
2005年4月17日,浙東春光明媚,新茶飄香,第二屆中國寧波國際茶文化節在港城寧波隆重開幕。
第二屆中國寧波國際茶文化節由中國國際茶文化研究會、中國茶葉流通協會、中國茶葉學會和寧波市人民政府聯合主辦,200多位來自全國各地的客商與會,這項茶文化盛事也吸引了廣大寧波市民。
第二屆茶文化節在寧波亞細亞展覽館6000多平方米的四大展區展出。展館內各類名茶以及名、特、優、新、綠農產品琳瑯滿目,展館內的許多展銷人員還穿起了苗族、侗族等少數民族服飾,使展覽平添了一道靚麗的風景線,此外,組委會又請來了日本、韓國的茶道表演隊以及臺灣無我茶會、杭州靈隱寺禪茶表演隊、四川雅安龍形十八式表演隊等,展覽期間他們為客商和市民作精彩的茶道表演。
在國際茶文化節開幕當天,位于寧波市中心月湖景區的袁宅舉行了隆重的開園儀式。這里是寧波市新開設的一個專門以茶文化展示為主題的茶文化博物園,在這個茶博園內,陳列了寧波的茶史、茶俗、茶詩詞等眾多的圖片和模型;此外,寧波市還舉行《四明茶韻》一書首發式。該書系統介紹了寧波茶業發展的歷史、寧波河姆渡遺址的原始茶遺存、漢魏六朝的浙東茶事和唐代茶圣陸羽對四明山名茶的高度評價等。本屆茶文化節還專門開辟了余姚茶海擷翠等4條以“生態寧波、人文寧波、時尚寧波”為主題的茶文化旅游線。

寧波是我國古代“海上絲茶之路”的始發地和中國茶文化傳播世界的源頭之一,去年寧波各類名茶總產量達到5700多噸,茶葉出口達3.36萬噸。在本屆茶文化節上,來自美國、法國等國家和國內客商、寧波市骨干農業龍頭企業代表等100多人參加了經貿合作項目簽約,投資貿易額達5億多元。
2nd Ningbo International Tea Festival
By Qiu Mingliang
The 2nd Ningbo International Tea Festival raised curtain on April 17, 2005. The event, sponsored by the China International Tea Culture Research Institute, the China Tea Distribution Association, the China Tea Association, and the Ningbo Municipal People's Government, attracted more than 200 business people from all over the country. The event, of course, attracted large groups of local residents.
The exhibition of 6,000 square meters at the Ningbo Asia Exhibition Hall was held in four sections. In addition to tea products of various brands on display, exhibits also included a great variety of farm produces. Some sales people were dressed in ethnic costumes. At the invitation of the organizing committee, performers from Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Sichuan, and Hangzhou staged their shows.
Ningbo used to be the point of departure of the Silk Road on the Sea and the city played an important role in distributing tea to other parts of the world. Last year, Ningbo produced 5,700 tons of various tea products, and exported 33,600 tons to overseas markets. At this festival, some 100 business people from other parts of the country and from USA, France etc, signed various economic and trade cooperation contracts with a total investment of more than 500 million yuan.