There are numerous legends surrounding the origin of Da Hong Pao's name. Among them, the most renowned recounts a tale from long ago about a scholar who fell ill while traveling to Beijing for an exam. A monk from Tianxin Temple discovered him and prepared a bowl of tea made from leaves harvested from Wuyi Mountain. After drinking the tea, the scholar experienced a significant improvement in his health and vitality. A few days later, he won first place in the exam. So he came back to the temple to thank the monk who saved him. Later, he also used this tea to cure the emperor's illness. The emperor rewarded the scholar with a red robe and asked the scholar to put the red robe on the tea tree. The red robe was considered a high honor at that time. The emperor also gave orders that all officials passing through this place must put their red robes on the tea trees to show the emperor's gratitude for his healing. After that, the tea trees were named Da Hong Pao, or "Big Red Robe" in Mandarin.