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  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused as the lead image for the Chinese and English shuifang feature to show a compact brewing zone with clear support-tool boundaries near the main vessel, suitable for explaining open waste-water placement and short discard paths.",
    "local": "tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the shuifang feature to illustrate local boundary management on tea tables that no longer rely on full-surface drainage.",
    "local": "tea-service-tray-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the shuifang feature to support discussion of order, support objects, and the visual calm created by bounded wet-action zones.",
    "local": "tea-cup-service-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-2-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-2-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the shuifang feature to support discussion of shared tea service and how local waste-water control protects the serving zone from spreading disorder.",
    "local": "tea-cup-service-2-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused as the lead image for the Chinese and English Ming loose-leaf tea history feature to show a reader-facing loose-leaf brewing order with gaiwan, fairness pitcher, and cups; also used to support discussion of how the tea table itself was reorganized after the rise of steeped loose tea.",
    "local": "tea-service-tray-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/song-jianzhan-hare-fur-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/song-jianzhan-hare-fur-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Ming loose-leaf tea history feature as a contrast image for the earlier bowl-surface-centered Song whisked-tea world that loose-leaf steeping gradually displaced.",
    "local": "song-jianzhan-hare-fur-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/chengdu-teahouse-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/chengdu-teahouse-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Ming loose-leaf tea history feature to illustrate how loose-leaf brewing entered broad everyday teahouse and urban life beyond elite performance tea culture.",
    "local": "chengdu-teahouse-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/gongfu-tea-set-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_Tea_Ceremony.jpg",
    "direct": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chinese_Tea_Ceremony.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Ming loose-leaf tea history feature to illustrate the long afterlife and flexibility of loose-leaf brewing setups in later Chinese tea culture.",
    "local": "gongfu-tea-set-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused as the lead image for the Chinese and English lid-rest feature to show clear brewing-zone boundaries and the kind of tabletop order that makes a dedicated lid-rest discussion meaningful.",
    "local": "tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the lid-rest feature to illustrate dry-brewing zoning, tabletop boundaries, and the placement logic of small supporting utensils near the main brewing vessel.",
    "local": "tea-service-tray-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the lid-rest feature to support discussion of material mood, support-tool boundaries, and how small teaware affects the overall steadiness of a tea table.",
    "local": "tea-cup-service-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused as the lead visual for the Chinese and English Famen Temple crypt tea-set history feature to emphasize ordered, coordinated tea utensils rather than generic tea mood imagery.",
    "local": "tea-service-tray-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Famen Temple crypt tea-set feature to illustrate functional differentiation within a coordinated tea-utensil system.",
    "local": "tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/gongfu-tea-set-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_Tea_Ceremony.jpg",
    "direct": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chinese_Tea_Ceremony.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Famen Temple crypt tea-set feature as a reader-friendly visual analogue for a coordinated tea-set layout, with captions explicitly limiting the comparison and avoiding false claims that it depicts Tang tea itself.",
    "local": "gongfu-tea-set-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/teacup-strainer-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teacup%26Strainer.JPG",
    "direct": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e3/Teacup%26Strainer.JPG",
    "note": "Metal tea strainer resting over a cup; used to illustrate the logic of filtering loose leaves and the relation between vessel and filter.",
    "local": "teacup-strainer-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-strainer-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_strainer.jpg",
    "direct": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/76/Tea_strainer.jpg",
    "note": "Close-up of a tea strainer; used for teaware article illustration.",
    "local": "tea-strainer-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/wikimedia-teahouse-sichuan-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TeahouseInSichuan.jpg",
    "direct": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/TeahouseInSichuan.jpg",
    "note": "Traditional Sichuan teahouse scene used for the Chinese and English history feature on the return of the teahouse as an urban public space.",
    "local": "wikimedia-teahouse-sichuan-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/wikimedia-huxinting-teahouse-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Huxinting_Teahouse_2016.jpg",
    "direct": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Huxinting%20Teahouse%202016.jpg",
    "note": "Shanghai Huxinting Teahouse image used to illustrate the teahouse as part of urban public and scenic life.",
    "local": "wikimedia-huxinting-teahouse-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Chinese and English tea tasting cup feature as a clean pale-cup visual supporting discussion of liquor color, cup wall traces, and tasting-style observation.",
    "local": "tea-cup-service-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-2-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-cup-service-2-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the tea tasting cup feature to support discussion of comparability, multi-cup observation, and standardized vessel logic.",
    "local": "tea-cup-service-2-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the tea tasting cup feature to illustrate pale porcelain surfaces and close-range observation of liquor and aroma traces.",
    "local": "tea-service-closeup-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/tea-service-tray-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the tea tasting cup feature to support discussion of recordable comparison, order, and tasting workflow.",
    "local": "tea-service-tray-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/longjing-frying-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/longjing-frying-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the Chinese and English history feature on tea intangible heritage revival to illustrate embodied hand-processing craft at the center of traditional tea heritage.",
    "local": "longjing-frying-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/longjing-plantation-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/longjing-plantation-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the tea intangible heritage feature to show that tea heritage begins in tea landscapes, cultivation knowledge, and tea garden management; also reused in the Huangshan Maofeng feature as a mountain-garden visual supporting discussion of Huizhou highland ecology.",
    "local": "longjing-plantation-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/light-milk-tea-store-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/light-milk-tea-store-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the tea intangible heritage feature to illustrate how traditional tea culture is being translated into contemporary retail and youth-facing tea spaces.",
    "local": "light-milk-tea-store-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/gongfu-tea-set-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chinese_Tea_Ceremony.jpg",
    "direct": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Chinese_Tea_Ceremony.jpg",
    "note": "Gongfu tea setup with paired tall and short cups, downloaded for the Chinese and English aroma cup feature to illustrate the logic of wenxiangbei and drinking-cup pairing.",
    "local": "gongfu-tea-set-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/china-tea-service-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:China_tea.jpg",
    "direct": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/China_tea.jpg",
    "note": "Traditional tea service image used in the aroma cup feature to support discussion of the tall-cup and low-cup set as a functional pair rather than pure decoration.",
    "local": "china-tea-service-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/matcha-whisk-bowl-v1.jpg",
    "local": "matcha-whisk-bowl-v1.jpg",
    "source": "Unsplash import for internal editorial review",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/matcha-whisk-bowl-v1.jpg",
    "artist": "Unknown",
    "descriptionUrl": "#",
    "license": "internal editorial review asset",
    "note": "Used as lead visual for the 2026 matcha boom drinks feature."
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/matcha-latte-pour-v1.jpg",
    "local": "matcha-latte-pour-v1.jpg",
    "source": "Unsplash import for internal editorial review",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/matcha-latte-pour-v1.jpg",
    "artist": "Unknown",
    "descriptionUrl": "#",
    "license": "internal editorial review asset",
    "note": "Used to show matcha translated into café-style milk drinks and contemporary urban beverage presentation."
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/matcha-cafe-whisk-v1.jpg",
    "local": "matcha-cafe-whisk-v1.jpg",
    "source": "Unsplash import for internal editorial review",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/matcha-cafe-whisk-v1.jpg",
    "artist": "Unknown",
    "descriptionUrl": "#",
    "license": "internal editorial review asset",
    "note": "Used to illustrate whisking ritual, tools, and bar-top matcha preparation aesthetics in the matcha boom feature."
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/jasmine-dried-v1.jpg",
    "local": "jasmine-dried-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/jasmine-dried-v1.jpg",
    "artist": "Unknown",
    "descriptionUrl": "#",
    "license": "internal editorial review asset",
    "note": "Lead dry-leaf image used in the Chinese and English jasmine tea feature to show scented finished tea as a crafted product rather than a decorative mix."
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/jasmine-curls-v1.jpg",
    "local": "jasmine-curls-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/jasmine-curls-v1.jpg",
    "artist": "Unknown",
    "descriptionUrl": "#",
    "license": "internal editorial review asset",
    "note": "Used in the jasmine tea feature to show curled scented-leaf structure and variation in tea-base form after scenting."
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/jasmine-dragon-pearls-v1.jpg",
    "local": "jasmine-dragon-pearls-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/jasmine-dragon-pearls-v1.jpg",
    "artist": "Unknown",
    "descriptionUrl": "#",
    "license": "internal editorial review asset",
    "note": "Used in the jasmine tea feature to illustrate pearl-shaped scented tea and how form changes brewing display and market positioning."
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/jasmine-handrolled-v1.jpg",
    "local": "jasmine-handrolled-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/jasmine-handrolled-v1.jpg",
    "artist": "Unknown",
    "descriptionUrl": "#",
    "license": "internal editorial review asset",
    "note": "Used in the jasmine tea feature to support discussion of higher-grade scented tea, finer buds, and crafted leaf presentation."
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-glass-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-glass-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the Chinese and English Xinyang Maojian feature as the lead brewing image to show glass-brewing observation, early-spring green tea liquor clarity, and unfolding leaves relevant to Maojian reading.",
    "local": "green-tea-glass-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-leaves-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-leaves-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the Xinyang Maojian feature to illustrate dry-leaf observation, strand shape, and the reader-facing logic of checking green tea appearance before buying.",
    "local": "green-tea-leaves-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-kanko-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-kanko-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the Xinyang Maojian feature to support discussion of liquor brightness, leaf unfolding, and how to read tenderness and cleanliness in a brewed green tea.",
    "local": "green-tea-kanko-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/longjing-frying-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/longjing-frying-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Xinyang Maojian feature as a process-support visual for fine green tea heat control, with captions explicitly describing it as an illustration of processing logic rather than a literal Xinyang scene.",
    "local": "longjing-frying-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-glass-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-glass-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the spring tea time-consciousness feature as the lead image to show early spring green tea unfolding in real time and to support discussion of pre-Qingming freshness, seasonal timing, and the cultural value of the first cup of spring.",
    "local": "green-tea-glass-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-leaves-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-leaves-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the spring tea time-consciousness feature to illustrate how early spring dry-leaf smallness and tenderness become visible markers in the cultural distinction between pre-Qingming and later spring tea.",
    "local": "green-tea-leaves-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/lu-yu-statue-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/lu-yu-statue-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the spring tea time-consciousness feature to support discussion of older Chinese tea order, seasonal awareness, and the historical backdrop against which fresh spring tea gained symbolic force.",
    "local": "lu-yu-statue-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/longjing-plantation-v2.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/longjing-plantation-v2.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the spring tea time-consciousness feature to connect first-pick and pre-Qingming arguments back to real tea-mountain timing, picking windows, and agricultural order.",
    "local": "longjing-plantation-v2.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-kanko-v1.jpg",
    "source": "existing local repository asset",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/green-tea-kanko-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Used in the spring tea time-consciousness feature to show how spring tea helps modern drinkers perceive seasonal arrival through liquor brightness and leaf unfolding.",
    "local": "green-tea-kanko-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/wuyi-oolong-wikimedia-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tea_in_Wuyi_Mountains.jpg",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/wuyi-oolong-wikimedia-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Chinese and English Duck Shit Aroma dancong feature as the lead oolong image to introduce high-aroma semi-oxidized tea through dry leaf and liquor color.",
    "local": "wuyi-oolong-wikimedia-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/dahongpao-leaf-wikimedia-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DaHongPao_Oolong_tea_leaf.jpg",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/dahongpao-leaf-wikimedia-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Duck Shit Aroma feature to support reader-facing explanation of strip-style semi-oxidized dry leaf judgment.",
    "local": "dahongpao-leaf-wikimedia-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/oolong-tea-glass-wikimedia-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oolong_tea.jpg",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/oolong-tea-glass-wikimedia-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Duck Shit Aroma feature to illustrate liquor brightness and the relation between aroma and tea body in high-aroma oolong.",
    "local": "oolong-tea-glass-wikimedia-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/hucheng-gong-fu-cha-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gongfu_tea.jpg",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/hucheng-gong-fu-cha-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Duck Shit Aroma feature to illustrate gongfu-style brewing logic relevant to Phoenix dancong drinking.",
    "local": "hucheng-gong-fu-cha-v1.jpg"
  },
  {
    "file": "assets/img/photos/hucheng-kung-fu-cha-shanghai-v1.jpg",
    "source": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kung_fu_cha_-_Shanghai.jpg",
    "direct": "assets/img/photos/hucheng-kung-fu-cha-shanghai-v1.jpg",
    "note": "Reused in the Duck Shit Aroma feature to contrast original-leaf gongfu tea context with fresh-tea-drink menu culture.",
    "local": "hucheng-kung-fu-cha-shanghai-v1.jpg"
  }
]