Video by: Eunice Tan (U1831121L)
This video analyses the painting ‘Xiao Yi Trying to Swipe the Lanting Scroll’ which is attributed to Yan Liben. It explores the links between monastic cultures and tea via the visuals.

Bibliography:

Benn, James A. 2015, “Buddhism and Tea during the Tang Dynasty,” in Tea in China: A Religious and Cultural History, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press, 42-71.

Laudan, Rachel. “Monks and Monasteries: Buddhism Transforms the Cuisine of China, 200 CE—850 CE,” Cuisine and Empire: Cooking in World History (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2013), Ch. 3: 145-82.

Resources Used:
Expats in China, “Show you China’s ancient Tang-Dynasty tea ceremony看看现代都市女性怎么还原唐朝宫廷茶宴,” YouTube Video, 3:57, March 4, 2018, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMFsrRJkDKE.