霜降Frost's Descent
小户赛小戶賽
Xiǎohùsài

Xiaohusai

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Natural village of Gongnong (45% Lahu in 2015) on the west half-mountain of Mengku below Bangma Daxueshan; 1,150 mu of tea, with the county's largest well-kept old garden.

Level
Village
natural village (自然村) of Gongnong administrative village (公弄村)
Within
Yunnan › Lincang › Shuangjiang › Mengku

At a glance#

Where it lies#

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

YunnanLincang › Shuangjiang › Mengku · Parent region shown
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2312 places shown Across the view · 909 km
Nearby tea placesMengku · Parent region shown
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55 places shown Across the view · 252 km

Terroir#

Slope and light
Mid-slope below the main peak of Bangma Daxueshan, west half of Mengku. No elevation in the sources opened.

Cultivation#

Cultivars grown
Mengku large-leaf
Plant age
530 mu of trees over 100 years and 620 mu under 100 years (2015).

Local words#

People#

Lahu 拉祜族
327 of 732 residents (2015).

Market#

Trading towns
Mengku
Prices of teas claiming this origin
2020 Kunming spring reference prices: big tree (大树) 800 yuan/kg, old tree (古树) 1,200-1,300 yuan/kg.
Misnaming to watch for: Some sellers fold Xiaohusai into 'Bingdao' (see the Bingdao entry). One vendor describes the villagers as Bulang and Dai, while Lincang Daily and Yunnan Daily describe it as a Lahu tea village.

History#

  1. 2014Pre-Qingming old-tree fresh leaf reaches 500 yuan per jin; the group's income is 2.8 million yuan (7,071 yuan per head).
  2. 2015Pre-Qingming old-tree fresh leaf reaches 1,000 yuan per jin.

Other names and written forms 4#

Chinese variants
  • 小户赛自然村Xiǎohùsài zì rán cūnXiaohusai — natural village (hamlet)Xiaohusai natural village of Gongnong village, Mengku.
  • 大户赛Dà hù sài(Dahusai)A separate administrative village nearby on the same west half-mountain; not another name for Xiaohusai.
Romanisations
  • Xiao Hu Sai
  • Xiaohu Sai

Names and ambiguities#

Xiaohusai vs. Dahusai

Xiaohusai ('little Husai') is a natural village of Gongnong; Dahusai ('big Husai') is a separate administrative village of Mengku. People's Daily (2019) notes that Xiaohusai's old gardens are better known because they are contiguous, while Dahusai's party secretary claims Dahusai has the larger old-tree area and more old trees.

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Notes#

Xiaohusai is a natural village of Gongnong administrative village in Mengku town, on the mid-slope below the main peak of Bangma (Mengku) Daxueshan, 34 km from the county seat and 15 km from the Mengku town government. In 2015 it had 184 households and 732 people, 327 of them Lahu. Its 1,150 mu of tea include 530 mu of trees over 100 years and 620 mu of younger gardens; Lincang Daily called it the county's largest and best-preserved cultivated old garden. Ten-odd households ran primary workshops in 2015, with over thirty more being built. Pre-Qingming old-tree fresh leaf reached 500 yuan per jin in 2014 and 1,000 in 2015, against an average of 70-80. Trade lists put it on the west half-mountain (西半山). A 2025 Yunnan Daily report calls it a Lahu tea mountain, where a returning graduate sells tea by live-stream. The Bingdao entry notes that some sellers stretch the Bingdao name to Xiaohusai.

Listings claiming this origin 1#

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

ProductVendorPricePer 100 g
Xiaohusai Sheng Pu'er
Mid-range of 236
Stated year: 2021
Claimed origin: Xiaohusai
Details
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Area as stated
1,650 m
Tree age / type
up to 100 years (gushu)
Yoshi en
Selected destinations

EU · UK · Switzerland · Norway · Canada

Shipping policy
€129.90 / 357 g $40.81
€36.39 / 100 g
≈ $2.86 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.

Sources#

  1. Government and public institutionsaccessed 2026-10-18
  2. Reporting and journalismaccessed 2026-10-18
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  1. Vendor sourcesaccessed 2026-10-18
  2. Reference worksaccessed 2026-10-18