中國茶藝Chinese Tea Art

為與日本茶道、韓國茶禮相區別，1977年臺灣眾多學者共同提出 “茶藝” 這一概念，并于1978年在臺北和高雄分別成立茶藝協會，1982年成立全臺茶藝團體“中華茶藝協會”。 臺灣茶藝帶動了本土茶葉產業的發展，如茶藝師培訓的教育事業、茶藝表演的演藝業、茶文化的出版業。臺灣的茶藝在中國大陸改革開放之后，很快傳入內地，并在茶行業內迅速傳播，對大陸茶文化的內容提供了重要的補充。

In order to distinguish it from Japanese tea ceremony and Korean tea ceremony, many scholars in Taiwan jointly proposed the concept of “tea art” in 1977. In 1978, Tea Art Associations were established in Taipei and Kaohsiung respectively. In 1982, the tea culture group “Chinese Tea Art Association” was established. Taiwan tea art has driven the development of the local tea industry, such as tea artist training, tea art performance, and the publishing industry of tea culture. After the reform and opening up in mainland China, Taiwan's tea art was quickly introduced to the mainland and spread rapidly in the tea industry, providing an important supplement to the content of the mainland tea culture.

茶藝是一門綜合性的藝術，包容性強，涵蓋面廣，涉及的學問精深。茶藝跨越了茶學、美學、文學、宗教、哲學、倫理、道德、民俗等眾多門類的傳統及現代藝術，綜合了陶瓷、插花、書畫、音樂、建筑、裝飾、表演等領域。

Tea art is a comprehensive art with inclusive, wide-ranging and profound knowledge and culture, covering various traditional and modern arts such as tea art, aesthetics, literature, religion, philosophy, ethics, morality, folklore, etc. and integrating ceramics, flower arrangements, paintings, music, architecture, decoration, performance together. It benefits and enlightens us in many ways.

茶藝表演是茶藝師展示茶藝技巧、方法和品飲藝術的一種方式。其表演因地域、民族和茶品類的不同，目前正處于“群芳爭艷”的繁榮時期，各類主題茶會、茶文化節、茶藝館都會根據自身特點舉辦適宜的茶藝表演。同時，有一部分人欲通過茶藝表演訴諸各自的功利目的，因而其茶藝表演出現了較為含混的、違背茶藝精神的現象。

Tea art performance is a way for tea artists to showcase tea techniques, methods and art of tea tasting. Due to the different regions, ethnic groups and tea types, the performances are currently in the prosperous period with brilliant points respectively. however, various tea parties, tea culture festivals and tea art houses want to perform tea art according to their own characteristics with their utilitarian purposes, and thus some performances are contrary to the spirit of tea art.