Postscript

In the vast world, Pu’er tea, as the treasure of Chinese traditional culture, has gradually evolved into a part of our emotional expression.After the precipitation of time, it shows people its unique mellow and strong quality, attracting more and more people to drink and like it.With people paying more and more attention to healthy life, the benefits of Pu’er tea to both health and spirit is well known and recognized by more and more people.Nowadays, Pu’er tea has been sought after and favored under the great mass fervor at home and abroad, but the public are lack of knowledge and understanding of Pu’er tea.Its spread in the world is limited.In order to spread Pu’er tea all over the world and bring blessings to the public, the International College and Tea College of Yunnan Agricultural University (China-ASEAN Education and Training Center)has jointly compiled a book Green and Comprehensive Health—Pu’er Tea in Yunnan, China.The Book has got significant guidance and assistance from the academic team of Counselor Wang Minzheng of the People’s Government of Yunnan Province.The Book is finally published in bilingual form in English and Chinese, aiming at conveying the charm of Pu’er tea to people, integrating Pu’er tea into the Belt and Road Initiative and making the world fall in love with Pu’er tea.

The International College of Yunnan Agricultural University (China-ASEAN Education and Training Center)is a national education and training base for foreign countries (mainly ASEAN countries)that is approved by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education in July 2012 to implement the proposal of“China is willing to set up vocational education and training centers to provide human resources required for the economic and social development of ASEAN countries”put forward by then Premier Wen Jiabao.It is a national education and training center for ASEAN and an education and training base specialized in training talents in agricultural related fields.The Center has the functions of international cultural publicity, agricultural technical training and technology transfer.The Center has successfully held 40 international training courses sponsored by China-ASEAN Cooperation Fund Project, Special Fund Project for Asian Regional Cooperation, held by the Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Commerce, China Foundation for Peace and Development, Yunnan Province Science and Technology Department, and Yunnan Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, etc., trained more than 800 trainees for Southeast Asian and South Asian countries, and organized more than 200 cultural exchange activities between China and foreign countries.Liu Yan, Secretary of the Party Committee of the College, has led a team and been engaged in the research of industry policy of green and comprehensive health, Pu’er tea culture, innovation of science and technology system, decision-making consultation of local governments, etc.for a long time, and has published many monographs and theses on agriculture in China-ASEAN region.This Book is published to promote Pu’er tea in Yunnan, China to the world, and thus spread Chinese culture and agricultural science and technology through Pu’er tea.

《绿色大健康—中国云南普洱茶》一书以普洱茶为载体，紧扣“一带一路”倡议，向世界传播中国优秀的茶文化，坚定文化自信，以科学的角度发扬传承中国茶文化，为茶文化、茶产业、茶科技增添生动注脚。本书旨在结合新时期国际形势和文化交流需求，突出云南普洱茶的独特性，以茶和天下、健康福泽大众为目的，让人们正确认识普洱茶，健康品饮普洱茶。本书全面梳理了普洱茶从古至今的发展过程，以及茶马古道与普洱茶在历史长河中的古老故事；解读普洱茶在诗词、书联、戏曲等艺文中的深厚文化底蕴，介绍了丰富多彩的民族茶礼风俗与不同民族的文化特色，传递了有关品饮、评鉴以及科学仓储的基本知识，总结了普洱茶的养生功效，科学且丰富的内容传达了普洱茶内在美的核心要素。希望本书能够带你走进普洱茶，与茶为伴，健康喝茶，快乐一生。

本书编写成员竭尽全力，在撰写过程中得到了云南农业大学国际学院、茶学院及社会各界同仁大力支持，最终以汉英双语出版，开启了云南普洱茶文化国际化的先河。但由于时间仓促，编撰者水平有限，难免有不足之处，希望各方读者赐教，给予交流和指导。

The studio team of Zhou Hongjie, a famous teacher of Yunnan Agricultural University,has conducted in-depth and systematic research on Pu’er tea for decades, and has successively completed more than 20 research (subject)projects related to Pu’er tea, such as National Fund,National Support Program, Yunnan Natural Science Fund, Kunming Key Science and Technology Innovation Project, conducted in-depth research and industrial services in producing areas, markets and enterprises of Pu’er tea, published more than 20 books of research achievements such as Pu’er Tea of Yunnan and Processing Technology of Pu’er Tea.

The book Green and Comprehensive Health—Pu’er Tea in Yunnan, China takes Pu’er tea as the carrier, keeps to the strategy of the Belt and Road Initiative to spread the excellent tea culture of China to the world, strengthen our cultural self-confidence, carry forward and inherit Chinese tea culture from a scientific point of view, and add vitality to tea culture, tea industry and tea technology.The Book aims to highlight the uniqueness of Pu’er tea in Yunnan in combination with the international situation and the needs of cultural exchanges in the new era, with the aim of bringing the people of the world together with tea and bringing blessings to the public through tea, so that people can know Pu’er tea correctly and drink Pu’er tea healthily.The Book comprehensively combs the development process of Pu’er tea from ancient times to the present,as well as the ancient stories on the Ancient Tea-horse Road and Pu’er tea in the long history;interprets the profound cultural heritage of Pu’er tea in poems, calligraphy couplets, operas and other arts, introduces the diversified customs of ethnic tea ceremony and the cultural characteristics of different minorities, conveys the basic knowledge on tasting, evaluation and scientific storage,and summarizes the health care effects of Pu’er tea and conveys the core elements on inner beauty of Pu’er tea with scientific and rich contents.I hope that this book can bring you closer to Pu’er tea,so that you can keep company with tea, drink tea healthily and have a happy life.

The members writing this book have made all efforts with strong support from the International College and Tea College of Yunnan Agricultural University and all walks of life.Finally, it is published in both Chinese and English, initiating the internationalization of Pu’er tea culture in Yunnan.However, due to the limited time and level of writers, it is inevitable that there might be some shortcomings.Your suggestions will be highly appreciated.