I often hear two famous sayings by China, a theorist who studies national culture: "The more national it is, the more cosmopolitan it is". Some people also objected that they could not sum up the whole picture. I am not an expert in this theory, and I can't raise any objection to this objection. On the contrary, I think these two sentences are reasonable, and China tea culture is an example.

tea was not originally named tea, but tea, which was obtained by Shennong after tasting a hundred herbs, so it was first used as medicine. After many people's evolution and improvement, tea was finally formed. The Tang Dynasty in China was the beginning of tea culture. During this period, not only Lu Yu's Tea Classic was published, but also the case of Zen's "Eating Tea" was born. China tea also traveled across the ocean to Japan, which laid the foundation for the evolution and development of Japanese tea ceremony in the future.

"Tea flourished in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty", which may be related to the popular "fighting tea" in the Song Dynasty. In addition, Daguan Tea Theory in Zhao Ji, Song Huizong also records the development of tea production area, tea season, tea picking, steaming, manufacturing and quality evaluation in the Song Dynasty.

In the 4th-5th century A.D., China tea was first introduced to Korea (Gugaoli). During the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, the knowledge of China tea culture began to spread in Europe, which was explained in detail in a book "Notes on China Tea" written by Venetian writer Lamoxiao. During the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty, China tea was introduced into Russia. During the Chongzhen period of Ming Dynasty, Captain witters of England made a special trip to buy tea from China. During the Shunzhi period of Qing Dynasty, China tea began to be introduced to Germany. At the end of the 19th century, China tea, tea trees and tea varieties were introduced to Indonesia, India, Ceylon, Uganda, Malaysia and other countries ... The flowers of ancient tea culture in China can be said to be everywhere, showing different cultural styles all over the world. So China, a wonderful flower of national culture, became the world. Today, the world has become a country without drinking tea, and there is no nation without drinking tea.

The key to tea culture in China lies not in the tea itself, but in the connotation of tea culture. From the connotation of tea culture, the most important thing is its "spiritual" level. It is a kind of behavior culture and mentality culture, which belongs to the category of spiritual civilization. Combining tea drinking with the philosophy of life, it rises to a philosophical height, and "tea is life" comes from this. If we taste it deeper, it will become the enlightenment of Zen Buddhism and the spiritual source of tea ceremony. With China's Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, tea ceremony, cha de, tea ceremony and tea art have been formed in tea culture, which is the core of tea culture in China. But it's not completely off? quot; Material civilization "culture, but a combination of the two. Previously, people in China didn't pay much attention to tea culture, because they drank tea every day, such as educated youth, red, yellow and green tea, which was mostly related to their drinking habits. However, people who really love and care about tea culture do not pay attention to the distinction between tea and tea products. They already know tea and tea by heart. For example, Longjing, Biluochun, Tieguanyin, Junshan Silver Needle, Maojian, Mao Feng, Yunwu, etc. Who knows? Instead, it pays attention to the sound of the "taste" of these teas-it is full of a nation's aesthetic interest, permeates an elegant cultural atmosphere, cultivates a clean spiritual realm, fills with a ray of beautiful poetry and promotes a moral spiritual quality. So I say that everything on the spiritual level of tea culture is the key. At this point, the Japanese tea ceremony is more profound.

The stars change, and the times change. People often say that "thirty years in the east and thirty years in the west" is applicable to everything in the universe, and tea culture is no exception! Young people bear the brunt of the drastic changes in aesthetic values, standards and concepts around the world. China's food is the best in the world, but it can't resist the impact of McDonald's and KFC, and tea can't escape the attack of foreign drinks such as Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola and Starbucks coffee. Let alone tea culture! Sadly, some subcultures, such as "wine culture", "coffee culture" and "coke culture", which are not in the category of spiritual civilization, are filled with splendor in the fashion sections of various media, which is really incomprehensible. The call for revitalizing China tea culture has been ringing for many years. However, until today, it has achieved little, and people of insight are worried about it. I think that there are only a few tea magazines in China, such as Tea Newspaper in Shanghai, Tea Expo in Hangzhou and Tea Culture in Guangzhou, which are all internal publications, and their circulation scope is too small. Only Jiangxi's "China Tea Culture" is publicly issued, but it can only be placed under the name of the editorial department of Agricultural Archaeology. This is the sorrow of China tea culture publications, but in any case, these people who run the publications are the leaders in promoting China tea culture. They really work hard, so that readers can deeply and concretely understand the profoundness of China tea culture. There are many detailed situations in tea culture that outsiders are difficult to know. Through these publications, we have greatly broadened our horizons, and I think readers will be very grateful for this.

can this revitalize and promote Chinese tea culture? I think so. Since Taiwan Province's "tea art" was introduced to the mainland, tea houses have mushroomed all over the country. In addition, tea culture activities at home and abroad have been frequent in recent years, which is a climax of promoting tea culture in China. For thousands of years, the tea culture in China has risen and fallen. There are many reasons, and there are various climates. It can be said that "Rome was not built in a day". Therefore, we can't rush to revitalize and promote tea culture, and it's hard to get immediate results. Now we can only work in all aspects step by step by the way of "moistening things quietly", and if we take a few years off, we will be successful. In this respect, NGOs (non-governmental organizations) in tea culture around the country have made great contributions and their spirit is commendable.