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Tea Culture
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The Chinese have a saying: 'Firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea are the seven necessities to begin a day.' Though tea is last on the list, we still can see the importance of tea
In daily life a simple meal for Chinese is finished off with tea ,so its importance is obvious.
For the Chinese, tea drinking and tea tasting are not the same. Tea drinking is for snack. Tea tasting has cultural meaning. Tea and tea wares should match environment such as bright moon, pines, bamboo, snow and so on. All these show the basic goal of Chinese culture: the well-balanced unity of human beings with nature.
Tea is compared to personal character. A friendship between gentlemen is also like a cup of tea. With a glass of tea in hand, enjoying the green leaves in a glass, you will feel peaceful.
In’ The Dream of the Red Chamber’, one of the ‘four ancient Chinese classic novels’, the writer, Cao Xueqin revealed his knowledge of tea, as well as his knowledge of the tea-drinking customs of the Qing Dynasty. Miao Yu, a nun in the novel, treated blue-blooded friends with either rainwater from the summer or with snow water collected from snow on flower! This taste was wonderful of the past when the air was clean.
As tea goes in a different direction, a different tea culture is formed. Similarly, tea-drinking habits is different in different parts of China. Roughly, scented tea is popular in northern China; green tea is preferred in eastern China, and black tea is suitable for people in Fujian and Guangdong. |
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