INTERNATIONAL TEA DAY: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION

INTERNATIONAL TEA DAY: ORIGIN AND EVOLUTION

Authors

• Сяолин Чжан

Keywords:

International Tea Day, China, tea culture, tea industry, tea science and technology

Abstract

nternational Tea Day is a new holiday that took shape in China even before it was officially established. The initiative to create International Tea Day was originally proposed by the Chinese government. Gradually, the initiative received broad support from the international community, after which it was formally approved by the United Nations in 2019. Chinese (folk) and international tea day have gone through a process from their birth to official establishment. Both holidays are widely celebrated in both China and other countries. The establishment of the holiday is a milestone in the history of tea industry and culture development. This holiday is also a sign of recognition of cultural tea values in different countries, as well as international cultural exchanges about Chinese tea and its history. All of this will contribute to transmission, protection, transformation and modernization of tea culture, as well as deepening understanding of Chinese tea and tea culture around the world. International Tea Day is the research object of this paper. The relation between tea, tea culture and China is seen as a starting point for analyzing the origins and evo-lution of the holiday. The aim of this article is to analyze the origins and evolution of International Tea Day