Ye Qitong

Ye Qitong (叶启桐) is a national representative bearer of 武夷岩茶（大红袍）制作技艺 (VIII-63), serial 03-1329, in the third batch. The Ministry of Culture notice for that batch is dated 26 May 2009. Fujian Daily (2022) calls him the craft's first national-level bearer. ihchina says he first learned hand-making from folk tea masters from Shangrao in Jiangxi, then learned tasting and tea management from his father 叶先顺. He worked on traditional Dahongpao methods from 1961 and trained successors. He helped compile the 《中国名茶丛书》 and 《武夷岩茶》 volumes and edited a book on Wuyi yancha. The ihchina feature also says he led the drafting of the national quality standard samples for Wuyi yancha. No company or workshop of his was found in the sources checked.