Uma sibheka emlandweni obhaliwe, i-Mengding Mountain iyindawo yokuqala emlandweni waseShayina lapho kukhona khona amarekhodi abhaliweitiye lokwenziwaukutshala.Kusukela kumarekhodi okuqala etiye emhlabeni, i-“Tong Yue” ka-Wang Bao kanye nenganekwane kaWu Lizhen yokutshala izihlahla zetiye eMengshan, kungafakazelwa ukuthi iNtaba i-Mengding eSichuan ingumsuka wokutshalwa kwetiye nokukhiqizwa kwetiye.Itiye elihlaza lavela e-Badi (manje esenyakatho yeSichuan naseningizimu yeShaanxi).Ngokusho kwamarekhodi e-"Huayang Guozhi-Bazhi", ngenkathi uZhou Wuwang enqoba uZhou, abantu bakwa-Ba banikeza itiye ebuthweni likaZhou Wuwang."I-Huayang Guozhi" iyincwadi yomlando, futhi kunganqunywa ukuthi kungakadluli i-Western Zhou Dynasty, abantu bakwa-Ba enyakatho yeSichuan (itiye le-Seven Buddha tribute) baqala ukulima itiye ngokwenziwa engadini.

Itiye elihlaza lingelinye lamatiye aphambili eChina.

Itiye elihlaza lenziwa ngamaqabunga amasha noma imiqumbe yesihlahla setiye, ngaphandleukuvutshelwa, ngezinqubo ezinjengokulungisa, ukubumba, nokomisa.Igcina izinto zemvelo zamaqabunga amasha futhi iqukethe i-polyphenols yetiye, i-catechin, i-chlorophyll, i-caffeine, ama-amino acids, amaVithamini nezinye izakhi.Umbala oluhlaza kanye nesobho setiye kugcina isitayela esiluhlaza samaqabunga etiye amasha, yingakho igama.

Ukuphuza itiye eliluhlaza njalo kungavimbela umdlavuza, ukunciphisa amafutha kanye nokulahlekelwa isisindo, futhi kunciphise nomonakalo we-nicotine kwababhemayo.

I-China iyakhiqizaitiye eluhlazaezindaweni eziningi, okuhlanganisa iHenan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Anhui, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Sichuan, Shaanxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guangxi, neFujian.