img.: A Chinese tea plantation with workers cleaning the racks on which the leaves are laid. Coloured etching, early 19th century. Wellcome Collection; CC-BY-NC-ND via Europeana.

Flows of people, objects and knowledge went back and forth between Europe and China across centuries, and are witnessed by a wealth of China-related cultural heritage preserved in European Institutions.
Discover the interesting stories that are told in digitized collections available on Europeana, carefully curated and selected by the Editorial Team of EU funded PAGODE – Europeana China project.

Today’s gallery is “From paddy to pot: tea from China“: The combo of boiled water and young tea leaves has been known in China since 2.700 BC. A medicinal drink at first, tea soon became the center of a unique cultural practice. This gallery takes a sip from the rich history of tea cultivation.

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PAGODE – Europeana China is co-financed by the Connecting Europe Facility Programme of the European Union, under GA n. INEA/CEF/ICT/A2019/1931839