Tea-pastry Craft (Fuchun)

National ICH · Batch 2
Origin

The Fuchun tea-pastry craft developed from the founding of the Fuchun teahouse, bringing together Huaiyang dim sum with flowers, tea, pastry and dishes. The core skill of Yangzhou's morning-tea culture, it has been handed down for over a century.

The art form

The craft spans dough leavening, filling, shaping and heat control, with distinct methods for san-ding buns, thousand-layer cake and braised tofu strips, and the original Kuilongzhu tea blend—pastry and tea forming a coherent whole.

Cultural significance

The Fuchun tea-pastry craft entered the second national ICH list in 2008 and, as part of China's traditional tea processing techniques and associated customs, joined UNESCO's Representative List in 2022.

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Tea-pastry Craft (Fuchun) — China Intangible Cultural Heritage · 1000usdinchina