5th China Morning Tea Culture Festival kicks off

Dim-sum-making techniques are displayed at the opening ceremony of the 5th China Morning Tea Culture Festival in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on May 25. [Photo/WeChat account: yzs_lyj]

The opening ceremony of the 5th China Morning Tea Culture Festival was held in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province, on May 25.

The event will run until May 31.

A series of activities such as a demonstration of dim-sum-making techniques, the release of measures to boost consumption, and art performances was held at the ceremony.

A fair featuring booths exhibiting and selling local delicacies from nearly 30 food enterprises across the nation is also being held at Quyuan Garden from May 25 to 27, while a dim-sum-tasting event is being hosted at the city's four time-honored tea houses – Quyuan Garden, Yechun Tea House, Fuchun Tea House, and Huaiyang Cuisine Museum of China – from May 25 to 31.

The festival has been playing a significant role in bolstering Yangzhou's morning tea industry and promoting local delicacies around the world, said local authorities.

Residents wait to taste dim sum at the opening ceremony of the 5th China Morning Tea Culture Festival in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province on May 25. [Photo/WeChat account: yzs_lyj]

Huaiyang Cuisine Museum of China in Yangzhou, East China's Jiangsu province. [Photo/WeChat account: yzs_lyj]