Cane Sugar in Ancient China
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: 167 Read More …
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: 167 Read More …
Sivalingam Brintha (U1830488A) This video underscores the impact that religion had on food. In this circumstance, Buddhist Monks preferred tea to alcohol because they believed it was better for social Read More …
References: zixiaji 资暇集 (Records From Enriched Times of Relaxation) Li Kuang Yi, mohaijinhu. https://ctext.org/wiki.pl?if=gb&chapter=990517 Benn, James A. 2015, “Buddhism and Tea during the Tang Dynasty,” in Tea in China: A Religious Read More …
Bibliography: Joanna Waley-Cohen, “The Quest for Perfect Balance: Taste and Gastronomy in Imperial China,” in Paul Freedman ed., Food: The History of Taste (Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Read More …
The Painting of Tea Extraction/Grinding (宋劉松年攆茶圖) by Liu Songnian (劉松年 1155-1218), Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), Handroll, ink and colours on silk, National Palace Museum, Taipei. Extracted from http://painting.npm.gov.tw/Painting_Page.aspx?dep=P&PaintingId=14350. Bibliography Benn. James A., “Tea: Invigorating Read More …
*Turn on audio for narration* Brief Summary: An analysis of the paint, “Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove in the Long Corridor of the Summer Palace”, allows us to explore Read More …
Description: This image shows Sun Si Miao (King of Chinese medicine) picking herbs in the outdoors. This image includes the “appliances” that ancient people needed in order to prepare Read More …
The image is a Ming dynasty porcelain from the Jiajing period (1522-66), called Wucai 五彩 Wine Jar. Through the examination of this material artefact, we can understand the symbolic significance Read More …
This picture is from the reading: Joanna Waley-Cohen, “The Quest for Perfect Balance: Taste and Gastronomy in Imperial China,” in Paul Freedman ed., Food: The History of Taste (Berkeley Read More …
References https://www.qd1024.com/en/post/wb-relicdoctor-tea-mill-for-grinding-tea/ https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelguide/chinese-tea/history.htm https://www.chinatravel.com/facts/chinese-tea-history.htm Tea Ceremony