Local "rock" star grows Wuyi Mountain trade

Around Wuyi Mountain in south China's Fujian province, April marks the beginning of tea picking season, a period that lasts more than a month and a time when visitors from all over the country come seeking what they consider to be the best tea.

The mountains where tea trees are grown provide an extra bonus for connoisseurs of the leafy infusion, as they mostly boast pristine landscape and scenery. Among the tea trees planted around Wuyi Mountain, dahongpao, is perhaps the most famous variety.

Famed for its rich, long-lasting aroma, dahongpao is a traditional tea that is made from the foliage of trees that grow in rocky gullies nearby streams and rivers.