West Lake Longjing is one of the top ten famous teas in China, belonging to the green tea, which is produced in the mountains around the village of West Lake Longjing in Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and thus named, with a history of more than 1200 years. When Qianlong visited the West Lake in Hangzhou, he praised the West Lake Longjing tea and named the eighteen tea trees in front of the Hu Gong Temple under the Lion's Peak Mountain as the "Imperial Tea". Xihu Longjing tea is divided into 1 to 8 levels according to the appearance and internal quality of the superiority.

The special grade Xihu Longjing tea is flat, smooth and straight, the color and lustre is tender green and glossy, the aroma is fresh and clear, the taste is fresh and sweet, and the bottom of the leaf is tender. Longjing tea harvested before the Qingming Festival is referred to as the Mingqian Longjing, known as the daughter of red, "outside the courtyard of the wind lotus Xizi smile, Mingqian Longjing daughter of red." West Lake Longjing tea and West Lake, is a perfect crystallization of people, nature, culture, is an important carrier of the regional culture of West Lake.