Nanjian
Yi autonomous county in southern Dali on the northern Wuliang Mountains; inside the pu'er GI, with tea at Luobuke and a Wuliang Mountains cherry-and-tea garden at 1,800-2,400 m.
At a glance#
Where it lies#
Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.
Cultivation#
- Cultivars grown
- TieguanyinQingxin WulongJinxuan
- Practice
- Oolong cultivars under cherry trees at Dean village; Luobuke makes green, black, white and pu'er tea.
People#
- Yi 彝族
- 50.32% of residents (2020 census); titular group.
- Han 汉族
- 45.27% (2020 census).
History#
- 2000A Taiwan-invested tea company plants a garden of over 1,000 mu in Dean village, Wuliangshan town (1,800-2,400 m).
- 2017The Wuliang Mountains cherry-blossom tea garden is named one of Yunnan's 25 beautiful tea gardens.
Other names and written forms 2#
- 南涧彝族自治县Nanjian — Yi autonomous countyFull name: Nanjian Yi Autonomous County.
- 无量山镇(Wuliangshan town)A town of Nanjian named after the range.
Notes#
Nanjian covers 1,739 km² and had 192,942 people at the 2020 census (Yi 50.32%, Han 45.27%). It has five towns (Nanjian, Xiaowandong, Gonglang, Baohua, Wuliangshan) and three townships (Yongcui, Leqiu, Bixi), and is 99.3% mountain. It is one of the Dali counties inside the pu'er GI area. In 2000 a Taiwan-invested company set up a tea garden of over 1,000 mu in Dean village (德安村), Wuliangshan town, at 1,800-2,400 m inside the Wuliang Mountains national nature reserve, planting Tieguanyin, Qingxin oolong and Jinxuan with cherry trees for shade; the 'Wuliang Mountains cherry-blossom tea garden' was named one of Yunnan's 25 beautiful tea gardens in 2017. A tea valley around the Luobuke (罗伯克) area, about 10,000 mu, makes green, black, white and pu'er tea.