中英茶文化差异word版本

Acknowledgements

I am very grateful to my supervisor Ms.Zhang who gave me encouragement, careful guidance and helpful advice to me throughout the writing of this thesis. It is she that not only gave me many valuable advices but also let me know how to write this topic.

What' s more, I should express my gratitude to Ms. Zhang again for her insightful advice on my choice of the topic and valuable comments on my thesis. I am also indebted to my other teachers who had given me their sincere help and guidance and to my classmates who had given me their constant encouragement to me in the course of my studies.

Of course, I also thank our school library which provides me with so many useful reference books and collected data. And my last special thanks would go to my dearest families. When I make a success, they are more excited than me, and support me to do better. Even though I failed, instead of blaming, they always share sorrow with me, an encourage me not to give up. In a word, the support from these people is always my momentum during my university study years even all the way.

Abstract

Tea is one special kind of drink without alcohol that originates from China, and it is usually used as antidote. Then people found it was good for health to drink tea, and could refresh oneself, making people calm down. Thus tea has become more popular gradually and more and more people are fond of drinking tea every day. When it comes to Chinese Tea, it can be traced back to ancient times and was especially flourished in the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. We can say that the events about tea all around world are mostly and basically spread out from China. Tea was initially introduced to Europe and was all the rage in Britain in 17 century. Tea plays more and more important role of British in their daily life. When the general tea culture was combined with the culture in Britain, a new unique British type of tea culture formed, for example, the afternoon tea. There are some similarities of tea cultures between China and Britain, such as tea to guests, tea poets who like writing poems connected closely with tea. And there are also many idioms about tea can be found in both countries. Of course, there are still many different aspects owing to the quite different cultures in East and West. For example, the difference of tea's development of history; especially the customs of drinking tea is totally different. In fact, the more important reasons that lead to these two distinctive tea cultures are different points of value and world outlook of two nations. Chinese people who respect and rely on nature think that man is an integral part of nature. We human beings should get along with nature harmoniously. The British who advocate and emphasize individualism hold that human beings are independent, and they attempt to conquer the nature while Chinese people emphasize the importance of collectivity; they always believe collective benefits outweigh the personal interest which opposites to the view of British people who emphasize personal interest than collective benefits. On the basis of analyzing the history and customs this thesis just makes a brief study on the similarities and dissimilarities in Chinese and British tea culture.

Key Words: Tea Culture; China and Britain; Comparison; Afternoon Tea