The other Henan: tea hills and rice paddies

South of the Yellow River the landscape turns green, wet and slow.

Xinyang sits in a different Henan: terraced tea fields, reservoirs and a kitchen built on freshwater fish. Take the early train, spend the morning on the hillside picking terraces and the afternoon at the reservoir. The tea is sold by the tin in town, and the price is posted.

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