Tea comes from china. And tea has several thousand years of history. The discovery and use of tea, and the tea culture produced by the cultivation and production of the cultivation, not only promoted the process of civilization in China, but also became an important part of the history of Chinese civilization for five thousand years, but also greatly enriched the material spirit of the whole world Life. Even in the modern society, tea is still influence the world from many aspects.
As we know. China is the hometown of tea. Besides, China is the first country which discovered and used tea in the world. According to some legends in ancient history, shen nong is the first person who found tea. At the beginning, tea is regarded as a medicine to keep health. Gradually, tea became a kind of life style, and people drinks tea every day. Tea had transformed from medicine to drink.
During jin dynasty, drinking tea has been more and more popular. In this period, tea began to enter the field of literature and spiritual. Chinese earliest tea poems appears in jin dynasty. And some religious culture combined with tea culture. In tang dynasty, Chinese tea culture has basically formed. The first tea culture monograph- cha jing came out. It was written by lu yu in 780. This book almost includes everything about tea culture. Tea science has formed a relatively complete system. As for the ming dynasty. The development of Chinese tea culture has reached its peak. People dose not choose tea by
In 1773, on a December night in Boston there were three ships sitting in the Boston Harbor. The Dartmouth, the Eleanor, and the Beaver were the ships names. All three of those ships were carrying tea. The tea wasn’t unloaded because residents were angry because they were threatened not to buy the tea or use it. People of Boston were angry at the government of Boston that passed the “ Tea Act” since the Tea Act passed the law said the colonists had to get there tea from the East India Company.
What lead the colonist to turn against their mother country that some loved so much? The mother country was England and they wanted the new world to stay with them because they were making a lot of money of the colonist. They were taxing the colonies where ever they could so they could take more money away from them and to try to keep them in check. There were many different taxations that were forced upon the colonies that made the angry with their mother country and they were the sugar act, currency act, stamp act, quartering act, declaratory act and the tea act. All of these acts were not forced upon the colonist at once.
On the other hand, in England, tea is still more than coffee due to many reasons. England was the
This drink originated in the Middle East, heavily influenced by Arabian culture. Over the course of many years, coffee made its way to Europe through trade and helped Europe to come out of its drunken and alcohol induced haze that has lasted for centuries. This, in of itself, is a huge impact to history, despite the fact that Europe had been drinking mostly alcohol for the past few centuries and the people 's initial dislike of coffee, the drink somehow managed to take over the Western World. Those who drank coffee instead of alcohol in the morning began the day alert and stimulated, rather than relaxed and mildly intoxicated, making the quality of their work better. Coffeehouses became a social center to discuss current events, philosophy and science.
In ancient china there were two widely different philosophes being so excepted within the same culture. The two philosophes were Confucianism and Legalism. Confucianism was during 55 B, in China. Legalism was during 475-221 BC, also in China. Confucianism is a belief or an idea.
23. “If the sun never set on the British Empire, then it was always teatime somewhere.” 24. Tea can reduce thirst, lessens the desire for sleep and hearten and help the heart. 25.
1587: The Year of No Significance Précis Ray Huang contends, in 1587: The Year of No Significance, that the year of 1587 of the Ming Dynasty is significant for linking the past history of China and the future events of it (Huang 1). Huang exemplifies the importance of how the many failures of adapting and innovating by members of the government were led up to and realized in this year, along with their future effects on China (221). Altogether, Huang advocates for the noteworthiness of 1587 as a connecting point of Chinese history.
Poetry was really popular in both dynasties, especially in the Song Dynasty. Poets from that area directed their poetry towards things and nature, and would focus on the beauty of things, which included a few moments of humor. Also, new ways of thinking developed such as Neo-Confucianism, which was an effort, especially prominent in the Song Dynasty to bring back the old ways of thinking in China (Strayer 367). This new ideal supposedly answered the deep questions of life and correct political views according to the empires (Charles D. and Frances K.). Furthermore, patriarchal societies continued in both empires.
The Han Dynasty was one of the primer dynasties in the history of ancient China. During the Han Dynasty advancements were made in technology, science, and art. The advancements of science and medicine, technology, literature and architecture, were key to the growth of the Han Dynasty, the advancements in these categories are what makes the Han Dynasty one of the primer dynasties of ancient China. One of most important achievements of the Han Dynasty was their advancements of their science and medicine.
Besides the traditional items, such as the traditional music, cross talk and dancing performance, some new items were also added into our plan, like the scented tea, milk tea, tea meals and the DIY pottery making, etc. Our detailed entrepreneurship plan, which created a new business model of tea house, was high praised the professors of our university. This experience not only improved my understanding of tea culture, but also deepened my understanding of
Tea then began its global journey, and was spread across the world. The first documented cultivation of tea in Taiwan began in 1717 in a region called Shui Sha Lian (水沙連) (Allee, 1994). The British were later responsible for bringing tea to my own home country, India, where the tea culture is also very strong and significant. My own country’s strong tea culture allows me to look at China’s tea culture with much more depth and understanding. Tea was popularized as a beverage by the Tang dynasty, and the Europeans including the Portuguese and the Britons who brought the tea to the west.
The traditional Chinese cultures have a development process for thousand years, now we are creating another kind of traditional culture especially under the wave of globalization. Although the form of expressing or performing the culture experienced some changes but the basic idea and belief behind rarely changed. To promote Chinese culture we would refer to the essence of Chinese wisdom so the following is actual practicing of different dimensions of Chinese traditions which show the beauty of China. The family concept is the essence of Chinese culture.