Description

While we know the well developed history of tea and its significance to the societal development in ancient China, we often overlook the preparation that takes place to ensure the success of these tea ceremonies.The video will give a short glimpse to the efforts and the details it took and how this contributed to the esteemed art of tea drinking as recorded and popularised by Lu Yu, one of the famous writer and tea master during the Tang Dynasty (618 to 907AD).

Bibliography

Wang, Ling. Tea and Chinese Culture. Long River Press, 2005.

Yu Lu. The Classic of Tea: Origins & Rituals. Translated by Francis Ross Carpenter. Publisher Ecco Press, 1974.

Benn, James A. “Buddhism and Tea during the Tang Dynasty,” In Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 2015.

(Disclaimer: Bibliography in the video is not my actual citations and was only used for the music, pictures and for editing purposes)