《茶經》是中國乃至世界現存最早、最完整、最全面介紹茶的第一部專著。

The Classic of Tea is the first, mostcompleted and most comprehensive monograph of tea in China and the world.

茶者，南方之嘉木也。一尺、二尺乃至數十尺；其巴山峽川有兩人合抱者，伐而掇之。其樹如瓜蘆，葉如梔子，花如白薔薇，實如栟櫚，蒂如丁香，根如胡桃。

Tea, a divine treefrom southern China. It could grow to the height from 1 chi to 2 chi, and evenreach to tens of chi (1 chi≈0.33 m). In Bashan canyon, some big tea tree would grow to enormous girth that takes two people’s arms holdaround; when harvesting leaves, one needs to chop up the branches, then pluckleaves. Fresh leaves of tea look like gardenia leaves, with white-rose-like flower,palm-like seeds as well as its pedicel looks like clove's and walnut-tree-likeroot.

——唐·陸羽《茶經》

Classic of Tea, Lu Yu,Tang Dynasty

茶藝是飲茶的藝術，是一門生活藝術。中國茶藝是中華民族發明創造的具有民族特色的飲茶藝術，主要包括備器、擇水、取火、候湯、習茶的一系列技藝和程式。

Tea art, the artof tea drinking, is an art of living. Chinese tea art is the tea drinking artwith national characteristics invented and created by the Chinese people. Itmainly includes skills and art actions of utensil preparation, water selection,fire taking, heating control and tea making.

茶藝是一門綜合性的藝術，它與文學、繪畫、書法、音樂、陶藝、瓷藝、服裝、插花、建筑等相結合構成茶藝文化。

Tea art is acomprehensive art form that combines with literature, painting, calligraphy,music, pottery, porcelain, clothing, flower arrangement, architecture and otherart forms; all together, these art forms build up to tea art culture.

起源于中國的茶藝，后來傳播到世界各地，并與各國各地區的文化結合，形成各具特色的茶藝。茶藝是中國人對生活藝術的偉大發明，是中國人對世界文明的偉大貢獻。

Tea art originatedin China, and then spread to all parts of the world; while absorbing culturesof various countries and regions, it evolves to different tea arts in differentareas. Tea art is a marvelous invention by Chinese people and a greatcontribution to arts of living and civilization worldwide.

來源: 安徽農業大學茶學全國重點實驗室