The tea ceremony, unique and bewitching with its leisurely and internal harmony, annually makes thousands of tourists from all over the world flock to China. It is worth a lot to take part in tea drinking and touch the centuries-old culture of the people.
China is rightly considered the homeland of tea. Historians discovered the first mention of Chinese tea almost 5 thousand years ago. Various varieties of tea are grown in China, including black, green, red, white and yellow.
The Chinese drink tea all year round, as this drink tones the body and quenches thirst, especially in the hot season. The special attitude of the Chinese people to tea gave rise to a whole national ceremony.
Tea tradition
In ancient times, tea was the privilege of noble Chinese; for the rest of the population, it was available only as a medicine. Later, due to its high yield, tea became one of the most common drinks. Then the ceremony of brewing and receiving tea began.
The essence of the tea ceremony is to brew the collected and carefully preserved sheets in such a way as to detect all their taste and aromatic notes. Tea tradition is also meditation. So, you need to brew tea with a special mood and complete inner harmony. The tea ceremony is notable for its leisureliness and grace.
Ceremony items
A tea ceremony is held to the sounds of quiet pleasant Chinese music, which resembles the melodic play of bells. In the tradition of brewing tea, special clay objects of tea decoration take part: teapots, cups and chahai.
The latter is an intermediate link between the teapot and the cup. Before the drink gets into the cup, the tea must be poured into the chahai, which in shape resembles a small decanter without a lid. Chahai is designed to make tea homogeneous, that is, the color and taste of the drink will not differ in the first and last cups.
