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The skills of tea making had taken a great leap forward in the Song Dynasty, but tea cakes in shapes of the dragon and the phoenix were too luxurious for...

Deep penetration into ordinary people's life was the feature of the tea culture of the Qing Dynasty (1644- 1911). The superb skills needed for the tea ceremony and profound spirit...

Finding the proper place to live and raise a family had become an obsession for many scholars. There was a desire to belong to a community with peers in close...

Chinese scholars needed scholars# treasures to improve their social status. More importantly, they collected to facilitate progress in their work and to elevate their spirits. As antiquarians, scholars avidly collected...

The Chinese scholar enjoyed interpreting texts - The texts that mattered most were the Confucian classics. Arising out of a need for social structure and unity, Confucian philosophy encouraged the...

The social influence of Chinese tea culture is mainly reflected in Confucian thought, while its aesthetic viewpoint, skills and practical spirit are mainly influenced by Taoist thought.The Taoist School and...

Taoists, who were called immortals, paid great attention to preserving their health. They believed that tea could ensure good health and a long life. The immortals deified the Taoist ideas,...

According to the Taoist School, human and nature are unified. A person is a small world, and a cup of tea reflects the sea. Tea ceremony has assimilated this thought....

Woodruff D. Smith IN THE EUROPEAN WORLD, talking tea in company at home or In certain kinds of public establishments has long been identified as a particularly middle-class thing to...

When talking of Chinese tea culture, attention is often paid to its relationship with Buddhism. There is a saying both in China and Japan that "tea and Chan is an...

When talking of Chinese tea culture, attention is often paid to its relationship with Buddhism. There is a saying both in China and Japan that "tea and Chan is an...

Teahouses, those public places in cities and towns where people gathered to drink tea, took shape during the Tang Dynasty, and flourished during the Song Dynasty. They were popular in...