中国种植与饮茶的历史十分悠久 ,最早可以追溯到传说的神农氏时代 ① 。但是 ,人们对茶的认识及其饮用方式却是逐步深化与完善的。唐朝是茶事发展的重要历史时期 ,唐以前 ,人们把茶初当药用 ,后才成为提神解渴的饮料 ,进而在南方形成风气 ;至盛唐 ,饮茶在南北方蔚为风气 ,茶事 The history of planting and drinking tea in China is very long, dating back to the legendary Shennong era. However, people’s understanding of tea and its drinking methods are gradually deepened and improved. The Tang Dynasty is an important historical period of the development of tea things. Before the Tang Dynasty, people started to use the tea as a medicinal herb before they became the drink to refresh their thirst, and then formed a trend in the south. In the prosperous Tang Dynasty, drinking tea became a trend in the north and south,