How Much Do You Know About Chinese Tea Culture?

China is the hometown of tea which is the first country in the world to discover, utilize and cultivate tea trees. China is also the suzerainty of the world's tea ceremony. Chinese culture is broad and profound, as is tea culture. Tea culture is mainly the culture of making and drinking tea. The spirit of tea permeates the palace and society and penetrates into Chinese poetry, painting and calligraphy. For thousands of years, China has not only accumulated a lot of material culture about tea planting and production, but also accumulated a rich spiritual culture about tea. This is the unique tea culture in China.

Historic

The tea culture in history pays attention to cultural ideology, focusing on elegance, emphasizing on the expression of poetry, calligraphy and painting, drinking, singing and dancing. In the formation and development of tea culture, it has melted the philosophical colors of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and evolved into the etiquette and customs of various ethnic groups, becoming an important part of excellent traditional culture and a unique cultural model.

Epochcal

The development of material civilization and spiritual civilization construction has injected new connotation and vitality into tea culture. The connotation and expression of tea culture are constantly expanding, extending, innovating and developing. In the new era, tea culture is integrated into the essence of modern science and technology, modern news media and market economy, making tea culture more significant in value function and further enhancing its role in modern society.

Ethnic

All ethnic groups love to drink tea, and the combination of tea and ethnic cultural life forms their own unique tea ceremony, tea art, tea drinking customs and festive weddings, more lively and cultural, showing the diversity of tea drinking and colorful life.

Regional

Famous tea, famous mountains, famous water, famous people and scenic spots give birth to different regional tea cultures. China has a vast area, a wide variety of tea varieties, and different tea drinking customs. In addition to the differences in history, culture, life and economy, various tea cultures with local characteristics have been formed.

International

Combining the ancient Chinese traditional tea culture with the history, culture, economy and humanities of various countries, Chinese tea culture is the cradle of tea culture in all countries. It has evolved into British tea culture, Japanese tea culture, Korean tea culture, Russian tea culture and Moroccan tea culture. Tea people do not distinguish between national borders, races and beliefs. Tea culture can unite tea people from all over the world to discuss tea art, academic exchanges and economic and trade negotiations.

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