What are the characteristics of Chinese tea culture?

Tea culture in China has a long history, Shennong tasted a hundred herbs period, there has been the existence of tea. Chinese tea culture has a number of characteristics, tea culture is not just drinking tea, more about the spiritual culture of tea. So what are the specific characteristics of Chinese tea culture?

One, the Chinese tea culture has a social

Tea drinking is a wonderful material enjoyment for human beings and for spiritual cultivation. With the progress of society and the improvement of the material standard of living, tea culture has penetrated into all areas of society and all levels of life.

Liu Zhenliang's "Ten Virtues" of tea reflect the ancient understanding of the social functions of tea. -Tea to disperse depression, tea to drive away the sleep, tea to raise anger, tea to benefit the gift of benevolence, tea to show respect, tea to taste, tea to nourish the body, tea can be Taoist, tea can be elegant.

Second, Chinese tea culture with ethnicity

China is a multi-ethnic country, whether belonging to the farming culture or grassland culture of the nation, almost all have the habit of drinking tea. And in the long-term life, each ethnic group has formed their own colorful tea drinking customs. Such as Tibetans - ghee tea "would rather three days without oil and salt, not a day without tea," the Bai people three tea - a bitter, two sweet, three aftertaste, Hakka tea - three raw soup, raw tea, raw rice nuts, ginger, Naxi - Longhuotiao tea with white wine, Wuyi Mountain - three tea (welcoming tea tea tea, black tea, tea, tea, tea, tea), tea, tea, tea, tea, tea and tea, tea, tea, tea and tea, tea, tea, tea, tea, tea, tea, tea, tea. Stay guest tea rock tea, blessing tea black tea + osmanthus tea + kumquat)

Three, Chinese tea culture has regional

China's wide geographical area, the population is large, by the impact of history and culture, geography, social customs, Chinese tea culture has regional characteristics, such as fujian guangdong taiwan sip oolong, the south people like to drink green tea (Pin Longjing), the north people advocate the flower tea (drink a big bowl of tea, drink flower tea) In the border areas, people drink brick tea. Drinking tea, drinking, mixing, such as Europe and the United States and Oceania countries love black tea with milk, sugar, West Africa and North Africa people drink green tea with mint or lemon.