Opening of the 2024 “Flower Tea Festival”

NDO - On October 26, at the tea hill in village 8, Quang Long commune, Hai Ha district, Quang Ninh province, the "Flower Tea Festival" 2024 officially took place.

The 2024 Duong Hoa Tea Festival was organized on a district-wide scale with many unique features. With the lush green natural landscape of vast tea hills, visitors not only enjoyed the scenic beauty but also had the opportunity to learn about the history of Duong Hoa tea – a brand with over 60 years of history, highly regarded and recognized as a famous OCOP product of Quang Ninh.

The tea-picking competition is part of the 2024 Tea and Flower Festival.

The highlight of the festival is the rituals such as: carrying water from the source, carrying ancient tea trees, and watering the tea plants to "initiate" their growth. These are all symbolic activities that demonstrate respect, appreciation, and preservation of traditional tea cultivation.

In particular, the ceremony of handing over tea saplings to the younger generation demonstrates the determination to preserve the essence and cultivate the sustainable development of the Hai Ha tea region, continuously affirming the quality, brand, and position of Duong Hoa tea in domestic and international markets, while also affirming the sustainable development of the Hai Ha tea region.

The green tea hills are always a check-in spot for many tourists.

The festival includes special artistic programs to introduce and promote the history, culture, land, and people of Hai Ha district, the formation and development of the tea-growing region and the Duong Hoa tea brand, along with tea brewing demonstrations and traditional Ao Dai fashion shows.

In particular, the festival took place vibrantly with many attractive cultural and sports activities such as: Bicycle race to experience exploring tea hills and Truc Bai Son lake; group run around tea hills; folk dance performance on tea fields; sports activities such as volleyball, tug of war, stick pushing...; opening of exhibition space, introducing tea products and OCOP products, local cuisine; beautiful photo exhibition about Hai Ha; final round of the 2nd Hai Ha District Voice Contest in 2024.

Visitors coming here will experience and enjoy tea picking competitions, traditional handmade tea roasting competitions, food and drink preparation competitions with tea flavors...

The Festival Organizing Committee has arranged many areas for visitors to take souvenir photos when coming to the Festival.

The 2024 Duong Hoa Tea Festival aims to promote and introduce Duong Hoa tea products as well as the more than 60-year history of formation and development of Hai Ha tea region to a large number of domestic and foreign tourists, contributing to enhancing the value and brand of Duong Hoa tea products, one of the typical and unique products of Hai Ha district, promoting the attraction of businesses to invest in the field of tea production and processing, while continuing to promote the potential advantages of nature, culture and people of the district in tourism development.

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