FUJIAN -- The Wuyi Mountains, the starting point of a centuries-old tea trade route, has emerged as a popular destination for youths from around the world to learn and spread tea culture.

Located in east China's Fujian Province, the Wuyi Mountains boasts a suitable climate and landform for tea growing, rich tea resources as well as fine tea traditions and techniques. It's best known for its black tea and oolong tea, such as rock tea Da Hong Pao.
The region has launched a project recruiting international volunteers after tea culture and tea technique tests to engage more people around the world in promoting local tea culture.
It also holds a Da Hong Pao cultural festival in late spring every year and livestreams the event globally, attracting tea fans from many countries across the world such as South Korea, Poland, Indonesia, and Vietnam.
The tea road linking the Wuyi Mountains to the Russian port city of St. Petersburg came into being some 400 years ago. With a total length of around 14,000 km, it is the longest land trade artery in history.
While boosting the development of tea service industries along the route, the tea road also brought customs, religion, culture, and ideas from south China and the central plains to the countries in the north and Europe.
Today, after more than a century of dereliction, the tea road is regaining its former importance as China, Russia and Mongolia join forces for closer cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiative.