今天我才知道，据说茶是在公元前2737年被一位中国皇帝发现的 [美国媒体]

TIL Tea is said to have been discovered in 2737 BC by a Chinese emperor when some tea leaves accidentally blew into a pot of boiling water.

今天我才知道，据说茶是在公元前2737年被一位中国皇帝发现的



评论1：whoisfourthwall: The chinese have a lot of legends like this. There was also this legend that the traditional chinese "medicine" was discovered by some ancient emperor who self tested all sorts of stuff until he turned green. GREEN.

中国人有很多这样的传说。还有这样一个传说，说传统"中药"是由一个古代皇帝发现的，他自己尝试各种东西，直到他中毒变绿，变绿...



geekygay：To add on to this, China did not see itself as part of the world, but as a 'Middle Kingdom' between Heaven and Earth. And as China was better than everyone else, of course the Emperor's gonna have powers to go along with it.Also they didn't quite have the same concept of 'heaven' as western societies do now.

此外，中国并不认为自己是世界的一部分，而是存在于天地间的"中央王国"。因为中国比其他国家都好，所以皇帝当然会有权力这么做，而且他们和现在的西方社会关于"天堂"的概念也不尽相同。



评论2：i_broke_wahoos_leg：Blowing into a boiling pot seems a bit unlikely. I assume it was discovered by some brave dude who would just eat and make infusions out of everything he could get his hands on.

茶树叶子飘进沸腾的锅里似乎有点不可能。我想它可能是由一个什么都吃，会把他能拿到的东西都吃进去的勇敢的家伙发现的。

Catch_022:Or people who were starving to death and were trying to make leaf soup or something like that.

或者是那些饿得要死，想拿茶树叶子做个汤之类的东西的人。

i_broke_wahoos_leg：True. Nothing like a nice cuppa before you keel over.

真的。在你饿趴下之前，没有什么比一杯好茶更棒的了。



i_broke_wahoos_leg: Isn't the apple falling also a legend though?

苹果的掉落不是也是个传说吗？

Platypuslord: They have never proved that apples can fall so the legend persists.

他们从未证明苹果会掉下来，所以这个传说一直流传着。

aDickBurningRadiator: Only half true. Seeing a falling apple gave him some sort of inspiration and he recorded as such, the myth is that the apple bonked him on the head while he was sitting under the tree.

那个故事只有一半是真的。其实是他看到了一个掉落的苹果，这给了他某种灵感，他就这样记录了下来，而传说中说得是当他坐在树下的时候，苹果砸在了他的头上。



h1ghHorseman: "These animals from the forest fire are delicious!" that probably happened once or twice in our history, too, when people were moving back in the day after everything had burned down.

"森林大火烧过的这些动物真好吃啊！" 这在我们的历史上也可能发生过一两次，当人们在森林的一切都被烧毁后的第二天搬回来的时候会发现烧熟的肉很好吃。

brahmidia：Let's be honest, the instant fire exists people will put random stuff into it to see if it burns... Cooking was invented roughly ten minutes after discovery of fire.

让我们诚实地说，一旦火存在了，人们就会把任何东西放进火里，看看它是否燃烧。。。烹饪是在发现火后大约十分钟发明的。

[deleted]:i don't think it was accidents at all. humans have a natural curiosity to try things to see what happens to it. if wood gets turned to ash when burned, what would happen to other stuff? oh look this meat slowly changes until it's black. what if i eat it now? how bout now? also the fact that meat smells fucking good when being cooked too.

我认为这根本不是意外。人类有一种天生的好奇心去尝试事物，看看它会发生什么。如果木头在燃烧时变成灰烬，其他东西会怎么样呢？ 哦，看，这块肉慢慢地变了，直到变成黑色。如果我现在吃是什么味道？ 再等一会儿呢？ 同时肉在烹饪的时候闻起来也很香。



[deleted]: in the modern world, almost everything edible is already eaten. you don't want to eat anything that other people havent already made a dish out of.

在现代世界, 几乎所有可食用的东西都已经被吃过。你不会想吃别人还没有用来做过菜的东西的。

评论8：Vr00ms: Taoist monks had been studying the properties of plants and fauna for medicinal purposes. This is like the monks discovering beer.

道教僧人一直在研究植物和动物的药用价值，就好像可以说是僧侣们发现了啤酒。

评论9：tufted_wisdom: What the hell did they do with tea leaves before they made tea with them?

在用茶叶泡茶之前，他们到底是怎么利用茶叶的？



评论13：Vattu: That accident created one of the most bitter tasting drink I have ever drunk. Who drinks this stuff anyway?

那次意外的结果是：茶是我喝过的最苦的饮料之一。另外，现在有谁喝茶吗？