Chinese tea was discovered in about 4,700 years and over the centuries became an important part of Chinese culture. Dynasty was drinking tea in the Han for medical purposes, but written at the beginning of tea and its production and consumption are rare in ancient China during the last 2000 years there is still much more information.
Sui (581-617 AD)
During this dynasty, it seems that tea was consumed as a beverage,and not only as an herbal remedy with medicinal properties. Also during this period, tea was a commercial product, China tea traded in exchange for all types of goods imported from neighboring countries. The tea cake, a bundle of tea leaves packed lightly steamed and formed a cake, a unit of currency was no longer so common was their use.
When tea is increasingly common today in its use, merchants grew rich, and teaBusiness Tools mushrooms. Expensive tea products have become the symbol of abundance, similar to what happens when tea was introduced in Europe. It was during the Sui Dynasty, tea was exported to Japan and the face of drinking tea changed forever.
Tang (618-907 AD)
At the time of the Tang Dynasty, tea drinking was the way China had developed the form is almost an art. The Mongols, who traded heavily on ChineseBorder need a source of vitamin C, as nomads, they had access to the agricultural sector, so exchanged horses and wool vitamin for tea, a rich source for this important.
During this dynasty in 800 AD, a poet named Lu Yu wrote a book called "Ch'a Ching," which means "The Holy Scripture of Tea.
Orphan, Lu Yu was raised by Buddhist monks, although he abandoned any ambition priest and performed publicly as a poet. The ability to write well, was theideal candidates, such an important document and spiritual process as a drink of tea has become. This book illustrates all the cultivation, preparation and use of tea in ancient China. Lu Yu had worked in the tea plantations, and was very familiar with many aspects of tea production and preparation. Books that took tea at an enormous impact rating, and had probably days when a name of a tea merchant Additional earnings. Itworked well. Already a popular beverage, is now an everyday food, a majority of the population has become. Author Lu Yu, achieved high social status as a result of his book, with statues and pictures of him to be revered by tea growers.
The Chinese population was now composed of tea and Taoists usually well suited to the principles of this religion. Taoists believe that every aspect of life should be celebrated, and then the preparation andThe consumption of tea in a religious way, similar to the tea houses in Japan, was the norm.
Jin and Song (960-1279 AD)
The development of drinking tea continue to progress. The Song Dynasty saw the introduction of pots unlike bowls in preparation for this popular drink is now generally used. Until then had only a cup of tea prepared at a reception, using a pot instead of tea once again allowed to be done, aimportant, given the proliferation of lively tea houses. At this point the trend of drinking tea, even though the Chinese green tea drinking, in particular, there were many varieties are available that can be mixed and then enjoyed the same way as the wine tasters today. Within these tea houses, the men competed in the taste-test competitions, tea houses had become the social heart of many vibrant city.
On requestThis dynasty witnessed the transition from especially drinking Loose Leaf Tea, the drink of a powder form recently developed. Even towards the end of this period, Dynastic, the mid-13th century, there was a change from the traditional method of preparation of steaming tea in a process of roasting, then crumble tea.
Yuan (1280-1367 AD)
China has a lot donated by Mongol hordes in the 13th Century, and were attacked and finallyguided overwhelmed by this huge brutal force of the notorious leader, Genghis Khan. This is, of course, negates the need for the tea trade of Mongolia. After 60 years of occupation and repression, the Mongols had finally got the whole of China and by the leaders of the Southern Song, the Northern Territory by Tea time was under Mongol rule. That left just popular than ever, as the Mongols have a taste for managing demand and on the road.
Ming (1368-1644OD)
The Chinese at the end of Mongol Yuan Dynasty led the way for the founding of the Ming dynasty, known for his exceptional porcelain. Indeed, an important new style of tea came with the introduction of Gaiwan, a lid for drinking white tea and green tea, which is still popular today. The Tibetans have sought to maintain good relations with the Chinese emperors, instead traded for tea Mongolian horses as their primarytrading partner of these animals is essential.
The problems with the invasion of the Mongols were completely stopped all trade with the Mongols. In an attempt to recover their property to keep the Northern Territory, were frontier markets in the northern regions of the nervous Chinese leaders banned.
Although the Great Wall of China began centuries ago, the attacks led by the Mongols in the north of the Ming dynasty leaders to extend theFortifications on the wall are great, that we know today. Tea trade was an important part of the Chinese economy despite the shares war with Japan. Problems with Japanese and Chinese pirates have increased. Ships and sailed in almost all Chinese tea fill the harbor is precious. Coast Tea has been sold to many Southeast Asian and some African countries on the Indian Ocean. Browse past the Cape of Good Hope in those days was too much forShips from China - losing a costly burden was not always a viable alternative for retailers. In 1610 Macau was tea in Europe by a Dutch merchant. Tea had become a commodity prices worldwide, the Europeans had sailed their way to the world trade order and were the countries on all four corners of globe.
Qing (1645-1911 AD)
With the discovery and colonization of America instead of all world trade has grown and grown, forChina. In Europe, tea became very popular, first among the nobles and wealthy because of its high price. But later, Dimensions tea popular throughout the northern and western Europe so that the price is significantly reduced because of the volume of trade. Be available to the masses, drinking tea had reached the same popularity in China. Britain has had tea as easy as the rest of Europe was, quickly became a social activity, to participateTea as tea shops in China. The colonization of the Americas has introduced another way to increase the tea trade, the colonies of England would have consumed as any.
One problem was that Britain had to finance their trade with China, so after it has already colonized India, Britain grew opium of the masses and exported across the border into China in exchange for silver. The silver vessels that then went to Chinese ports, whereIt was replaced tea. It took the Chinese to realize several years ago, what happened at that time the damage was done, and had a huge problem of addiction to opium of the people. They put an embargo on trade with Britain, and for some time that the end of their exports to the United Kingdom, which in turn declared war on China in the first of two "Opium Wars" would be.
Modern Day China
Today China has exported tea in the world, and their product is still the mostused throughout the world. No more dynastic rule, People's Republic of China continues to be the cultivation of tea from one of their primary. Its value in equity markets is in about 150 U.S. dollars (USD) pounds, and because of its popularity is constantly bustling trade. Tea utensils all types of ceramic and porcelain accessories and Tea Leaf varieties abound, as a nation laborious , which in its efforts to maintain its position faltered as the World TradeLeader.
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