铁观音鐵觀音
Tieguanyin
Clonal, late-sprouting, medium-leaf shrub from Xiping, Anxi; the only cultivar allowed in Anxi Tieguanyin. National number GS13007-1985.
- Botanical
- Camellia sinensis
- Kind
- clonal cultivar
- Origin
- Xiping
The plant behind the name#
- Plant habit
- Shrub habit.
- Propagation
- Clonal propagation by cuttings.
- Leaf class
- Medium-leaf class.
- Sprouting
- Late-sprouting cultivar.
- Documented uses
- Suitable for oolong manufacture.
- Registration
- GS13007-1985; GPD 茶树（2018）350004.
These are recognition and registration identifiers, not the date the local cultivar first arose.
Also sold or written as 6#
Chinese variants
- 红心观音 / 红样观音Hongxin Guanyin / Hongyang GuanyinSynonyms given in GB/T 19598-2025.
- 魏荫种(Weiyin zhong)Synonym after Wei Yin of the origin legend (GB/T 19598-2025).
- 红心歪尾桃Hongxin Waiwei TaoFolk name for the original bush (red bud, crooked tip); Jiemian gives 红芽歪嘴桃.
Romanisations
- Tie Guan Yin
Registration identifiers
- GS13007-1985National validation number (GB/T 19598-2025).
- GPD 茶树（2018）350004Registration under the 2017 non-major-crop scheme, applicant 安溪县农业与茶果局 (cultivar record via the International Camellia Register).
Names and ambiguities#
Notes#
GB/T 19598-2025 restricts Anxi Tieguanyin to this cultivar and describes it as clonal, shrub, medium-leaf and late-sprouting. The cultivar record of 陈亮等 (2024), quoted by the International Camellia Register, places its origin at 松尧, Xiping town. The Anxi government profile repeats the two Xiping legends (Wei Yin about 1725; Wang Shirang 1736/1741). The Taiwan introduction is credited to 張迺妙 of Daping, Anxi: 1895 per zh-Wikipedia, 1896 per the Anxi government. Ploidy was not stated in any source read.
Teas made from it#
闽南乌龙
Minnan oolong Mǐnnán wūlóng
Grouping for southern Fujian oolong: Anxi Tieguanyin and the other Anxi cultivars, Yongchun Foshou and Zhangping Shuixian. Usually rolled into tight half-balls.
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安溪铁观音
Anxi Tieguanyin Ānxī Tiěguānyīn
Rolled oolong from the Tieguanyin cultivar, protected as a GI for the whole of Anxi County. GB/T 19598-2025 defines three styles: clean (清香), heavy (浓香) and aged (陈香).
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木栅铁观音
Muzha Tieguanyin Mùzhà Tiěguānyīn
Ball-rolled, medium-oxidised and heavily roasted oolong from Muzha (Maokong), Taipei; in Taiwan 鐵觀音 names this method, which may use other cultivars.
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Sources#
What these sources support
The register records GS13007-1985 and GPD 茶树（2018）350004 for Tieguanyin.
Full text · Chinese cultivar description, citing the 2024 cultivar monograph, pp. 244–245. · checked 2026-10-19
Scope and limits: These identify recognition and registration records; they do not date the first cultivation of the local plant.