英语论文之茶文化

Chinese Tea Culture

Introduction

China has gone through several thousand years , Chinese culture has evolved over thousands of years. Chinese culture is broad and profound .It has a long history from ancient times, which with its unique charm to attract people from all walks of life both at home and abroad. Tea culture is one important of Chinese culture, it’s very characteristics, how to recognize and understand tea culture correctly contains a wealth of knowledge. Many countries are taking on the tea culture as an important project, which is of course a good example of Chinese culture. This essay aims to discuss the development of tea，tea review，tea drinking and Literature.

1.The formation and development tea culture

A lot of books put that the discovery time of tea is time to from BC2737 to BC2697, its history can be pushed to the three emperors and five sovereigns. Huatuo, the famous doctor of Eastern Han Dynasty, his ‘eat by’ puts:" bitter tea food for a long time, benefit". Recorded the tea medical value. The Western Han Dynasty have tea production in county is named" Chaling", namely Hunan’s Chaling. To the Three Kingdoms ,Wei Dai’s" Guang Ya" is the earliest documented cake tea and preparation method of drinking: Jing Ba between leaf harvest bread cake into old, leaf, rice paste of. Tea in the form of material and penetrate into other humanities and the formation of tea culture.

In the Jin Dynasty, the northern and Southern Dynasties, with the rise of literati tea, tea poetry is published, tea has been separated from the general morphology of the diet as leave cultural circle, plays a certain spiritual, social role.

Luyu’s ‘The book of tea’ is the mark of the formation of tea culture in Tang Dynasty.

2.Tea review

2.1 sweet smell

It is known as ‘tea smell’ in the north. Tea with boiling water for five minutes, pour out the tea juice to review the bowl, smell its aroma is normal.With flowers, fruit, honey incense is loved aroma.And the smoke, rancid, mycophenolate, like, smell, often due to manufacturing processing bad or improper packaging storage.

2.2 teast

The north is often called "tea" tea mellow, where fresh thick said water extract content and composition.Tea bitter, coarse old said water extract ingredients not good.Weak weak tea, said water extract content.

2.3 Aqua

Review of the bottom of the leaf is mainly to see its colour and the old and young degree.Shoot tip and tissue fine and soft leaves the tea tenderness, said the higher.Leaf quality rough and hard thin said coarse tea old and poor growth.Bright color and texture of harmonious and consistent, that good tea technology processing.

3. Tea storage

Tea storage purposes, is to keep the inherent color flavor and shape of tea.To achieve this we must try to keep dry sufficiently, to minimize the outside temperature, humidity, avoid contact with items with a smell, but also to make tea from compression and impact, in order to maintain its original shape, color, taste really.

Home furnishing drinking tea can be placed in the double layer cover metal cans stored in a dry place, do not allow, and peculiar smell. Mix.

For long-term preservation of tea, can take hot water bottle storage method, about the tea into the hot water bottle, sealed with wax, and wrapped in tape.Can also mount a double cover of the cans, tried to hold a foot, do not leave gaps.Install lid with