14.1cm¡Á20.3cm,

154 pages, 2000. 

ISBN

7-119-02144-3/G.155

Published by Beijing Foreign Languages Press.

Preface China, the Hometown of Tea Culture

Chapter 1 The Origin of Tea Drinking and the Embryo of Tea Culture

The Holy Farmer Tasting Herbs

Scholars of the Han Dynasty and Tea

The Extravagance of the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties and the Cultivation of Incorruptibility with Tea

Ancient Metaphysicians and Tea Drinking

Immortals and Tea Drinking

Summary

Chapter 2 The Sprouting and Blooming of China's Tea

Culture

China 's Tea culture Sprouted in the Tang Dynasty

Tribute Tea and game Tea in the Song Dynasty

The Development of the Tea Culture in the Yuan , Ming and Qing Dynasties

Chapter 3 Chinese Tea Art

Artistic Tea

Water

Teasets

Brewing and Tasting Tea

Chapter 4 The Spirit of Chinese Tea Ceremony

Confucian Thoughts and the Spirit of Chinese Tea Ceremony

The Spirit of Taoist Tea Culture

The Satus of Buddhism in Tea Culture

Chapter 5 Teahouse culture

Ba-Shu Culture and Sichuan Teahouses

Wu-Yue Culture and Hangzhou Teahouses

Tianjin Teahouses, Shanghai Fuchaguan Teahouse and Guangdong Tearooms

Beijing Teahouse Culture

Chapter 6 Tea and Literature and Art

Representative Works of Tea Paintings

Calligraphy on Tea

Tales About Tea

Chapter 7 Tea and Social Rites

 Tea Rites in Daily Life

Wedding customs and Tea Rites

Funeral and Sacrificial Customs and Tea Rites

Chapter 8 Folk Tea Art

Ancient Customs of Huzhou

The Kongfu Tea of ChaoZhou and Shantou

The Yunnan Tea ceremony

Chapter 9 Tea Customs of Ethnic groups of China

Tea Customs in Yunnan, Guizhou and sichuan Provinces

Tibetan Tea Culture

Milky Tea on Plateaus and Grasslands

The Manchus' contributions to Tea Culture

Chapter 10 Chinese Tea Culture Spreads Worldwide

The Spread of Chinese Tea Culture to Japan and Korea

The Spread of Chinese Tea to the West