Story of tea. Go Back Activity of question answer views 3:24 Teacher: Children let’s continue with the lesson. Some legend tells us that it was a Buddhist monk named Bodhidharma who was the first to use tea as a drink. He was keen to find a herb or a medicinal plant, which would help him stay awake and alert for long periods of time in prayer and meditation. After considerable search and trial, he found that chewing leaves from the tea shrub acted as a stimulant, helping him stay awake. It was he who introduced tea among his disciples in China. It is said that Japanese priests studying under Buddhist teachers in China carried tea seeds and leaves back home with them. Turkish traders also began to bargain for tea on the border of Mongolia. In fact, the story goes that the Chinese Emperor Hui Tsung (हुई संग) was so taken up with tea that he set up a research into the best tea whisking methods and also hosted tea-making and tea-tasting tournaments in the court. So ‘tea minded’ was he, that he failed to notice that Mongolia had actually taken over his empire! Thus the habit of drinking tea spread to Japan, Europe and England, where it became a fashionable and popular drink among the people. Introduction and Explanation Explain next half of the story Explain next part of story Activity of question answer Explain next part of story Activity of question answer Question and answer Activity of difficult words.