Since I started my major in the tea culture of ChinaI h**e been deeply impressed by its sophistication and beauty.I would like to share some fascinating aspects of the tea culture of China.
In a country with the history of five thousand yearsthe Chinese tea drinking habit dated back to the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD).It became a national tradition and led to development of a delicate tea drinking ritual.Over the centuriespoets and artists in China wrote many marvelous masterpiecesin appreciation of tea and Chinese people’s constant love of tea drinking .One of the best-known writers is Lu Yuwho was regarded as the “Tea Sage ” for he composed the first book on tea.In his classic bookhe detailed his studies of teasuch as the origin of teatea toolstea pickingtea cookingtea ceremony and well-known areas where tea was grown.And the valuable knowledge he recorded has laid foundation for modern tea culture development.
based on ways in which tea le**es are processedthere are five distinct types of tea.They are as follow:the green teathe black teathe Wulong teathe compressed tea and the scented tea.Among themmay foreigners are familiar with the green tea.The Longjing teaof the green typehas a reputation.