CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Da Hong Pao Type Oolong Origin Wuyi Mountains , Fujian Province , China Quick description Most famous of the Wuyi Rock Teas Da Hong Pao Traditional Chinese 大 紅 袍 Simplified Chinese 大 红 袍 Literal meaning Big Red Robe Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Dà Hóng Páo Wade–Giles Ta4 Hung2 P'ao2 IPA [tâ.xʊ̌ŋ.pʰǎu] Da Hong Pao (Big Red Robe) is a Wuyi rock tea grown in the Wuyi Mountains . It is a heavily oxidized, dark oolong tea. According to legend, the mother of a Ming dynasty emperor was cured of an illness by a certain tea, and that emperor sent great red robes to clothe the four bushes from which that batch of tea originated. Six of the original bushes, [ not in citation given ] growing on a r...