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Japanese tea ceremony |
 Japanese tea ceremony (茶道, chadō, or sadō, or chanoyu - "the
way of tea") - A traditional ritual based on Taoism
(Daoism) and influenced by Zen Buddhism in which powdered
green tea, or matcha (抹茶), is ceremonially prepared by a
skilled practitioner and served to a small group of guests
in a tranquil setting.
The pronunciation sadō is preferred by some schools,
including Omotesenke and the Mushanokōjisenke, while the
pronunciation chadō is preferred by others, including
Urasenke.
Cha-no-yu (literally "hot water for tea") usually refers to
either a single ceremony or ritual, while cha-ji or chakai
(literally "tea meeting") refers to a full tea ceremony with
kaiseki (a light meal), usucha (thin tea) and koicha (thick
tea), lasting approximately four hours.
Since a tea practitioner must be familiar with the
production and types of tea, with kimono, calligraphy,
flower arranging, ceramics, incense and a wide range of
other disciplines and traditional arts in addition to his or
her school's tea practices, the study of the tea ceremony
takes many years and often lasts a lifetime. Even to
participate as a guest in a formal tea ceremony requires
knowledge of the prescribed gestures and phrases, the proper
way to take tea and sweets, and general deportment in the
tea room.
Information source: “Japanese tea ceremony.” wikipedia.org.
Article date: 31 Jan. 2008. Retrieved: Wikipedia. 4 Feb.
2008 <Japanese
tea ceremony>.
Video - The following is more of a tea
ceremony lesson and kind of average. |
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