Baimudan
Bai Mudan or Baimudan or White Peony () may refer to: *Baimudan tea, white tea made from the ''Camellia sinensis'' plant *Bai Mudan (mythology), character from Chinese mythology, lover of the Taoist immortal Lü Dongbin * Bai Mudan (1900–1968), Peking opera actor later known as Xun Huisheng See also * Peony The peony or paeony is a flowering plant in the genus ''Paeonia'' , the only genus in the family Paeoniaceae . Peonies are native to Asia, Europe and Western North America. Scientists differ on the number of species that can be distinguished, ...

Baimudan Tea
Bai Mudan () is a type of white tea made from plucks each with one leaf shoot and two immediate young leaves (one bud two leaf ratio) of the ''Camellia sinensis'' plant.陳宗懋, 中國茶經, pp 236 上海文化出版社 Bai Mudan is sometimes preferred by white tea drinkers for its fuller flavor and greater potency than the other major type of white tea, Bai Hao Yinzhen. The latter is made purely with leaf shoots, and so it is comparatively softer and more subtle. The typical taste of Bai Mudan is a result of both the processing and the tea plant cultivars employed in the production. __TOC__ Production and processing The family of tea cultivars used in producing Bai Mudan are the "Dai Bai" varieties. In eastern Fujian, the cultivar Fuding Dai Bai is used. In northern Fujian, the Zhenghe Dai Bai cultivar is used. The differences in the plant yield two distinct styles of Bai Mudan: the Fuding variety and the Zhenghe variety. Genuine Bai Mudan is a white tea; therefore, it is ...
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Bai Mudan (mythology)
Bai Mudan (白牡丹; literally White Peony), also romanized as Pai Mu-tan, is a character from Chinese mythology. She is described as the most beautiful courtesan in the city of Luoyang and a reincarnation of the Peony fairy. Legends One of White Peony's legends comes from the novel ''Journey to the East''. It is said that one day, the immortal Lü Dongbin took a walk in Luoyang spotted White Peony, and was attracted to her beauty. Lü Dongbin then transformed himself into a handsome scholar and slept with her many times. However, in accordance with Taoist alchemy, he never ejaculated, in order to preserve his Yang essence. Unfortunately, Lu's immortal colleague Iron-Crutch Li and He Xiangu taught Mudan how to make him ejaculate by tickling his groin. Finally, White Peony successfully made Lü Dongbin ejaculate and absorbed his Yang essence. Later she cultivated herself and became immortal as well. Feijianji, another novel from the Ming Dynasty had a slightly different version ...
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Xun Huisheng
__NOTOC__ Xun Huisheng (5 January 1900 - 26 December 1968) was one of Peking Opera's "Four Great ''Dan''", along with Mei Lanfang, Cheng Yanqiu, and Shang Xiaoyun. All four were men who played the female lead roles (''dan'') during the generation when such roles became open to actresses again, after two centuries of exclusively male portrayal. Life Xun's father was one of Peking Opera's "Four Famous Die" (, ''Sì Dàmíng Diē''), along with Li Shaochun, Tan Xiaopei, and Li Wanchun's fathers.. Xun was best known for his portrayal of the " flowery girl" (''hua dan'') roles, women who tended to be more vivacious or even of questionable character. He served as one of the mentors and guardians of the actress Li Yuru as she began her career. He died in Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han C ...
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