China is the hometown of tea, it has several thousand years of history, is the world's first discovery of tea and the use of tea cultivation country.

The use of tea was first conceived in the wild collection activities as medical drink.But then it changed from medicinal drink into a regular habit. Chinese people will start from the tea. Tea drinking has been a matter of the official literature.People will choose to drink tea when the starting time is earlier than the agreed time. Tea appears to cultural characteristics, in the Han, Wei and Jin Dynasty, Northern and Southern Dynasties period. Broadly speaking, the tea at the natural sciences and humanities tea in terms of both human society is in the process of historical practice of creating and tea-related material and spiritual wealth combined. In a narrow sense, focusing on the human sciences tea, tea mainly refers to the spiritual and social functions. As the science of tea has become an independent system, which now often say the tea culture emphasis on the humanities.

In short, the history of Chinese tea and its development, not just a simple diet of a cultural process, and mapping out the same from top to bottom with a 5,000-year history of the nation's ethos.

Just as Ding Guangxun said, "China has a long civilization and is well known for its morals and rituals." So they drink tea strive for extremely, and also have certain research for tea skill.

The Chinese people, in their drinking of tea, place much

significance on the act of "savoring." "Savoring tea" is not only a way to discern good tea from mediocre tea, but also how people

take delight in their reverie and in tea-drinking itself. Snatching a bit of leisure from a busy schedule, making a kettle of strong tea,

securing a serene space, and serving and drinking tea by yourself can help banish fatigue and frustration, improve your thinking ability and inspire you with enthusiasm. You may also imbibe it slowly in small sips to appreciate the subtle allure of tea-drinking, until your spirits soar up and up into a sublime aesthetic realm. Buildings, gardens, ornaments and tea sets are the elements that form the ambience for savoring tea. A tranquil, refreshing, comfortable and neat locale is certainly desirable for drinking tea. Chinese gardens are well known in the world and beautiful Chinese landscapes are too numerous to count. Teahouses tucked away in gardens and nestled beside the natural beauty of mountains and rivers are enchanting places of repose for people to rest and recreate

themselves.

China is a country with a time-honored civilization and a land of ceremony and decorum. Whenever guests visit, it is necessary to make and serve tea to them. Before serving tea, you may ask them for their preferences as to what kind of tea they fancy and serve them the tea in the most appropriate teacups. In the course of

serving tea, the host should take careful note of how much water is remaining in the cups and in the kettle. Usually, if the tea is made in a teacup, boiling water should be added after half of the cup has been consumed; and thus the cup is kept filled so that the tea

retains the same bouquet and remains pleasantly warm throughout the entire course of tea-drinking. Snacks, sweets and other dishes may be served at tea time to complement the fragrance of the tea and to allay one's hunger.

In short, Chinese tea

 

第二篇：The habit of Chinese drinking tea 中国茶文化

The habit of Chinese drinking tea

The history of Chinese drinking tea is more than 4,000 years. It is a Chinese’s custom to entertain guests using tea. When the visitor enters the gate, the master delivers a cup of tea immediately which is fragrant greets the nostrils. Drinking tea while conversing, the atmosphere is relaxed and happy. Today I will tell you the habit of Chinese drinking tea.

It is said that before A.D. 280 years, south China has a small country called Wu, when the king invites his ministers, he likes getting them drunk with the liquor. There was a minister called Wei whose alcohol capacity was very light, so the king let him instead of liquor by tea. From that, people started to receive the guests by delivering tea. Another said that this custom is also connected with Buddhism. Approximately in the A.D. 713, Buddhist priest and the follower in the temple liked hitting sleepy and eating when they were in “meditated” time, then the master let them drink tea in order to excited cranial nerve. From that time, this means spread all the country. At the same time, the riches men in Tang Dynasty had also specially room in which they can boil tea, judge tea, and study, the room was called “Teahouse”.

A.D. 780, the tea expert Lu Yu summarized the experience of growing tea, producing tea, and drinking the tea. He has written the first Chinese book about tea- - "the Book of tea". In the Song Dynasty, Emperor Huizong held tea feast to entertain ministers by boil tea personally; In the Forbidden City of Qing Dynasty, people not only drunk tea in the banquet, but also used tea to entertain foreign diplomatic. Today, some institution associations frequently hold the tea party in some important festivals.

In China, the tea has formed one kind of unique cultural phenomenon. The people regarded boiling, judging tea as one kind of art. Now, there are many teahouses around the every city with different forms since old times. The people can drink tea, eat the dessert, and appreciate literary arts performance in the house, so that they can kill two birds with one stone in both rest and entertainment.

The habits of drinking are different form region to region. The kinds that people from different region like are dissimilar. The person from Beijing likes drinking the flower green tea, the Shanghai people likes the green tea. Fujian people from Southeast China actually like drinking the red tea and so on. In some places, when people drink tea, they also likes putting seasonings in the tea, such as around Hunan province, there is not only the tea, but the salt, the ginger, the fries soybean and the sesame seed in the tea.

There are different methods for steeping tea in different areas. People like to use big teapot in the east of China. When the visitor enters the gate, putting the tea in the pot, and flushing the boiling water, then pours in the teacup for the visitor.

In different places, the courtesy of drinking tea is dissimilar, in Beijing, when master serves tea, the visitor should stand up immediately and received the teacup with both hands, saying "thanks”. In Guangdong, Guangxi, after master serves tea, guest should use the right finger to knock three table, showing gratitude. In another some areas, if visitor wants to drink more, he or she should keep a little tea in the teacup, the master sees it, sand then will give you more.