武夷山大紅袍已有350多年的歷史,是明清兩代貢茶中的極品。二十世紀八十年代初，大紅袍母樹無性繁殖獲得成功，經(jīng)過二十多年的推廣,其種植面積已達4萬多畝。目前，大紅袍已作為古樹名木錄入武夷山世界自然與文化遺產(chǎn)，且大紅袍茶葉的制作技藝已列入首批國家非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)名錄，并代表中國申請成為世界非物質(zhì)文化遺產(chǎn)。
As the best tribute tea of both Ming and Qing dynasties, Dahongpao experienced a history of more than 350 years. In early 1980s, Dahongpao mother trees’ vegetative propagation achieved a complete success, resulted in more than 40,000 mu plantation of Dahongpao tea during the past years of promotion. At present, Dahongpao trees, being ancient and rare, were recorded as Wuyi Mountain World Natural and Cultural Heritage. The traditional processing technology of Dahongpao tea was elected as the first batch of National Intangible Cultural Heritage, and now is a candidate, on behalf of China, of the World Intangible Cultural Heritage.
