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Do you know who invented tea? In fact, tea, the most popular drink in the world (after water), was invented by accident (偶然). According to an ancient Chinese legend (传说), the emperor Shen Nong
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tea when he was boiling drinking water over an open fire. Some leaves from a nearby bush (灌木丛) fell into the water and remained there for
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. The emperor noticed that the leaves in the water produced a
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smell. Later he decided
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the hot mixture (混合物). It was quite delicious. And
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, one of the world"s favorite drinks was invented.
China is the home of tea,
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has more than 4,000 years history. People throughout China drink tea daily.
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the three major drinks—tea, coffee and cocoa, tea is drunk by
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people in the world. Tea from China, along
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silk and porcelain, began to be known by the world over a thousand years ago and has been an important Chinese export
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.
Tea leaves
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mainly in the area south of the Yangtze River, in the provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi and Fujian, because of the mild
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and rich soil there. Longjing, Wulong, Pu"er and Tieguanyin are all
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kinds of tea.
Over the past centuries, Chinese people
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their unique tea culture, which includes tea planting, tea-leaf picking, tea making and so on. Tea is
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a popular topic which is often mentioned in dances, songs, poems and novels.