霜降Frost's Descent
陈德华陳德華
Chén Déhuá

Chen Dehua

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National representative bearer of the Wuyi yancha (Dahongpao) craft (fourth batch, 2012); led the propagation and first commercial sale of clonal Dahongpao at the Wuyishan tea institute.

Kind
maker
Based in
Wuyishan
Fujian › Nanping

History#

  1. 1963Graduates in tea from 福安农业专科学校 and starts work in tea production and research.
    中国非物质文化遗产网
  2. 1985Becomes director of the city tea institute and propagates Dahongpao from five scions (vendor account).
    武夷山奇苑茶业有限公司 (vendor site), 2015-06-06
  3. 2012Named in the fourth batch of national representative bearers (notice dated 20 December 2012).
    中国非物质文化遗产网 / 文化部

Also sold or written as 1#

Chinese variants
  • 大红袍之父Dàhóngpáo zhī fù('father of Dahongpao')Epithet used by vendor profiles.

Names and ambiguities#

First batch (2006) or fourth batch (2012)?

The Qiyuan vendor profile says he became a 'first batch' national bearer in June 2006. ihchina lists him in the fourth batch (serial 04-1854), and that notice is dated 2012. The 2006 date is when the craft itself was listed. Use the fourth batch.

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Notes#

Chen Dehua (陈德华) is a national representative bearer of 武夷岩茶（大红袍）制作技艺 (VIII-63), serial 04-1854, in the fourth batch. The Ministry of Culture notice for that batch is 文非遗发〔2012〕51号, dated 20 December 2012. According to ihchina, he graduated in tea from 福安农业专科学校 in 1963 and has worked in tea production and research since then. He mastered withering, shaking and roasting, oversaw a 烘青楼 building that demonstrates the process, and worked on cultivar research and seedling propagation. A vendor profile says he joined the Wuyishan tea institute in 1963 and became its director in 1985. That year he obtained five Dahongpao scions, cut from plants earlier transplanted to a variety garden, and grew them at the institute. He retired in 1997. 福茶之心 credits him with the first commercial Dahongpao in 1985.

Sources#

  1. Government and public institutionsaccessed 2026-10-18

    Bearer serial 04-1854; fourth batch; project VIII-63; graduated from 福安农业专科学校 tea major in 1963.

  2. Government and public institutionsaccessed 2026-10-18

    Dated 2012-12-20; 498 bearers.

  3. Government and public institutionsaccessed 2026-10-18
  4. Vendor sourcesaccessed 2026-10-18

    Says he became director of the municipal tea institute in 1985, took five Dahongpao scions from plants earlier transplanted to a variety garden, retired 1997, and was a 'first batch' national bearer in 2006 (contradicted by ihchina).

  5. Community sourcesaccessed 2026-10-18

    Year-by-year lineage 1938-2003 of the Chong'an/Wuyishan tea farm and the 茶叶科学研究所, incl. 1960 founding of 崇安县茶叶科学研究所, 1989-08-21 renaming, 1992 岩茶总公司, 2003 takeover by 武夷星 (星愿). Not independently confirmed for every step.