Dictionary of Tea Culture

Author: Zhu Shiyin, Wang Zhenheng, and Zhan Luojiu, editors
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Publishing Date: April 1, 2002
Features: The Great Dictionary of Chinese Tea Culture was jointly compiled by two tea experts and one cultural scholar. The three worked together with great harmony, each contributing their unique strengths, ensuring that the depth of tea was fully reflected and the cultural content became even richer. The defining characteristic of Chinese tea culture is vividly embodied in the word "leisure." This leisure is not a break from busyness but rather the natural state of life. Describing it as "water flows with no haste" is more fitting than anything else. Water flows continuously without striving or urgency, thus remaining calm and composed. Drinking tea provides an excellent opportunity to connect with nature and clear one's mind. "Flowers, if they could laugh, would be too busy; stones, though speechless, are still charming." Sincerity and simplicity are interdependent, and those who are free from worldly desires and live beyond materialism find tea to be the best companion. This book will accompany you as you step out of the worldly realm filled with hypocrisy and vulgarity.
China is the homeland of tea, and Chinese tea culture has a long history, spanning over five or six thousand years. This dictionary is a systematic and comprehensive collection of tea-related matters from ancient to modern times, rich in content. It includes fifteen major categories such as tea names, spring names, variety names, origins, production methods, brewing techniques, tea houses, tea utensils, customs, figures, and others, with nearly ten thousand entries. It serves as both a microcosm of the history of tea development and a monumental work in tea culture and tea science.