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Chinese tea culture refers to both making tea and drinking tea in China. It is thought that Chinese people discovered tea in the Shennong era (~2400 B.C.), meaning that theyβve been drinking it for nearly 4500 years! This has allowed for many different traditions, expectations, and ideas about tea to evolve over time.
Since tea is one of the seven things (firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea) to greet people when opening the door, drinking the beverage was very common in ancient China. The tea classics of Lu Yu, the tea sage of the Tang Dynasty, sounded the clarion call of Chinese tea culture in history. From then on, the spirit of tea permeated the imperial court and society and penetrated Chinese poetry, painting, calligraphy, religion, and medicine. For thousands of years, China has not only accumulated a lot of material about tea planting and production but also accumulated rich spiritual culture about tea.
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1. Tea Classifications
There are many kinds of tea in China: Chaozhou Fenghuang Dancong tea, Taihu Lake smoked bean tea, Suzhou fragrant tea, Hunan Jiangyan tea, Chengdu Gaiwan tea, Taiwan frozen top tea, Hangzhou Longjing tea, Fujian oolong tea, etc. The main varieties are green tea, black tea, oolong tea, white tea, yellow tea, and black tea.
θΆ (chΓ‘): n. tea
YouTube Phrases from Video:
nΗ xΗ huΙn hΔ nΗ zhΗng chΓ‘
δ½ ε ζ¬’ ε εͺ η§ θΆοΌ
What kind of tea do you like?
nΗ yΓ o hΓ³ngchΓ‘ hΓ‘ishΓ¬ lΗchΓ‘.
δ½ θ¦ηΊ’θΆθΏζ―η»ΏθΆ?
Do you want black tea or green tea?
wΗ xΗ huΙn hΔ lΗ chΓ‘
ζ ε ζ¬’ ε η»Ώ θΆγ
I like green tea.
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2. About Tea
ζ―ε°(mΓ‘o jiΔn) Maojian: produced in Xinyang, Henan Province, commonly known as the βking of green teaβ.
ιΎδΊ(lΓ³ng jΗng) Longjing: it is not only the name of a place in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province but also the name of a spring. The tea produced here also uses this name.
η’§θΊζ₯(bΓ¬ luΓ³ chΕ«n) Biluochun: produced in Dongting mountain, Wu County, Jiangsu Province. The tea is picked in spring, and the finished products are closely intertwined with spiral shapes. It is said that during the reign of Emperor Kangxi, girls on Dongting mountain gathered tea and put it in the milk room without a basket. The tea got warm and had a str
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Chai-knees.
Title says it all. I've been an English tea and coffee drinker for a long time, I've always liked Taiwanese oolongs but only recently I started buying different types of Chinese tea and trying my hand at gong-fu style tea brewing. I am curious where the local Chinese tea drinkers get their teas, since despite Singapore having an ethnic and cultural Chinese majority, there doesn't seem to be many choices.
I suppose the most famous are Pek Sin Choon and Wan San Yang in Chinatown, I have purchased from both of them already. Pek Sin Choon has their original blends for really reasonable prices, Wan San Yang has lots of teaware although their leaves are more high end stuff. I've also looked inside the Yue Hwa department store, they seem to have a wide variety of pu'erh cakes ranging from suspiciously cheap to insane (8000+ SGD for a 357g cake).
Tea Chapter seems to be another famous place to get Chinese teas, although I have yet to visit them. I am also aware of multiple tea and teaware shops in the building just south of Chinatown Complex. There is a good list here https://www.teashirts.com.au/singapore/ however it might not be up to date, I think the Luk Yu Gu in Chinatown Complex is already closed.
For cheaper stuff, Sheng Siong carries a bunch of cheap Chinese teas, although they aren't actually too bad for everyday drinking, I've found a sub-$4 Tie Guan Yin 150g bag which was pretty good for a quick drink.
Anyway, if there are Chinese tea drinkers on this subreddit I would appreciate it if you could share information on where you get teas and teaware!
People would say that ancient Malay cultures are mostly borrowed from foreigners. But surely there were pure Malay cultures?
[Edit : the malays mentioned here not exclusively for malays in Malaysia but also extended to the austronesian family of malayo-polynesian speaking community, which includes all native ethnics in malaysia, Indonesia, malagasy, pacific islands from australia, New Zealand to hawaii... tho the cultures can also be referred to the cultures of malays in malaysia too]
I've been in the specialty coffee scene for a year or so now and would like to expand my horizons to tea as well, where should I start? I already have a kettle for now and was curious as to where to look for great quality teas and the like. Anything to get me started really.
https://youtu.be/UlfEWs1JgM8
yiren from everglow didn't bow on her knees to greet fans like the rest of the group during a fanmeeting. it's reported that there was a lot of bullying from korean netizens telling her to "go back to where she came from", but that there is also a huge wave of support for her from chinese netizens for her patriotism. she is being sent back home to china for a brief hiatus after this and to spend the lunar new year with her family.
i'm neither a fan of everglow closely following their info nor someone who speaks korean, so the only sources i have for this are translated articles from kpop sites, which i recognize might not be the most accurate. i'll leave some links here, but please correct me if i'm wrong anywhere. i'll leave the weibo tag of cnet supporters too.
https://www.nme.com/news/music/everglow-temporarily-promote-without-member-yiren-3133830
kneeling is super serious in chinese culture. people only kneel before heaven, earth, and their ancestors to show serious respect. as far as i know, kneeling is not as serious in korean culture and can be done to greet fans for the new year. yiren did a chinese greeting consisting of clasping her two hands together instead.
obviously, i think any racist attacks against her or knetz (even the ones cussing her out) is absolutely unacceptable.
my own opinion from now on:
i think there is a space for "when in rome" and maintaining cultural traditions, but honestly, i think it is important in certain situations to stick true to what one believes is correct for themselves. i think it is important to hold onto some aspects of cu
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Whether on a national or regional level. It seems like coffee has always been king, while nobody really gives a damn about tea.
In Japan and China when pouring tea for someone that is important it must be done in a way that follows certain guidelines and rules, becoming and almost elaborate piece of art in itself. On the other hand Tea was imported culturally from China/India and then largely from India which leads to the question, how much of Chinese, Japanese and Indian tea culture permeate the new and evolving English tea culture?
What are the Chinese culture customs and influences that is shown in this show?
