Pinglin Tea Industry Museum

Pinglin Tea Industry Museum is a manor building of Minnan style. Brick and wood are used as building materials to create an antique atmosphere. The ground floor of the tea museum is a comprehensive exhibition hall, which displays three themes of tea affairs, tea history and tea art. The history of tea shows the origin of tea drinking, tea of different dynasties in China, the introduction of tea God Lu Yu, the history of Pinglin tea, the development history of Wenshan Baozhong tea and other topics related to the development history of tea industry.

Pinglin Tea Industry Museum

There is a modern tea industry Museum in Pinglin. It is a quadrangle courtyard in Anxi style in Southern Fujian. The corridor, arch bridge, corner Pavilion, rockery, waterfall and bamboo in the courtyard constitute a painting of Jiangnan classical garden. The museum introduces the history of tea, the types of tea, and the evolution of Chinese tea culture from ancient times to the present. There are elegant teahouses in the museum. It's also a great pleasure to have a rest and chat with your family or friends.

architectural composition

There are many tea cooked dishes and snacks in restaurants or restaurants outside the museum, such as tea chicken and tea noodle line. Should we have a tea flavored lunch when we come to tea town?

The exhibition hall is the main body of the tea industry Museum, including three exhibition areas of tea history, tea events and tea art.

The exhibition area of tea history has laid out the history of tea, tea making, tea ceremony, tea culture and business development from ancient times to the present.

The professional knowledge of tea business district is introduced in detail from the aspects of tea species, tea classification, tea ingredients, tea manufacturing, tea production and marketing, evaluation, etc.

The tea art exhibition area, from tea and tea utensils to tea drinking etiquette, interweaves the unique tea art culture of Chinese people. The tea art unit introduces the understanding of tea ware, how to judge a good pot, how to raise a pot, wedding tea ceremony, contemporary tea art and special tea drinking methods, and tea throwing in Taiwan folk customs.

The tea art museum area includes "China exquisite court Park", "tea art house" and "outdoor tea tasting area".

Development history

Pinglin is located in the middle of high mountains. It is a high-quality tea producing area in Northern Taiwan. There are large and small tea plantations scattered in the overlapping mountains, which are full of tea mountain scenery.

Pinglin Tea Industry Museum is located at no.19-1 shuishuoqikeng, shuide village, Pinglin township. It is a quadrangle building with Anxi style in Southern Fujian. It covers an area of 2.7 square meters. It is surrounded by a sightseeing tea garden. There are two teahouses, zizhulou and mingyuelou, for tourists to enjoy tea. Inside, there are exhibition hall, activity theme hall, multimedia hall, tea art hall and promotion center, which display the material and spiritual aspects of tea clearly. The activity theme hall changes the theme every three months; the multimedia hall uses 3D animation to perform the knowledge of tea in a dramatic way. Since its opening in January, 1986, the Tea Museum has replaced Pinglin Township and brought a lot of tourists and additional tourism development.

Surrounding scenic spots

Zizhulou and yueminglou are located in the east of Pinglin Tea Industry Museum. Centered on these two elegant buildings, they form a Jiangnan classical garden style tea art area between winding paths, rockeries, waterfalls, corner pavilions and Xiuzhu. In the park, there are Wenshan tea, old tea and pure and elegant tea food. You can enjoy all kinds of knowledge about tea history, tea affairs and tea in the exhibition hall After that, it's a great enjoyment of life to have a rest in this elegant garden and enjoy the fragrance of tea. The beautiful scenery of the garden, which is filled with the feelings of the valley, moistens the soul of the tourists.

Each season, the theme hall displays a theme of tea culture, showing the elaborate works of famous craftsmen in different times, from tea ware, pottery to poetry, books, Qin and paintings in tea culture, which systematically shows the rich and far-reaching tea culture.

The multimedia museum uses 3D animation to vividly introduce the knowledge and culture of tea in a systematic way.

The promotion center has prepared Wenshan Baozhong tea, Xiangyu tea food, special exquisite tea museum commemorative tea set and various souvenirs for tourists to buy.

It's not difficult to be a guest in the tea town. There are buses to and from Taipei. You can take Taiqi bus to Ilan at Taipei station and get off at Pinglin, or take Xindian bus to Pinglin at new park. The tea industry Museum, restaurants and shops are all near the station, within walking distance.

Address: No. 191, shuishuo qikeng, shuide village, Taipei

Longitude: 121.7124876589

Latitude: 24.934423315703

Tel. + 886-2-26656035

Traffic information: 1

Take the high-speed rail to Taipei station, and then transfer to other public transport.

2. Passenger transport

Take the Xindian bus from Taipei Public Security Building and Xindian MRT station to Pinglin bus, the frequency is from 06:10 to 19:20, about 30 to 90 minutes.

Ticket information: 100 yuan for general audience.

Half ticket 50 yuan is limited to students, military and police, and please show the relevant documents to prove.

A group ticket is 60 yuan. If there are more than 20 people in the group, the full ticket price will be 60% off.

Free tickets for the elderly or the disabled (including one accompanying relative) under the age of 65 or above.

Opening hours: 09:00-17:00 from Monday to Friday, 18:00 on holidays and one day off on New Year's Eve