Literally, “Big Red Robe” : An Oolong cultivar unique to Wuyishan and perhaps its most celebrated and expensive yancha. On a terrace beneath the Tianxin Cliff in the Wuyi mountains are the few surviving three-foot-high Da Hang Pao tea bushes with leaves a bit thicker than usual and slightly pinkish buds. Here in this canyon called Nine Dragons’ Nest the sun shines directly only a few hours per day and a small stream from a nearby spring seeps through the sandy soil, creating an ideal place for tea growing. The ancient plants are known to be centuries old and their offspring grow here and there in the canyon, though almost nowhere else. What made this oolong famous and inspired its name was a Ming Dynasty mandarin who attributed his survival to its curative powers and in thanks draped his official’s scarlet robe of high office over the bushes and respectfully kowtowed before them. (JNP's Tea Dictionary).