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Encyclopedia > Tea ceremony

A tea ceremony is a ritualised form of making tea. One can also refer to the whole set of rituals, tools etc. used in such ceremonies as tea culture. A ritual is a formalised, predetermined set of symbolic actions generally performed in a particular environment at a regular, recurring interval. ... A hot cup of tea A tea bush. ... A ceremony is an activity, infused with ritual significance, performed on a certain occasion. ... Tea Culture Without tea there would not be any Chinese nor Chinese culture! The original cup of tea was not invented but discovered as a course of daily affair of the simple inhabitants in the hills of Min-nan. ...


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Tea Ceremony, Tea Culture (1006 words)
The tea ceremonies are the crowning glory of the tea culture.
The tea ceremony is conducted for various purposes: anything from expressing appreciation or asking forgiveness, to creating goodwill among the guests of family reunions or wedding celebrations.
The Japanese tea ceremony was designed in the spirit of the Zen doctrine, according to which spiritual elevation is achieved by engrossing oneself in the small details of daily life.
Honoring the `way of tea' - The Boston Globe (863 words)
Though she was born in Tokyo, Rodgers, 81, devoted herself to the art of the tea ceremony only after her college-age son announced he had won a scholarship to study the tradition in Japan.
The tea used in chanoyu -- the Japanese word literally means ``hot water for tea," though it is generally translated as ``tea ceremony" -- consists of powdered leaves, chosen from the top of prime, eight-year-old plants.
Rodgers said that in her public tea ceremonies she explains the elements of the ceremony and the implements used and answers questions at the end.
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