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Tang people like to drink tea, so what are the ways for Tang people to drink tea?
The method of drinking tea in the Tang Dynasty is to crush the tea leaves, then put them into boiling water to cook tea, and then start drinking tea after cooking. China people have always loved tea, which has been in China for more than 4,700 years. The people of China not only have rich experience in growing tea, but also have developed the tea culture that has been passed down to this day. Tea culture has a profound influence on China people. We can see the existence of tea culture in China's paintings, calligraphy and literature.

First of all, drinking tea was quite popular in the Tang Dynasty. Drinking tea has been popular since the Jin Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, people preferred drinking tea. Lu Yu wrote a book of tea classics in the Tang Dynasty, which shows that people in the Tang Dynasty attached importance to drinking tea. After the middle Tang Dynasty, people were more keen on drinking tea, and people of different status had the habit of drinking tea. With the gradual development of tea culture, in the Tang Dynasty, tea has become a gift to others during communication, and many Tang poems have records about people giving tea to each other. Scholars in the Tang Dynasty regarded tea picking as a kind of enjoyment, and expressed their tea picking activities in their poems.

Second, boiling tea is a way of drinking tea in the Tang Dynasty. Tang people drink tea with boiled tea powder. At that time, the elegant people were more particular about drinking tea, and demanded extremely high water and utensils for making tea. In addition to cooking tea, people in the Tang Dynasty also made tea porridge with tea leaves, which spread to the late Song Dynasty. The way of drinking tea in Song Dynasty is to put tea powder into a bowl, then pour boiling water, and quickly stir the tea while pouring water, so that the tea powder can be better integrated with water.

The way of drinking tea in the Tang Dynasty is called making tea, the way of drinking tea in the Song Dynasty is called ordering tea, and the modern way of drinking tea is called making tea. When people in China drink tea, they should not only pay attention to the taste of tea, but also let go of their thoughts and experience the fun of drinking tea. If people can be in a quiet and fresh environment when drinking tea, then people will realize the sublimation of their thoughts. Drinking tea is good for body and mind, and it has the function of cultivating sentiment. People have carried out various tea activities around drinking tea, and the cultural function of drinking tea has been fully presented.