On August 22, Guangzhou's first museum themed around "a harmonious world led by tea" officially opened in Huangpu District.
With a construction area of 12,600 square meters, this large-scale cultural tourism complex was built against the backdrop of a mixture of tea culture, industry, and technology, integrating six functional sectors: a tea museum, a version museum, a tea academy, areas exhibiting tea technology, tea lifestyle, and tea health.
The Museum offers free admission from August 23 to November 30. During the period from August 23 to September 30, access would be primarily given through targeted invitations and group reservations. From October 1 to November 30, the public can make free reservations for a limited number of tickets through the official mini-program "广州茶博馆（pinyin: Guangzhou Cha Bo Guan)." The museum is closed every Monday.
It is known that since the Ming and Qing dynasties, Guangzhou's Huangpu Port has always been the most important port for Chinese tea exports. The exhibition halls showcased introductions to tea leaves, exhibitions of fine teas, displays of artifacts, and even vivid simulated sculptures.
According to the introduction, the featured exhibits in the themed museum included a 1,200-year-old ancient tea tree, a replicated set of Tang Dynasty tea utensils unearthed from Famen Temple, an illustration of a Song Dynasty tea banquet, tea utensils donated by the Portuguese royal family, and artifacts related to aged teas.
Through the technologies of scenery restoration, audio-visual integration, and modern multimedia methods, the museum fully showcased the historical and modern development of tea culture. The museum boasted 2,300 pieces (sets) of its own collection treasures.
"It's really fascinating," said Mr. Zhang, a tea culture enthusiast who visited the museum. "The exhibition hall is not only exquisitely designed but also displays a wealth of knowledge about tea trade. Here, you can invite a few friends to make tea and chat. It is an ideal place for various study tours, tea-tasting activities, and leisure entertainment."
It is revealed that in the future, the museum will successively open tea culture industrial parks, tea book cafés, tea research institutes, and other open spaces. The planned International Tea Academy will regularly host tea art experiences, public lectures, tea events, and competitions.
The Tea Version Museum will record and register information on the growth, harvesting, processing, storage, and circulation of tea in its source production areas, establishing circulation and certification standards for Chinese tea's domestic and international trade.
It is worth mentioning that the tea garden behind the Guangzhou Tea Museum has been collecting and planting various domestic tea tree germplasm resources, aiming to become a comprehensive living tea tree database.
