The Tale of Gu Dian Wanying

She was once a young healer from the ancient Dian Kingdom. As war spread, she and her people were forced to flee. With her superb medical skills and quick wits, she repeatedly helped her people escape danger. When they reached their new home, she found them a water source to sustain their lives, and from then on they revered her as the “Saintess!”

The Ballad of Wanying

War clouds rise, and the imperial descendants migrate. One Huayao tribe is left behind in the Ailao Mountains, deep in southern Dian. The mountains are rugged and magnificent, their slopes covered in fine forests and famous trees, especially fragrant tea trees! Wanying, a young woman of the tribe, is skilled in medicine and understands medicinal herbs. She also has a keen eye for identifying trees and plants.

One day, as the tribe searched for water to survive, Wanying came across a young tea plant and decided to transplant it for her own use. As she dug it up, she uncovered a jade bowl buried in the earth. She called the others over, and a clear spring gushed forth. In gratitude for Heaven's blessing, they named their village Yuwanshui, “Jade Bowl Spring.” At the people's urging, they named the tea after Wanying.