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Fuchun Teahouse

historic traditional teahouse in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ5506953 ↗
Source-derived summary

Fùchūn Teahouse (Chinese: 富春茶社) is a historic traditional teahouse in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China, located on Deshengqiao Alley (得胜桥). Established in 1885, it is known for its trademark Fuchun baozi and its self-made tea Kuilongzhu (Chinese: 魁龙珠). The restaurant has won numerous awards. In 2008, its traditional dim sum was inscribed on the list of intangible cultural heritage of China, and Fuchun was officially named a "China Famous Brand" in 2010.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Fuchun Teahouse” is historic traditional teahouse in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Fuchun, Teahouse and historic, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1885, 2008, 2010—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1885-01-01. For this dossier, Fuchun, Teahouse and historic is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “Fuchun Teahouse” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.