Editor's note: Continue the historical context and write a contemporary chapter. Since the new era, under the guidance of Xi Jinping's cultural thought, the inheritance and development of China's excellent traditional culture has taken on a new atmosphere and created a new situation. From tradition to modernity, each cultural heritage connects history and the future, and has become a vivid cultural business card for the world to understand China and China to the world. CCTV's "Simulcast +" column has launched a series of "Passing on the Torch" to experience the Chinese cultural heritage from cultural inheritance.
Simulcast + a leaf falls into the water, changing the taste of the water, and from then on there is tea. There is a cloud in the ancient book "The Book of Tea", "Tea is for drinking, and it comes from Shennong's".
In interaction with nature, the Chinese have mastered the art of tea making very early. According to the local terroir, the tea maker uses the skills of greening, stuffy yellow, worn, withering, greening, fermentation, and kilning to make the collected tea leaves into green tea, yellow tea, black tea, white tea, oolong tea, black tea, etc. Traditional Chinese tea-making techniques and related customs have been passed down from generation to generation and are still used in the daily life, rituals and festivals of the Chinese.
A cup of tea, a thousand years of incense, thousands of miles away. As early as when he was working at the local level, Xi Jinping was "affinity" with tea.
Tanyang Village, Shekou Town, Fu'an, Fujian Province, which is famous for its "tea town" at home and abroad, is the birthplace of "Tanyang Gongfu" black tea. During his work in Ningde, Xi Jinping came to this ancient tea village four times to investigate, asking the local people to grade tea according to local conditions, guide and promote the improvement of tea varieties, improve the quality of tea, and make high-quality tea.
The breeding of "Longjing 43" is a milestone in China's modern tea breeding. In 2004, Mr. Xi walked into a tea-making workshop on the banks of West Lake in Zhejiang Province to communicate with workers. "What is the temperature of the pot when stir-frying tea?" "What is the ingredient of special oil for tea making?" "What are the standards for the homework?" …… Xi Jinping asked in detail about the steps of tea making, and also half-squatted down to pick up the tea leaves in the stir-fried process, feeling the size, humidity and aroma of the leaves. He said that tea production and processing technology is very important, and there is a lot of knowledge in this. Good tea doesn't come easily.
A leaf exudes a light and elegant fragrance, which can enrich the people of one side. After the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping vigorously promoted the development of the tea industry and the prosperity of tea culture.
On March 22, 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping had cordial exchanges with science and technology commissioners and tea farmers in Yanziyi Ecological Tea Garden, Xingcun Town, Wuyishan City, Nanping, Fujian Province, to learn about the development of the local tea industry.
In Sichuan, the general secretary inspected the traditional black tea tea making process, personally experienced the butter tea production process, and pointed out that the development of the tea industry should strive for excellence and create a famous brand; In Fujian, he had cordial exchanges with science and technology correspondents and tea farmers, and encouraged everyone to do a good job in tea culture, tea industry, and tea technology. In Hainan, he went to the handmade tea workshop run by the villagers to experience the local roasted tea skills, and bought two bags of tea leaves, encouraging the villagers to manage the tea well and live a more prosperous life......
Tea, this magical oriental leaf, carries a profound cultural heritage and is an important symbol of Chinese civilization. Through tea making, brewing and tasting, the Chinese have cultivated a peaceful and tolerant attitude and formed a subtle and introverted character. Tea-related rituals such as treating guests with tea and putting the elderly first also demonstrate the humanistic spirit of humility, harmony, courtesy and respect of the Chinese.
Tea is a traditional Chinese hospitality and an iconic cultural symbol, and President Xi Jinping has often mentioned and appreciated the beauty of tea in diplomatic occasions.
In April 2014, in a speech at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium, President Xi Jinping used "tea" and "wine" as a metaphor for the two different ways of tasting life and interpreting the world in the East and the West. "Tea and wine are not incompatible, you can not only drink a thousand cups of wine, but also taste tea and taste life."
In a speech to the Brazil Congress in July 2014, President Xi Jinping said: "200 years ago, the first Chinese tea farmers crossed thousands of mountains and rivers to come to Brazil to grow tea. "The sincere friendship forged by the Chinese and Pakistani people over the long years is just like the hard work of Chinese tea farmers, planting hope, reaping joy, and tasting friendship."
In January 2017, in Beijing, General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong tasted tea and talked freely, saying that "when the word 'tea' is opened, it means that 'people are among the grass and trees'", which expressed the true meaning of "Taoism and nature" in Chinese culture.
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On October 4, 2023, in Quanzhou, Fujian Province, foreigners taste Chinese tea.
Tea originated in China and is popular all over the world. From the ancient Silk Road, the Ancient Tea Horse Road, and the Ancient Tea Boat Road, to today's Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road, tea has crossed history and borders, deeply integrated into the lives of people around the world, and has become an important carrier for inheriting Chinese culture.
With the continuous innovation and development of the tea culture industry, tea products have become more and more diverse, tea tasting scenes have become more and more abundant, "new Chinese teahouses" have grown, and leisure methods such as tea tasting around the stove have risen. The younger generation of consumers has accelerated the release of their demand for personalized, diversified and healthy tea and related products. The tea culture industry continues to upgrade to high quality and diversification.
On November 29, 2022, "Traditional Chinese Tea-making Techniques and Related Customs" was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. General Secretary Xi Jinping made important instructions emphasizing the need to promote the creative transformation and innovative development of China's excellent traditional culture, and continuously enhance the cohesion of the Chinese nation and the influence of Chinese culture.
At present, there are more than 60 tea-producing countries and regions in the world, with an annual output of nearly 6 million tons of tea, a trade volume of more than 2 million tons, and a tea-drinking population of more than 2 billion. Tea culture has become a common spiritual wealth all over the world.
A leaf is square inch, and a tea is now thousands. Walking among the grass and trees, perceiving the world in nature, and promoting the prosperity of tea culture in inheritance. The unique aroma of Chinese tea is mellow and long.
Source: CCTV
Editor: Xiao Jinlan