Chinese Tea Culture Explained | History | learn Chinese from Chinese Tea Culture.从中国茶文化中学习中文

Hello everyone, thank you for watching Jiaojiao Victoria. Here, if you are interested in Chinese and want to know more about Chinese culture, and want to know what daily life is like in China, then please learn Chinese with me to understand Chinese culture. Hi everybody, welcome to my channel. I'm Victoria. Today I would like to talk about a kind of drink. It is one of indispensable drink for Chinese people in their daily life. I'm going to make one right now. Let's go! Maybe some of you have known what I make today. Yes, it's tea, the Chinese tea. Take some water. All right, a cup of tea is already done. Today what I drink is the Oolong tea, it can be drunk all year round, better to drink in autumn. In summer, it's great to drink some green tea. As for me, I don't like drinking coffee, but I like drinking tea. Actually, the process of making tea is complex and elaborate, and have its own professional brew skills, like this. What I did just now is the most simple way of making tea to drink for common people in our daily life, without any tea art. Make it easy. Our topic today is about the tea culture. Why I said it's important for the Chinese learning? It's because the Chinese tea enjoys a long history, a wide variety, and is well-known all over the world. In China, some tea with good quality can be sent as a present in business. If you want to learn Chinese tea art, it cannot be concluded in several words. Tea culture refers to the cultural characteristics formed in the process of tea drinking, including tea ceremony, cha dao, tea virtues, cha de, health, happiness, refreshment, harmony, respect, and beauty. Tea spirits, cha jing shen, purity, respect, harmony, and truth. Tea couplets, cha lian, tea classics, cha shu, tea sets, cha ju, tea painting, cha hua, tea study, cha xue, tea stories, cha gu shi, and art of tea, cha yi. Now I'd like to introduce some typical Chinese tea for you. What are some of the famous tea types and varieties in China? We should know that the degree of fermentation of tea leaves can be roughly divided into green tea, yellow tea, red tea, oolong tea, black tea, and so on. Among them, green tea is probably the most common and is also a type of tea that people drink most often. Here, we must know what are the top ten famous teas in China. First is green tea. Green tea is actually a type of unfermented tea. What about the more famous varieties? We commonly have West Lake Longjing, Dongting Biluochun, Huangshan Maofeng, Lushan Yunwu, Lu'an Guapian, and Xinyang Maojian. What is yellow tea? Yellow tea is actually a type of slightly fermented tea. Among the top ten famous teas, there is a type of yellow tea called Junshan Yinzhen. Next is the oolong tea that I'm drinking today. Oolong tea is actually a type of semi-fermented tea, also known as green tea. Tea like Wuyiyan, Anxi Tieguanyin, are all very expensive varieties of oolong tea. Next is red tea. Red tea is actually a type of semi-fermented tea. The most famous one is Qimen Hongcha. Lastly is black tea. It is a type of semi-fermented tea. The most famous one is probably Yunnan Pu'er. Yunnan Pu'er tea is a very famous black tea. So what I'm introducing here is the more famous tea varieties in China. Do you understand? The further the Chinese tea culture develops, the more people understand it and accept its value. Now let's learn about the origin of the Chinese tea. Chinese tea culture emerged as early as over 5,000 years ago. While during the Three Kingdom Period, people paid more attention to its medical values. In the Tang Dynasty, tea tasting became a liking for literati who would, while drinking tea, recite poems with rhythm or write some poems to show how enjoyable it was. In this way, tea culture occupies an important place that makes Chinese culture a significant part in the world. There are virtues of Chinese nation in their tea culture. For example, when a guest arrives, it's a social convention for the host to entertain him by making some tea. Details as how much the tea to use, how the water is filled, how the tea is made, what utensils to use, and where to serve the tea demand particular attention. Actually, Chinese people's elegance, tranquility, and self-cultivation can be exhibited in the whole process. Alright, now let's learn some Mandarin about the tea culture. The following is Mandarin time. Let's learn Mandarin together. Number one. Today, our topic is about the Chinese tea, so how to speak tea in Chinese. Number two. It means the leaves of the tea. It can also be called tea. Number three. It means the tea art. Number four. It means the tea culture. The tea culture enjoys a long history in China, so the tea culture is really important for Chinese. Next one. It means the green tea. Green tea is one of the common tea that people drink in China. In summer, it's better to drink some green tea. Number six. It means the black tea. I think some boyfriends like drinking black tea. Number seven. It means the oolong tea. It's also a kind of tea. Number eight. It means drink tea. It's a verb. Okay, last one. In Chinese, it can also use qi cha. They are the same meaning. It means make tea. Okay, today's Mandarin is around the key word cha. Please pay attention to the words in red. If you enjoy drinking tea, you can learn some information about the tea on the internet, or also read some books. Hope that you will like the Chinese tea culture. Welcome back. The tea culture has a profound impact on Chinese nation. In our daily life, it's not only a simple drink, which is good for health, but also a way of tasting life. Virtues like being self-disciplined and kind in the Chinese tea culture has reinvigorated against the money-oriented society. So if you like tea, hope that you can drink some Chinese tea. It's good for your health, and it also can let you know the Chinese culture. 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