Aspiration to build and develop Vietnamese tea civilization

"Vietnamese Tea Civilization" special edition for Thai Nguyen by author Trinh Quang Dung, 844 pages thick, about the journey of tea drinking culture spanning over 5,000 years of Vietnamese people, published by Women's Publishing House, is attracting the attention of readers, especially those who love Thai Nguyen tea.

As soon as you turn the first page of the book, you will encounter the ancient message about the effects of tea in the "prophecy" of the divine physician Tue Tinh: Tea can clear the mind, cool the body, drink a bowl, ten thousand worries disappear. And that is also the message that the book wants to send to readers.

The work consists of 4 parts presenting the origin of Vietnamese tea and affirming that Vietnam is the origin of tea in the world with convincing arguments and documents. Part 1: Wisdom of the origin of Vietnamese tea. The author provides readers with the origin of Vietnamese tea through a lot of information: from the perspective of the territory; legends and historical documents, archaeological documents, and above all from witnesses and evidence that are still present.

Part II: The art of enjoying Vietnamese tea. Readers will learn about the folk art of drinking tea and the scholarly art of enjoying tea - the elegant and sophisticated royal court. In this part, readers will be surprised to receive information about the source of Vietnamese famous water with the types of true water for the art of drinking tea according to the ancient concept: Son Thuy, Giang Thuy, Ngu Thuy... And especially, readers will learn about famous Vietnamese teas such as: Tuoc Thiet tea, Bang tea, Chi tea, Hong Mai tea... which have been lost and later generations only know about them through word of mouth for 3 centuries, from the end of the 18th century to nearly the end of the 20th century.

Part III: Journey of Vietnamese tea utensils through the centuries. Folk tea utensils are not only closely associated with the breath of the countryside but also deeply rooted in all classes: from poor communities to the wealthy and powerful upper class, even among the elite.

The book takes readers back in time to the tea utensils of the ancient period of Xich Quy-Van Lang-Nam Viet; to the tea utensils of the autonomous period; Vietnamese-style tea utensils and the line of imported and exported tea utensils.

The final part: Vietnamese Tea Industry, tells the story of the Vietnamese people's 5,000-year history of tea exploitation and cultivation, overcoming many storms of history. All are explored and recreated through legendary tea regions, pure and noble tea specialties that conquer people's hearts, leaving a deep impression on friends around the world.

With a changing cultural history writing style, with the criteria of "taking history to correct culture" and "borrowing culture to refresh history", the book "Vietnamese Tea Civilization" brings readers a new, more comprehensive view of Vietnamese tea.

10 years ago, “Vietnamese Tea Civilization” was first published at the Temple of Literature. This reprinted book has been supplemented with many valuable documents and is a special edition for Thai Nguyen. This special feature has been affirmed by the leaders of Thai Nguyen province: Tea is present in the lives of all classes of people, from solemn rituals to happy and sad moments in daily life.

This time, “Vietnamese Tea Civilization” dedicates a special edition to Thai Nguyen, the Windy Capital known as “The First Famous Tea”. This is the origin of the aspiration to build and develop a brilliant Vietnamese tea civilization “in the journey to a new era, the era of the country’s rise”.

Source: https://baothainguyen.vn/van-hoa/202503/khat-vong-xay-dung-va-phat-trien-van-minh-tra-viet-d470c6f/