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Mar 1 – Apr 30
March-April is the main and busiest season. Picking and processing are still largely by hand, with sun-drying on terraces.
景迈山景邁山
Jingmai Mountain
Mountain in Huimin, Lancang, with Blang and Dai villages farming tea under forest cover; UNESCO World Heritage (2023) for about 1,180 ha of old tea forests.
- Level
- Mountain
- Within
- Yunnan › Pu'er Prefecture › Lancang
At a glance#
Where it lies#
Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.
33 places shown Across the view · 213 km
21 places shown Across the view · 45 km
Altitude#
Garden elevations here and in neighbouring places, as sourced.
Picking calendar#
Terroir#
- Slope and light
- Tea forests run from about 1,250 m to the summit (People's Daily account). The mountain spans about 1,000-1,700 m (Yunnan tourism office), and averages are given as about 1,400 m (People's Daily) or 1,500 m (Lancang county). Mist is frequent.
Cultivation#
- Cultivars grown
- Yunnan large-leaf
- Plant age
- Inscribed forests: over 1.2 million old trees, mostly 2-5 m tall (China News Service). People's Daily gives 3.2 million+ for the wider 2.8万亩.
- Practice
- Under-forest tea (林下茶): selective thinning of the canopy, tea planted beneath, no fertiliser or pesticide. In autumn seed is replanted in forest gaps.
People#
- Blang 布朗族
- Mangjing administrative village (five heritage villages including Wengji). The Blang hold the Pa'aileng tea-ancestor tradition.
- Dai 傣族
- Jingmai administrative village (four heritage villages including Jingmai Dazhai and Nuogang).
- Hani 哈尼族
- Named among the long-resident groups.
- Wa 佤族
- Named among the long-resident groups.
- Lahu 拉祜族
- One of the five groups represented by the offering posts at the tea-soul platform.
Market#
Misnaming to watch for: 'Jingmai' is used loosely for Jingmai village (Dai), Mangjing (Blang) and plantation tea on the lower slopes. 2.8万亩 old garden versus about 1,180 ha inscribed forest is a common confusion.
History#
- 950About the 10th century: Blang ancestors (later also Dai, 10th-14th c.) settle Jingmai and begin cultivating wild tea (approximate).
- 2010World Heritage nomination first proposed.
- 2012Added to China's World Heritage tentative list.
- 2013-03-05Listed as a national key cultural relics protection unit (7th batch).
- 2023-09-17Inscribed as a World Heritage cultural landscape at the 45th session (Riyadh).
A landscape that works together#
UNESCO describes Jingmai as a managed relationship between forests, tea groves and villages, sustained by Blang and Dai communities. The three layers below explain that relationship; they are not a map or a scale drawing.
Forest
Surrounding and partition forests form part of the protected landscape.
Tea beneath the canopy
Understorey tea cultivation responds to the mountain environment and local ecological knowledge.
Villages and shared care
Community governance and cultural practices help sustain the landscape and its resources.
World Heritage recognition concerns the cultural landscape. It does not certify the origin, growing method or quality of an individual tea for sale.
Other names and written forms 6#
Chinese variants
- 景迈Jingmai
- 普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观Pu'er, Jingmai — cultural landscape of ancient tea forestsOfficial Chinese name of the World Heritage site.
- Wengji / 翁基, Nuogang / 糯岗Villages often named on labels (Blang and Dai respectively).
- 景迈村Jingmai — villageJingmai administrative village, the Dai half of the mountain (Mangeng, Mengben, Jingmai Dazhai, Nuogang).
Translations and trade names
- Jingmai
- Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'erOfficial UNESCO name (inscribed 2023).
Names and ambiguities#
Mangjing listed as an alias
Inscription criteria
Area of old tea forest
Notes#
The World Heritage site 'Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er' was inscribed on 17 September 2023 at the 45th session in Riyadh. It is China's 57th World Heritage site and the first with a tea theme. The property covers 7,167.89 ha with an 11,927.85 ha buffer zone. It contains five old tea forests, nine traditional villages and three forest belts that separate the tea forests.
The heritage zone covers two administrative villages, Jingmai (mainly Dai: Mangeng, Mengben, Jingmai Dazhai, Nuogang) and Mangjing (mainly Blang: Wengji, Mangjing Shangzhai and Xiazhai, Manghong, Wengwa), about 1,231 households and 5,088 people. Ancestors of the Blang and Dai settled here between the 10th and 14th centuries. They thinned the forest and planted tea under the canopy (林下茶), without fertiliser or pesticide. The result is a layered landscape: water-source forest on the summit, tea forest and villages mid-slope, and fields below. Blang tradition makes Pa'aileng (帕哎冷) the ancestor who led the people here and left them tea.
Each tea forest keeps a 'tea soul tree' (茶魂树), and the Blang worship at a tea-soul platform (茶魂台) during the April Shankang tea-ancestor festival. The figure '2.8万亩' (about 1,870 ha) is widely quoted for the old tea gardens as a whole and is larger than the inscribed forests.
Prices of teas claiming this origin#
International retail
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| Product | Vendor | Channel | per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jingmai Yellow Flakes | Farmerleaf | International retail | $9.80 |
| Spring Jingmai Miyun | Farmerleaf | International retail | $11.20 |
| Spring Jingmai Ripe | Farmerleaf | International retail | $15.41 |
| Pu'er Tee - Sheng Jingmai Lancang Gu Cake pest.frei | Yoshi en | International retail | $15.68 |
| In Bloom Spring Jing Mai Raw Pu'er | Bitterleaf Teas | International retail | $18.00 |
| In Bloom Spring Jingmai Raw Pu'er | Bitterleaf Teas | International retail | $19.00 |
| CNNP Jingmai Early Spring Raw Pu'er Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing | International retail | $20.03 |
| China Jingmai Gushu Maocha Pu'er Tea | What-Cha | International retail | $35.50 |
| Spring Jingmai Gushu Sun-dried Black | Farmerleaf | International retail | $37.50 |
| Jingmai Old Tree Purple Bud Shou Tuo Cha | Crimson Lotus Tea | International retail | $40.00 |
| Spring Jingmai Gulan | Farmerleaf | International retail | $42.02 |
| Spring Jingmai Gulan | Farmerleaf | International retail | $42.02 |
| Yunnan Sourcing Jingmai Mountain Raw Pu'er Tea Cake | Yunnan Sourcing | International retail | $59.60 |
| Spring Jingmai Single Trees | Farmerleaf | International retail | $64.43 |
| Ancient Tree Raw Pu'er from Jingmai Mountain | Moychay.nl | International retail | $82.67 |
| Pu'er Tee - Shou Jing Mai Leng | Yoshi en | International retail | $91.07 |
| Jing Mai 600+ Years Old Single Tree Green Pu'er Loose | Tea Habitat | International retail | $338.62 |
Listings claiming this origin 17#
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.
| Product | Vendor | Price | Per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
Jingmai Yellow Flakes
Details and price notesPrice shown in USD. |
FarmerleafWorldwide |
$35.00 / 357 g | $9.80 ≈ $0.69 a session |
Spring Jingmai Miyun
Details and price notesPrice shown in USD. |
FarmerleafWorldwide |
$40.00 / 357 g | $11.20 ≈ $0.78 a session |
Spring Jingmai Ripe
DetailsCompare the details 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.
|
FarmerleafWorldwide |
$55.00 / 357 g | $15.41 ≈ $1.08 a session |
Pu'er Tee - Sheng Jingmai Lancang Gu Cake pest.frei
DetailsCompare the details 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.
|
Yoshi enSelected destinations |
€49.90 / 357 g | $15.68 €13.98 / 100 g ≈ $1.10 a session |
In Bloom Spring Jing Mai Raw Pu'er
DetailsCompare the details 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.
|
Bitterleaf TeasSelected destinations |
$36.00 / 200 g | $18.00 ≈ $1.26 a session |
In Bloom Spring Jingmai Raw Pu'er
DetailsCompare the details 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.
|
Bitterleaf TeasSelected destinations |
$38.00 / 200 g | $19.00 ≈ $1.33 a session |
CNNP Jingmai Early Spring Raw Pu'er Tea Cake
DetailsCompare the details 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.
|
Yunnan SourcingSelected destinations |
$71.50 / 357 g | $20.03 ≈ $1.40 a session |
China Jingmai Gushu Maocha Pu'er Tea
DetailsCompare the details 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.
|
What-ChaSelected destinations |
£26.60 / 100 g | $35.50 £26.60 / 100 g ≈ $2.49 a session |
Spring Jingmai Gushu Sun-dried Black
Details and price notesPrice shown in USD. |
FarmerleafWorldwide |
$30.00 / 80 g | $37.50 |
Jingmai Old Tree Purple Bud Shou Tuo Cha
DetailsCompare the details 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.
|
Crimson Lotus TeaWorldwide |
$99.99 / 250 g | $40.00 ≈ $2.80 a session |
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#
Teas associated with this place#
Producers based here#
Sources#
What these sources support
UNESCO lists criteria (iii) and (v), a property area of 7,167.89 ha and a buffer zone of 11,927.85 ha.
Full text · Official property record: inscription criteria and area fields. · checked 2026-10-19
Scope and limits: Property and buffer areas are distinct. Neither number is the area planted with tea, nor a certification of an individual product.