Chinese Tea Culture
Dublin Core
Title
Chinese Tea Culture
Subject
The art of tea
Description
This collection displays ways to appreciate tea in traditional Chinese practice.
Collection Items
Tea Drinking
Tea is a basic necessity in the life of the Chinese people. To eat and to drink is a matter repeated with regularity every day. Tea-drinking in China has undergone four phases of development.
Primitive men picked tea leaves for food. This practice…
Primitive men picked tea leaves for food. This practice…
Tea Tasting
In ancient times, tea-tasting was among the things that distinguished men of refinement from men of poor taste. One who was not good at tasting tea was usually despised. Jia Baoyu, in the Chinese classical novel Dream of the Red Mansion, prided…
Tea Competition
Tea-competition represents a higher level of tea-tasting. It originated in the Tang Dynasty and came into fashion during the Song Dynasty. Tea-competition was popular among men of letters in the Song Dynasty. Even Emperor Song Huizeng was…
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