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...

Zhao Linggui, a famous lyricist in the late Northern Song Dynasty and early Southern Song Dynasty, was renowned for his profound literary attainments and calligraphic talents. His work, "The Invitation to Tea", now in the National Museum of Japan in Tokyo, is a precious cultural asset. Overview of the work The Post of Giving Tea is a work in running script, totaling fifty-seven...