Tea ceremony in China belongs to oriental culture. There is no scientific and exact definition for it. Peoplunderstand it through their own existence.The word “Tea Ceremony” can be dated back to the Tang Dynasty in China.China is the home country of tea. Before the Tang Dynasty, Chinese tea was exported by land and sea, first to Japan and Korea, then to India and Central Asia and, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, to the Arabian Peninsula. Today, we... talk about the Chinese Tea Culture.
In the early period of the 17th century, Chinese tea was exported to Europe, where the upper class adopted the fashion of drinking tea. Chinese tea --like Chinese silk and china —has become synonymous worldwide with refined(精致) culture. China traces the development of tea as an art form to Lu Yu, known as "the Saint of Tea" in Chinese history, who lived during the Tang Dynasty and who wrote The Book of Tea, the first ever treatise(论文） on tea and tea culture. The spirit of tea permeates(渗透) Chinese culture, and throughout the country there are many kinds of teas, teahouses, tea legends, tea artifacts(工艺品) and tea customs.
The Chinese people, in their drinking of tea, place much significance on the act of "savoring(品尝)." While Mr. Zhou Zuoren explained tea ceremony leisurely as, “To put it simply, the meaning of tea ceremony is to take a break from a busy life and seek joy amidst sorrow. It is to enjoy a little beautall oky and harmony in an imperfect reality and taste eternity in a blink.” Tea ceremony is “ to regard tea as precious and gracious drink while drinking tea is a spiritual enjoyment, an art or means of cultivating the moral character and nourishing the nature.”"Savoring tea" is not only a way to discern good tea from mediocre tea, but also how people take delight in their reverie and in tea-drinking itself. You may also imbibe it slowly in small sips to appreciate the subtle allure of tea-drinking, until your spirits soar up and up into a sublime aesthetic realm. Buildings, gardens, ornaments(装饰品) and tea sets are the elements that form the ambience for savoring tea. Atranquil(宁静的), refreshing, comfortable and neat locale is certainly desirable for drinking tea. Chinese gardens are well known in the world and beautiful Chinese landscapes are too numerous to count. Teahouses tucked away in gardens and nestled beside the natural beauty of mountains and rivers areenchanting(妩媚) places of repose for people to rest and recreate themselves.
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