【正文】 ng the national day of tea drinking and creating our own international tea brand.Key words: Teadrinking culture Difference China Britain Suggestion摘要中國(guó)是茶的本產(chǎn)地, 它是世界上第一個(gè)種茶,飲茶和出口茶葉的國(guó)家。s origin. According to Chinese mythology, in 2737 , the Chinese Emperor, Shen Nong, known as the father of agriculture and medicine, suddenly tasted boiling water which was added leaves of wild tea tree. When Shen Nong drank the infusion, he marveled at its delicious taste and felt vigorous. There is another account about this legend, it was said that Shen Nong risked his life to taste hundred kinds of herbs for the subject. Unfortunately, he was poisoned by some of them. It was the young leaves of tea that rescued him from danger. Later, tea drinking had been invented, and the emperor drank it from that day forward, remending this health herb to other people. Today, not only Chinese, but also foreigners love to drink tea. Drinking tea has bee a part of their life, especially in China and Britain. The following part will be talked about teadrinking39。但是，它與中國(guó)的茶文化有什么不同呢？本文主要是從四點(diǎn)來(lái)探討中英飲茶文化的區(qū)別：飲茶方式的不同，茶道精神的不同，茶室文化的不同以及影響的不同。 在中國(guó)，人們不僅形成了特殊的飲茶方式，而且也發(fā)展到了一種藝術(shù)形式飲茶，這種茶文化很快傳到了其它國(guó)家，因此，茶葉出口能夠被視為傳統(tǒng)地?cái)y帶，或者文化的傳播，它產(chǎn)生了很大的影響。s development in these two countries. The history of tea drinking in China It was recorded that tea was drunk in the western Han Dynasty, during the period of the Three Kingdom Period, drinking tea was very popular at least in the southern China, according to the history, the king Sun Hao of Wu state (the offspring of Sun Quan) firstly created tea to take place of wine in banquet, at the same time, tea had an equal position to wine in the palace affairs. During the Wei Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasty, drinking tea already became a fashion for those people with high social status to enjoy life, and the literators use tea drinking to improve their thought for writing a good works. The Tang Dynasty was the mature period of Chinese tea culture, and drinking tea had bee a mon thing for ordinary people, and they were fastidious about not only the tea production place, the picking and making of tea but also the drinking appliance, and the way of drinking tea. The first book on Tea—Tea Classic, circa , which was written by the Chinese author Lu Yu, came into being during this period, it prises three volumes and covers tea from its growth to its drinking and making, as well as historical summary and the famous early tea plantation. In the , the Buddhist monk, Zui Cheng of Japan brought the tea and seeds to his country, this was the earliest record that tea transported to Japan and later the world famous tea ceremony got to be formed. Drinking tea was also very popular in the Song Dynasty, and the technique for making tea greatly improved. By the Yuan Dynasty, drinking tea was very mon in everyday life, and making tea was one of the seven chores for the pool housewives of that time. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, people drank tea in almost the same way as do today, and loose tea took place of pressed tea(before this period, people usually drank pressed tea.) besides , China’s tea was exported to Britain during this period, I will addressed in the following part. The export of tea from China to Britain At the beginning of the seventeenth century, tea was spread to West Europe and became the favorite drink of European people. It is not exactly certain time when tea was first ing to Britain, there are a lot of points on it, the writer agrees with the point that China’s tea was appeared in Britain in 1657, and there China’s tea was e from Holland. In , the ship of Holland which came from Java transported tea from Macao to Europe, and this was the earliest record that China’s tea was directly sold to Europe. Later, the China’s tea was sold from Holland to Britain. Most of scholars consider that tea was appeared in Britain in the midseventeenth century, but they don’t ascertain the exact year that China’s tea es to Britain. It can be only confirmed that tea was sold in Britain in1657, according to the book, A Social History of Tea written by Pettigrew Jane, she said that China’s tea was transported to the landing of London by the Eastern India Company in the midseventeenth century, assuring the selling time of China’s tea was in 1657, furthermore, the advertisement about tea was appeared in the next year. On the other hand, Chinese scholar Chen Yuan also expressed the same view in his book of The History of Tea (茶葉通史), and he said that a coffee shop of Britain sold China’s tea from Holland during the fourteen reign of emperor Shun Zhi of Qing Dynasty(1657). Later, in 1662, the princess of Portugal Catherine married CharlesII, and brought with her the preference for tea, which had already bee mon in Europe. As tea was her drink of choice, it gained social acceptance among aristocracies as it replaced wine ale and spirits with tea as the court drink. In an attempt to please CharlesII, the Britain East India Company brought small gifts of tea from Europe for Catherine in 1664 and in 1666, other than these gifts, the Britain East India Company did not consider tea to be worth importing from China until in 1668. From that time, tea was selling in markets, and the East India Company treated it as a part of their regular trade. It was no longer only a special item brought back by a ship’s captain for special use. The development of tea drinking in BritainAbove all is that tea is just a fashion pursued by upper class. Until the end of eighteenth century, tea drinking was bee prevailing in populace due to the great fall of price—Transformations of the custom policy in China and changed of the demand of tea drinking in Britain, both caused a great tea import of the East India Company, that made the tea price play down. Before that time, tea was very expensive for ordinary people, for example, in 1658, the fifth Earl of Be