Tea craftspeople make Mingqian tea in E China's Zhejiang

Tea craftsman Shi Xingshan (2nd L) teaches college students to bake tea in Maoping Village of Xinchang County, east China's Zhejiang Province, April 4, 2018. Farmers are busy in harvesting tea leaves ahead of the Qingming Festival to produce the Mingqian (literally "pre-Qingming") tea, made from the very first tea sprouts in spring and considered to be of high quality. The annual trading amount of Dafo Longjing Tea has reached over 2000 tonnes with the trading volume reaching over 1.6 billion yuan (about 253.8 million U.S. dollars) by March 31, 2018. (Xinhua/Weng Xinyang)