On China's Tea Art as well as its Position in the History of
China's Tea Culture.
——the Different Developing Directions of Tea Culture in China and Japan
CHEN Wen-hua
( China' s Tea Culture Research Center, Nanehang 330077)
Abstract: Early in Tang dynasty, the trend of tea drinking spread all over the country, and the Chinese word Chadao(茶道) came forth, which disappeared later, and the book "Tea Classics" wrote by Lu Yu and other books on tea focus on explaining the art of enjoying tea (which is called Tea Art). Oppositely, Japan, after in- troducing tea drinking from China, has developed Chadao(茶道) under the thick religious sense. Different history and cultural background have led to the different developing directions of tea culture in China and Japan. Chi- nese scholars developed tea drinking as an art in life, while Japanese monks and priests regarded it as Buddha regulations.
Key words: tea art; Chadao; Chinese and Japanese tea culture;developing direction