Fang Genmin
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han Chinese, born in November 1972 in Wuyuan County, Jiangxi Province. He is a national representative bearer of Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship (Wuyuan Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is a technician in Wuyuan green tea processing. As a boy he learned Dafang tea making from his father, Fang Zhousheng; after many years of practice he integrated the traditional handcrafted methods of Wuyuan and developed a family process of his own, and in 2000 he founded the Yayu tea brand. He exercises strict control over the processing, completing every step by hand and paying close attention to firing and manipulation. The tea he makes has a fine appearance, high aroma, jade-green liquor and mellow taste, and he has introduced negative-ion nitrogen preservation into the packaging of the finished product.
Honors & Recognition
He comes from a family of tea makers and is the thirty-sixth-generation bearer of Wuyuan Dafang tea. The Yayu green tea he produces has won awards on numerous occasions. Since 2010 he has taught the craft to Fang Zhen, Fang Wei and others, and has trained more than one hundred tea-making specialists.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
- Green Tea Processing Craftsmanship Ⅷ-148
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