Tea-fighting, a popular activity in ancient times, may be unfamiliar to modern people, but in ancient times, it was an extremely popular cultural entertainment for the rich and the literati. Tea fighting, also known as fighting tea or tea war, originated in the Tang Dynasty, reached its peak in the Song Dynasty. The origin and flow of the tea fight...

The history of tea in ancient China goes back thousands of years, with the earliest records dating back to the Shang Dynasty. The ancients probably at first ate or chewed the tea leaves raw, and later on, as it evolved, they began to mix the tea with suet and add spices, which at this time cannot be said to be the art of tea in the modern sense of the word. The tea was stir-fried...