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The word Tea Moral first appeared in record of Fang's Knowledge of the Tang Dynasty. Among royal families and in imperial palace, tea art became popular at that time, developing and stylizing. Moreover the palace tea art was once again enhanced by the development of tribute tea in Tang Dynasty. From long-term practice of drinking tea, according to the characteristics of tea, and on the basis of drinking environment, tea service allocation, infusing and tasting skill, Chinese people has drawn their traditional tea ceremony, combining local custom and special culture. Chinese tea moral represents the host’s comprehension of basic tea spirit, or the affinity and reverence between host and guests.
The implication of moral and art of tea is contained in different kinds of formal tea meet and rite, such as the Qing Ming Banquet tea meet of Tang Dynasty, the Tea Fight of Song Dynasty, the Tea Banquet of the scholars in Ming and Qing Dynasty, the Universal tea of the sanctuary" in temples, the Tea Presentation for Guest in modern families and the Kong Fu Tea of Fujian and Guangdong province.

Taiwan tea art, during years if practice, has developed and become the most standardized Chinese modern tea art Common people are connected with teahouses, enjoying the Taiwan tea art as a popular drinking entertainment. Tea services for Taiwan tea art include tea ship, teapot, tea can, tea cup for smelling teacup for tasting, saucer, tea cloth, portable kettle, etc.

In Chinese main land, tea art is often shown through performances. There are the imitation of Tang’s Palace Tea Art in Shanxi, the imitation of Qing’s Cultural Tea Art in Shanghai, the Three Steps Tea Art in Yunnan, the Oolong Tea (also called Wu Long Tea is a semi-oxidized tea, occupying the middle ground between green and black teas.Combining the best qualities of green tea and black tea, Wu Long Tea is not only as clear and fragrant as GreenTea, but also as fresh and strong as Black Tea. wu long tea also has the effect of weight loss )Art in Fujian, the Longjing Tea Art in Zhejiang, the Challenge of Tea in Hunan, the Chan Tea Art in Jiangxi and Buddhist Tea Art in Wutai mountain of Shanxi. Chinese tea art is practical, intimately correlating to our life, while Japanese tea art contains too much formula.
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TEA AND HEALTH
Tea is a natural and health drink. Modern research indicates that tea contents lots of nutrients that help to build up good health.
(1) Tea can refresh and help you work efficiency.
Tea is a true stimulant, because of the caffeine it contains. Caffeine stimulates the central nervous system and blood circulation. It helps muscles relax and influence the metabolic process of all body cells. Tea also has an effort of blood vessel dilation and prevent from the cardiovascular and coronary diseases. Tea is used to cure angina pectoris and myocardial infarction. In clinics, tea is used to cure cold and headache with no side effects. Caffeine is also contained in Aspirin tablets.

(2) Tea is a thirst quencher and aid of digestion
In summer time, we’ll feel comfortable when we drink a cup of tea. This must attribute to the Polyphones, carbohydrates amino acid, etc. contained in tea that react chemically with the saliva to result in dispersing the excessive body heat and purging toxin, promoting the waste disposal of the body. Metabolism keeps balance after drinking tea.

Tea could be used as a mouth cleaner. One might feel thirsty and bitter taste when you get up early in the morning. A cup of morning tea will clear mouth odor and promote your appetite.

Tea also provides iodine and fluoride. Iodine plays an important role in preventing hyperthyroidism. Fluoride is an ingredient of bone, teeth, hair and nails. Ten grams of tea used for making tea beverage every day are enough to meet the need of fluoride for human being and to prevent tooth decay.

After a heavy meal, a cup of strong tea will stimulate the secretion of gastric juice and help digestion food.

The vitamin groups such as inositol, folio acid, pantothenic acid etc. and compounds as methionine; thenylcyoteine, cholive, etc. contained in tea contribute to promote the fat metabolism.

Aromatic substances contained in tea also aid to digestion of food and disperse unpleasant mouth odor since fat can be dissolved in aromatic substances. That’s why tea is indispensable to the nationalities who take meat and butter as their staple food.

(3) Tea helps to disinfect and alleviate inflammation; helps urine output and purge toxin.
Polyphones can kill the colon bacillus, typhoid and cholera, etc. by solidifying their protein contained in those bacteria. Folk remedies prevailing in China showed that a cup of strong tea is good for curing the bacillary dysentery, applying for external wounds; dispersing toxin and inflammation. The patent drugs using tea as raw materials are good for dysentery and cold.

Polyphones can be used to purify water by decomposing the aluminum, zinc and alkaloid contained in water.

Tea is known for its efficaciousness in combating alcoholism and nicotine. When one is heavy drunken, one or two cups of strong tea will help to dispose all the unnecessary things out of you by neutralization alcohol with caffeine and Polyphones.

Nicotine contained in cigarettes enters into human body when one smokes. Most heavy smokers use tea to alleviate harm. That’s why most cigarette smokers savor tea.

CNN.com - Tea's reputation as a healthy brew increasing - June 19 ...What has led him to sip almost a dozen cups a day is the growing -- even astonishing -- evidence of tea's health-promoting properties. ...
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