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Acknowledgements
I am very grateful to my supervisor who gave mea culture formed, for example, the afternoon tea. There are some similarities of tea cultures between China and Britain, such as tea to guests, tea poets who like writing poems connected closely with tea. And there are also many idioms about tea can be found in both countries. Of course, there are still many different aspects owing to the quite different cultures in East and West. For example, the difference of tea’s development of history; especially the customs of drinking tea is totally different. In fact, the more important reasons that lead to these two distinctive tea cultures are different points of value and world outlook of two nations. Chinese people who respect and rely on nature think that man is an integral part of nature. We human beings should get along with nature harmoniously. The British who advocate and emphasize individualism hold that human beings are independent, and they attempt to conquer the nature while Chinese people emphasize the importance of collectivity; they always believe collective benefits outweigh the personal interest which opposites to the view of British people who emphasize personal interest than collective benefits. On the basis of analyzing the history and customs this thesis just makes a brief study on the similarities and dissimilarities in Chinese and British tea culture.
Key Words: Tea Culture; China and Britain; Comparison; Afternoon Tea
摘要
茶是一种不含酒精的饮料，起源于中国，它通常被用作解毒剂。后来人们发现它是一种健康的饮品具有使人神清气爽的功效。随着人们喝茶的日趋普遍，茶成了每天的必需品。在民间也相应地出现很多谚语来形容茶的重要性，如茶被形容为“一日不可无茶”，“开门七件事：柴、米、油、盐、酱、醋、茶”。中国的茶叶可以追溯到古代，特别是在唐、宋时期达到鼎盛。此外，据说世界各地关于茶的主要事件都基本上是从中国传出去的。17世纪，茶传入欧洲并在英国风靡起来，在人们的生活中扮演越来越重要的角色。这种舶来品与当地文化的融合形成了一种新的以下午茶为代表的独特英式茶文化。中国与英国作为饮茶大国都有久远而浓厚的饮茶文化，有很多的相似之处，比如都会以茶代客,诗人都喜欢写关于茶的诗词，而且两个国家都有很多与茶相关的谚语。当然，茶文化在中国和英国也存在有着差异。比如，其历史渊源的不同，特别是饮茶****俗，俩国是完全不同的。而导致这些差异的根本原因是其渗透在各自茶文化中的世界观和价值观不同。中国人认为天人合一，自然是不可战胜的，人类要按客观规律办事，要与自然和谐相处。