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Tea, coffee and cocoa are three major
drinks all over the world. Tea is drunk by the largest number of people in the
world. Tea, as well as silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over
a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export since then.
Tea has a history of
over 4, 000 years and China is the home of tea. In ancient China, tea was used
as a kind of medicine, while nowadays people drink tea daily.
Longjing, Pu'er,
Wulong and Tieguanyin are all famous tea. Thanks to the mild climate and rich
soil in Fujian, Zhejiang and Yunnan, tea is produced mainly in these provinces.
The word for tea in
different languages came from Chinese, like "cha'i" in Russian. And
the Japanese character for tea is written exactly the same as it is in Chinese.
Over the past
centuries, Chinese people have developed their unique tea culture, which
includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making, tea drinking and so on.
Tea is also popular in some sayings, like "A friendship between
gentlemen is like a cup of tea." In dances, songs, poems and novels,
tea is often mentioned, too