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Nung

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Noun1.Nung - a branch of the Tai languagesNung - a branch of the Tai languages        
Tai - the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languages


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One such popular myth is from a Chinese legend stating that tea was discovered in 2737 BC when Chinese emperor Chen Nung accidentally dropped the leaves of the camellia sinensis plant.
The route begins in Sapa, a popular tourist center in the midst of hill country, then forges through valleys of terraced rice fields into ever more remote villages peopled byanimistic minorities, such as the Dao, Hmong and Nung.
Shen Nung, a Chinese emperor, would ask for his drinking water to be boiled for hygienic reasons.
 
 
 
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