Tea Arts 茶藝

In 2007, the 350th anniversary of tea's introduction to Britain, the Tracing Tea team will journey from the famous Indian tea port of Kolkata to London through the world's great tea-drinking nations. Tea Tracing Project

This cultural exploration is extensive in the detailed descriptions of its content. http://www.ibiblio.org/chineseculture/index.html However, it is also limited in its representation of Chinese culture. Included is a small portion of that culture. There are an infinite number of ways in an infinite number of combinations that the culture of this area could be represented through description. This is one of them. Cultural Heritage of China has gone into the public domain! Beginning in January of 2007, Cultural Heritage of China will offer into the public domain much of our collection. There are only a few exceptions, such as copyrighted works contributed by friends of CHC and republished texts. The other major exception is the Special Reports. None of those will be available under any of our new licenses. What this means, simply, is that anyone visiting our website is free to republish, redistribute or rework any of the text on this website, provided that the resulting work and destinat...

The information below is on the Taipei Tea Heritage Walking Tour including historic points of interest, all locations are closeby and a little north of downtown and the main train station. This can easily be a one day self-guided walking tour provided one takes the maps. Tawainese people are very friendly and asking for help is easy along the way. The  link for tea shops map (Chinese) here The link for tea shops map (English) here You should bring both. Off The Tourist Beat These are some great things to see if you like seeing what the locals do, these places are in the older Taipei area, lots of culture stuff in a very close area. If the links don't work use material from this blog. I am a certified docent and I do the English tours, for the Taipei Tea Promotion and Taipei Culture Promotion.  For more info Tel--(02)2555-7598 or (02)2555-2962. (Chinese spoken)  They offer walks through historical Taipei, emphasizing the various cultural achievements,...

Feb 25, 2007, at 11:00am the first "Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony", in the San Diego area, Fallbrook.121 & 125 E. Hawthorne, at "BlissSville's" and"Fallbrook Holistic Health Center", was held and it was great ! Thanks to Holly's yoga center, the place was made for having tea ceremonies. Many of the brewers had never heard of Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony and none had ever participated in one. I was personally impressed at the enthusiasm of the brewers and how smooth things went. At the end of the ceremony we did something that Ariel does often and teaches, called "tone circles", we all chanted in a very resonating level it was a perfect finish. Everyone including myself can't wait to do this again. NOTE:--(revised Sep 2007, Jan 5, 2009"removed International from Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony") It's just a word, it is my fault, the International Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony is reserved for the international event held every two years. At the bottom of the ...

San Diego 2007, 1st "Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony" , on Feb 25, 2007, at 11:00am held in Fallbrook. Coordinators: Steven & Lee Shang Jones Assistant Coordinators: Frederick & Ariel Rasp, Holly Steele Photographer: Tom Denny Assistants: Tamara Stadler, Sandy, Ken Sanders, Steve, Dennis Graphics: Derik, FedEx Kinko’s Click here for pics

looks nice with some good info " Steepology Tea Info ", there is a section on history and myth and these stories if you have not heard them are interesting but dont count myth of as myth, the is usually some or lots of truth to many myths. --icetea

Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony 無我茶會 style can be used for Tea Appreciation Day Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony is a simple way to brew, serve, and drink tea, it can be done together or alone. Make tea more than just a drink, make it an event t enrich life. The Chinese term "Wu-Wo無我" literally is the Buddhist term “Sanskrit: anatta; Pali: anatman”, loosely defined as “no self”.  (Chinese: 无我/無我wúwǒ; Japanese: muga; Korean: 무아, mua; Vietamese: vô ngã; Sanskrit: anatman; Pali: anatta .) Wu-wo tea ceremony tea ware: teapot or coverbowl; tea pitcher; 4 cups; serving tray; cloth; brewing mat; thermos; timer; seat cushion, and a backpack. The circular rainbow is a group of rings in the colors of the rainbow. The colors are: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.                                       ...