Soil salinization, which can affect plant growth and agricultural output, is one of the worldwide environmental problems. The salt environment may impair chloroplast structure and decrease photosynthetic pigment content, thereby affecting the photosynthetic efficiency of plants. It may also alter the production of reactive oxygen species and thus affect the physiological characteristics in plants. Extracted from tea, tea polyphenols (TP) is an anti-aging, anti-tumor and anti-bacterial substance. It is mostly employed in animal research, but there are few studies on its effect on plant stress. Wheat cultivar Longchun 30 seedlings were used in present research to explore the effects of 150 mmol/L NaCl and different TP concentrations, in case of being applied or in combination, on such physiological characteristics as chlorophyll content, chlorophyll fluorescence characteristics and hydrogen peroxide (H₂O₂) generation. The results were follows: 1) 150 mmol/L NaCl treatment alone decreased chlorophyll content, actual light quantum yield [Y(II)], photochemical quenching (qP) and photosynthetic electron transfer efficiency (ETR) in wheat leaves, but improved non-photochemical quenching (NPQ). However, these indicators did not alter in response to TP treatment alone. 2) Salinity treatment resulted in the stimulation of cell wall-POD (cw-POD), diamine oxidase (DAO) and polyamine oxidase (PAO); low TP concentration significantly increased the activity of cw-POD, but did not have remarkable effects on DAO and PAO activities; in contrast, high TP concentration did not affect cw-POD activity, but significantly inhibited DAO and PAO activities. 3) Compared with NaCl treatment alone, the application of TP and NaCl in combination led to the increases of chlorophyll content, maximal photochemical efficiency (F_v/F_m) and ETR of photosystem II (PS II) in salinity-stressed seedlings, but the decreases of NPQ value, H₂O₂ content and the activities of cw-POD, DAO and PAO. In conclusion, while effectively alleviating the reduction of chlorophyll content and the inhibition of PSII photosynthetic electron transport rate and photochemical reaction rate in response to salinity stress, TP significantly reduced cw-POD, DAO and PAO activities as well as the incidence of H₂O₂ generation, thereby alleviating the damage on wheat seedlings caused by salt stress and improving their tolerance to salt environment.