Xigui
Village of Bangdong, Linxiang, whose old garden on Manglu Shan above the Lancang lies at only about 750 m; one of Lincang's two most expensive names after Bingdao.
At a glance#
Where it lies#
Tea places nearby, plotted by their coordinates. Only physical positions are shown, no boundaries.
Altitude#
Garden elevations here and in neighbouring places, as sourced.
Terroir#
- Slope and light
- Mid-slope of Manglu Shan above the Lancang River (east slope of Bangdong Daxueshan). Old trees are mixed into forest. It is a hot, low river-valley site compared with Mengku.
Cultivation#
- Cultivars grown
- Yunnan large-leaf
- Plant age
- Mostly about 200 years; 20,000+ old trees on 300+ mu.
Market#
- Prices of teas claiming this origin
- High prices and limited output (no figures in the sources opened). Second only to Bingdao in Lincang fame in a 2017 trade ranking.
History#
- 2021-04-20Villagers burn tea that a company allegedly passed off as Xigui.
Other names and written forms 3#
- 忙麓山 / 芒绿山Manglu ShanManglu Shan, the slope on which the Xigui old garden lies.
- 临沧老班章the Lao Banzhang of LincangTrade nickname ('the Lao Banzhang of Lincang').
- Xi Gui
Notes#
Xigui is a hamlet of Bangdong administrative village in Bangdong township, Linxiang District. Its old tea garden spreads over the mid-slope of Manglu Shan (忙麓山, also written 芒绿山), on the east side of Bangdong Daxueshan above the Lancang River. At about 750 m it is the lowest of Yunnan's large old-tree gardens. The garden covers a little over 300 mu, with more than 20,000 trees mostly around 200 years old, grown among forest. The local climate is warm: about 21 °C mean and 1,200 mm of rain. The tea is prized for a strong but soft, fragrant cup and is sometimes called 'the Lao Banzhang of Lincang'. Output is small and prices high, which draws fakes. In April 2021 villagers publicly burned tea that a company allegedly passed off as Xigui.