Chinese Tea Ceremony

Chinese tea ceremony is not only the art of drinking tea, but also a way to spend your lifetime enjoying tea artistically. It is the perfect combinations of aesthetics, literature, painting, calligraphy, and music. We could enjoy teaby smelling, looking, and tasting. Moreover, we could cultivate our tastes in the poetic atmosphere made by drinking tea. It is the material and spiritual enjoyment that we get from tea ceremony. During the long history of Chinese tea culture, people always have been fond of tea ceremony. The aesthetics of Chinese tea ceremony began from Jin Dynasty, but formed at Tang Dynasty eventually. And The Book of Tea written by Lu Yu who was the master of tea in Tang Dynasty was the sign of tea ceremony becoming mature. From ancient times to nowadays, Chinese tea ceremony has great culture accumulations. In Wei and Jin Dynasties, and Tang Dynasty, the Fried Tea was very popular. However, Diancha became popular in the late years of Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty. Using different hand tricks in Diancha, various strange patterns could be formed on the surface of the tea water. After that, brewing tea replaced the status of Diancha in Ming Dynasty. So Chinese tea ceremony not only has absorbed the essence of Chinese traditional culture, but has kept pace with the times as well. And it has always been loved by royalty, refined scholars, monks and priests. Furthermore, it has also been popular in common people. Chinese Tea ceremony is the treasure of Chinese traditional culture.