Life with Fragrant Tea
1 min readTea is a wonderful beverage originally produced in China about 4，000 years ago.During the Tang Dynasty（618-907），Japanese monks introduced tea seeds to Japan，and by combining tea with Zen Buddhism，created the world-famous Japanese tea ceremony.In the 17th century，the Dutch took to Europe the Chinese habit of tea drinking，which then became a tradition of the Europeans.In England in particular，people developed the custom of afternoon tea.Prior tothe 19th century，all the tea in the world was grown in China，and even the English word”tea” was a transliteration of the pronunciation of”tea”in the Fujian dialect of China.Tea is an important contribution of the Chinese people to the world.
In China，the home of tea，drinking tea is still a widespread habit.Over the past several thousand years，tea has been the most favored drink of the Chinese people.As vast a country as China is，the tea-drinking habit varies from north to south in style，and different tea-drinking habits have helped develop different local customs.Tea is closely related to the everyday life of ordinary people.
Just as many important events took place in cafes in the West，it is in the teahouses that many important things happened in China.Teahouses have always been an important setting in the life of the Chinese people.
