Held from April 17 to June 12
First-come, first-served registration starts March 28
Gijang County in Busan operates the 'Gijang Tea School' every year at the Gijang County Agricultural Technology Center.
The 'Gijang Tea School' is being promoted to preserve traditional tea culture and to publicize the excellence of Gijang tea.
This year, the program will utilize the green tea fields at the County Agricultural Technology Center, allowing residents to experience a systematic green tea manufacturing process firsthand and to gain a deeper understanding of tea culture.
The classes will be held five times in total, from April 17 to June 12, at the Natural Learning Center and the Traditional Culture Experience Center of the Gijang County Agricultural Technology Center.
Priority will be given to Gijang residents, with 30 participants selected for each session, totaling 150 people. The program will allow participants to learn about the history and benefits of tea, as well as to harvest tea leaves and practice traditional tea-making processes themselves.
In particular, this program focuses on hands-on activities such as basic tea theory education, tea leaf picking, tea making, and tasting. The detailed curriculum includes: ▲Understanding tea concepts and tea-making experience (Ujeon) ▲Tea leaf components and benefits, tea-making experience (Sejak) ▲Tea leaf harvesting and yellow tea production ▲Black tea production and understanding of the six major tea types ▲Tteokcha production, and more. Through these, in-depth knowledge about tea culture will be delivered.
Applications will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis starting March 28 through the Gijang County Agricultural Technology Center website. Participants are required to prepare their own lunch and work clothes (long-sleeved top, long pants, hat, boots, apron, and headscarf).
For more detailed information about the program, please contact the Agricultural Education Team at the Gijang County Agricultural Technology Center.
County Governor Jeong Jongbok said, "By directly experiencing the tea-making process through this program, we expect it will help promote the mental health and emotional well-being of our residents," and added, "We hope this will be an opportunity for residents to experience traditional tea culture and widely publicize the excellence of Gijang tea."
Gijang County has a wild green tea field behind Gijang Hyanggyo, suggesting that scholars in the past likely enjoyed tea, and the area has a deeply rooted traditional tea culture. Accordingly, the Gijang County Agricultural Technology Center operates the Gijang Tea School every year to promote and preserve the local tea culture.
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