霜降Frost's Descent
景东景東
Jǐngdōng

Jingdong

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Yi autonomous county in north Pu'er City with the Wuliang Mountains and the Lancang on its west; about 265,000 mu of tea and a claim to the Tang 'tea of Yinsheng'.

Level
County
autonomous county (自治县)
Within
Yunnan › Pu'er Prefecture

At a glance#

Rainfall
1,154 mm a year
Mean temperature
18.8 °C

Where it lies#

Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.

Pu'er PrefectureJingdong
Tea mapLancang · Natural EarthNu · Natural EarthNanpan · Natural EarthHong · Natural EarthOu · Natural EarthAilao MountainsLancangNuHongJingdongPu'er PrefectureLancangJingmai MountainMangjingJingguBangweiWuliang MountainsJingdongPu'er PrefectureLancangJingmai MountainMangjingJingguBangweiWuliang Mountains50 km
Tea mapLancang · Natural EarthNu · Natural EarthNanpan · Natural EarthHong · Natural EarthOu · Natural EarthAilao MountainsNuJingdongPu'erPrefectureLancangMangjingJingguBangweiWuliangMountainsJingdongPu'er PrefectureLancangMangjingJingguBangweiWuliang Mountains50 km
87 places shown Across the view · 588 km
Nearby tea placesJingdong
Tea mapLancang · Natural EarthNu · Natural EarthHong · Natural EarthAilao MountainsLancangJingdongWuliang MountainsYunxianNanjianBangdongLinxiangJingdongWuliang MountainsYunxianNanjianBangdongLinxiang20 km
Tea mapLancang · Natural EarthNu · Natural EarthHong · Natural EarthJingdongWuliangMountainsYunxianNanjianBangdongJingdongWuliang MountainsYunxianNanjianBangdong20 km
65 places shown Across the view · 312 km

Terroir#

Slope and light
County-seat normals (1981-2010). The Wuliang Mountains (to 3,306 m at Maotou Shan) rise in the west of the county.

Cultivation#

Practice
County plan (2023-2025): over 100,000 mu of organic tea gardens and green management of the rest.

People#

Yi 彝族
Titular group of the autonomous county.

Market#

Trading towns
Jinping · Anding · Jingfu
Output
Tea area 26.5万 mu (2024); maocha 9,373.5 t in the first half of 2024; plan target 17,000 t a year.
Prices of teas claiming this origin
Fengguan Shan old-tree tea up to over 3,000 yuan/kg (2024). Much of the county's leaf goes to bulk green tea and industrial buyers.
Misnaming to watch for: 'Wuliang' or 'Wuliangshan' on a label may mean Jingdong, Nanjian or other counties on the range.

History#

  1. 864Fan Chuo's Manshu records that 'tea comes from the hills of Yinsheng city' (茶出银生城界诸山); Pu'er Daily identifies Yinsheng with the Jingdong seat (disputed).
  2. 1913Jingdong Zhili Ting becomes Jingdong County.
  3. 1985-12-20Jingdong Yi Autonomous County formally established (State Council approval 11 June 1985).
  4. 2024First-half maocha output 9,373.5 t; tea comprehensive output value 1.94 billion yuan.
  5. 2025Tea comprehensive output value passes 5 billion yuan.

Other names and written forms 3#

Chinese variants
  • 景东彝族自治县Jǐngdōng yí zú zìzhìxiànJingdong — Yi autonomous countyFull name: Jingdong Yi Autonomous County.
  • 景东直隶厅Jǐngdōng zhí lì tīngJingdong Zhili Ting — directly administered subprefectureQing name (Jingdong Zhili Ting); a county from 1913.
  • 银生Yín shēng(Yinsheng)Local writers identify the Tang-era 'Yinsheng city' of the Manshu with Jingdong; the location is disputed.

Names and ambiguities#

Where was Yinsheng city?

The Manshu (864) says tea grows in the hills of Yinsheng city. Jingdong's own publicity, echoed by Pu'er Daily, makes Yinsheng the Jingdong seat, following Yuan to Qing gazetteers. Other writers argue for Linxiang (Lincang), where a Nanzhao-era city site has been dug, or for the Jinghong area. No inscription settles it, and the line may describe the Yinsheng jurisdiction as a whole.

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Notes#

Jingdong covers 4,455 km² and had 303,109 people at the 2020 census. It has ten towns (Jinping, the seat; Wenjing; Manwan; Dachaoshandong; Huashan; Dajie; Anding; Taizhong; Wenlong; Jingfu) and three townships (Mandeng, Longjie, Linjie). The Wuliang Mountains and the Lancang lie in its west. It is in the pu'er GI area. The county has 26.5万 mu (265,000 mu) of tea covering all 13 townships (2024; 26.54万 mu in 2026), 173 primary workshops, 171 grower cooperatives and 25 further-processing firms.

In the first half of 2024 it made 9,373.5 t of maocha; its 2023-2025 plan aimed at 17,000 t and over 5 billion yuan in total tea output value, and People's Daily reports that 5 billion was passed in 2025. It promotes twelve old tea mountains, among them Jinding (金鼎), Wenling (温岭) and Fengguan (凤冠), and the brand 'Wuliang Babu' (无量八部). A Fengguan Shan (Jingfu town) grower reports old-tree tea selling for up to 3,000-odd yuan/kg.

A beverage company (Nongfu Spring) donated a tea factory in Anding town; its purchases were about 12.5% of county output in 2025, with 4,000 t (over 20%) planned for 2026, and its three-stage residue testing has made summer and autumn leaf saleable. Seat weather (1981-2010): 18.8 °C mean, 1,154.3 mm of rain.

Prices of teas claiming this origin#

Prices by sales channel2 prices per 100 g, from $14.47 to $19.57.$10$20$30International retailYoshi en · Wuliang MTN. Classic BIO Shou Pu'er · $14.47 per 100 gYoshi en · Yunnan Moonlight Aged Cake Bio · $19.57 per 100 gprice per 100 g, USD, log scale
Prices by sales channel2 prices per 100 g, from $14.47 to $19.57.$10$20$30International retailYoshi en · Wuliang MTN. Classic BIO Shou Pu'er · $14.47 per 100 gYoshi en · Yunnan Moonlight Aged Cake Bio · $19.57 per 100 gprice per 100 g, USD, log scale

International retail
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ProductVendorChannelper 100 g
Wuliang MTN. Classic BIO Shou Pu'erYoshi en International retail$14.47
Yunnan Moonlight Aged Cake BioYoshi en International retail$19.57

Listings claiming this origin 2#

Price ranks compare recorded retail offers for the same tea, including offers outside the current delivery filter. Shipping and import charges are excluded.

Prices compared in the selected currency; unknown values appear last.
ProductVendorPricePer 100 g
Wuliang MTN. Classic BIO Shou Pu'er
Mid-range of 33
Stated year: 2025
Claimed origin: Wuliang Mountains
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Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.

Cultivar
Yunkang No. 10 (云抗10号) and Xueya No. 100 (雪芽100号), half each
Tree age / type
20 years
Yoshi en
Selected destinations

EU · UK · Switzerland · Norway · Canada

Shipping policy
€12.90 / 100 g $14.47
€12.90 / 100 g
≈ $1.01 a session
Yunnan Moonlight Aged Cake Bio
Mid-range of 19
Stated year: 2021
Claimed origin: Wuliang Mountains
Details
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Recorded seller claims; a blank means unrecorded here, not necessarily absent from the seller’s page. Matching production does not establish identical storage or condition.

Cultivar
Xueya No. 100 (雪芽100号)
Yoshi en
Selected destinations

EU · UK · Switzerland · Norway · Canada

Shipping policy
€34.90 / 200 g $19.57
€17.45 / 100 g

Prices recorded on the dates checked. Conversions use ECB rates dated 2026-10-20; original prices appear alongside. Origin, age and cultivar are stated by the vendor.

Places within#

Sources#

  1. Reference worksaccessed 2026-10-18
  2. Reporting and journalismaccessed 2026-10-18
  3. Reference worksaccessed 2026-10-18