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About Mengku Ancient Tea Gardens
Shuangjiang's ancient tea gardens are distributed across the county's villages, concentrated in the Mengku, Mengmeng, Shahe, Mangnuo, Dawen and Bangbing areas. The wild ancient tea tree community on Mengku's Daxue Mountain covers 12,700 mu, with trees over a thousand years old, found in primeval forest between 2,200 m and 2,750 m elevation; it is described by Lincang Daily as the world's largest-area, highest-elevation and highest-density wild ancient tea tree community discovered to date. In 2015 the 'Shuangjiang Mengku Ancient Tea Gardens and Tea Culture System' was recognised as a China Important Agricultural Heritage System.
Bingdao, within Mengku, is among the earliest places in Shuangjiang with cultivated tea trees; the county protects the ancient tea trees of the five Bingdao hamlets to preserve their genetic diversity.
What to look for
- The wild ancient tea tree community on Daxue Mountain, spanning 12,700 mu between 2,200 m and 2,750 m elevation
- The cultivated ancient tea trees of the five Bingdao hamlets
Location & getting there
Getting to Mengku Ancient Tea Gardens
Check the open visitor route and follow the site’s rules on distance, food and photography. Conservation areas may limit access beyond designated paths.
- Search for 勐库古茶园 with 临沧市 and 双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县.
Find Mengku Ancient Tea Gardens
勐库古茶园 · 双江拉祜族佤族布朗族傣族自治县
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Sources & visit information
The linked sources support the identity and background described in this introduction. Opening hours, admission, activity availability and exact arrival arrangements have not been comprehensively checked. Confirm current visitor information with the venue; the original catalogue locality and editorial review flag are retained.