How to treat the development of tea culture in China with the increasing communication between Chinese and Western cultures?

Tea history: the origin, discovery and utilization of tea, the formation, development, evolution, characteristics and manifestations of tea culture; Sociology of tea culture: the influence of tea culture on all aspects of society, the role of social development and progress on tea culture, and the relationship between social class and tea culture: tea-drinking folklore: tea-drinking customs of history and modernity, regions and nationalities, cities and rural areas; Tea aesthetics: the shape design of finished tea, the naming of famous tea, the design of tea packaging and advertising, etc. Tea culture communication: international and domestic seminars, tea culture exhibitions, tea performances, children's tea art, tea historical and cultural fairs, tea tourism; Functionalism of tea culture: tea culture resources, characteristics, historical tea culture, tea culture function in the new period, and the role of tea culture in modern society and spiritual civilization construction.

The formation and development of historical tea culture has a very long history. Tea has always been used as a tribute to the king of Wu. In the late primitive commune, tea became a commodity exchange. During the Warring States period, tea had a certain scale. Tea was recorded in the Book of Songs in the pre-Qin period. In the Han Dynasty, tea became a special tonic for Buddhist meditation. During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, there was an atmosphere of drinking tea. During the Sui Dynasty, the whole people generally drank tea. In the Tang Dynasty, the tea industry flourished, and tea became "indispensable to others". Teahouses, tea banquets and tea parties appeared one after another to encourage guests to worship tea. Fighting tea, tribute tea and gift tea were popular in Song Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, Quyi entered the teahouse and the foreign trade of tea developed. Tea culture was born with the emergence of commodity economy and the formation of urban culture. The tea culture in history pays attention to cultural ideology, elegance, poetry, painting and calligraphy, drinking tea, singing and dancing. In the process of its formation and development, tea culture has integrated the philosophical colors of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, evolved into the customs and habits of all ethnic groups, and became an integral part of excellent traditional culture and a unique cultural model. The development of material civilization and spiritual civilization has injected new connotation and vitality into tea culture. In this new period, the connotation and expression of tea culture are constantly expanding, extending, innovating and developing. In the new era, tea culture has merged into the essence of modern science and technology, modern news media and market economy, which makes the value function of tea culture more remarkable and further strengthens its role in modern society. The consciousness that the value of tea is the core of tea culture has been further established, and international exchanges have become increasingly frequent. In the new period, the form of tea culture communication presents the trend of scale, modernization, socialization and internationalization. Its connotation is expanding rapidly and its influence is expanding day by day, attracting worldwide attention.

The annual output of tea in China has increased from 7500T in 1949 to more than 600,000t in 1998. The substantial increase of tea material wealth has provided a solid foundation for the development of tea culture in China. 1982 Hangzhou established the first social organization with the purpose of promoting tea culture, 1983 Hubei established Luyu Tea Culture Research Association, 1990 Beijing established China Tea People's Association. 1998 China international peaceful tea culture exchange hall was built. With the rise of tea culture, there are more and more teahouses all over the country. The fifth International Symposium on Tea Culture has attracted Japanese, Korean, American, Sri Lankan, Hongkong and Taiwan Province. Tea festivals are held in all provinces, cities and tea-producing counties, such as Rock Tea Festival in Wuyi City, Fujian Province, Pu 'er Tea Festival in Yunnan Province, Tea Festival in Xinchang, Taishun, Yingshan, Hubei Province and Xinyang, Henan Province. They all use tea as a carrier to promote the all-round development of economy and trade.