The origin and development of tea

The origin of tea:

"The Book of Tea·Six Drinks" points out: "The origin of tea as a drink originated from Shennong", in the same book "Seven Things" He also put forward the view that "Three Emperors Yan Emperor Shennong" was the ancestor of tea, and quoted the "Shennong Food Classic" said to be written by Shennong, saying that "taking tea for a long time makes people strong and happy" to support his theory.

Development:

Han Hong, a contemporary of Lu Yu, once wrote the "Tea Thank You Table" for Tian Shenyu, in which there is a joint sentence saying: "The Lord of Wu was courteous to the virtuous, and only after hearing about the tea; the ministers of Jin loved it" Only guests can share tea." (Quoted in Volume 594 of "Wenyuan Yinghua") The first sentence refers to the story of Sun Haomi, the Lord of Wu, who gave Wei Yao tea instead of wine, and the second sentence refers to the Jin ministers sharing tea with their friends.

This is a common etiquette and custom among Chinese literati, also known as "fengan" or "fenku", etc. However, some scholars actually confuse it with "fencha", a form of tea art that only existed in the Song Dynasty. In the Tang and Song dynasties, people still gave famous tea to friends, which was called "dividing tea". For example, Shao Yong's "Jibu Ji" Volume 5 "Xie Chengzhong Zhang Sun Erjun Hui Tea": "I still carry the tea divided by two friends, and every time I visit "Deep in the mist" is an obvious example.

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Benefits of tea:

1. Help dissipate heat

In today’s hot weather, many people will People like to drink cold drinks to relieve the heat, but in fact, drinking cold things will contain the heat and prevent it from easily dissipating from the body, leading to illness. If you want to quench your thirst and relieve the heat in summer, you should drink some hot tea and sweat. , quickly dissipating the heat in the body.

2. Sunscreen

Green tea contains a component called catechin, which has a strong antioxidant effect. The catechins in green tea are extracted to support skin care products. When applied to the skin, it can help the skin resist sun damage. Of course, drinking green tea directly also has a sun protection effect.

Reference materials: People's Daily Online - There are 4 major benefits of drinking tea, but the nature of "tea" should be determined according to your physical constitution

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