Zhu
Ye Qing Tea–
Absorbing the immortal mountain's nimbus, gathering the
amrita of clouds, through thousands of years,
the
teas of Emei Mountain are always favored by famous scholars
for its pure and mellow, light and refined extraordinary
meaning and interest. On April 20, 1964, Chen Yi, the
Foreign Minister at that time, went to Emei Mountain to
conduct the inspection, and full of his praise went toward
the tea when he played chess and drank tea with the old monk
in Wannian Temple, he asked, "What kind of tea is this?" The
old monk
answered,
"That tea is the special product of Emei Mountain, without a
name yet.”, and asked Marshal Chen Yi to name the tea.
Marshal Chen Yi looked carefully into the tea in cup: the
tea water was clear and leaves were green, full of life, so
he said heart-felt, “It’s really like the tender bamboo
leaf, we can just call it zhu ye qing" (in phonetic Chinese
"zhuyeqing"). Since then, the repute of Zhuyeqing has been
spread far and wide, and a legendary and much-told story was
added to the tea industry.