非洲媒體團體驗中國茶文化

師鋒濤

中國茶道成為“中非”文化交流的橋梁紐帶。近日，由埃塞俄比亞、加納、肯尼亞、喀麥隆、津巴布韋、納米比亞等15個非洲國家的24位資深傳媒界官員組成的新聞采訪團來浙江采云間茶業公司訪茶問道。

坦桑尼亞駐華宣傳大使Charles、塞拉利昂總統外宣辦公室高級秘書Lamina、加納《每日寫真日報》社長Ayeboafoh、肯尼亞人民媒體集團副總編Eric Oduor等媒體人員一行,先后聆聽了茶文化知識講座，觀賞了中國特色的茶藝沖泡，參觀了采云間九峰生態茶園并感受采茶體驗、茶藝沖泡體驗等一系列活動，其博大精深的中國茶文化深受媒體團的稱贊。

文化交流，縱談以茶養生

在茶文化交流會上，國家高級茶藝師鄭建美為非洲媒體團成員就中華茶的起源、種植、生產加工、茶文化及茶健康等方面作了知識講座。特殊的學員、溫雅的講師，使得茶座氛圍極其融洽，在講座過程中媒體團圍繞“茶健康、茶減肥”話題積極展開討論。

來自肯尼亞的Oduor先生幽默地說：“我有220英磅（約200斤），若喝綠茶可以減肥，像我需要喝多長時間？”茶藝師說：“堅持喝綠茶可清理腸道，利于身體健康，可有效控制體重，但并非減肥的靈丹妙藥……”茶藝師的趣味解說，讓媒體團員進一步了解中國語言的藝術性和茶的保健價值。

茶藝展示，體驗茶文化博大精深

茶文化交流會后，“采云間”的茶藝姑娘們以其嫻熟、優雅的動作，把具有中國特色的婺州舉巖茶沖泡技藝一遍又一遍地演示出來，讓媒體團成員大開眼界。觀看茶藝、親自體驗茶藝及品茗活動，促進媒體團成員對中國茶藝、茶道的深入了解。一杯清幽淡雅的綠茶，品味到甘冽茶香；一套精致的茶器，呈現出中國木雕和陶瓷的靈氣，帶給媒體團的是那源遠流長的中國文化。

茶園覽景，感受生態環境

當天下午3點，非洲國家媒體團成員一行在茶藝師的帶領下，來到中國浙江生態茶園——采云間九峰茶園。茶園位于浙江省級風景區九峰山麓下，這里茶園郁郁蔥蔥，廣袤延綿，緩緩起伏，錯落有致。該茶園采用“種-養-沼-肥”的生態循環模式，將沼氣系統、良種奶牛場、有機茶園基地、牧草基地、蔬果基地等功能區有機聯系起來。這一良性生態循環模式的農業科技成果受到媒體團成員的嘖嘖贊賞。

走進廣闊的茶園，24位外國媒體團成員盡情擁抱茶園自然風光，輕撫嫩綠茶芽，用相機暢快捕捉茶園美景，他們深切感受到中國茶文化的生機與內涵?！?/p>

African Media Group Visits Tea Producer in Zhejiang

By Shi Fengtao

In early March 2012, a group of 24 senior media officials from 15 African countries visited Caiyunjian, a big tea manufacturer and exporter based in Jinhua, a central city in Zhejiang Province. The media officials included chiefs of govern-ment offices and news media of African countries such as Ethiopia, Ghana, Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Tanzania, Sierra Leone, and Kenya.

For the group, a visit to the tea producer and exporter gave them first-hand experience of tea culture and tea processing. They attended a lecture on tea culture, watched a tea performance, picked tealeaves at the Nine Peaks tea plantation, and tried their hands at tea making. They were deeply impressed by the Chinese tea culture.

Zheng Jianmei, a senior national tea master, gave a short lecture on Chinese tea, addressing topics such as the origin of Chinese tea, tea cultivation and processing, tea culture, and tea as a health beverage. Toward the end of the lecturer, she interacted amiably with the African guests through a Q & A session.

After the lecture, a group of girls staged a tea perform-ance. After watching the show repeatedly, the visitors tried their hands at making and serving the tea.

In the afternoon, the 24 African guests visited the Nine Peaks tea plantation at the foot of Nine Peaks Mountain, which is a scenic zone at the provincial level. The 240-hectare tea plantation spreads on undulating slopes and operates on an ecological mode. The ecological mode is a recycling system, which consists of a biogas system, a dairy farm, an organic tea plantation, a forage farm, and a vegetable and fruit base. The African visitors were deeply im-pressed by this self-support farming system and by the size of the tea plantation.

While the media veterans were meandering around the tea plan-tation, a visitor from Ghana suddenly began performing a religious ceremony. He later explained that it was appropriate to pray at a tea plantation. He said, “People who share my faith believe that tea bonds people. We entertain our guests with a cup of tea. We hold celebrations with a cup of tea. The way of tea is a way of cultivating ones virtue. Tea creates spiritual peace, kindness, and bond.” □