After entering the Dahongpao scenic spot, you will find lush tea trees on the roadside, which are planted in mountainous terrain, neat and not lacking in scattered, and blend with Danshan clear water, unique and not lacking in charm. Wuyishan has "ten strange", one of which is "home has tea for sale", Wuyishan Tongxuan all through tea ceremony, once mentioned tea, they are like several Zhen, Dahongpao tea cultural tourism route has become a classic route of Wuyishan tourism. Seeing Dahongpao mother tree is to walk a long way, all the way into, the left side of the cliff, the right side is the tea garden. One ridge and one ridge, all varieties are available, but all are rock tea, Dahongpao is one of them. You can understand the history and varieties of Wuyiyan tea, and it is good to have some knowledge. The mother tree is on the rock wall, and now it is no longer producing tea. The previous output is also very rare. It is said that it is only for the central government. In 1972, Nixon visited China, Chairman Mao sent him four or two, and the Dahongpao mother tree yielded only ten or two a year! Wuyiyan tea has a long and brilliant history of tea development in China. Legend has it that Dahongpao was a seed from Penglai Island that was left on this cliff on Wuyi Mountain by the crane. Another legend, the monks of Tianxin Temple used the tea leaves produced by these tea trees to cure an emperor's disease, the emperor put the red robe worn by the Zhuangyuan on the tea tree to express gratitude, so the red robe dyed the tea tree red. Wuyi tea in the north and south dynasties, known as "Late Ganhou" (tea name) famous in the world, Tang Dynasty became a scholar doctor, upper nobles to give good products, Song Dynasty into the court of the Gong Dynasty, Sheng for a while, tea became "a family one day is not indispensable" ordinary drink. After the pickling, the contribution of the court, deeply appreciated by the royal family. During the Yuandade years, happy son Gao Jiu lived as the chief manager of Shaowu Road, and went to Wuyishan to supervise Gongcha. Dade six years (that is, 1302), the court ordered Gao Jiu to live in Wuyishan to set up the Royal Tea Bureau, which specializes in cultivating tea trees and curing Gong tea for the royal family. The location is the site of the "Royal Tea Garden" in Dahongpao Scenic Area. The "Royal Tea Garden" was designed and built in full accordance with the model of the royal tribute production site. The main buildings are Renfengmen, Baifatang, Qingshentang, Sijingtang, Yufangtang, Banyan Jiating, and Tongxianjing, Shushantai, etc. The architecture is gorgeous and magnificent. Every year, the order of Chong'an County has to go to the "shoushantai" to worship the mountain gods, praying for the mountain gods to bless the rock tea harvest. It is said that a county order forgot the moment of worshiping the mountain gods, was condemned by the emperor, fell a job to go home to eat the old rice, confusedly lost the future, which shows that the court paid attention to Wuyiyan tea. If you want to buy some ordinary Dahongpao tea, you can buy it in the next seating area. The Dahongpao tea bag here is very popular, the business is very good, and there are also tea eggs that are known to be boiled with Dahongpao tea.