中国是茶的故乡，茶在中国有4700多年的历史，中国的茶文化兴于唐，盛于宋，唐代以前尚无饮茶之风。以茶为饮料，唐时从江南传到北方，逐渐盛行，茶成为人们生活中必不可少的物品，茶文化也是中华文明的重要组成部分。对于古代而言开征茶税，茶课以及实行茶的专卖制度不仅推动国家经济，促进边疆少数民族的茶马交易，也成为调节民族关系巩固国防的重要手段。“,”China is the hometown of tea,Tea has a history of more than 4700 years in China. Chinese tea culture flourished in the Tang Dynasty and flourished in the Song Dynasty, before the Tang Dynasty, there was no tea drinking tradition. Tea was used as a beverage,it spread from the south of the Yangtze River to the north during the Tang Dynasty and gradually became popular. Tea became an indispensable item in people's lives, and tea culture was also an important part of Chinese civilization. In ancient times, the levy of tea taxes, tea classes, and the implementation of the tea monopoly system not only promoted the national economy, but also tea-horse trade with border ethnic minorities, and also became an important means to regulate ethnic relations and consolidate national defense.