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Chen Guoyi: Promote our TEA culture to the world

2012 Beijing international tea expo was held in Beijing exhibition center. At the conference we met Mr. Chen Guoyi again who is the founder of BABA Qing tea brand. As the continued interview of him, CRI online ecology channel made an interview about Chinese tea culture for this time.

CRI reporter: Mr. Chen, in the last interview we have talked about the history of BABA Qing tea brand. It’s very interesting. We all know that you are the teacher in a university and your research is about Chinese tea culture. Could you tell us what are the main aspects of Chinese tea culture?

Chen: The Chinese tea culture is looking for some human relationship. People were always looking for healthy drinking. They like to make the drinking to a social activity and the others they really falling in love with the highly quality of tea tasting. I think this can be modified the concept of people’s health. In the old dynasties, from the Chinese tea history, the king found that it was so difficult to make the tea to the royal family. It would take so many days to make it dry without sleep. One of the empire of Ming dynasty, he discovered that it was really a hard job, so he announced to stop this project. When it stopped, the farmer began to give the tea to their friends and they could talked about the quality or the taste of a kind of tea. It was started from Qing dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, emperor Kang Xi once got a souvenir and the tea is in very high fragrance. He was wondering why the name of this tea is so ugly? He put his own idea and gave a name to this tea, it’s Bi Luochun. This brand was given by the royal king himself. After that so many kind of tea came out, we have flower tea, wulong tea and so on. That was the blossomy time for the tea. Tea has become the most healthy drink in the world.

CRI reporter: So many world people from the world they like to drink Chinese tea but they don’t know the culture. What do you think about making the Chinese brand to the world?

Chen: In my opinion, the first thing is to educate this kind of people. Although many people they know how to select the high level tea, but they don’t know the history. To the farmers in our country, they have to make specific level of tea. For example we have 6 categories of tea, you can get the tea from many year ago, it would be more and more valuable. We have give our promise our favor to protect the consumer the suitable and quality from the Chinese tea.

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Comment by Mike Schmidt on May 8, 2013 at 3:32pm: Dear Amy, nice interview.

Comment by Colin on July 19, 2012 at 11:08am: Sat 4 - Sun 5 August - Xingcheng Overnight Beach Trip.

http://www.bjstuff.com/events/4-5-aug-xingcheng-overnight-beach-trip

A weekend trip to the beach.

Escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown Beijing and escape with us into Liaoning Province to Xingcheng, Huludao.
Registration for this event.

August 4, 2012
08:45 Meet at the Hilton Beijing
09:00 Depart Hilton Hotel Beijing and drive to Xingcheng Beach
14:00 Lunch and check-in to the hotel
14:30 On the beach Dinner at your leisure at a place of your own choice.

August 5, 2012
Wake when you want, break your fast and roll down to the beach
12:00 Lunch
12:30 Depart for Beijing

Prepay Cost: 1,500RMB per person.

Price Includes: Transportation, 3 Star Hotel (double occupancy), Breakfast, Two lunches, English-speaking guides, Insurance.

Comment by Amy on July 25, 2011 at 4:57pm: The headstream of JuMa River（拒马河） is in HeBei Province, it runs through Beijing. JuMa means “Rapid Flow”,this has vividly depicted the water flow of the river, which makes “rafting in this river” a wonderful experience. The place we are organizing to drift is in FangShan Dirstict,BeiJing,among the part of river where many visitors regarded as “Best place for rafting”.
Contact details: Tel:010－ 68647470，13466643371 – Amy Wang Fengyun; 15201228590 – Mandy Peng Yuqing Email:landscapetimes@yahoo.cn
Itinerary: July 30,2011
0730 AM Assemble at Anhui Tower(安徽大厦).(Near the Subway Exit A,HuiXinXiJie BeiKou(惠新西街北口),Line 5.)
1000AM Arrive in JuMa River and start drifting.
1230PM Enjoy lunch together in a farmyard.
1330 PM Bamboo raft play
1430 PM Depart from JuMa River
1630 PM Reach Beijing.
Estimated Cost:
200 RMB /Person (If the travel participants are below 15 people, the fee might be a little bit higher due to the higher car rental cost per capita)
Fee includes:
1. Tourist Bus(For the whole journey, with air conditioning)
2. Accident insurance
3. Lunch(12 BeiJing Special dishes)
4. Rafting (Distance：5km. Time: about 1 and half an hour)
5. Bamboo Raft
6. Translator
To Note:
1. Please leave your mobile phones switched on at least 24 hours before departure to allow the organizers to contact you.
2. In the event of unforeseen circumstances e.g. inclement weather, the organizers may make changes to the itinerary.  Participants will be informed of any changes at least six hours before departure.
3. Please pay the full amount of the tour package in cash at the commencement of the tour.
4. Please enroll before July 27,if you are enroll through e-mail, you message should contain your name, nationality.
We will reply you soon when you registered successfully.

Comment by Colin on July 19, 2011 at 11:49am: This Saturday 23 July a Countryside Walk from Fragrant Village 香屯村（Xiang Tun Cun) to Little West Lake 小西湖（Xiao Xi Hu).

http://www.bjstuff.com/events/countryside-walk-from-fragrant

This FC Club popular fun walk is off the tourist map and (like all FC Club events) is suitable for both foreigners and even the most local of local Chinese, We last did this trip in July 2009 and it was enjoyed by all the participants. It combines a mixture of clambering over rocks, splashing through pools and stopping for rests in the shade of some beautiful trees and a DIY brunch picnic. You will get your feet wet! This trip is not suitable for pregnant ladies but if my "sit in front of a computer all day" physical shape is okay for this trip then so is yours.

Comment by Colin on May 15, 2011 at 8:25am: BJ Stuff Daytrip to Chuandixia on Sat 21 May

- info is here http://www.bjstuff.com/events/bj-stuff-daytrip-to-chuandixia

Comment by Colin on May 12, 2011 at 11:12am: Everyone has a dream holiday. So come and meet the Dreamers and Dream Makers at the Hospitality and Tourism evening on Tuesday 17 May 2011.

An evening for travellers to swap stories and plane the next trip.

http://www.bjstuff.com/events/hospitality-and-tourism-hot

Comment by Mike Schmidt on August 25, 2010 at 9:39am: Very nice pic. I was there. A awesome place. I want to advice to anybody visiting that beautyfully place.

Kind Regards

Comment by Colin on August 17, 2010 at 11:46am: You said: “I want a chance to relax.”
You said: “I want to enjoy quiet and peaceful surroundings”
You said: “I want to do this with friends old and new.”
You said: “I enjoy tasting local cuisines and delicacies.”
We said: “Okay, no prop. ^_^ Join us on Sat 21 August for our Monthly Escape Concrete Beijing Netbonding Daytrip. This month to Lingshan.

Date: Sat, 21 August 2010
Time: 08:00
Meeting Point: Outside the Hilton Beijing (Liangma Qiao).
Cost: 300RMB.
Price Includes: Transportation, Lunch, English-speaking guides, Entrance fees and Insurance.
Not included: Personal Expenditure.
Recommended: Hat, Comfortable Shoes, Sunblock, Bag / Belt to carry water, Camera and Smile.

Forget the hustle and bustle of an urban Beijing Day; Relax, unwind and have some fun the FC Club way and join us on a trip to Lingshan.

The Lingshan Mountain is the highest mountain in Beijing and is often referred to as 'Beijing's Mount Everest'. The superb natural scenic area is renowned for its magnificent mountain peaks, a vast area of alpine meadow, and a rich resource of animals and plants. The vast alpine meadows resemble a green carpet covering the mountain-tops. The alpine meadow includes the only farm in Beijing for yak, Xinjiang fine wool sheep, and Yili horse, a kind of sturdy horse.

The picturesque mountain offers heaven in sweltering summer and an ideal ski place in winter and in July and August, a special Tibetan folklore festival is held to fully display Tibetan life.

The perfect setting for rest and relaxation. So stop complaining about inner city life and enjoy nature at her best and, of course, it includes a sublime authentic home-made lunch made with fresh vegetables and local stews.

Advance registration is essential since space is limited.
Registration for this event is only accepted by email eventbj@fcclub.com OR fcclub.beijing@gmail.com and is only valid if it includes a contact mobile phone number.

For insurance purposes:

Foreign nationals please provide your mobile phone number, your full name as it appears on your passport, your nationality and passport number.

Chinese nationals please provide your mobile phone number, your name in Chinese Hanzi as it appears on your ID card and your ID Card number.

We look forward to seeing you and anticipate having another great day in the peace and quiet of rural Beijing.

Please do remember to register as soon as possible to ensure that there is room for you. Registrations are not accepted after 12:00hrs (noon) on Friday 20 August. This is to allow us enough time to process the insurance. Please note cancellation received after Thursday 19 August 10:am will not be accepted and will be invoiced for the FULL amount.

The FC Club daytrips are organised by China YY International Travel www.china-guides.com and provides a unique opportunity to escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown Beijing and to deepen their connections and friendships.

We look forward to seeing you on Sat 21 August

Colin

Comment by Colin on July 10, 2010 at 2:24pm: Sat 17 July Escape Hot Humid Concrete Beijing to Badachu.

Badachu Park is enclosed by three mountains, contains 12 designated "natural scenes" and 8 well-preserved temples. Its microclimate is special in that the winters are comparatively warm and the summers are cool. The local soil is very fertile and has a rich and diverse colourful vegetation, including 80 species of trees (some 400,000 in all), and a further 590 rare trees (18 species).

The perfect setting for rest and relaxation. So stop complaining about inner city life and enjoy nature at her best and, of course, it includes a sublime authentic home-made lunch made with fresh vegetables and local stews.

Further info here: http://www.bjstuff.com/events/escape-concrete-beijing-2

Comment by Colin on June 17, 2010 at 8:40am: Saturday 19 June 8:30am - Escape Concrete Beijing Daytrip: to Chuandixia.

Cuandixia is a 500 year-old traditional village that has been preserved to this day. The exquisite old courtyards and traditional lifestyle are intact and are of special interest for old China hands, new expatriate assignees and Chinese nationals. The architectural shapes of the village buildings are peculiar in that they resemble the shape of gold ingots and dumplings. The day includes a climb (walk) up the surrounding hills to enjoy a view of the village layout; Conversations with local farmers; Walks along meandering paths bordering the fields and, of course, a sublime authentic home-made lunch made with fresh vegetables and local stews.

Please contact me if you want to join us.

Cost: 290RMB includes transportation, English speaking guides, entrance fees, lunch, insurance.

All the information, and registration procedure,can be found here http://www.bjstuff.com/events/escape-concrete-beijing-1

Hope you decide to join us.

Colin