Tea culture in China has a long history. Which country did the tea ceremony originate from?

Tea ceremony originated in China. At least before the Tang Dynasty, people in China first regarded tea as a way to cultivate one's morality. The spirit of tea ceremony is the core of tea culture, and tea ceremony is regarded as the embodiment of Taoism.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, people were very particular about the environment, manners and operation methods of drinking tea. With some established rules and ceremonies, tea banquets are divided into palace tea banquets, temple tea banquets and literati tea banquets, and they also have a deep understanding of the role of tea in self-cultivation and cultivation.

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Tea ceremony culture originated in China, was introduced to Japan and South Korea in the Southern Song Dynasty, and declined in China after the Yuan Dynasty. Nowadays, tea ceremony culture has become popular in Japan.

Tea ceremony is a way to appreciate the beauty of tea, and it is also a life art of drinking tea in the process of making tea, a life etiquette with tea as the medium, and a life style of self-cultivation with tea.

It is a very beneficial beauty ceremony to enhance friendship, beautify Xiu De, learn manners and appreciate traditional virtues by making tea, tasting tea, smelling tea and drinking tea. Drinking tea can calm the mind, help to cultivate sentiment and eliminate distractions.

Paying attention to health is the utilitarian thought that Taoism injects into tea ceremony. Influenced by Taoism's idea of attaching importance to health, preserving health and enjoying life, China Tea Ceremony pays special attention to "the power of tea", that is, it pays attention to health care and nourishes emotions. Taoists don't pay much attention to rules when tasting tea, but encourage the internal force of tea for the purpose of keeping in good health and attaching importance to health.

China Tea Ceremony absorbed the essence of Confucianism and Taoism, while Taoism injected the philosophy of "harmony between man and nature" into the tea ceremony, established the soul of the tea ceremony, and provided the aesthetic thought of advocating nature, simplicity and truth, and the thought of rebirth, attaching importance to life and health preservation.

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