Tea culture in China has a long history. How did China's tea spread to all countries in the world?

First, early monks from the Korean Peninsula and Japan spread tea and tea culture while studying Buddhism in China;

Tea and tea culture in China first spread eastward to the Korean Peninsula and Japan by land and sea, and Zen tea was blindly communicated through the spread of monks. Because North Korea and China are bordered by land and sea, experts believe that tea entered the Korean peninsula earlier than Japan.

Tea was introduced into the Korean peninsula in the 6th and 7th centuries. During the Silla period (668 -935), a large number of monks went to China to study Buddhism and seek dharma, and nearly 30 people were recorded in the Song Dynasty in China. Most of them studied in China for about 65,438+00 years, and then returned to China to preach.

They came into contact with drinking tea when they were in China, and brought tea and tea seeds back to Silla when they returned home. The South Korean ancient book "The History of the Three Kingdoms" said: "Before the 27th generation of Silla Shande (reigned in 632-647 AD), there was tea." Queen Shande belongs to the late Three Kingdoms period (A.D. 18-935), so South Korea will start drinking tea no later than the middle of the seventh century.

Two, the court, the government as a senior gift or gift to visiting foreign envoys and guests;

The earliest records of drinking tea in Japan can be found in Historical Records and Upanishads: In April of the first year of Tian Ping, Emperor Shengwu, Japan (729), monks were summoned to the forbidden court to give lectures. After that, everyone was honored to get powder tea. It is also recorded that there was a monk named Hangji (658-749). Monks who go to China to study Buddhism and seek dharma know best. After returning home, he took tea seeds from eastern Zhejiang to Japan to sow.

Third, through trade, export to all parts of the world.

As a cash crop, China tea has spread to all parts of the world: for example, the land "Silk Road" that started in the Western Han Dynasty and connected Mediterranean countries from Gansu and Xinjiang via Central Asia and West Asia; The ancient tea-horse road, which began in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, entered Tibet from southwest China and reached South Asia such as India and Nepal. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, China began to conduct sea tea trade with European and American countries. In the early Qing Dynasty, Wuyi Mountain and other tea areas in southeast China led to the "Wanli Tea Road" in Russian Chaktu. It can be seen that these famous tea roads and tea events are business activities based on trade.

Extended data:

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 paintings, tea science, tea stories, tea art and so on. The origin of tea culture is China. Kungfu tea culture originated in Chaoshan area of China. China is the hometown of tea, and people in China drink tea. It is said that it began in the Shennong era, with at least 4,700 years.

Until now, China compatriots still have the custom of taking tea as a gift. There are many kinds of tea in China: Chaozhou Phoenix Dan Cong Tea, Taihu Lake Smoked Bean Tea, Suzhou Xiangcha, Hunan Ginger Salt Tea, Chengdu Gaiwan Tea, Taiwan Province Frozen Top Tea, Hangzhou Longjing Tea, Fujian Oolong Tea and so on. ?

People in more than 0/00 countries and regions all over the world like to taste tea, and the tea culture of each country is different and has its own advantages. China tea culture reflects the long-standing civilization and etiquette of the Chinese nation.

Baidu Encyclopedia-China Tea Culture