Make a tea for you

我給“老外”泡杯茶

　　My name is Hunter. I am 10 years old.I am a grade 5 student in No1.Chaoyang primary school.I am interested in Chinese traditional culture.This summer,I did an interesting study of tea ,and made tea for all my foreign friends.Before drinking, let me tell the history of the tea culture.

　　我的名字叫亨特。我今年10歲，是朝陽一校五年級的學生，我對中國的傳統文化很感興趣，這個暑假，我對茶做了一個有趣的研究，併為外國朋友泡了茶。在喝茶之前，讓我先講一下茶文化的歷史。

　　Tea culture,one of the representations of Chinese culture,refer to the cultural characteristics formed in the process of tea-drinking, including tea ceremony,tea virtues,tea spirits,tea couplets,tea classics,tea sets,tea paintings,tea study and stories.

　　茶文化是中國文化的代表之一，是指在飲茶過程中形成的文化特徵，包括茶道、茶德、茶魂、茶聯、茶典、茶具、茶畫、茶學和茶故事。

　　Chinese tea culture emerged as early as over 5000 years ago,while during the Three Kingdom Period ,people paid more attention to its medical value. In Tang Dynasty, tea-tasting became a liking for literati ,who would,while drinking tea, recite poems with rhythm or write some poem to show how enjoyable it was . In this way, tea culture occupies an important place that makes Chinese culture a significant part in the world . Also, there are virtues of the Chinese nation in its tea culture . For example , when a guest arrives ,it is a social convention for the host to entertain him by making some tea.

　　中國的茶文化早在5000多年前就出現了，而在三國時期，人們更注重其醫療價值。到了唐代，品茶成為文人的一種喜好，他們一邊喝茶，一邊吟詩作對，或者寫一些詩，這是一種享受。 茶文化就佔據了重要地位，使中國文化在世界上佔有重要地位。同時，在茶文化中也有中華民族的美德。例如，當一個客人到來時，主人通過泡茶來招待他，這是一種社會慣例。

　　I would like to show foreigners how to make tea.I used two kinds of tools.The first one was dark-red enameled pottery teapot.First,put hot water in the pot,and fill the water in the empty glasses,and pour the water in an empty bottle.This step is called “Thermos”.Next,put tea in the teapot,add water in the pot.Wait 15 seconds.Then,I poured the tea in a big cup that was called maple pouring cup.After that, pouring the tea water into small cups.

　　我想向外國人展示如何泡茶，我用了兩種工具，第一種是暗紅色的搪瓷茶壺，首先在壺裏放熱水，在空杯子裏裝水，在空瓶子裏倒水，這個步驟叫 “溫杯”，然後在茶壺裏放茶，在壺里加水，等15秒，然後把茶倒在一個大杯子裏，這個杯子叫傾杯，之後把茶水倒在小杯子裏。

　　My foreign friends came from 8 different countries,such UK、The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia、Islamic Republic of Pakistan、Germany and so on.They all were interested in making Chinese tea.There were two steps,smelling and drinking.We must drink for three mouthfuls of tea.If the cup was empty,you must bend your thumb and middle finger,  knock at the table softly.That means you wanted more. They did like this.We laughed happily.

　　我的外國朋友來自8個不同的國家，如英國、埃塞俄比亞、巴基斯坦、德國等，他們都對泡中國茶感興趣，有兩個步驟，聞和喝，我們必須喝三口茶，如果杯子空了，你必須彎曲拇指和中指，輕敲桌子，這意味著你想要添茶。他們也這樣做了，我們相視一笑非常愉快。

　　選送單位：瀋陽市沈河區朝陽街第一小學

　　作者：劉昀子弘