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<SPAN lang=EN-US><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">中国是茶树的原产地,然而,中国在茶业上对人类的贡献,主要在于最早发现并利用茶这种植物,并把它发展形成为我国和东方乃至整个世界的一种灿烂独特的茶文化。 </SPAN>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 中国茶业,最初兴于巴蜀,其后向东部和南部逐次传播开来,以致遍及全国。到了唐代,又传至日本和朝鲜,</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>16</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">世纪后被西方引进。所以,茶的传播史,分为国内及国外两条线路。</SPAN>
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<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 茶树是中国南方的一种</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">嘉木</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">,所以,中国的茶业,最初孕育、发生和发展于南方。</SPAN>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> (</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>1</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">)巴蜀是中国茶业的摇篮(先秦两汉) </SPAN>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 顾炎武曾经指出,</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">自秦人取蜀而后,始有茗饮之事</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">,即认为中国的饮茶,是秦统一巴蜀之后才慢慢传播开来,也就是说,中国和世界的茶叶文化,最初是在巴蜀发展为业的。这一说法,已为现在绝大多数学者认同。 巴蜀产茶,据文字记载和考证,至少可追溯到战国时期,此时巴蜀已形成一定规模的茶区,并以茶为贡品之一。 </SPAN>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 关于巴蜀茶业在我国早期茶业史上的突出地位,直到西汉成帝时王褒的《童约》,才始见诸记载,内有</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">烹荼尽具</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">及</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">武阳买茶</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">两句。前者反映成都一带,西汉时不仅饮茶成风,而且出现了专门用具;从后一句可以看出,茶叶已经商品化,出现了如</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">武阳</SPAN><SPAN lang=EN-US>"</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">一类的茶叶市场。 </SPAN>
<SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 宋体; mso-ascii-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-hansi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> 西汉时,成都不但已形成为我国茶叶的一个消费中心,由后来的文