# Jilin: inventory and research for seven collections

Researched on 4 October 2026. This is an artistic brief, not evidence of an already completed generation. The map is a visual source; its captions and geographical placement are not automatically accepted as verified facts.

## Inventory of the source map

Changbai Mountains, Heaven Lake/Tianchi in the crater, coniferous forests and snowy peaks; Manchurian Plain; Songhua River and Songhua Lake; Yalu River, Tumen River; Baicheng with a rider; Changchun, Jilin City, Siping, Liaoyuan; rural courtyard with wooden houses and haystacks; cranes, deer; Baishan and large shaded ginseng plantings with pickers and roots; Tonghua with traditional gates; Yanji with Korean architecture/pavilions and blossoming trees; southern river village with a stone bridge. There are no tea terraces on the original map: the plantings under canopies are ginseng.

## Verified tea contexts and limitations

**Verified:** Jilin has a modern tea culture: the regional tourist route directly includes tea art in the historical quarter of Jilin City (S2); the state professional competition contains a “tea art” category (S3). Therefore C1–C3 are devoted to imported leaf tea, preparation, serving and modern tea life in the northern region. Unnamed shops and tables are the author's illustration, not claims about specific old establishments.

**Ginseng:** official agricultural material documents ginseng cultivation and the historical exposition of Jilin Guanshenju (S4), while the regional Ministry of Culture documents crafts and gathering customs (S5). This is Panax, not Camellia sinensis: root, forest beds, and a separate infusion are not presented as tea production. We make no medicinal promises. In tea series, ginseng is secondary; the brewing teapot/gaiwan and leaf tea remain the heroes.

**tea.travel:** both language pages /en/region/jilin/ and /ru/region/jilin/ returned an access error; the direct request also received 403. The missing page's information was not reconstructed by guesswork. The map and official sources were used. We do not add fictional local tea varieties, Changbai Mountain tea plantations or unconfirmed "ancient" Korean rituals.

## Sources

- **S1** — [tea.travel — Jilin](https://tea.travel/en/region/jilin/). Access check: page unavailable; no facts borrowed from it.
- **S2** — [Jilin City tourist routes](https://whhlyt.jl.gov.cn/ztzl/jlslyxlhxj/gdxl/jls/jls_424340/202507/t20250704_9273085.html). An official route with tea art in the old quarter.
- **S3** — [Government bulletin: professional skills](https://www.jl.gov.cn/gb/2024/zb_202405/gcgd/202403/t20240318_8883195.html). Confirms the modern direction of tea art.
- **S4** — [Jilin Ministry of Agriculture: ginseng history](https://agri.jl.gov.cn/zt/rcgzlfz/kpcs/202501/t20250121_3357906.html). Plant, trade and museum context; not tea gardens.
- **S5** — [Jilin Culture Administration: ginseng heritage](https://whhlyt.jl.gov.cn/zwgk/jytabl/202410/t20241025_8989693.html). Distinguishes processing craft, cultivation and gathering customs.

## Seven compositional solutions

- **C1 — Tea constellation:** Gaiwan and Tianchi crater rhyme in form; tea art is separated from ginseng.
- **C2 — Large letters — tea worlds:** JILIN becomes a riverbank with tea practice by the letters.
- **C3 — Tea territories:** The sequence of working with imported leaf connected Songhua with a forest stop.
- **C4 — Illustrated atlas:** Atlas of Changbai Mountain, urban tea, Yanji and ginseng culture.
- **C5 — Parade of landmarks:** Outline parade: gaiwan, deer, crater, courtyard and cranes.
- **C6 — Travel lines:** A diagonal route from pouring tea upward to the crater and forest.
- **C7 — Based on real cups:** Nine major episodes in simple outline; ginseng shown as a separate plant.

## General parameters

English only. C7 contains only the main title; C1–C3 allow short verified captions. Native RGBA 3840 × 1280, significant elements in x60–3780/y110–1170; final central export 3840 × 1152, 250 × 75 mm. No mockup, opaque backing, or fixed empty-space ratio. Region palette: #254D43, #A44366, #849E6F, #C3945C, #6F95AD. C1 uses the first two inks, C2–C3 all five, C4–C7 the first three. The reference defines the manner, not the transfer of Guangdong subjects.