Tea Sage Lu Yu

Lu Yu is a great historical and cultural celebrity in our country, named Hongjian. He was born in Jingling, Fuzhou, Tang Dynasty, now Tianmen City, Hubei. The life experience of this great man is extremely legendary. He was a weak and abandoned baby who was abandoned in the wilderness. He was protected by wild geese on a cold autumn night and survived the catastrophe. Although he was adopted by Zen Master Zhiji of Longgai Temple, when he grew up, he did not want to inherit the mantle of his "adopted father" and converted to Buddhism. Instead, he ran away from the temple. By chance, he was able to study in an academy, but after completing his studies, he unexpectedly gave up the opportunity to pass the scientific examination and went with Tea formed an indissoluble bond, and they fought for it all their lives; he advocated frugality, did not fall in love with high-ranking officials and rich salaries, and was happy to live in poverty, ending up in the mountains and forests; he and Li Jilan, the daughter of his other adoptive father, Li Rugong, were childhood sweethearts. He was fond of tea all his life and was skilled in tea ceremony. He is famous for writing the world's first tea monograph - "The Book of Tea". He has made outstanding contributions to the development of China's tea industry and the world's tea industry. He is enshrined as the "Tea God", known as the "Tea Fairy" and respected as the "Tea Saint". The story of "Tea Sage Lu Yu" is based on Lu Yu's own autobiography, combined with relevant documentary records and folklore, and is both historical and literary.