Hotan Prefecture

Basic Introduction to Ruo Luo Tea of ShayaShaya County is home to 350,000 mu (approximately 23,333 hectares) of wild Ruo Luo. Since ancient times, Ruo Luo has been known for its remarkable medicinal value. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, Ruo Luo possesses a variety of medicinal and health benefits, including balancing blood pressure and lipids, and enhancing overall health.The tea is named after the Robuzhuang area. The entire Ruo Luo plant is valuable: the stalk can be used as raw material for papermaking, the leaves and juice can be made into beverages, and rubber can be extracted from the roots, branches, and leaves. Ruo Luo, also known as wild hemp, wild tea, tea flower, red flower, red willow seed, and marsh hemp, is a rare wild plant that primarily grows in desert saline-alkali lands or sandy areas along riverbanks, mountain ravines, and slopes. It is widely distributed across most northern provinces of China, with the highest quality found in the desert regions of Xinjiang. Since ancient times, Ruo Luo has been regarded by the Chinese as "the herb of immortality."Geographical ScopeShaya County is located in the southwest of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, in the southeast of Aksu Prefecture.…