) Looking to the sea one way, the Fujianese looked to the hill the other. Tea shrubs cladded the slopes of celebrated northern Fujian mountains like theWuyi(Bohea Hills), and gave to the province
a native product sought after the world over – it was on accident that when the Chinese word cha entered the English language, it did so in its Min form, te. Tea apart, the upland areas supported mushroom and bamboo growing, indigo, forestry, paper making and printing. There were also the kilns of Dehua, whose pure white porcelain, described as ‘lard white’ by Chinese and called blanc de Chine by European buyers, found markets far beyond Fujian.