● Fir
cōng
◎ Evergreen tree with tall stems, gray bark, and reddish-brown branchlets. The wood is used to make utensils and can also be used as building materials. It is also called "fir".
● 枞
zōng
[~阳] place name, in Anhui Province.
From the above meaning, the pronunciation should be
cōng
Fenghuang Dancong belongs to the oolong tea category. Mainly produced in Fenghuang Mountain, Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. The climate is warm and humid, with abundant rainfall. Tea trees grow in mountainous areas with an altitude of more than 1,000 meters. There are clouds and fog all year round, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. The average annual temperature is around 20°C, and the annual precipitation is around 1,800 mm. The soil is fertile and deep, rich in organic matter. and a variety of trace elements, which are beneficial to the development of tea trees and the formation of tea polyphenols and aromatic substances. There are now more than 3,000 single large tea trees remaining, all of which are more than a hundred years old, with unique characteristics and excellent quality. Each tree is as tall as a banyan tree, and each tree produces more than 10 kilograms of dry tea annually. Due to the differences in aroma and taste of finished tea, local custom divides Dancong tea into yellow branch fragrance, zhilan fragrance, peach kernel fragrance, cinnamon fragrance, Babel fragrance, etc. according to the fragrance type.
Cōng
cōng
◎ Evergreen tree with tall stems, gray bark and reddish-brown branchlets. Wood is used for making utensils and building materials, also known as