Tea and tea culture are not only indispensable necessities in China, but also abroad. As we all know, China is the birthplace of tea. As early as the Tang Dynasty, it was recorded in Lu Yu's Tea Classic: "Tea is a drink, which originated in Shennong." Of course, there are many different folk legends about how Shennong discovered tea. The most common saying is that when Shennong boiled water in a pot outside the field, there happened to be wind floating into the pot with a few leaves, and the boiled water was yellowish in color. Based on Shennong's past experience of tasting herbs, it was found to be a medicine.

According to written records, our ancestors began to cultivate and utilize tea trees more than 3000 years ago. It is speculated that China tea has been circulated abroad for more than two thousand years. That is, during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, China's tea was popular in China and exported to Southeast Asia and other Asian neighboring countries.

In 805 AD, Japanese sea and air Zen master came to China to study and brought back some tea seeds for trial planting, which became Japanese tea culture. In the tenth century, Mongolian caravans came to China for trade and brought tea to places far away from Central Asia through Siberia. /kloc-At the beginning of the 5th century, Portuguese caravans came to China to do business and spread tea to western countries for the first time.

Later, it was introduced to Eastern Europe, Russia, France, the United States and other places. 1684, Indian introduced tea seeds from China for trial planting for the first time. By the end of 19, India's tea has been famous all over the world. /kloc-At the beginning of the 7th century, Sri Lanka began to introduce tea seeds for trial planting. After many reforms, its black tea production and quality are excellent and famous all over the world. It can be said that the Silk Road and Maritime Silk Road opened later played a great role in the spread of tea and China tea culture.