英语论文之茶文化

Chinese Tea CultureIntroductionChina 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 cultureA 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 review2.1 sweet smellIt 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 teastThe 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 AquaReview 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 storageTea 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 withdouble-layer cover, cover mouth sewn to use tape sealing.Tin cans coat of two layers of plastic bags, sealed bag, placed in the refrigerator freezer.It can be kept for a long time the quality of tea.4.Tea and healthTea, is the ancient Chinese beverage.With the development of modern science, the nutritional components in tea.The effect of components have been found, and through animal experiments and clinical trials to confirm its health care function.In recent years.The research results have confirmed this point, that tea is indeed beneficial to human health.5. Tea culture core valueIn the broad and profound Chinese tea culture, the tea ceremony is the core.The tea ceremony is to monasticism, the sidewalk for the purpose of tea art and tea, is tea of religious unity.Tea ceremony includes two contents: one is the preparation of tea drink, namely preparing tea skill, norms and drinking method; two is the thought connotation, namely through the tea edify sentiment, self-cultivation, the thought sublimate to philosophical, about the world life body, according to the state of the path.Also can say is in certain social condition at that time advocated moral and behavioral norms in the activity of tea.In the tea activities into philosophy, ethics, morality, "tea" to the tea as the media, through a tea for life.Tea, tea tours, tea to self-cultivation, edify sentiment, enhance friendship, learning etiquette, taste life, Zen enlightenment, reach the enjoyment of spirit and personality perfection, harmony between man and nature to the highest realm.The tea ceremony is pursuing transcendence and harmonious organic unity.Life is a reality, but also transcend.In reality people strive to overcome the defects beyond the reality, reality, from the reality, let the mind liberation and freedom, let emotion get catharsis and sublimation.Tea first pursue in Xujing Hyun concept, through intuition to life English tea: the utilitarian spiritual transcendence.Chinese tea ceremony ideology is the fusion of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhismand other essentials.The essence of Tang Dynasty scholars and culture together, established Chinese tea culture foundation, pioneering spirit of the Chinese tea culture.Tea is not just a matter of something.More important is a spiritual enjoyment, spirit, intuition process and stresses .ConclusionIt is known to us that tea has been one of the daily necessities in China since old time. Through the above introduction about Chinese Tea, we clearly understand many respects of Chinese Tea. Chinese Tea Culture has became vey perfect after experiencing thousands of years’ development. In the modern society, Chinese Tea’s varies of categories and its efficacy make it very popular whether domestic or overseas. Specially, we can have a better understanding of Chinese Culture by drinking customs and tea brewing. Tea drinking custom shows the attitude of Chinese people to life. It indicates Chinese’characters of modest, friend and gratitude. To some extent, we can say Chinese Tea Culture is the typical representative of Chinese Culture.References1.李国庆等.《中外文化英语话题一席谈》.中国宇航.2009.2.李雪顺.《阅读中国》.高等教育.2008.3 .廖华英.《中国文化概况》.外语教学与研究.2007.4.《茶的起源及传播》. 中华美食网.20075.《论茶文化的定义、内涵与功能》 .2004-07-216.《茶.健康天地,Tea and Health》. 20107. Chinese Tea Culture [OL].[ 2011-06-17]./p-147611995013.html(语法错误,敬请见谅.)。