Chapter One of Chinese Tea Art Micro-course: Basic Knowledge

In the long history river of human being, each civilization is a star shining in the galaxy, among which, tea culture is one of the brightest stars, guides our life, thoughts, behaviors，even decides the economy and future of a country. And this star belongs to the whole world, either near or far. From today on, we will observe this superstar closely, decompose it, analyze it, understand it and appreciate it in scientific methods and aesthetic altitude.

在人类悠久的历史长河中，每一种文明正如银河系的星星，在黑夜中闪闪发光。而茶文化，是其中最亮的一颗星星之一，照亮我们的生活，引导我们的思维，修养我们的行为，甚至是决定着一个国家的经济和命运。从今天开始，我们将用科学的方法，美学的态度，近距离观察这一刻耀眼的星星，通过正确解读，理性分析，客观理解，从而学会唯心地欣赏。

Chinese Tea Art Micro-course has 15 chapters, 100 lessons, each lesson is around 5 minutes long. The series contains six basic types of tea, which are green tea, yellow tea, white tea, oolong tea, black tea, and dark tea. Of course, we are here in Yunnan, the hometown or pu-erh tea, so we will target on pu-erh tea, present you very details about origins, terroir, brewing skills, tasting&evaluation, and collection.

《中国茶艺（英文）微课》共有十五章，100集，每一集微课5分钟。整个系列包括了六大基本茶类。当然，身在普洱茶的家乡，我们会重点分享普洱茶部分，讲解普洱茶的原产地魅力，风土特点，冲泡技巧，品鉴艺术以及收藏辨识能力。

Chinese Tea Art Micro-course is the fruit of my 18 years’ study and passion in tea, the combination of the traditional Chinese culture and western thoughts, therefore, it is scientific and interesting, objective and creative, traditional and open-minded. It is a different way to study tea science, a unique perspective to learn tea art.

《中国茶艺（英文）微课》是我18年以来，倾注对茶的热情，融合中西传统文化和理念的结晶，所以，它科学严谨却又趣味生动，客观理性却又富有创造力，尊重传统而不保守。这将是一次用不同的方法去学习茶学，用不同的视角去修行茶艺。

For studying conveniently and flexibly, we are going to update the whole course one chapter by chapter, so you can choose the one you like the one you are interested in.

为了便于更方便和灵活的学习，我们将这个系列课程分阶段学习，大家可 根据您的兴趣单章选择，也可以选择全套学习。

Chapter One: Basic Introduction of Tea 茶叶基础理论

The Chinese Tea Art Micro-course will have 15 chapters and 100 lessons in total. What is tea? How to recognize it is a tea plant, and what does a tea tree look like? We all know that China is the origin of world tea, but how can we explain it correctly？Regarding different types of tea, do you know what is the classification in theory and practice? This is Mabol, don’t worry, we are going to figure out all in chapter one – General Introduction

《中国茶艺（英文）微课​》中国茶艺（英文）微课一共有十五章，100节微课。什么是茶？如何识别茶树？茶树的形态是怎么样的？虽然我们都知道中国是世界茶的发源地，那又如何正确地解释这个事实呢？面对琳琅满目的茶叶，它们的分类理论与实际又是什么呢? 我是钟梅，别担心，我们都会从第一章概论中学习到。

Lesson 1 What is Tea 茶的正确表达

Lesson 2 The Three Necessary Characters of Tea Plants 茶树的三个必要特征

Lesson 3 The Morphology of Tea Trees茶树的形态学特征

Lesson 4 The Origin of Tea 茶树的起源

Lesson 5 Chinese Major Tea Areas in China​ 中国四大茶区

Lesson 6 Tea Classification in Theory and Practice 茶叶分类的理论与实际

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