Blast From the Past: Legends on the Origins of Tea From China, Japan, and Korea
China, Japan, and Korea are all three big tea-consuming countries and, as such, each has its own...
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Author: Lisa Dong
Dongdasong
Dongdasong東茶頌 Translation and Analysis(1): Song頌, is a type of poem in praise of things such as nations, people or natural things. It might be translated as a Eulogy or Hymn. Thus, this title could be translated as Hymn in Praise of Eastern Tea.
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White tea phenomena
This summer, when I traveled back to China, I found white tea had become popular. When I visited friends, almost all offered me white tea. They also told me that white tea was good for health.
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Zen and the Japanese tea ceremony – continued
Starting from being welcomed by merchants, that fact that Wabi tea was accepted by samurai seemed to have played a more important role for the development of the Japanese Chanoyu.
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Zen and the Japanese tea ceremony
My last post asked the question: what do you think about the critiques which assert that the relationship between Zen and Japanese culture – introduced by D.T Suzuki in his classic work of Zen and The Art of Tea – is largely a product of the invention of tradition?
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