Umi Tea Sets Blog

What is the Chinese Tea Ceremony? Before answering this question, we have to be clear about what Taoism is. Tao easy to define. The Changes indicates that "the spirit that...

"Truth" originally was originally a Buddhist term, which meant real principles The "Four Truths" is the basic spirit of the Chinese Tea Ceremony. The "Four Truths" of the Japanese Tea...

Confucianism is the main stream culture of Chinese society, of which its core is made up of the Four Books and the Five Classics. The Four Books refer to The...

Taoism is a stanchion of Traditional Chinese Culture. It has such an affinity with other realms like art and philosophy, as well as culture. The idea of the "Harmony between...

From the "Tao follow the natural rule" philosophical idea, Lao Zi put forward: "Heaven and Earth are perpetual. The reason why they could be perpetual is because they are not...

What is happiness? Taoist tea drinkers have their own concepts. They think "Everything is up to the Tao, yet has its own character; the objects have their own natural feature....

Buddhism was created in Ancient Hindustani, spread to China in the Han Dynasty, developed in China during the Jin Dynasty and Southern-Northern Period, and reached its peak popularity in the...

The sixth patriarch of Zen Master Hui Neng lost his father when he was three, and his mother brought him up alone. He took collecting firewood for their livelihood at...

Being alive is really good! But how to live life in the best way? Few people are able to comprehend this. Socrates once said "The real joy brought us wisdom,...

The Chinese symbols for gong fu are the same as those representing the martial arts: they represent mastery of time and movement. The literal meaning of gong fu is "the...

The Philosophical Meaning of "Life's Destination" "Life's destination" is a very important Tea Ceremony idea. It derived from the Buddhist concept of karma and the idea of forming good fortune,...

The Taiwanese are proud of their wulong teas, and many of them travel long distances to buy zisha teapot and tea from their favorite mountain garden. However; there has been...