Current location - Music Encyclopedia - Chinese History - How many years has the history of tea culture in China?
How many years has the history of tea culture in China?
Tea culture in China has a history of more than 4,700 years.

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.

The origin of tea culture

Tea culture is very important in the life of the Han nationality. ? Tea has always been used as a tribute to the king of Wu. In the late primitive commune, tea became a commodity exchange. During the Warring States period, tea had a certain scale. Tea was recorded in the Book of Songs in the pre-Qin period. Another example is that in the Han Dynasty, tea has become a special tonic for Buddhist meditation.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was an atmosphere of drinking tea. During the Sui Dynasty, the whole people generally drank tea. In the Tang Dynasty, the tea industry flourished, and tea became "indispensable to others". Teahouses, tea banquets and tea parties appeared one after another, advocating guests to worship tea. In Song Dynasty, fighting tea, tribute tea and gift tea were popular.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tea Culture