The main producing areas of Biluochun are the two islands of Dongting Dongshan and Dongting Xishan in Wuzhong District, Suzhou, so Biluochun is also called "Dongting Biluochun".
Since Dongting East Mountain and Dongting West Mountain are two islands near Taihu Lake, in addition to Biluochun, they are also rich in fruits such as loquats, bayberry, plums, green plums, and oranges. Therefore, the tourism projects in these two places are In addition to the fried tea experience, there are also diversified tourism projects such as fruit picking, ancient villages, and Taihu fishermen’s customs. Dongting Biluochun Theme Tour
Every year around the two major solar terms of the lunar calendar, Qingming and Rain, it is the best time for the best Biluochun tea to be launched on the two islands of Dongting and Xishan in Suzhou. Commonly known as "Mingqian tea" and "Yuqian tea", they are Biluochun picked and fried before the Qingming Festival, and Biluochun picked and fried before the "Yu" solar term. Jiangnan people are very particular about tea. The most noble tea for guests is "Mingqian tea". Because it is picked before the Qingming Festival, the buds and leaves are the tenderest, the aroma is the most fragrant, and the tea color is green and bright, which is very respectable.
For travelers who like to taste tea and participate in tea events, going to Suzhou Dongting Mountain during the spring tea season from mid-to-late March to early April every year will not only allow you to drink the fresh tea of ??the season, At Biluochun Tea, you can even see the tea frying scene, and even participate in picking and frying tea leaves yourself. Among them, all the villages on the island in Dongting Xishan produce tea, and you can see traditional tea-frying scenes. In key tea-producing areas such as Dongcun Ancient Village and Piaomiao Village under Piaomiao Peak, you may even have the opportunity to participate in the production of Biluochun tea. There are also similar projects in some villages in Dongting Mountain, such as Moli, Lucun and other five ancient villages. Fresh fruit picking tour in Dongting Dongshan and Xishan Mountains
The locals in Suzhou Dongting Biluochun also call it "frightening fragrance". The aroma of tea is extremely strong, which has a lot to do with the characteristics of Biluochun tea and fruit interplanting. Every year during the tea bud season, pear blossoms, peach blossoms, apricot blossoms, etc. bloom all over the mountains and plains. Together with the green tea gardens, they form a beautiful Jiangnan scenery. These seemingly brilliant spring flowers will turn into trees full of fruits in the next few months.
Two months later, starting from the end of April, green plums, white jade loquats from Dongshan, green loquats from Xishan, drunken plums, bayberry...all the way to oranges in autumn constitute the fresh fruits of Dongting Dongshan and Xishan. During the season, it provides a steady stream of high-quality fruits to people in Suzhou and Jiangnan, and fresh fruit picking tours have also become a traditional tourism project in Dongshan and Xishan. The fisherman style of Dongting Mountain
From the map, Dongting West Mountain is a large island in the middle of Taihu Lake, and Dongting East Mountain is also a peninsula surrounded by Taihu Lake on three sides. Since ancient times, the villagers here have made a living by fishing, woodcutting, farming, and reading for generations. The villagers of the ancient villages on the island plant tea and fruit trees on the mountains, and at the same time go fishing in Taihu Lake. This scene was described by Jin Yong Everyone is familiar with Mr. Jin Yong’s martial arts works. Master Jin Yong’s misty peaks in Dongting West Mountain, the scenes of fishermen, woodcutter and farmers, and the dots of sails in Taihu Lake can still be seen in Xishan and Dongshan today. Well-preserved ancient villages
Dongshan and Xishan have historically been relatively far from Suzhou City. In the era when roads were underdeveloped, transportation here was inconvenient. Waterways were the main transportation channels, and the overall natural conditions were superior. , the villagers are very self-sufficient and do not rely much on the outside world in life. This allows the villagers on the two islands to retain a complete way of life, and the layout of the ancient villages has also been perfectly preserved. So far, Mori Village, Thousand-year-old villages such as Piaomiao Village, Dongcun Ancient Village, and Luxiang Ancient Village still maintain their historical features intact and are destinations not to be missed when traveling.
About the origin of Biluo Village and the tourism characteristics of Dongting East Mountain and Dongting West Mountain in Suzhou, these are roughly it. Generally speaking, from March to December every year, it is a good time to travel to Dongting Mountain.