Tea-picking was originally a folk song and dance genre in China, which was popular in tea-picking areas in southern China, such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Hunan, Hubei, Yunnan and Guizhou, also known as "tea songs" and "tea-picking songs". The music is lively and melodious, which depicts a happy scene of a simple tea-picking girl. This tea-picking dance music keeps the basic style of folk tea-picking songs and dances, adopts the national pentatonic style, and has materials with alternating modes. The tune jumps happily, reappearing the youthful characteristics of the tea-picking girl. Tea-picking dance music was very popular in the 1950s and had great social influence.
"tea things" has been performed as a separate program since then. It has also been reserved by 23 literary and art groups such as the Central Song and Dance Troupe, the Central Experimental Song and Dance Troupe and the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe. It has been popular in urban and rural areas for a period of time and has performed abroad many times, becoming the most famous and popular tea song "Teamo". From 65438 to 0987, tea things was preserved by UNESCO as an outstanding national song and dance in the Asia-Pacific region, and was recommended as a music textbook in this region. This is the highest honor that te amo, a China tea song, has won so far.