采茶歌

採茶歌

cǎichágē

noun

Meanings

1 tea-picking song (traditional folk song genre)

Characters

to pick / pluck

Examples

春天到了,茶山上处处传来采茶歌。

Chūntiān dào le, chá shān shàng chùchù chuán lái cǎichágē.

Spring has come, and tea-picking songs drift across the tea hills.

江西的采茶歌后来发展成了采茶戏。

Jiāngxī de cǎichágē hòulái fāzhǎn chéng le cǎicháxì.

Jiangxi's tea-picking songs later developed into tea-picking opera.

Tips

culture

Originates in the tea-growing south (Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi) where pickers sing to keep rhythm during harvest. In Jiangxi the genre grew into 采茶戏, a full regional opera form recognized as national intangible cultural heritage.

Stroke Order

采 cǎi

茶 chá

歌 gē