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TeaCultureFirewood,rice,oil,salt,sauce,vinegarandTea

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drink.Butthenitchangedfrommedicinaldrinkintoregularhabit.Theoriginofteaislostamonghistoryandlegend.WhatcanberoughlyconfirmedisthatteaoriginatedinthesouthwestofChina.InYunnan,andelsewhere,therearestillsomewildteatreesthatareover1,000yearsold.ItissaidthatthefirstpersontodiscovertheeffectsofteawasShengNong–thefatherofagricultureandherbalmedicineinChina.Thereisafamouslegendof“ShenNongTastingAHundredPlants”.Oneday,afterwalkingforalongtime,ShenNongfelttiredandthirsty,soherestedunderatreeandstartedafiretoboilwaterinapot.Suddenlysomeleavesfellintothepotfromanearbytree.ShenNongdrankthewaterandfounditnotonlysweetandtasty,butfresheningaswell.Hefeltlesstired,sowentontodrinkallthewaterfromthepot.ItissaidthatShenNongtried72differentkindsofpoisonousplantsinadayandhelayontheground,barelyalive.Atthismoment,henoticedseveralratherfragrantleavesdroppingfromthetreebesidehim.Outofcuriosityandhabit,ShenNongputtheleavesintohismouthandchewedthem.Afteralittlewhilehefeltwellandenergeticagain.Sohepickedmoreleavestoeatandthusdetoxifiedhisbodyandallthepoison.ShenNongtastedahunderdherbs,atseventycaseofdrug,haveteaandthesolutionto.'-ShenNongHerbs(“神農(nóng)嘗百草，日遇七十二毒，得茶而解之?！薄渡褶r(nóng)百草經(jīng)》)神農(nóng)ShenNongtastedplants

陸羽LuYuSageofTea'TeawasdiscoveredbyShenNongandbecomepopularasadrinkinthestateofLubecauseofZhouGong.'-TheClassicofTea(“茶之為飲，發(fā)乎神農(nóng)氏，聞于魯國公?！薄恫杞?jīng)》)TheClassicofTeaisthecornerstoneofChineseteaculture,byLuYu,whoisknownasthe'TeaSage'(茶圣).ThespiritofChineseteaculture

TheChineseteaceremonythoughtsisthefusionofConfucianism,TaoismandBuddhism.ThecoreofChineseteaceremonyspiritis'harmonious'.中國茶道融合了儒、道、佛學(xué)思想，其核心精神是“和”。ClassificationofChineseTeaAccordingtothedegreeoffermentation（發(fā)酵）,Chineseteacanberoughlyclassifiedintosixvarieties:GreenTeaYellowTeaWhiteTeaOolongTeaDarkTea

BlackTeaLowHighThedegreeoffermentationGreenTeaIt'scalledgreenteabecausethetealiquidandtealeavesisgreenish.Benefits:Helppeoplereducetheirinnerheat;Helpwithanti-ageing;Preventcomputerradiationandbadbreath.SomefamouseGreenTea:LongjingTeafromWestLakeofHangzhou（西湖龍井）MaofengfromHuangshanMountain（黃山毛峰）YunwuTeafromLushanMountain（廬山云霧）

BiluochunTeafromJiangsu

（洞庭碧螺春）Yellowteaisatypeoffermentedtea,thefermentationprocessherebeingknownas'annealingyellow'.Ithasanoriginalsmelllikethatofblacktea,anditstasteismostsimilartogreenandwhitetea.Benefits:Refreshthemind;Helpclearawayheatandtoxicmaterialswithinthehumanbody.YellowTeaThebestwell-knownyellowtea:JunshanYinzhenfromHunan（君山銀針）HuoshanHuangyafromMt.Huo,Anhui

（藿山黃芽）MengDingHuangyafromMt.Meng,Sichuan

（蒙頂黃芽）DaYeQingfromGuangdong（大葉青）WhiteTeaThewhiteteaisakindofuncured,non-fermented,non-rubbed,fast-driedgreentea.Thetealeavesaresliverincolorandhavefinewhitehaironthem.Theliquidisyellowishincolorandsweetintaste,withnaturalfragrance.Benefits:Helpdispelheatwithinthehumanbody;Enhanceimmunefunction;Protecttheheartandbloodvessels.Themostwell-knownwhitetea:Yinzhenbaimao(sliverneedlewithfinehaironthem)（銀針白毛）Baimudan（Whitepeony）（白牡丹）OolongTeaItalsocanbecalledbluetea（青茶）.

Itisthehalf-fermentedtea.Itstealeavesaregreeninthecenterandredattheedge.Benefits:Decomposefatandhelppeopletoloseweight.Themostwell-knownblacktea:Tieguanyin(IronGoddessGuanyin)（鐵觀音）WuyiyanTea（武夷巖茶）TaiwanOolongTea（臺灣烏龍）DarkTeaDarkteahasironblackandenvelopedleaves.Itistheteaformorninig,refreshing,makingyoubewaked.Themostwell-knowndarktea:AnhuablackteafromAnhui（安化黑茶）PuerfromYunnan（云南普洱茶）LiubaoteafromGuangxi（廣西六堡茶）YaanZangteafromSichuan（雅安藏茶）BlackTeaItisthemostpopularteaintheworld.TheliquidandteaLeavesarereddish.Benefits:Facilitatethefosteringofoxygeninhumanbody;warmthestomachandhelpwiththedigestion.Somefamouseblacktea:QimenBlackTea（祁門紅茶）YunnanDianhongTea（云南滇紅）SichuanChuanghong（四川川紅）Processofdifferentkindsoftea:Greentea:PickingWitheringFiringBakingBlacktea:PickingWitheringRollingOxidatingDrying

采摘、萎凋（殺青）、揉捻、發(fā)酵（氧化）、干燥Oolongtea:PickingTossingDryingOxidatingFiringRolling