At the northernmost end of the Lancang River basin in Yongping County, Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, Yunnan Province, amidst towering mountains with an average elevation of 2,400 meters, lies a 30,000 mu (about 5,000 acres) high-mountain ecological tea plantation hidden in the misty light of Dapingtan Village, Longmen Township. Exceeding the traditional altitude limit for tea cultivation, this area is far from the hustle and bustle, quiet and serene, and the Longmen Dapingtan Ecological Tea Garden is known as "the tea garden closest to the sky."
Here, the sky is near, the scenery is lush and green, and the air carries a refreshing aroma. The tea gardens, one mound after another, one ridge after another, are as beautiful as eyebrows, clearly layered from the foot to the horizon, eventually disappearing into the ends of the sky.
Here, you can put aside all your fatigue and let your heart roam the mountains and fields, returning to a pastoral life. You can pick and process tea with farmers, sleep under the starry sky, wake up to the sound of birds singing, savor homemade dishes, and experience the life of "rising early to tend the fields, carrying the hoe home by moonlight."
With the development of ecological tourism, Dapingtan Village in Longmen Township has embarked on a green industrial development path free from pollution and harmful substances, becoming a distinctive high-mountain ecological tea tourism village that combines "tea + tourism + experience + health preservation + leisure." The annual Yunnan Yongping Bo'nan Valley Spring Tea Festival features tea-picking competitions, tea art competitions, international mountain bike hill climb races, and other events, fully showcasing the charm of Yongping tea culture.
In recent years, as the "Yongping High-Mountain Ecological Tea Brand" has gained increasing prominence, the reputation of "the tea garden closest to the sky" and "the largest Buddha's incense garden in China" has risen, and "tea +" rural tourism has gradually emerged. Dapingtan Village has been recognized as a "Beautiful Chinese Village," a "National One Village, One Product Demonstration Village," a "Dali Prefecture Rural Revitalization Pilot Village," and a "Provincial-level Beautiful Village." With the development of the integrated "tea + tourism" industry, the village is ushering in a new era of prosperity.