Tea Revised

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Herbal Drinks


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Lemon Drink


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Rose Petal Drink


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Jasmine Drink


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Winter-blossom Drink


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Chrysanthemun Drink


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Forget-me-not Drink


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Mint Tea


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Bitter Gourd Drink


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Contents1. Derivation of English Word Tea

2. Legendary Origins of Tea in China

3. Functions of Tea

4. Green Tea vs. Black Tea

5. Tea Drinking Utensils

6. Special Circumstances for Tea Drinking

7. Tea Drinking & Sichuan Province8. Tea Drinking & Chengdu

9. Tea Drinking Ceremony (video)


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Derivation of English Word tea It is one of few English words of Chinese origin. It is derived from the plants name as it ispronounced in Fujian Province in South China,which is tay.

There are 2 sayings concerning the early spreadof tea outside China.

In the 17th century, tea was introduced intoIndonesia, where local in Java picked up thesound of tay. Later, Dutch arrived there andsoon learned how to drink tea. They brough tea

back to Europe, wheretay

began to be knownboth on the continent and in Britain.

The other saying is that the Portuguese openedup sea routes to China. They brought teadrinking habit and the tay word back to

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tai ji quan bai cai

xi nao

chao mian ma jiang

ke tou

li zhi

1. Bok choy

2. brain washing

3. Chi4. chow mein

5. kowtow

6. lychee7. Mahjong

8. silk

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Legendary Origins of Tea in China Over 5,000 years ago, there was a divine farmer( shn nng), whos one of the noble figuresin Chinese mythology and taught peopleagricultural and medicinal practice.

One day, he sat beneath a tree and was ready totaste the herbs, while his servant began to boilsome drinking water.

By chance, some dry leaves dropped from the treeinto the water.

As usual, Shen Nong drank the boiled water,which tasted a little bitter, and lookedslightly yellowish.

It refreshed him.

This is one of the legends about how tea trees2-


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Legendary Origins of Tea in China Buddhist legends have another story.

Once Bodhidharma (p t d m)stayed in a cave temple outside nn jn

(), where he practiced meditation.

One day as he meditated, he felt sleepy. He cut his eyelids in an attempt to keephimself awake; and to his surprise, tea

plants sprang up from the ground where hetossed his severed eyelids.

Later, he used the tea leaves to brew tea

to help him stay awake for meditation.2-


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Transparrent body

Corresponding partof the guts turningblack with

poisonous herbs


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a Buddhist monk

the transmitter of Zen

(Chinese: Chn) toChina

the patron saint of the

Shaolin Monasteryhave begun the physical

training of the monks

that later turned intoKung Fu

depicted as a rather ill-

tempered, profusely

bearded and wide-e ed

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Functions of Tea In ancient China, tea was regarded as one

of 7 daily necessities, alongwithfirewood (chi), rice (m), oil (yu), salt (yn), soy sauce (jing),and vinegar (c).

But from the very beginning, tea was usedas medicine.

The ancient medical book, shn nn bn

coClassics(jn) saysthat tea leaves taste bitter and so canmake people spirited and think clearly.

In Eating Classics(sh jn),

Hua Tuo () says that the continuous


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Green Teavs. Black Tea Green tea (l ch) is tea that has undergone

minimal oxidation during processing. Its popular inChina and Japan, and recently has become popular in theWest, where people only formally drank black tea.

Black tea (hnch) appeared in the Qing Dynasty,while its color is closer to red. This drink is more

heavily oxidized than the green variety, and isgenerally more flavorful.

The only difference between green tea and black tea isthat green tea keeps the original color of the tealeaveswithout fermentation during processing, while black tea

is fermented before baking. Wulong tea (w ln ch) is a traditional Chinese

tea, which is semi-fermented, and has an oxidation timesomewhat between that of green and black tea. ti unyn() from Fujian Province is considered theexcellent grade of Wulong tea.


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Tea Drinking Utensils The use of tea wares has a long tradition in China.

In Chengdu, the tea drinking utensils are made of bronzeor ceramics; and consist of mainly teapots, cups, teabowls and trays, etc.

Some first-class teahouses are equipped with highquality utensils.

In the Tang Dynasty (tn cho), metal wares wereused to serve the noble families; porcelain earthenwaresfor ordinary citizens.

In the Song Dynasty (sn cho), tea bowls glazedof black, dark brown, grey, or white colors becamecommon.

Later during the middle of the Ming Dynasty (mncho), tea pots made of porcelain and purple clay werein fashion.

Porcelain wares made in jn d zhn (), Jiangxi


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Special Circumstances for Tea Drinking In China, the younger generation commonly show

respect to the older generation by offering a

cup of tea to the elders at a family dinnergathering.

In the past, people of lower ranks served teato those of higher ranks.

In Chinese culture, people make seriousapologies to others by pouring them tea as asign of regret or submission.

In the traditional Chinese marriage ceremony,the bride and the groom kneel before theirparents and serve them tea to express theirgratitude, calling their parents-in-law fatherand mother. The parents usually drink a smallportion of tea, and then give a red envelope of


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Tea Drinking&Sichuan Province Its commonly believed that the habit of

tea drinking originated in SichuanProvince around 3,000 years ago.

There is evidence that people there beganto drink tea in the early Spring andAutumn Period (chn qi sh q).

In the Qing Dynasty (qn cho), teadrinking spread to other areas through

China; and according to The History ofSichuan(s chun zh), localpeople bagan to plant tea during theWestern Han Dynasty (x hn shq).

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Tea Drinking&Chengdu There is a saying, China has the best teahousesin the world, and Chengdu has the best teahouses

in China.

When youre in Chengdu, you will see teahouseseverywhere, sprawling over the sidewalks, inblack alleys and in the suburbs.

They offer hot boiled water and tea snacks, andprovide a comfortable setting with bambooarmchairs and low tables.

Some teahouses present performances, or local

opera. Jasmine tea is especially popular, but peoplewho go to teahouses are not really thirsty.

They usually go there just to sip tea and chat.

Elderl ersons ma s end their whole da s there2-

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Tea Drinking&Chengdu Recently, some changes have taken place todowntown Chengdu teahouses.

There have sprung a sort of pub-type teahouseswith a pleasant interior decor.

These are usually busy in the afternoon and

evening, and mainly cater to young people, whocome to chat or talk business.

On weekends, friends and families from all thewalks of life go to teahouses in the beautiful

countryside, where they enjoy drinking tea,

chatting, playing cards or dozing off in their

armchairs.

Many weekends can be spent here over a2-2


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