茶文化 Tea

2009-08-17 17:08 BJT

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是的,我爱喝茶。
Yes, I prefer tea.

大多数中国人都喜欢喝茶,中国人是世界上最早饮用茶的人。
Most Chinese people like tea and Chinese people are the first people in the world who have tea.

茶在中国有记载的历史已经有三千多年了。
And we have a recorded history of tea of three thousand years.

大约一千两百年以前,有一个叫陆羽的人,专门写了一本《茶经》。
And one thousand and two hundred years ago, a man named Lu Yu wrote a book which is called “Cha Jing”, means the bible of tea.

这是世界上第一本关于茶的书。
And this is the very first book on tea in the world.

这本书详细介绍了茶的起源,采茶、制茶的工具,茶的种类和鉴定,煮茶、饮茶的器皿,饮茶风俗的历史演变,茶叶的产地和品质等等。
The book offered a detailed explanation of the original tea, tools for picking and manufacturing tea, types and verification of tea, tea wares for brewing and drinking, history and method of tea drinking, as well as tea producing districts and their rankings.

中国的茶文化非常复杂,比茶本身还要复杂。
China now boosts a sophisticated tea culture, which goes far beyond tea itself.

茶的种类很多。
Tea comes in various types.

现在最常见的分类是按照茶的加工方法来分。
It is most commonly classified according to its processing method.

经过全发酵的茶是红茶,但是西方人却把它叫做black tea(黑茶)
Fully fermented tea is called red tea, although it is known as black tea among westerners.