Luofushan Mountain has a long history of tea planting. Ge Hong in the Jin Dynasty went south to Luofushan Mountain in seclusion for more than ten years. In his daily practice of Taoism and alchemy and in the treatment of ordinary people,tea was often used as medicine. In the Tang Dynasty,Wang Yeren cultivated himself according to a religious doctrine in Guanyuan cave and created a tea garden beside. In the Song Dynasty, tea was grown and famous tea was produced in many temples in Luofushan Mountain. That was the first climax of the development of Luo Fu tea. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were many famous kinds of Luo Fu tea according to documents, which were on a par with Mengshan tea, Wuyi rock tea and Yangxian tea. And Luo Fu tea gradually developed to its heyday in that period. During the period of the Republic of China, it faded with the decline of Taoism. The Luo Fu tea can't go without the superior geographical environment of the Luofushan Mountain or the meticulous cultivation and craftsmanship of the ancient Taoist priest. They made the tea historically famous in South of the Five Ridges in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.%罗浮山植茶历史悠久,晋代葛洪南下隐居罗浮山十余年,日常修行炼丹及为百姓治病时,多用茶叶入药.唐代,王野人观源洞修道,洞旁开辟茶园.入宋以后,罗浮山众多寺观植茶,且出产名茶,是罗浮茶第一次发展高潮.至明清,文献记载罗浮山名茶众多,可与蒙山茶、武夷岩茶、阳羡茶相媲美,且逐渐发展至鼎盛.民国时期,罗浮茶亦随着道教的衰落而衰落.罗浮山优越的地理环境造就了罗浮茶,但罗浮茶更离不开历代罗浮道士的精心栽培与制作,也成就罗浮茶为明清岭南历史名茶.
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