2026-14, World Cultural Heritage – Cultural Landscape of the Ancient Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er

2026-14, World Cultural Heritage – Cultural Landscape of the Ancient Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er
Serial number: 2026-14
Values in set: 3
Date of issue: September 17th, 2026
Denomination: 360 fen
Designer: Guo Zhenshan
Size of stamps: 50 * 25 mm
Perforation: 13 * 13.5
Sheet composition:
12 for Sheet I;
6 for Sheet II (2 sets)
Sheet Size:
186 * 140 mm for Sheet I;
186 * 100 mm for Sheet II
Printing process: Photogravure
Printing House: Beijing Postage Stamp Printing Works

Background:
China Post will issue a set of three special stamps titled World Cultural Heritage – Cultural Landscape of the Ancient Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er on September 17, 2026. The stamp set was designed by Guo Zhenshan and edited by Wang Nan.

On September 17, 2023, the “Cultural Landscape of the Ancient Tea Forests of Jingmai Mountain in Pu’er” was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee, becoming the world’s first tea-themed World Cultural Heritage site. The indigenous peoples of Jingmai Mountain developed the “tea under forest” cultivation technique, creating a unique cultural landscape of forest-tea coexistence and harmony between people and the land. The ancient tea forests, passed down for thousands of years, are a typical representative of well-preserved and richly connoted artificially cultivated ancient tea forests. They are the crystallization of the wisdom of China’s agricultural civilization and a model of positive interaction between humanity and nature and sustainable development.

The stamps use watercolor techniques combined with the freehand style of traditional Chinese landscape painting to organically integrate the natural scenery and cultural character of Jingmai Mountain, unfolding a thousand-year scroll of “Jingmai above the clouds, harmony between people and land, and coexistence of tea and forest.”

Stamp Designs and Historical Background
Jingmai Above the Clouds
The main subject is the sea of clouds that perpetually shrouds Jingmai Mountain. Distant mountains layer upon layer, clouds and mist drift over the peaks, and villages are hidden among the forests and sea of clouds. This recreates the iconic ethereal mountain-and-water atmosphere of Jingmai Mountain and reflects the unique mountain natural scenery of the heritage site.

Harmony Between People and Land
The stamp depicts traditional ancient villages built along the mountains, with scattered dwellings nestled among the tea forests. It presents the humanistic picture of ethnic minorities living here for generations, thriving on the ancient tea forests, and coexisting with the mountains and forests.

Coexistence of Tea and Forest
The stamp focuses on presenting the three-dimensional ancient tea forest community. Beneath tall trees grow expanses of ancient tea plants, with herbaceous vegetation covering the forest floor. It directly displays the thousand-year-old “tea under forest” cultivation system, expressing the ecological model of forest-tea coexistence.

The stamps are printed using high-precision photogravure technology, with clear images, saturated colors, and rich layers. They not only showcase the natural beauty of Jingmai Mountain’s mountains, rivers, forests, and marshes but also convey the contemporary theme of harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature and sustainable development.

2026年特种邮票《世界文化遗产——普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观》
中国邮政2026年9月17日发行《世界文化遗产——普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观》特种邮票1套3枚。
（3-1）T　　云上景迈　　1.20元
（3-2）T　　人地和谐　　1.20元
（3-3）T　　茶林共生　　1.20元

志号：2026-14
邮票规格：50×25毫米
齿孔度数：13×13.5度
整张枚数：版式一 12枚，版式二 6枚（2套）
整张规格：版式一 186×140毫米，版式二 186×100毫米
版别：影写
防伪方式：防伪纸张、防伪油墨、异形齿孔、荧光喷码
设计者：郭振山
印制厂：北京邮票厂有限公司
计划发行数量：套票390万套，版式二54万版

P.S. 2023年9月17日，“普洱景迈山古茶林文化景观”在联合国教科文组织第45届世界遗产大会上列入《世界遗产名录》，成为全球首个茶主题世界文化遗产。景迈山当地世居民族探索出“林下茶”种植技术，形成了林茶共生、人地和谐的独特文化景观。古茶林历经千年传承，是保存完整、内涵丰富的人工栽培古茶林典型代表，是我国农耕文明的智慧结晶，也是人与自然良性互动和可持续发展的典范。
邮票采用三枚连票形式，以水彩画法结合中国传统山水画的写意手法，将景迈山的自然景观与人文风貌有机融合，铺展出一幅“云上景迈、人地和谐、茶林共生”的千年画卷。第一枚“云上景迈”以景迈山标志性的云海景观为主体，展现村在云中、寨在林间的独特意境；第二枚“人地和谐”聚焦传统村落聚居形态，呈现依山建寨、多民族世代相守的乡土智慧；第三枚“茶林共生”展现“乔木层—茶树层—草本层”的立体群落结构，直观呈现林下茶种植的千年生态智慧。邮票采用高精度影写版印制技术，画面清晰，色彩饱和，层次丰富，既展现景迈山山川林泽的自然之美，更传递出人与自然和谐共生、可持续发展的时代主题。