Tea, a wide variety of categories, including green tea, black tea, black tea, oolong tea, yellow tea, white tea and so on. Today we do not talk about its category, nor the efficacy of drinking tea. Let's talk about the development of tea and tea culture.
Tea is the national drink of the Chinese nation. Tea drinking, tea cultivation, and tea making all originated in the mainland. Tea, this ancient and civilized drink, has a long history and a long history. Tea, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, served in the Song Dynasty. Tea spread abroad a long time ago and is loved by people all over the world. In the Shennong era, 7,000 years ago, tea was discovered in China and knew that tea had miraculous medicinal properties. Therefore, Shennong, the great ancestor of our Chinese nation, is the originator of tea in China.
Shennong is not only the originator of tea in China, but also the originator of tea in the world.
China was the first country in the world to discover and drink tea. The origin of Chinese tea plants is in the southwest region of China (Yunnan, Sichuan, Guizhou), China's Yunnan is the origin and birthplace of the world's tea plants, Yunnan's Xishuangbanna, Pu'er area (formerly Simao area), Lincang area is the center of the world's tea plant origin, is the world tea plant origin center.
As the birthplace of tea and tea culture in the world, the mainland is well deserved. Lu Yu, a tea saint of the Tang Dynasty, wrote the world's first tea culture monograph "The Classic of Tea", which is the earliest, most complete and most comprehensive monograph on tea in existence in China and even the world. The Chinese nation has left a brilliant page in the history of human civilization in the cultivation, manufacturing, tasting and application of tea, as well as the formation and development of tea culture. China is not only the first country to discover and use the plant tea, but also the country that has developed tea drinking into a splendid and unique tea culture on the mainland and even the whole world. The tea and tea culture invented in China have made great contributions to the world and all mankind.
Tea Saint Lu Yu
Tea art – the art of tea tasting in China. Tea art was born in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties, with considerable historical origins and its own system. Chinese tea culture is profound. Tea art is the beautiful artistic conception of the whole tea tasting process, including the appreciation of tea tasting techniques and artistic operation methods and the appreciation of the beautiful environment of tea tasting, and its process reflects the mutual unity of form and spirit, which is a cultural phenomenon formed in the process of tea drinking activities. Tea art includes: tea selection, water selection, tea cooking technology, tea ware art, environment selection and creation and a series of other contents. The background of tea art is an important means to set off the theme idea, rendering the pure, elegant and simple temperament of tea, and enhancing the artistic appeal. The same as tea art is the tea ceremony.
Tea ceremony, originated in China. China's tea ceremony flourished in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song and Ming dynasties, and declined in modern times. In the middle of the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea was introduced to Japan. In 805 AD (the first year of Emperor Yongzhen of Tang Shunzong), Japanese monks brought Chinese tea seeds and tea seedlings back to Japan, and since then Japan has had tea plants. In the Song Dynasty, the Chinese tea ceremony was introduced to Japan, and the Japanese tea ceremony was created. Han Suyin, a famous British-Chinese female writer, said: "Tea is a unique and truly civilized drink, the embodiment of politeness and spiritual purity." ”。 Tea is the most natural and healthy drink, and it is also the beverage with the most cultural connotation. Tea has the extraordinary charm of health, nature, culture, civilization and fashion, and is loved by people all over the world.
The connotation of tea culture is actually a specific expression of the connotation of Chinese culture and Chinese culture. Chinese drinking tea, pay attention to a "taste" word, where guests come, tea etiquette is indispensable. The spiritual connotation of tea culture is a cultural phenomenon with distinctive Chinese cultural characteristics formed by combining the habits of tea, tea appreciation, smelling tea, drinking tea, and tasting tea with Chinese cultural connotation and etiquette, which can also be said to be a phenomenon of etiquette. When a guest visits, you can ask for advice and choose the best tea set that best suits the taste of the visitor. When toasting guests with tea, it is also necessary to mix the tea leaves properly. When the host accompanies the guests to drink tea, pay attention to the amount of tea residue in the guest's cup and pot, generally use the tea cup to make tea, if half of the tea has been drunk, you should add boiling water, drink as you go, so that the tea concentration is basically consistent, and the water temperature is suitable. When drinking tea, it can also be appropriately accompanied by tea, candy, dishes, etc., to achieve the effect of adjusting taste and snacks.
Tea culture
The role of tea culture in modern society mainly has five aspects:
First, tea culture is centered on tea virtue, attaches importance to the group value of people, advocates selfless dedication, and opposes selflessness and mercenary. Advocate that righteousness is more important than profit, pay attention to coordinating the mutual relationship between people, advocate respect for people, attach importance to cultivation and morality, which is conducive to the balance of people's mentality, solve the spiritual confusion of modern people, and improve people's cultural quality;
Second, tea culture is a good friend to cope with life's challenges. Under the fierce social competition and market competition, tense work, entertainment, complex interpersonal relationships, and all kinds of pressure attached to people are not light. Participating in tea culture can make the mind and body relax to cope with the challenges of life, and this role of Hong Kong tea houses is very significant;
Third, it is conducive to the construction of community civilization. The economy has gone up, but the culture must not lag behind, the social atmosphere must not be dirty, and morality must not be degraded and ugly. The spread of tea culture after the reform and opening up shows that tea culture has the effect of changing improper consumption activities in society, creating spiritual civilization, and promoting social progress.
Fourth, it plays an obvious role in improving people's quality of life and enriching cultural life. Tea culture is intellectual, interesting and recreational, tasting famous tea, tea utensils, refreshments, watching tea customs and tea art, all give people a beautiful enjoyment;
Fifth, promote opening up and promote international cultural exchanges. The frequent exchange of international tea culture has made tea culture cross national boundaries and become the common spiritual wealth of human civilization.