Zhengkeng Township, Jingning She Autonomous County, located in the east of Jingning County, is one of the key townships for ethnic work. The collective economic foundation of remote ethnic townships and villages has been relatively weak, but relying on unique ecological advantages, traditional agricultural civilization, and unique She culture, Zheng Keng Township integrates profound tea culture into all aspects of production and life, using tea as a “medium” to open “tea shops”, and explore the endogenous driving force for activating the “She Village” to achieve common prosperity. With a large temperature difference at night, Huiming tea grown in alpine environments has a high aroma and outstanding flavor. Kuang Caifeng, a tea plantation operator, is a senior tea artist from Fujian who has been engaged in tea activities for 30 years. In 2013, Master Kuang first saw Zheng Keng’s unique ecological advantages, and founded Zhejiang Jiuqu Tea Industry Development Co., Ltd. here, committed to integrating Mount Wuyi black tea advanced production technology and excellent black tea culture into the tea industry development of Jingning, She Township.
The establishment of Zhejiang Jiuqu Tea Factory has made Liushan Village, a little-known small mountain village, suddenly lively. The model of “company+base+farmer” has also brought many opportunities for villagers to drum up their wallets at their doorsteps. Zhong Leigen, a villager of Banling Natural Village in Liushan Village, said that he helped raise the tea garden, raise sheep, and weed in the tea factory, which not only does not affect his own farming, but also makes money outside his home. He has a promising life. It is understood that Jiuqu Tea Factory pays over 400000 yuan of labor wages each year, which can drive a large number of villagers around to increase their income and become rich. Especially during the tea picking period, it can solve the employment of up to 50 people per day.
Not only that, with the technical support of Kuang Caifeng, the production cycle of Jiuqu Huiming tea has been extended from months to half a year, and the products have also increased from a single green tea category to various types of tea such as black tea, rock tea, and white tea. The per mu yield has increased from a few kilograms of dry tea to nearly a hundred kilograms of dry tea. He also played new tricks with the tea element and strongly launched the Jiuqu series of refreshments.
Jiuqu Tea Noodles, Jiuqu Sweet Potato Dries, Jiuqu Pumpkin Dries… These unique tea flavored Dim sum are all made of mountain agricultural products planted by the villagers themselves. After rough processing by the villagers, they are purchased by Jiuqu Tea Factory, and then integrated with tea elements for standardized production, creating a unique She Village tea set. This “tea shop” in the mountains has more exquisite quality, with an annual output value of over 3 million yuan of Jiuqu series products. Zhengkeng Township will also rely on the tea garden scenery to create a sightseeing route, develop a new type of agriculture that integrates sightseeing, tourism, picking, and tea tasting, radiating to drive more villagers to increase income and become rich, making small tea truly become the “golden leaf” on the road to common prosperity.