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Lecture on Chinese Tea Culture

Publisher:系统管理员Time:2011-09-21Views:1

21st Sept 2011, Professor Zhu gave the Chinese law students a lecture about the Chinese tea culture. So For most students , It is a wonderful chance to get a knowledge about Chinese culture.

On the lecture, professor Zhu introduced the history of Chinese tea, he said that, “Chinese tea culture has a long history. Tea culture entered its most prosperous ear in Tang and Song Dynasty, which had evolved into a condition that the fashion drinking tea had extended all over the country and tea had thus won the status as national beverage. And at that moment Luyu who was honored as “ the Saint of Tea” and his masterpiece The Scripture of Tea appeared which promoted the Chinese tea culture to an altitude that had never been previously attained. Those continually emerging eminent figures in the tea industry propelled an intentional pursuit for water, tea, tea set and decoction in tea drinking to such an extreme elegance, perfection, delicacy and sophistication, so much so that in late Tang and Song Dynasty, an extravagant fashion was formed and occurred in tea culture.”

At last, professor Zhu make tea for the students by himself, so the students were very excited to taste all kinds of tea .and Through this lecture, they knew much more about Chinese culture