The old tea trees in Xianhu, Dongyuan County, Heyuan City are more than 30 years old.

Tea tree:

The life of a tea tree begins with a fertilized egg cell. From then on, it becomes an independent, living organism.

This fertilized egg cell grows and develops on the mother tree in about a year and becomes a mature seed. After the seeds are sown, they germinate and are unearthed, becoming a tea seedling. The tea seedling continuously absorbs nutrients and energy from the external environment, and gradually grows into a tea tree with deep roots and lush leaves.

To the point where it blooms, bears fruit, and reproduces new offspring. Under artificial and natural conditions, it gradually ages and eventually dies. This whole process of reproduction is the life of the tea tree, which is scientifically called The total growth and development cycle of tea trees.

During the life of a tea tree, as time goes by, its morphology, physiological functions, etc. continue to undergo quantitative and qualitative changes until it declines, forming the biological age characteristics of tea trees in different periods. .

Scientifically, tea trees are divided into four biological age periods based on the growth characteristics of tea trees in different stages, namely seedling stage, juvenile stage, adult stage and senescence stage.

Xianhu Tea:

The Xianhu Tea Base located in Xianhu Village has an average altitude of about 1,000 meters. It has green mountains, shrouded clouds, short sunshine, and large temperature differences between day and night, which provide good conditions for the growth of tea trees. With unique natural environmental conditions, it is a resort for producing high-quality tea. Dongyuan Xianhu Tea in Dongyuan County is the dominant agricultural product area of ??Guangdong Province, and the core production area of ??Xianhu Tea is here.