On the Nature of Tea Customs and Its Related Issues
China is the hometown of the world's tea culture.The customs of tea planting,processing and drinking appeared very early,but"tea customs"as a proper term emerged after the modernization began in the modern era.Characteristics of tea customs include appreciation by both refined and popular tastes,enjoyment of life,and the inclusion of diversity within unity.The subjects of tea customs can be divided into ordinary subjects and exclusive subjects.Tea customs reproduce the life scenes of local people.In contemporary times,the constantly invented tea customs are providing people everywhere with cultural sym-bols and local traditions that are sufficient to form a social identity.