中国文化概况英文版（周仪）——Chapter 6.pptVIP

I. China’s Tea Culture II. China’s Wine Culture III. China’s Food Culture IV. Traditional Festivals I. China’s Tea Culture In many languages the word for tea originated from Chinese, because China is the home of tea and one of the oldest tea growing and producing countries in the world. Chinese knowledge of tea-shrubs goes back nearly 6,000 years and tea cultivation dates back 2,000 years. The book Tea Classics wrote by Lu Yu and other books on tea focus on explaining the art of enjoying tea (which is called Tea Art). Chinese scholars developed tea drinking as an art in life. This art form c