《茶经》是中国乃至世界现存最早、最完整、最全面介绍茶的第一部专著。

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、二尺乃至数十尺；其巴山峡川有两人合抱者，伐而掇之。其树如瓜芦，叶如栀子，花如白蔷薇，实如栟榈，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·陆羽《茶经》

Classic of Tea, Lu Yu,Tang Dynasty

茶艺是饮茶的艺术，是一门生活艺术。中国茶艺是中华民族发明创造的具有民族特色的饮茶艺术，主要包括备器、择水、取火、候汤、习茶的一系列技艺和程式。

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.

茶艺是一门综合性的艺术，它与文学、绘画、书法、音乐、陶艺、瓷艺、服装、插花、建筑等相结合构成茶艺文化。

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.

起源于中国的茶艺，后来传播到世界各地，并与各国各地区的文化结合，形成各具特色的茶艺。茶艺是中国人对生活艺术的伟大发明，是中国人对世界文明的伟大贡献。

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.

来源: 安徽农业大学茶学全国重点实验室