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中国茶道英语作文 Chinese Tea Culture 中国茶文化 he Chinese people, in their drinking of tea, place much significance on the act of savoring. Savoring tea is not only a way to discern good tea from mediocre tea, but also how peopletake delight in their reverie and in tea-drinking itself. Snatching a bit of leisure from a busyschedule, making a kettle of strong tea, securing a serene space, and serving and drinking teaby yourself can help banish fatigue and frustration, improve your thinking ability and inspireyou with enthusiasm. You may also imbibe it slowly in small sips to appreciate the subtleallure of tea-drinking, until your spirits soar up and up into a sublime aesthetic realm.Buildings, gardens, ornaments and tea sets are the elements that form the ambience forsavoring tea. A tranquil, refreshing, comfortable and neat locale is certainly desirable fordrinking tea. Chinese gardens are well known in the world and beautiful Chinese landscapes aretoo numerous to count. Teahouses tucked away in gardens and nestled beside the naturalbeauty of mountains and rivers are enchanting places of repose for people to rest and recreatethemselves. China is a country with a time-honored civilization and a land of ceremony and decorum.Whenever guests visit, it is necessary to make and serve tea to them. Before serving tea, youmay ask them for their preferences as to what kind of tea they fancy and serve them the tea inthe most appropriate teacups. In the course of serving tea, the host should take careful noteof how much water is remaining in the cups and in the kettle. Usually, if the tea is made in ateacup, boiling water should be added after half of the cup has been consumed; and thus thecup is kept filled so that the tea retains the same bouquet and remains pleasantly warmthroughout the entire course of tea-drinking. Snacks, sweets and other dishes may be servedat tea time to complement the fragrance of the tea and to allay ones hunger. 中国人饮茶，注重一个“品”字。“品茶”不但是鉴别茶的优劣，也带有神思