Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Beoseong Tea Experience Gains Popularity

Published 07 Aug.2023 12:45(KST)

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Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that the ‘Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Boseong Tea Experience,’ conducted in connection with 10 tea plantations, is gaining great popularity among students.

The ‘Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage Boseong Tea Experience’ involved 1,658 students from 10 schools over four months starting in April, and from August to November, 1,790 kindergarten, elementary, middle, and high school students from 17 schools in the area are expected to participate.

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Boseong-gun is supporting the Boseong Office of Education with a budget to promote the ‘Boseong Traditional Tea Agricultural System,’ registered as Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage No. 11, through various tea experiences, aiming to foster proper character development and tea-drinking habits among youth.

Since 2020, this project has been incorporated into the regular curriculum of the Boseong Office of Education in Jeollanam-do, providing students with diverse experiences such as △ tea ceremony and tea-making education, △ making green tea chocolate, △ making green tea toothpaste, △ making rice cake tea, and △ making green tea steamed rice cake.

A student named Kim who participated in the experience said, “It is a unique program where you can heal while experiencing tea culture, and I highly recommend it to students from other regions as well.” He added, “Since the Boseong traditional tea agriculture, managed as a Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage, is a local heritage we must continue, let’s all take an interest and protect it together.”

A Boseong-gun official stated, “This project raises the value of preserving the Nationally Important Agricultural Heritage by informing youth, the future dream trees, about the ‘Boseong Traditional Tea Agricultural System’ and providing them with the experience of tasting tea they made themselves.” He added, “We will continue to actively discover programs to strengthen capabilities related to Boseong tea in connection with various educational activities.”