Celebration held in Yunnan over inclusion of old tea forests on World Heritage Site list(1/6)

Locals sing and dance to celebrate the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er , southwest China's Yunnan Province on the World Heritage Site list, Sept. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)

The Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er gained World Heritage Site status on the 45th Session of the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, becoming China's 57th entry on that list.

It is also the first World Heritage Site with the theme of tea.

Locals sing and dance to celebrate the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er , southwest China's Yunnan Province on the World Heritage Site list, Sept. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)

Locals sing and dance to celebrate the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er , southwest China's Yunnan Province on the World Heritage Site list, Sept. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)

Locals sing and dance to celebrate the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er , southwest China's Yunnan Province on the World Heritage Site list, Sept. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)

Locals sing and dance to celebrate the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er , southwest China's Yunnan Province on the World Heritage Site list, Sept. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)

Locals sing and dance to celebrate the inclusion of the Cultural Landscape of Old Tea Forests of the Jingmai Mountain in Pu'er , southwest China's Yunnan Province on the World Heritage Site list, Sept. 17, 2023. (Photo: China News Service/Liu Ranyang)