Introduction to the Tea Ancestral Hall: The tea ancestor Wu Lizhen was a native of Yandao (Mingshan County, Ya'an, Sichuan Province) in the Western Han Dynasty, and was named Ganlu Taoist. He lived at the foot of Mengding Mountain from about 200 to 53 BC. He was a figure in the Taoist school. He successively presided over various temples in Mengding Mountain. Wu Lizhen is considered to be the earliest tea grower with clear written records in China and even the world. He is known as the founder of tea in Mengding Mountain and the master of tea ceremony. In the thirteenth year of Chunxi (1186), Emperor Xiaozong of the Song Dynasty named Wu Lizhen the "Master of Manna and Puhui Miaoji", and named the place where he planted seven immortals the "Imperial Tea Garden".

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