CCTV documentary "Tea" films the traditional handcrafting techniques of Fuding white tea.
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2012-05-07
May 6 — Recently, a filming crew from CCTV's Documentary Channel 9 visited Fuding to shoot the upcoming large-scale documentary titled "Tea" (working title).
At the filming location inside the ancient Mei family residence in Bailiu Village, Diandian Town, the production team conducted comprehensive, detailed on-site tracking shots and interviews with Mr. Mei Xiangjing, the inheritor of Fuding White Tea’s time-honored handmade craftsmanship—a national-level intangible cultural heritage project. The footage captured every step of the traditional white tea-making process, from drying and wilting the tea leaves to withering, piling for fermentation, and finally baking over charcoal fires.
The ancient art of crafting Bai tea in Bailiu Village has been passed down through generations, with every household in the village now dedicated to producing this renowned tea. In May 2011, the traditional techniques for making Fuding Bai tea were officially recognized as part of the third batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage listings. Notably, Mei Xiangjing, a tea farmer from Bailiu Village, is a direct descendant of Mei Bozhen, a prominent tea expert from the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic era. In 2011, Mei Xiangjing was also designated as the representative inheritor of the third batch of provincial-level Fuding Bai tea-making techniques.
It is understood that the documentary "Tea" broadly encompasses the tea cultures of countries related to tea, including China. Fuding white tea, as one of the six major tea categories, is valued by the film crew for its unique health benefits and profound tea culture. After two field visits to Fuding, the crew decided to feature how Venerable Changjing, the abbot of Baiyun Temple on Mount Taimu, produces white tea; the ancient tea tree green snow buds from Hongxue Cave; the construction of the organic tea gardens on Fangjia Mountain, Mount Taimu; and how tea expert Fang Shoulong uses technological innovation to transform white tea production techniques. The documentary also covers the She ethnic tea pickers’ tea picking and folk singing, as well as Mei Xiangjing, the inheritor of white tea making skills in Diantou Bailiuliu Village, demonstrating the ancient white tea production techniques.
Wang Chongxiao, the chief director leading the filming of "Tea," previously directed acclaimed documentaries such as "The Forbidden City 100," "A Thousand-Year Path to Enlightenment" (episodes on Famen Temple, Shaolin Temple, and the Bund), among others. He has already spent over ten days in Fuding, conducting on-site research and inspiration for the project. As part of the nationwide filming journey for "Tea," Fuding marks the second stop. The entire production is expected to wrap up by the first half of next year, with the finished documentary set to premiere on CCTV-1 at 10:30 p.m. during the popular series "Charm & Chronicle."
Currently, the film crew's shooting activities in Fuding are still underway intensively.
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