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FILE: Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, trees, tea
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Sept 17, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Extended World Heritage Committee session in progress
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Qun, head, China's National Cultural Heritage Administration (starting with shot 2/partially overlaid with shot 4/ending with shots 5-6):
"The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er fills the gap in the theme of tea in the World Heritage List. It vividly demonstrates the long history and outstanding achievements of the Chinese tea culture, and highlights China's leading position in the birth, planting, trade and dissemination of tea culture worldwide. This project is a 'Chinese case' for the protection of 'living' cultural heritage. We will continue to do a good job in telling the Chinese story of tea cultural heritage to the world, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with civilizations of other countries, and continue to contribute 'Chinese strength' to building a global community of shared future."
FILE: Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
4. Various of trees, tea farmers walking in forest
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5. Aerial shot of houses
6. Various of farmers making tea
7. Houses
8. Various of farmers in forest
The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in southwest China's Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday.
At its extended 45th session ongoing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site.
The inclusion highlights the significance of China's position in the birth, planting, and trade of tea and the dissemination of tea culture worldwide, said Li Qun, head of China's National Cultural Heritage Administration.
"The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er fills the gap in the theme of tea in the World Heritage List. It vividly demonstrates the long history and outstanding achievements of the Chinese tea culture, and highlights China's leading position in the birth, planting, trade and dissemination of tea culture worldwide. This project is a 'Chinese case' for the protection of 'living' cultural heritage. We will continue to do a good job in telling the Chinese story of tea cultural heritage to the world, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with civilizations of other countries, and continue to contribute 'Chinese strength' to building a global community of shared future," Li said.
The cultural landscape is located at Lancang Lahu Autonomous County of southwestern Yunnan Province. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests.
Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees.
Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came later to the region, to create the unique understory tea cultivation model, a traditional planting practice that has survived the widespread modern tea plantation technology.
Throughout the thousand years of preservation and management, the landscape took its shape as a tea forest-plantation symbiosis that embodies the idea of harmony with nature.
The extended World Heritage Committee session was held from Sept 10 to 25 to examine a total of 53 nominations of cultural, natural, and combined sites to the World Heritage List.
Saudi Arabia-Chinese Tea/World Heritage
Dateline : Sept 17, 2023/File
Location : China;Saudi Arabia
Duration : 1'14
FILE: Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Various of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er, trees, tea
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Sept 17, 2023 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
2. Extended World Heritage Committee session in progress
3. SOUNDBITE (Chinese) Li Qun, head, China's National Cultural Heritage Administration (starting with shot 2/partially overlaid with shot 4/ending with shots 5-6):
"The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er fills the gap in the theme of tea in the World Heritage List. It vividly demonstrates the long history and outstanding achievements of the Chinese tea culture, and highlights China's leading position in the birth, planting, trade and dissemination of tea culture worldwide. This project is a 'Chinese case' for the protection of 'living' cultural heritage. We will continue to do a good job in telling the Chinese story of tea cultural heritage to the world, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with civilizations of other countries, and continue to contribute 'Chinese strength' to building a global community of shared future."
FILE: Lancang Lahu Autonomous County, Pu'er City, Yunnan Province, southwest China - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
4. Various of trees, tea farmers walking in forest
++SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE++
5. Aerial shot of houses
6. Various of farmers making tea
7. Houses
8. Various of farmers in forest
The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in southwest China's Pu'er was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on Sunday.
At its extended 45th session ongoing in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the UNESCO World Heritage Committee examined the site nominated by China and added it to the list as a cultural property, making it China's 57th World Heritage site.
The inclusion highlights the significance of China's position in the birth, planting, and trade of tea and the dissemination of tea culture worldwide, said Li Qun, head of China's National Cultural Heritage Administration.
"The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er fills the gap in the theme of tea in the World Heritage List. It vividly demonstrates the long history and outstanding achievements of the Chinese tea culture, and highlights China's leading position in the birth, planting, trade and dissemination of tea culture worldwide. This project is a 'Chinese case' for the protection of 'living' cultural heritage. We will continue to do a good job in telling the Chinese story of tea cultural heritage to the world, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning with civilizations of other countries, and continue to contribute 'Chinese strength' to building a global community of shared future," Li said.
The cultural landscape is located at Lancang Lahu Autonomous County of southwestern Yunnan Province. Consisting of five large-scale, well-preserved old tea forests, nine traditional villages within them, and three protective-partition forests between them, the landscape stands out as an example of rich tea culture centered on the ancient practices of cultivating and preserving the old tea forests.
Around the 10th century, the ancestors of the Bulang ethnic group migrated to Jingmai Mountain, where they discovered and built knowledge on wild tea trees.
Gradually, they adapted to the forest ecosystem along with the Dai people and other ethnic groups who came later to the region, to create the unique understory tea cultivation model, a traditional planting practice that has survived the widespread modern tea plantation technology.
Throughout the thousand years of preservation and management, the landscape took its shape as a tea forest-plantation symbiosis that embodies the idea of harmony with nature.
The extended World Heritage Committee session was held from Sept 10 to 25 to examine a total of 53 nominations of cultural, natural, and combined sites to the World Heritage List.
ID : 8342856
Published : 2023-09-18 03:12
Last Modified : 2023-09-18 19:18:09
Source : China Central Television (CCTV)
Restrictions : No access Chinese mainland
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