Sichuan: Six Tea Regions of an Ancient Tea Land四川:6 个茶区
四川 · SICHUAN
One of China's oldest tea regions, with cultivation traced to the Western Han on Mount Meng; green, yellow and border brick teas are all made here.中国最古老的茶区之一:蒙顶山种茶可追至西汉,扬子江心水、蒙山顶上茶。绿茶、黄茶、边销砖茶俱全。
6 tea regions below. Compiled from public sources, October 2026. Region names are as recorded on the map.下文 6 个茶区,据公开资料整理,2026 年 10 月。
Mengding Tea蒙顶茶
Green and yellow tea绿茶与黄茶Grown on Mount Meng in Mingshan district, Ya'an. Mengding tea began in the Western Han and flourished in the Tang, entering tribute in the early Tang; it is held to be the earliest place where tea moved from wild trees into cultivation (the site of Wu Lizhen's seven immortal tea trees). Mengding ganlu is a curled pan-fired green tea; Mengding huangya is a yellow tea.产于雅安名山区蒙顶山。蒙山茶始于西汉、盛于唐,初唐入贡,被认为是从野生茶树转入人工栽培最早的地方(吴理真手植七株仙茶遗址)。蒙顶甘露为卷曲形炒青绿茶,蒙顶黄芽为黄茶。
The site of the 'immortal tea'.「仙茶」遗址所在。
Emei Tea峨眉茶
Green tea绿茶Grown on Mount Emei in Emeishan, Leshan. White-bud tea from here was already tribute in the Tang; the modern Emei zhuyeqing was created in the 1960s and named by Marshal Chen Yi in 1964, and Emei xueya takes its name from the Tang-dynasty monk-growers of the mountain.产于乐山峨眉山市峨眉山。唐代白芽茶已列为贡品;现代峨眉竹叶青为 20 世纪 60 年代创制,1964 年陈毅元帅命名;峨眉雪芽之名取自唐代佛门茶僧。
Where Zhu Yuanzhang granted ten thousand tea trees.朱元璋御赐茶树万株之地。
Ya'an Tibetan Tea雅安藏茶
Dark tea黑茶A kind of Sichuan border tea; Ya'an mainly makes the southern-route border tea, sold into Tibet. Today it comes in two simpler grades, kang brick and jinjian.四川边茶的一种,雅安主产南路边茶,主销西藏。现简化为康砖、金尖两个花色。
Wenjun Green Tea文君绿茶
Green tea绿茶Grown in Qionglai, Chengdu; developed in 1979.产于成都邛崃市,1979 年研制。
Chuanhong Congou川红工夫
Black tea红茶Mainly grown in Yibin and Gao county; a gongfu black tea that emerged in the 1950s and was listed as Sichuan provincial heritage in 2014.主产于宜宾、高县等地,20 世纪 50 年代产生的工夫红茶,2014 年成为四川省非遗。
Bashan Queshe巴山雀舌
Green tea绿茶Grown in the Daba mountains around Wanyuan, Dazhou; a selenium-rich area.产于达州万源市大巴山区,富硒地区。
Read next · 接着读
- ← Back to the China Tea Map — all 24 provinces and their 109 tea regions.← 回到中国茶地图 —— 24 个省份、109 个茶区。
- Fujian in full — nine tea regions written out with their origins, land, craft and taste.福建茶区全解 —— 九个茶区,逐条写源流、风土、工艺、品鉴。
- Choosing a gongfu tea set — what actually goes into one, and why.功夫茶具怎么选一套 —— 一套里到底有哪几件。
- Choosing a tea tray — the piece everyone forgets until it is too late.茶盘怎么选 —— 最容易忘、又最晚才想起来的那一件。
- Questions about how to brew any of these? Write to me — if I don’t know, I’ll say so.不知道这些茶该怎么泡?写信给我——不知道的,我会直说。
We sell tea ware, not tea. Region names and origin details on this page are compiled from public sources (October 2026); where a claim cannot be sourced, we leave it out.本站卖茶器,不卖茶。本页茶区名称与产地信息据公开资料整理(2026-10);没有出处的,我们不写。