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Pic story: tea making instructor in SW China
Source: (Xinhua) 11:32, May 02, 2022
Guo Jun walks with freshly-picked tea leaves in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 27, 2022.
Guo Jun (5th L) remarks on tea leaves his students processed at a local technical school in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 27, 2022.
Guo Jun gives a lesson on tea making at a local technical school in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 28, 2022.
Guo Jun (1st R) talks with his students about tea making technique at a local technical school in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 28, 2022.
Guo Jun (3rd R) and his students pluck tea leaves in Meitan County, southwest China's Guizhou Province, April 29, 2022.
Busy toasting tea leaves on a stove, Guo Jun basks in the fresh aroma filling a workshop in Meitan County. After graduating from Guizhou University in 2016, Guo returned to his hometown to work at a tea company, where he learned tea making from a local master. In 2018, he became an instructor at a local technical school two years later. Honing one's tea-making skills demands huge reserves of patience, empathy and a strong sense of vocation. "My students and I have to bake while kneading the leaves by hand. Our hands often get burned on the wok, leaving them blisters," Guo recalled. "We, the younger generation, should cherish traditional tea making technique while tapping its innovative potential," he said. (Xinhua/Yang Wenbin)
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