This bumpy mountain road ‘jolts’ its way to World Heritage

As the world's first UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site dedicated to tea culture, Jingmai Mountain in Yunnan Province opts for cobblestone roads over asphalt – a decision grounded in deep ecological, cultural, and sustainable development considerations.

These roads force vehicles to slow down, which reduces pollution and noise, which preserves the tranquility of the tea mountains and allows visitors to fully immerse themselves in the atmosphere of the tea forests and villages. This reminds us that the value of Jingmai Mountain lies not in speed, but in quality and inheritance. The "clunk-clunk" of wheels on stones is like the tea mountains' own whisper: True progress is about coexisting with nature.