total output of spring tea in 2022 is expected to exceed 1.4 million tons. Spring is the most important season for tea production in China, and the number of spring tea has been over 1.3 million tons for many years. According to the monitoring of the China Tea Circulation Association, the national spring tea output accounts for about 40%-45% of the total annual tea output, and the output value accounts for more than 70% of the total annual tea output value. Spring tea is also the main source of income for tea farmers around the country every year.