Huangu Tea Town 焕古茶镇

About Huangu Tea Town

The county government's town page records that Huangu covers 102 square kilometres, with the Qinling range to the north and the Ba Mountains to the south, in a typical humid north-subtropical monsoon climate, and that the Han River runs 20 kilometres through it between elevations of 331 and 1,300 metres. It has 11 villages and one community, 39,000 mu of cultivated land and 29,000-odd mu of tea gardens. The page lists among the town's assets green hills and water, a selenium-tea town, a thousand-year-old temple and its own Huangu tea, which it describes as a fine tribute-grade tea and the main source of local farmers' income. It records that the town was recognised as a Shaanxi provincial distinctive tourism town in 2019.

Tea is the town's economic mainstay. A bylined report on the Ankang Municipal People's Congress website describes Huangu as a core production area for Ziyang selenium-rich tea, with more than 30,000 mu of tea gardens, and records that the town has fostered over a hundred tea-processing businesses and built a complete tea-industry chain; it describes 'Huangu tea' as well regarded in the market for its quality. The county page gives the tea-garden total as 29,000-odd mu, so the two institutional sources differ on the figure and the record gives each against its own source rather than merging them.

The county page also carries a notice dated 6 September 2025 from a local tourism development company announcing that the Gongcha Ancient Town scenic area was suspending visitor reception. No cited source states the area's present opening status, and this record makes no claim about it.

What to look for

• The tea gardens that the county government's town page records as covering 29,000-odd mu of the town's land
• The 20-kilometre stretch of the Han River that runs through the town
• The thousand-year-old temple the county page lists among the town's assets
• Huangu tea itself, which the county page calls a fine tribute-grade tea and the Ankang congress report describes as well regarded in the market

Location & getting there

Getting to Huangu Tea Town

Identify the main visitor approach and any separately managed houses, museums or performances. Ask before entering residential spaces or photographing residents.

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