Tea culture knowledge

Tea culture is a beautiful artistic conception in the whole process of tea tasting, including the appreciation of tea tasting techniques and artistic operation means, and the beautiful appreciation of tea tasting environment. Its process embodies the mutual unity of form and spirit, and it is a cultural phenomenon formed in the process of tea drinking. It has a long history, profound cultural background and close relationship with religion.

Invent a method of drinking tea

1. Sacrifice: This view holds that tea and other plants were originally used as sacrifices, and later some people found that food was harmless, so they were "eaten as sacrifices, but used as medicines" and eventually became drinks.

2. Medicine: According to this statement, tea "originally entered human society as medicine." "Shennong Hundred Herbs Classic" wrote: "Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, and when he encountered seventy-two poisons every day, he was relieved by tea."

3. Food: "In ancient times, people drank water like grass" and "people took food as the sky". Eating first conforms to the evolutionary law of human society.

4. Synchronization: "At first, tea was used as chewing food or baking food, and it was gradually used as medicine." The comparison and accumulation of these ways will eventually develop into "drinking tea", which is the best way.

Extended data

Tea ceremony etiquette

China is a country of etiquette. Guests have come to worship tea since ancient times. With the spread and popularization of tea culture, tea ceremony, tea ceremony and tea art have penetrated into the homes of ordinary people through different performance forms. Especially in some southern provinces and cities, many families have not only opened unique and elegant teahouses at home, but also kung fu tea sets, various famous teas and special refreshments, which are like a small teahouse. Although ordinary people don't have a special teahouse, they are equipped with tea sets and tea leaves according to their own conditions.

Green tea, scented tea, white tea and yellow tea need not be washed, otherwise the effective components of tea will be lost; Fermented black tea, black tea and green tea (such as Tieguanyin and Oolong tea) need to be cleaned to ensure the taste and quality of tea soup. When making tea, it should be light and fast, and it can be eight minutes full. After brewing, politely say to the guests, "Please have tea." Guests should also express their gratitude. After 3-4 minutes, they can have tea.

When drinking tea, if you use a teacup, you should hold the handle with your right hand and open the lid with your left hand. If you use a glass, hold the glass with your thumb, middle finger and forefinger, and hold the bottom of the glass with your ring finger and little finger. If the bowl is covered, hold the cup in your right hand and open the lid in your left hand. Guests can take the tea leaves out of the tea soup and drink them slowly. If you think the tea is overheated, put it on the coffee table and cool it before drinking. Don't blow with your mouth to cool down.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tea Culture