Longjing Village
龙井村
The core Longjing tea production area at the foot of Lion Peak, west of West Lake. Terraced tea hills and farmhouse teahouses offer tea-picking and tea-frying demonstrations, and before Qingming you can drink fresh spring tea.
Longjing Village lies among the hills west of West Lake, at the foot of Lion Peak. It is the core production area of Lion Peak Longjing tea, and the village takes its name from the Longjing (Dragon Well) spring in the village. The village is built into the hillside, and tea rows cover the slopes in neat lines. Nearby are the Eighteen Imperial Tea Bushes in front of Hugong Temple, said to have been named by Emperor Qianlong, as well as the ruins of Longjing Temple. Activities include walking up Longjing Road to Lion Peak to see the tea gardens, or hiking the Longjing–Jiuxi trail to the Eighteen Streams of Jiuxi, which takes about 2 hours and is free. At a farmhouse teahouse, you can drink a cup of pre-Qingming Longjing for about RMB 50 to 150, with free refills. When buying tea, taste it first and buy from shops with proper storefronts. During the tea-picking season in March and April, you can watch hand-frying demonstrations. The Longjing branch of the China National Tea Museum is right beside the village and is free to enter. Getting there: take bus 27 to the Longjing Teahouse or Longjing Village stop, or walk about 30 minutes from Lingyin Temple. Longjing Road is congested on weekends, so take the bus or cycle. Beware of “tea farmers” touting on the roadside, and be careful on mountain paths when they are wet.
Opening hours
Open all day; teahouses about 8:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.; China National Tea Museum 9:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (closed Mondays)
Nearby sights
- Shili Langdang Trail
- Faxi Temple
- Nine Creeks and Eighteen Gullies
- Manjuelong
- Yongfu Temple
- Lingyin Temple & Feilai Feng
- China National Tea Museum
- Meijiawu Tea Village