Legend has it that one day, when Shennong was collecting exotic flowers and herbs, he tasted a kind of grass leaf, which made him thirsty and dizzy, so he put down his herbal bag and rested with his back against a big tree. A gust of wind seems to smell a fresh fragrance, but I don't know where it comes from. Looking up, I saw some leaves falling from the tree, Ran Ran. The leaves are green, and I'm curious. So I picked one up and put it in my mouth to chew slowly. I think it is bitter, but it tastes sweet, so I just chew it. After eating, I feel more fragrant, my tongue is rhythmic, my spirit is uplifted, my dizziness is reduced, my mouth is numb, and I feel strange. So I picked up a few more leaves and looked at them carefully. Their leaf shapes, veins and edges are different from ordinary trees, so I picked some buds and flowers and went home. Later, Shennong named the tree "Tea", which was the earliest discovery of tea. Since then, tea trees have been gradually discovered, collected and introduced, and used as medicines, sacrifices, vegetables and drinks.
There is also a legend: at that time, Shennong not only had to climb mountains and clams to collect medicinal materials, but also tried to decoct these medicinal materials and personally experience and identify their properties. One day, Shennong collected a large bag of herbs, divided them into several piles according to the known properties, set up an iron pot under the big tree, put it into the stream, and made a fire to boil water. When the water boiled, Shennong opened the lid and turned to get the herbs. Suddenly, he saw a few leaves falling from the pot and immediately smelled a fragrance floating out of the pot. Shennong approached curiously and looked carefully. I saw a few leaves floating on the water, and the soup in the water gradually turned yellow-green, and the fragrance slowly distributed with the rise of steam. He scooped some juice from the bowl, but it felt bitter and fragrant. After drinking, the aftertaste is mellow and sweet, the mouth is not thirsty, people are not tired, their minds are clearer, and they don't feel happy. So I picked up the leaves from the pot and observed them carefully. There seems to be no such tree beside the pot, and I thought, "The gods must miss me for being old and kind. Take medicine to cure the pain and give me jade leaves to help all beings. " Since then, while continuing to study the efficacy of this leaf, I have set foot in the mountains to find this leaf. One day, Shennong finally found several wild tea trees on a hill not far away. Their leaves are exactly the same as those that fell into the pot. Juice is yellow-green, and tastes the same. Shennong was overjoyed, so he named it "tea" and boiled its leaves to taste. It is found that it really has the functions of quenching thirst, promoting fluid production, refreshing the brain, diuresis and detoxification. So besides herbs, it is considered as a panacea for health. It is said that this kind of "tea" discovered by Shennong in those days is the tea tree that people call tea today.