Tea Rites in Daily Life
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 apart, but the customs are quite different." Customs were colorful and varied in attitude, which is often ignored. However, they reflected profound cultural psychologies. The same is true of tea-drinking. Although popular drinking methods were not as standardized as the Confucian, Taoist and Buddhist tea culture systems, most of the common people carried out the spirit of tea culture in their work, clothing, food, shelter and transportation, various social rites...