In order to Characterizing the tea-culture of Korea, historical records for tea-culture of Korea, Japan and China were reviewed. The results were summarized as follows. 1. As for the type of tea through the history of Korea, it could be characterized as Cake-tea(餠茶) in Sam Kook dynasty, Iump-tea(硏膏茶) in Koryo dynasty and leaf tea(葉茶) in Chosun dynasty. Those were affected by Chinese and Japanese tea-culture. 2. Fashiono of tea-culture in Korea were unigue, imitative and reconstitutive. 3. It was concluded that the tea-culture in Korea might be established by the 'cult of tree' (樹木崇拜信仰) of Hwa Rang in Shilla dynasty.

• 김명배 | Kim, Myong-Bae