Chinese Tea Culture
Chinese tea enjoys a long history, a wide variety and is well-known all over the world. Tea culture, one of the representations of Chinese culture refer to the cultural characteristics. You may know Chinese like to drink tea, but do you know how many kinds of tea we have and how we drink tea? Let's learn some tea culture together.
Tea culture, one of the representations of Chinese culture refer to the cultural characteristics formed in the process of tea-drinking, including
- Tea ceremony 茶道
- Tea virtues茶德(health, happiness, refreshment harmony, respect, beauty)
- Tea spirits 茶精神(purity, respect, harmony, truth)
- Tea couplets 茶联
- Tea classics 茶书
- Tea sets 茶具
- Tea paintings 茶画
- Tea study 茶学
- Tea stories 茶故事
- Art of tea 茶艺
And more!
Some typical famous tea
The typical famous tea includes
Long jing tea 龙井(a kind of green tea from Zhejjiang Province)
Pu’er tea 普洱 (a kind of fermented tea of Yunnan Province)
Tieguanyin tea 铁观音 (a kind of oolong tea from Fujian Province).
The further the Chinese tea culture develops, the more people understand it and accept its
Value.
When did the tea culture emerge?
Chinese tea culture emerged as early as over 5000 years ago.
While during the Three-Kingdom Period (220AD-280 AD) people paid more attention to its medical value.
In the Tang Dynasty (618 AD-907AD)tea-tasting became a liking for literati, who would, while drinking tea, recite poems with rhythm or write some poems to show how enjoyable it was. In this way tea culture occupies an important place that makes Chinese culture a significant part in the world.
