Tea Arts 茶藝

https://picasaweb.google.com/icetea8/Weddingfriends https://picasaweb.google.com/icetea8/Yangming2011 Yangming Mountain National Park 陽明山國家公園 located near Taipei. During the Japanese occupation era of Taiwan, it was known as Datun National Park大屯国立公園.  Seven Star Mountain (七星山, 1,120 m). Yangming  Mountain was originally called Grass Mountain 草山. The first national park was established during the Japanese occupation in 1937.

茶學 練習小考 1. Added processing 的中文名為： (a) 萎凋   (b) 初製   (c) 加工 (d) 揉捻 2. 風選的英文名為： (a) separating   (b) blowing   (c) winnowing   (d) added processing 3. 揉捻的英文名為： (a) twisting   (b) shaping   (c) compressing   (d) rolling 4. Aging 的中文名為： (a) 陳放   (b) 收茶   (c) 精製   (d) 焙火 5. 渥堆的英文名為： (a) Puer aging   (b) piling   (c) aging   (d) fermentation English version Tea Studies Quiz 1. What is the Chinese term for "Added processing"? (a)萎凋  (b)初製  (c)加工 (d) 揉捻 2. What is the English term for "風選"? (a) separating  (b) blowing  (c) winnowing  (d) added processing 3. What is the English term for "揉捻"? (a) twisting  (b) shaping  (c) compressing  (d) rolling 4. What is the Chinese term for "Aging"? (a) 陳放  (b) 收茶  (c) 精製  (d) 焙火 5. What is the English term for "渥堆"? (a) Puer aging  (b) piling  (c) aging  (d) fermentation

Tea and Incense 茶與香 National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall 國立中正紀念堂 Feb 13, 2011 pics照片 https://picasaweb.google.com/icetea8/Cks_tea_incense

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Lu Tong's Seven Bowls of Tea 七碗詩 ---LuTong (Tang. 790~835)盧仝（唐. 790~835） The first bowl moistens my lips and throat; 一碗喉吻潤， The second bowl breaks my loneliness; 二碗破孤悶， The third bowl searches my barren entrails but to find 三碗搜枯腸， Therein some five thousand scrolls; 惟有文字五千卷， The fourth bowl raises a slight perspiration 四碗發輕汗， And all life's inequities pass out through my pores; 平生不平事盡向毛孔散， The fifth bowl purifies my flesh and bones; 五碗肌骨清， The sixth bowl calls me to the immortals. 六碗通仙靈， The seventh bowl could not be drunk, 七碗吃不得也， only the breath of the cool wind raises in my sleeves. 唯覺兩腋習習清風生。 Where is Penglai Island, Yuchuanzi wishes to ride on this sweet breeze and go back. 蓬萊山﹐在何處，玉川子乘此清風欲歸去。 (Steven R. Jones 2008) * “Chinese-English Tea Studies Terminology”, (2010), Lu-Yu Tea Culture Institute, Co., Ltd, ISBN978-957-9690-06-5 (Just for fun) While machine translation can be very helpful, it can be funny at times: below is the google translation ---goog...

Taoism道家, Buddhism佛家, and Confucianism 儒家 have been an influence in the development of the tea ceremony茶道 and Asian tea culture in general. The elements of the tea ceremony is the harmony of nature and self cultivation, and enjoying tea in an formal and informal setting.

There have been many ways to boil water, and many braziers and stoves:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_stove The brazier 風爐 has been made of different materials and shapes, Lu Yu had a special brazier just for tea. see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Classic_of_Tea http://www.dyee.net/uh/space.php?uid=716&do=blog&id=57 Tea Ware Pictorial (茶具图赞) by The Old Man Shenan(审安老人)Pictorial of Tea Ware compiled ca 1269 is the earliest picture book on tea ware used in preparation of Song dynasty tea cake for drinking. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pictorial_of_Tea_Ware Here is an article of bamoo stoves of 14th century china. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo_stove "苦節(节)君kujiejun" (other spellings koojiejun/kojiejun) this is a type of bamboo stove and is also a special term for "chazao茶灶" tea stove. Popular during Song Dynasty the bamboo windscreen stove frame would fit on top of a brazier. This is special name for a windscreen ...