Jingmai Mountain

Jingmai Mountain lies in Lancang County within Pu’er. Tea under taller trees, village buildings and surrounding forest form a linked cultural landscape.

The Jingmai tea landscape in Lancang County, Pu’er.

Jingmai Mountain

Tea Below the Taller Trees

Jingmai’s tea groves have an upper canopy, a tea-bearing middle layer and plants close to the ground.

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Jingmai village landscapes and houses; the Mangjing views are identified in their individual source titles.

A Roof, a Tea Grove and the Forest Beyond

Jingmai’s villages sit within a horizontal ring of land uses as well as a mountain sequence of elevations.

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Tea leaves laid out in the Jingmai area, photographed in April 2026.

The Tea Season Includes a Pause

A reported spring-and-autumn harvest rhythm connects picking to periods when old tea trees are left to grow.

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Fresh green tea leaves cover several stacked circular drying trays at Jingmai Mountain.

Villages Above Jingmai’s Autumn Cloud Sea

The cloud layer gives a temporary outline to a mountain already organised by villages, tea groves and forest.

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Photo credits and rights

The Jingmai tea landscape in Lancang County, Pu’er.919sth. · 2022年8月7日, 12:12:39 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized without cropping or upscaling; converted to WebP.
Jingmai village landscapes and houses; the Mangjing views are identified in their individual source titles.Zhangmoon618 · 2024-08-19 10:46:43 · CC BY-SA 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized without cropping or upscaling; converted to WebP.
Tea leaves laid out in the Jingmai area, photographed in April 2026.xiquinhosilva · 2026-04-06 14:17:03 · CC BY 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized without cropping or upscaling; converted to WebP.
Tea leaves laid out in the Jingmai area, photographed in April 2026.xiquinhosilva · 2026-04-06 15:30:56 · CC BY 4.0 Photo source ↗ Rights information ↗ Resized without cropping or upscaling; converted to WebP.