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The history of tea spreads across many cultures throughout thousands of years. The tea plant Camellia sinensis is native probably originated in the borderlands of China and northern Myanmar. [1] [2] [3] One of the earliest accounts of tea drinking is dated back to China's Shang dynasty, in which tea was consumed in a medicinal concoction. [4]
The important role of ceremony in Chinese culture is exemplified by the claim of the authors of Tea and Tea drinking: China's outstanding contribution to the mankind that, “The word ‘ceremony’ (Li, 礼) is the basis or gene of Chinese culture and the first syllable of Chinese civilization, as it says ‘Of all things, courtesy comes first ...
Chinese tea houses refer to the public place where people gathered to drink tea and spend their spare time. Chinese tea houses have a long history. It first took shape during the Tang dynasty Kaiyuan era (713–714) [14] and became common during the Song dynasty. From the Ming and Qing dynasties, tea house culture became integral to regional ...
The different words for tea fall into two main groups: "te-derived" and "cha-derived" (Cantonese and Mandarin). [2]Most notably through the Silk Road; [25] global regions with a history of land trade with central regions of Imperial China (such as North Asia, Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East) pronounce it along the lines of 'cha', whilst most global maritime regions ...
The Grand Treatise on Tea (simplified Chinese: 大 观 茶 论; traditional Chinese: 大 觀 茶 論; pinyin: Dàguān Chá Lùn) [a] is a book written by the Chinese Emperor Huizong of the Song dynasty in 1107. [1] [2] Emperor Huizong was a great connoisseur of tea, with masterful skill in the art of tea ceremony. He often engaged in tea ...
The Classic of Tea or Tea Classic (simplified Chinese: 茶 经; traditional Chinese: 茶 經; pinyin: chájīng) is the first known monograph on tea in the world, by Chinese writer Lu Yu between 760 CE and 762 CE, during the Tang dynasty. [1]
Eisai (Yosai) came to Tiantai mountain of Zhejiang to study Chan (Zen) Buddhism (1168 AD); when he returned home in 1193 AD, he brought tea from China to Japan, planted it and wrote the first Japanese treatise on tea, called Kissa yojoki (喫茶養生記, Treatise on Drinking Tea for Health). This was the beginning of tea cultivation and tea ...
The etymology of the various words for tea reflects the history of transmission of tea drinking culture and trade from China to countries around the world. [14] Nearly all of the words for tea worldwide fall into three broad groups: te, cha and chai, present in English as tea, cha or char, and chai.