武夷山大红袍已有350多年的历史,是明清两代贡茶中的极品。二十世纪八十年代初，大红袍母树无性繁殖获得成功，经过二十多年的推广,其种植面积已达4万多亩。目前，大红袍已作为古树名木录入武夷山世界自然与文化遗产，且大红袍茶叶的制作技艺已列入首批国家非物质文化遗产名录，并代表中国申请成为世界非物质文化遗产。

    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.