Tea Tasting Ceremony at the Yangtze River Park

After a good night’s rest on March 17, 2019, woke up and ate a lovely breakfast. After breakfast, we were shuttled to a Tea Tasting Ceremony at the Yangtze River Park in Yibin near the site where two rivers form the Yangtze River.

It was a little drizzly so we got ponchos, but I did not wear one. Since I was one of the VIP’s we got nice close seating to the festivities. There were dance numbers, different stories and myths, water transported by a drone to tea tasting ceremony, and a grand spectacle.

Afterward, I was given a formal invite to speak with tea gardens to sell their tea from China and abroad.  This is where I met some Nepali people (fellow vegetarians so I followed them through the buffet) they had a person tell them what was vegetarian and what was not.

Walking to Yangtze River Park for the Tea Tasting Ceremony.

Tasting some tea from the local vendors before the ceremony

There also were a few dance numbers.  Below is a picture of the drone carrying water from the Yangtze River to be used in the tea ceremony shown in the second to last picture. The last picture is me and my tea. It was refilled with water several times.

 

 

 

Tea Tasting Ceremony at the Yangtze River Park

After a good night’s rest on March 17, 2019, I woke up and ate a lovely breakfast. After breakfast, we were shuttled to a Tea Tasting Ceremony at the Yangtze River Park in Yibin near the site where two rivers form the Yangtze River.

It was a little drizzly so we got ponchos, but I did not wear one. Since I was one of the VIP’s we got nice close seating to the festivities. There were dance numbers, different stories and myths, water transported by a drone to tea tasting ceremony, and a grand spectacle.

Afterward, I was given a formal invite to speak with tea gardens to sell their tea from China and abroad.  This is where I met some Nepali people (fellow vegetarians so I followed them through the buffet) they had a person tell them what was vegetarian and what was not.

Walking to Yangtze River Park for the Tea Tasting Ceremony.

Tasting some tea from the local vendors before the ceremony

There also were a few dance numbers.  Below is a picture of the drone carrying water from the Yangtze River to be used in the tea ceremony shown in the second to last picture. The last picture is me and my tea. It was refilled with water several times.