Chinese Tea Affairs Author: Dai Minghua Publisher: Hunan People's Publishing House

Introduction
A cup of tea reflects the style of a period and the spiritual background of a generation. The history of Chinese tea is the life history of generations of Chinese people. From the continuous exploration of tea making and drinking methods, to the delicate pursuit of tea aroma and taste, to the careful design of tea utensils and tea spaces, all of them reflect the aesthetic taste and life art of the ancients.
This is a visually pleasing history of Chinese tea, and also an interesting and vivid general course on tea culture. Relying on a wealth of tea books, stories, classical poems, and tea paintings handed down from generation to generation, the author captures the highlights of Chinese tea from the Pre-Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, details the changes in tea making, tea drinking, and tea tasting throughout the dynasties, and deeply appreciates the popularity of tea in the Tang Dynasty, the meticulous tea making in the Song Dynasty, and the return to nature of tea in the Ming Dynasty... From it, we not only understand the wisdom of Chinese tea drinking, but also experience the daily joys and sorrows of famous or unknown people under the rise and fall of the times.
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◆ The highlight of Chinese tea over the past two thousand years, a book to understand the wisdom of Chinese people drinking tea
How did the tea drinking culture become popular in China? Why did the tea-making method that was popular in the Song Dynasty decline? Why did the teahouse become the spiritual home of the literati in the Ming Dynasty? From the Pre-Qin Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, the book details the changes in tea making, tea drinking, and tea tasting in the past dynasties.
◆ A visually pleasing history of Chinese tea: This is how the ancients drank tea
The book is interesting to read, with references to tea books, stories about people, and classical poems: The Classic of Tea by Lu Yu, Tea Records by Cai Xiang, The Grand View of Tea by Zhao Ji, and The Book of Tea by Zhu Quan;
It includes nearly 150 tea paintings and tea-drinking utensils pictures handed down from generation to generation, which are pleasing to the eye: "Tuning the Lute and Sipping Tea", "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", "Literary Gathering", "Tea Tasting", "Tea Business", "Zhao Mengfu Writing Scriptures and Exchanging Tea", etc.
◆ Count down how KOLs throughout the ages have promoted the trend of tea drinking, and truly restore the vivid daily life of the ancients
Why do painters love to paint Lu Tong? How did beauties in the Tang Dynasty drink tea? Was the calligrapher Cai Xiang actually a master of brewing tea? It turns out that Su Dongpo was also a tea fanatic? How did Ni Zan, who lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, make scented tea...
◆ The history of Chinese tea is the life history of generations of Chinese people; not only can you understand Chinese tea, but also understand the aesthetic taste and artistic spirit of the ancients; a bookmark "Tang Yin•Tea" is included with the book