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Introduction of China Tea Culture

China tea culture is the culture of making and drinking tea in China. China is the hometown of tea. It is said that the discovery and utilization of tea by China people began in the Shennong era, with at least 4,700 years. Until now, the Han people still have the custom of replacing gifts with tea. As a classic school of tea culture in China, Kung Fu tea condensed the essence of tea ceremony culture in China, and was selected as a national intangible cultural heritage as a representative of tea ceremony in China. The Japanese tea-frying ceremony and the tea-making tunnel in Taiwan Province Province of China both originated from the congou tea in Chaozhou, China.

2. As one of the seven things to open the door (rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea), drinking tea was very common in ancient China. China tea culture has a long history, extensive and profound, including not only the material culture level, but also the profound spiritual civilization level. Cha Sheng Tea Classic written by Lu Yu in Tang Dynasty sounded the clarion call in the history of tea culture in China. Since then, the spirit of tea has penetrated into the court and society, and into China's poetry, painting, calligraphy, religion and medicine. For thousands of years, China has not only accumulated a lot of material culture about tea cultivation and production, but also accumulated rich spiritual culture about tea, which is a unique tea culture in China and belongs to the category of culturology.

China people pay attention to the word "quality" when drinking tea. "Tea tasting" is not only to identify the advantages and disadvantages of tea, but also to daydream and appreciate the taste of tea. Making a pot of strong tea in your busy schedule, choosing a quiet place and taking a sip by yourself can relieve fatigue, relieve boredom, refresh yourself, sip slowly, enjoy beauty and sublimate the spiritual world to a noble artistic realm. The environment for tea tasting is generally composed of buildings, gardens, furnishings, tea sets and other factors. Drinking tea requires quietness, freshness, comfort and cleanliness. China's gardens are world-famous, and the scenery is even more numerous. Using gardens or natural mountains and rivers, using wood as pavilions and stools and setting up tea rooms gives people a poetic feeling. They are not interested in people taking a nap.

Chinese tea art enjoys a high reputation in the world. The Tang Dynasty was introduced to Japan, and the Japanese tea ceremony was formed. The Japanese tea-frying ceremony and the tea-making tunnel in Taiwan Province Province both originated from the congou tea in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. Chaozhou kungfu tea art is a national intangible cultural heritage, a unique traditional tea drinking custom in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province, an important part of Chaoshan tea culture and Chaoshan tea ceremony, the most representative Chinese tea art, and a complete tea ceremony form integrating spirit, etiquette, brewing skills, tea tour art and tasting. It is not only a kind of tea art, but also a kind of folk custom, and it is a symbol of "elegant hipsters and superb actions".