Chinese Tea Art - Brewing and Tasting Tea August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets The methods of drinking tea has changed several times since the Han and Tang dynasties. The general methods are described below. 1. Brewing tea: The tea dust is brewed directly...
The Spirit of Chinese Tea Ceremony August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets People who have watched a performance of the Japanese tea ceremony often ask: Why is it called tea ceremony in Japan and tea art in China? Is it because China...
Confucian Thoughts and the Spirit of Chinese Tea Ceremony August 02, 2021UmiTea Sets Each nation has its own unique cultural system and individual characteristics. Great differences exist in the orientation of culture and values between the East and West. The West advocates fire...
Tea Rites in Daily Life July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Folk customs, an important component part of national culture,showed the psychological characteristics of a nation. In the past, they had distinctive local features. It is truly said that "Ten li...
Wedding Customs and Tea Rite July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets The tea rite was most widely reflected in wedding customs. Compared with Westerners, the Chinese attached greater importance to genetic connections, and regarded marriage as the most important event of...
Funeral and Sacrificial Customs and Tea Rites July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Tea has been used in funerals and sacrificial rites for a long time. According to a story in The Book of Tea quoted from Strange Tales- (a collection of strange...
Ancient Customs of Huzhou July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Huzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, China, is an old tea growing area, where the Saint of Tea Lu Yu wrote The Book of Tea. In the ranges of green mountains with...
The Kong Fu Tea of Chaozhou and Shantou July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Thane are different opinions about the name of kong fu tea. Some people think that it is called thus because it takes a lot of time to process the tea...
The Yunnan Tea Ceremony July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets China is the homeland of tea, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau is the place where Chinese tea originated. Since Yunnan Province has both the human environment and the natural environment fit...
Tea Customs in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets The ethnic groups of Southwest China live in concentrated communities in Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan provinces. As original tea-growing areas, these places are rich in tea culture. In particular, when...
Tea Ceremony in China July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets The Chinese love drinking tea. They drink tea to relieve thirst when thirsty, to sober up when drunken, to help digest after a meal, and to stay awake and fresh...
Tea-drinking Customs July 31, 2021UmiTea Sets Chinese proverb goes like this - the first seven things a day are firewood, rice, oil, salt, catsup, vinegar and tea. Tea is an indispensable part in the life of...