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What is the connotation of tea culture?

1. Tea culture refers to the cultural characteristics formed in the process of drinking tea, including tea ceremony, cha de, tea spirit, tea couplets, tea books, tea sets, tea spectrum, tea poems, tea paintings, tea science, tea stories, tea art and so on. The origin of tea culture is China. China is the hometown of tea. It is said that drinking tea in China 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. Han people have various methods of making tea: smoked bean tea in Taihu Lake, scented tea in Suzhou, ginger salt tea in Hunan, Xiajun tea in Shushan, frozen top tea in Taiwan Province Province, Longjing tea in Hangzhou, oolong tea in Fujian and melon chips in Lu 'an.

2. The connotation of tea culture is actually the concrete expression of China culture. China is known as the country of etiquette. The spiritual connotation of tea culture is a cultural phenomenon with distinctive China cultural characteristics, which is formed by the combination of China people's habits of making tea, tasting tea, smelling tea and tasting tea with China's cultural connotation and etiquette. It can also be said to be a etiquette phenomenon. In ancient China, the ceremony was used to determine intimacy, suspicion and distinguish right from wrong. In the long-term historical development, etiquette, as the moral norm and life standard of China society, has played an important role in cultivating the spiritual quality of the Han nationality; At the same time, with the change and development of society, the ceremony has been endowed with new contents, and it has merged with some habits and forms in China's life, forming various cultural phenomena with China characteristics. Tea culture is a representative traditional culture in China. China is not only one of the origins of tea, but also has rich and varied tea drinking habits and customs in different ethnic groups and regions in China.