
Why do I suggest you give tea instead for National Day?
First, tea is the national drink, giving tea means giving culture. With a history of five thousand years, tea culture, as a symbol of Eastern civilization, has been deeply rooted in Chinese tradition. As one of the seven daily necessities—"firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea"—the Chinese people's familiarity with tea spans from emperors, ministers, and literati to porters, vendors, and commoners. In traditional Chinese festivals, such as the Qixi Festival where tea serves as a medium for love, the Mid-Autumn Festival where tea evokes nostalgia for home, the Double Ninth Festival where tea promotes longevity for the elderly, and the Spring Festival where tea is used to entertain guests, tea is not only a medium for family reunions, conveying blessings, and expressing emotions but has also evolved into a specific symbol of Chinese festival culture. Therefore, giving tea as a gift during festivals conveys culture and taste.
Second, drinking tea promotes health, giving tea means giving health. Tea is one of the world's major health beverages. In ancient times, Shennong tasted hundreds of herbs and used tea to detoxify. Tea can quench thirst, aid digestion, eliminate greasiness, detoxify, sober up, promote diuresis, relieve gout, resist radiation, and delay aging. Both ancient and modern medical texts, as well as domestic and international research, have confirmed its medicinal effects. Especially in the context of modern high-pressure life and the increasingly obvious sub-health status of humans, tea, as a fashionable health product popular worldwide, has deeply rooted the concept of "giving tea gives health" in people's minds.
Third, tea culture is profound and beneficial to health. Nowadays, people's health awareness has increased, and more and more people are drinking tea. China is a country of etiquette, valuing manners, and Chinese people are warm and hospitable. The tradition of giving tea as a gift has been prevalent for a long time, and the health benefits of tea have also been recognized by the public in recent years.