The origin of tea, the origin and history of tea

<> "The Origin of Tea. 1.History.

China is the hometown of tea, but also the development of tea culture, the discovery and use of Chinese tea has a history of four dry seven hundred years, and it has been prosperous for a long time, spreading all over the world. The national drink of the Chinese nation originated in Shennong Lu Zhou Gong, only in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and the Puxia year was in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

2.Origin. Regarding the origin of tea drinking, so far there are different opinions, the controversy is undecided, roughly speaking, there are Shennong said Shang Zhou, Western Han said, Three Kingdoms said.

One of the most well-known is Shennong's theory. According to the record of "Shennong Food Classic" "Tea and tea are served for a long time, it is powerful and pleasant", and recognized hail and Ming Tomato as drinking tea in the Shennong era, "Tea is drinking, originating from Shennong's ("Tea Sutra Six Drinks") However, "Shennong Food Classic" was written after the Han Dynasty according to today's research, and it was used in ancient primitive society, but the legend is not the history of faith.

3.Develop. In the Shennong era, raw leaves were used to boil and drink, and tea was used as medicine, and tea trees began to be artificially cultivated in the Western and Eastern Zhou dynasties and eaten as vegetables; The Qin Dynasty began to be used as tea, boiling, and soup, and the Western Han Dynasty began to commercialize, and the Eastern Han Dynasty began to make tea cakes in order to transport the source; In the Tang Dynasty, under the influence of economy and culture, Lu Yu's "Book of Tea" began to popularize Huaixiao, mainly based on decoction; In the Song Dynasty, the improvement of tea-making skills, the attention to water quality, and the method of ordering tea became popular, and Japanese matcha originated here.

The Yuan Dynasty made loose tea, which was stir-fried and slightly steamed; In the Ming Dynasty, the process of yellow tea, black tea and flower tea was formed one after another, and it was changed to whole leaf tea brewing, which was the beginning of modern tea brewing; Qing Dynasty Chinese tea swept the world, unique in the world tea market, only China exported tea, the process to roast green and fried green, made oolong tea, black tea, black tea, flower tea, green tea and white tea; In modern times, it has experienced prosperity, decline, and recovery, and has now become the world's top three non-alcoholic beverages.

The origin and history of tea are as follows:

Tea began in Lu Zhougong, flourished in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and was popularized in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and the official appearance of the word tea was in the book "The Book of Servants" in the Western Han Dynasty, and in the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu compiled the "Book of Tea", so as to systematically explain the tea drinking method.

From the earliest eating, to cooking, to brewing and drinking, after continuous development and inheritance, tea cultural activities also cover tea ceremony, tea morality, tea spirit, tea union, tea books, tea sets, tea recipes, tea art, etc.

China is the birthplace of tea, is the world's first country to discover tea and eat tea, in the Western Zhou Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, there began to be artificial tea plantations.

According to the existing relevant historical records, Chinese tea drinking has existed in the Western Han Dynasty, became a high-class drink in the court during the Wei and Jin dynasties, and was popularized among rulers and intellectuals in the Tang Dynasty, and many ordinary people have also begun to drink tea.

The Western Han Dynasty Cifu Wang Bao's "Covenant" recorded: "Cooking utensils" and "Wuyang buying tea", when people used tea to cook drinks, and there were special tea sets, which was also an important period for the formation of tea drinking culture.

It can be seen that the earliest utilization of tea was earlier than that of the Western Han Dynasty, because the development and spread of tea cultivation and utilization was a slow process in the early days.

Sometimes, consumption also tends to boost production. With the increase in tea consumption, the production and production of tea have also developed.

During the Tang Dynasty, the vast areas of Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou and other provinces were tea-producing areas.

In the Tang Dynasty, boiled tea and sencha were popular.

In the Tang Dynasty, the "Book of Tea" by the tea saint Lu Yu marked the flourishing period of tea culture, and the style of boiling tea, sencha, and drinking tea spread to the people, and tea became a homely drink.

The Tang Dynasty invented the method of steaming green tea, that is, washing and steaming fresh tea leaves to make tea cakes to dry, and when needed, take a little to boil the state core, and pay attention to three boiling teas

Once boiling, add a little salt, and boil until there is a slight sound in the water, and the bubbles are like fish eyes;

For the second boiling, scoop out a scoop of water first, then add the tea powder, and boil until the bubbles on the side of the pot are like beads;

Three boiling is full boiling, and then add the water scooped out during the second boiling, you can drink tea soup and chew tea leaves.

Due to the flourishing of Buddhist culture in the Tang Dynasty, Japan and other countries at that time sent Tang envoys and students to study, and tea was deeply loved because of its fragrant smell and refreshing, and tea culture also went abroad.

The tea style prevailed, tea production continued to expand, and the Tang Dynasty appeared in China and the world's first tea monograph - "The Book of Tea". Lu Yu (733-804 AD), the author of the Book of Tea, was a native of Jingling (Tianmen, Hubei) in the Tang Dynasty.

The book is divided into three volumes and ten sections, expounding on the origin of tea, harvesting tools, varieties and preparation methods of tea, tea cooking utensils, tea brewing methods, tea drinking customs, tea origin and grade, tea allusions, legends and prescriptions.

It can be said to be a great encyclopedia about tea, which plays a positive role in the dissemination of tea knowledge and the development of tea production, and provides important information for future generations to study the history of tea.

Tea originated in China more than 5,000 years ago.

The origin of the "history of Chinese tea" is so far a matter of opinion, controversy is undecided, roughly speaking, there are pre-Qin theory, Western Han Dynasty theory, Three Kingdoms theory. Tea appeared as a cultural appearance, in the two Jin and Northern Dynasties.

Overview of the history of tea

China is the origin of tea. Chinese people are familiar with tea, from the emperor and generals, the literati and inkers, the sons and hundreds of families, down to the porters and traders, and the common people, all of whom regard tea as good.

People often say: "Seven things to open the door, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea". It can be seen that tea has penetrated into all strata of the people. Similarly, ethnic minorities are also good tea, Tibetan butter tea, Mongolian milk tea.

History of Tea

Tea appeared as a cultural appearance, in the two Jin and Northern Dynasties. If we talk about its origin, it can be traced back to the Han Dynasty, and there is an official document ("The Covenant of the Servants" written by Wang Bao of the Han Dynasty). Most of the earliest people who liked to drink tea were literati Yashi.

In the history of Chinese literature, when it comes to Han Fu, Sima Xiangru and Yang Xiong are the first to be recommended, and they are both famous tea people in the early days. Sima Xiangru once wrote "Fan Jiang" and Yang Xiong wrote "Dialect", one from the medicinal point of view, and the other from the literary point of view of tea.

Zhang Zai of the Jin Dynasty once wrote "Poems of Dengchengdu Building": "I want to see Changqinglu by asking Yang Zishe", "Fangcha crowns six feelings, and overflows with flavor and spreads nine districts".

TeaIt originated in Shennong, heard in Zhou Gong, and arose in the Tang Dynasty.

China is the origin of the tea plant. The Chinese nation was the first to discover and use tea, and after a long period of practice, they have created a rich and colorful tea culture and spread it to the world for the benefit of mankind. Chinese tea and tea culture have a long history of development, running through the development process of the Chinese nation's civilization for more than 5,000 years.

From ancient times to the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, it is said that the Shennong family tasted the herbs and discovered tea. After the Warring States period, there was a record of "tea" in ancient documents.

According to the record of Jin Changxuan's "Huayang Guozhi Ba Zhi", it can be seen that in the late Shang and early Zhou dynasties in China, tea was planted and tea was produced in the ancient Bashu area. It is recorded in "Erya", "槚, bitter tea".

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, with the unification of the country and the development of the economy, the opening of the North-South Grand Canal facilitated the transportation of tea and the exchange of tea culture. In ancient times, there was no tea word, and the word "荼" was used instead of the word tea. Since the Tang Dynasty, the word "荼" was subtracted by one stroke and written as the word "tea", and since then there has been a special word for tea.

During the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, tea drinking was advocated, and the custom of drinking tea began to develop from the south to the north. Around 758 A.D., Lu Yu's "Book of Tea" came out, becoming the first tea monograph in China and the world. The Book of Tea describes the origin, harvesting, cooking, tea utensils and history of tea, which has greatly promoted the development of China's tea industry and tea culture.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, with the expansion of the tea area, the skills of planting tea and making tea and ordering tea were refined, and a number of tea monographs appeared, such as Cai Xiang's "Tea Record", Song Zi'an's "Dongxi Tea Trial Record", Huang Ru's "Tea Tasting Record", especially the "Daguan Tea Treatise" written by Zhao Ji of Song Huizong, etc., which reflected the development of China's tea industry and the development of tea-making technology since the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the Ming Dynasty, China's tea production changed from group cake tea to loose tea. Tea has developed greatly, and on the basis of green tea, white tea, black tea, yellow tea, oolong tea, black tea and flower tea have been created one after another.

The development of tea in modern times

In the Qing Dynasty, with the development of overseas transportation and the rise of international enterprises, tea became China's main export commodity. During the 23rd year of Kangxi, the Qing Dynasty opened the sea ban, and China's tea drinking culture and tea commodities spread to the West.

There are different opinions about the origin of tea drinking in China: tracing the origin of tea drinking by the Chinese, some believe that it originated in ancient times, some believe that it began in Zhou, and there are also claims that it originated in the Qin and Han dynasties, the Three Kingdoms, the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty.

It wasn't until Lu Yu, the author of the Book of Tea, that he subtracted one painting from the word "tea" and wrote it as "tea", so there is a saying that tea originated in the Tang Dynasty.

Others are still said to have originated in Shennong and in the Qin and Han dynasties.