Tea Culture
Tea drinking is so popular throughout the whole country in China that it is well-known as the hometown of tea. Because of the geographic location and climate, vaious kinds of tea grow in different places . In general, there are five kinds of tea classifed according to different technique involved in the art of tea-making, which are Longjing of Hangzhou, Wulong of Fujian, Jasmine tea, Black tea and compressed tea. There is a tea museum specially
dedicated to the tea culturein Hangzhou, China, and it is the only national museum of its kind. In this museum, people can obtain the detailed description of the historic development of teas, the methods of tea-making and brewing and the like.
The most conspicuous content in China's tea culture is the popular phrase --- when a guest arrives, a cup of tea will be brewed for him. Several special ways of tea-making were formed , and an art form of tea-drinking was developed in the past dynasties. This art form is called tea ceremony, which comprises of many aspects. Among them, the most noticeable ones are tea- making, tea-brewing, and the drinking utensils such as tea pot.
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