龙井 (Lóngjǐng): Longjing — famous green tea fro…

Meanings

1 Longjing — famous green tea from Hangzhou (short for 龙井茶)
2 Longjing, the village/scenic area near Hangzhou where the tea is grown
3 Longjing City / Longjing District (in Yanbian, Jilin)

Characters

龙

Examples

他每年都从杭州买新鲜的明前龙井。

Tā měi nián dōu cóng Hángzhōu mǎi xīnxiān de Míngqián Lóngjǐng.

Every year he buys fresh pre-Qingming Longjing from Hangzhou.

西湖龙井是中国十大名茶之一。

Xīhú Lóngjǐng shì Zhōngguó shí dà míngchá zhī yī.

West Lake Longjing is one of China's top ten famous teas.

Tips

culture

西湖龙井 (Xīhú Lóngjǐng) — flat, jade-green, pan-fired in a wok by hand — is the prestige Chinese green tea. The name comes from a well 龙井 ('Dragon Well') in the hills west of Hangzhou's West Lake. Pre-Qingming (明前) leaves picked before April 5 are the priciest grade; the Qing emperor Qianlong famously personally favored eighteen tea bushes in front of Hugong Temple, still designated 御茶 'imperial tea.'