The Spread Of Chinese Tea Culture In Russia

As the hometown of tea,China has been thousands of years of tea production and drinking tea history.Chinese tea is very famous.Chinese tea culture in the process of development gradually integrated with Confucianism,Buddhism,Taoism and other cultural.Chinese tea have become an important part of traditional Chinese culture.Tea not only have a function of medical treatment,but also can cultivate sentiment.The characteristics of tea culture itself making tea gradually spread to all ethnic groups of the Chinese nation and attract the attention of foreign peoples.Tea have become the world’s favorite daily drink.In the absorption of traditional Chinese tea culture,countries develop their own unique tea culture.As healthy drink and civilized drink,tea has changed from a Chinese drink to a global beverage,Chinese tea has been welcomed and loved by people around the world.Russian tea culture is on the basis of the Chinese tea culture.In the 17 th century,the Russian bring tea to Russia,since then,tea began to enter the Russian vision.Russian aristocracy’s attention and love of tea promote the rise of Sino-Russian tea trade,the rise of tea trade in China and Russia also contributed to the spread of Chinese tea culture in Russia.In the late 18 th century and early 19 th century,tea culture in Russia developed fast and spread all sectors.Now,Russia has become the world’s second largest consumer of tea.Tea have become the Russian people’s daily necessities.In the course of the transmission of tea culture to Russia,the Russians,on the one hand,absorbed part of the Chinese tea culture,and on the other,developed a unique tea culture according to their own customs.