Foreign Language Week - 茶道

 Foreign Language Week - 茶道 （Tea Ceremony）

As a huge tea lover, I always have strong interests in tea-related staffs including Japanese tea and tea ceremony. So, this time I finally have the chance to join and have a look at Japanese 茶 culture. During the introduction part, we saw that tea is not only a joyful "drinking process" but also being valued as the only moment in lifetime. There is a kind of spirit in it, when we are drinking tea with different people at different season. I really this kind of saying, that drinking tea is also a kind of relaxing and understanding to the world. "和静清寂" really expresses the core meaning that I can truly feel during the following performance. 

The performance is really quite that I can only hear the sounds of tea set this is somehow different with Chinese 茶道 that I visited. Also, I saw the process of making tea is also rigorous and respectful. Regretfully! I haven't have the chance to taste it (I really expect that...