Participants of the 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese Proficiency Competition for Foreign College Students recently visited a tea garden of Wuyi Mountain in Fujian province to experience the area's tea culture. [Provided to chinadaily.com.cn]

The international group of youths gained a deeper understanding of tea culture by learning to pick leaves and filling their baskets. After that, they visited a tea-processing workshop to experience withering, fine manipulation, fixation, and rolling. Working in teams, they immersed themselves in the rhythm of swaying bamboo trays.

"Shaking the leaves is tiring, but it's fun because it requires close teamwork," said Laylo Nizamkhodjaeva from Uzbekistan. "The collision of the green leaves is like our own collaboration."

Yang Che contributed to this story.