Perennial tea ceremony

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Perennial Tea Ceremony (四序茶會) is a Chinese tea ceremony, created by Lin Easu (林易山), of the Ten Ren Teaism Foundation. The first two characters of the Chinese term literally mean four steps or sequences that are linked together, the latter two simply meaning "tea ceremony". Each of the four participants represents a season of the year, and along with the "center" of the ceremony, with incense burners and flowers, these five represent the five elements and colors. Each participant is assigned a season, and these four seasons around the center—the earth— suggest an idea of the endless cycle of seasons, hence the name Perennial Tea Ceremony.

[edit] References

• Jones, Steven R. (2005). Perennial Tea Ceremony. 

[edit] External links

• Tea Arts
• Tea Culture Group, Shilin Community College
• Wu-Wo Tea Ceremony site (Chinese)
• Chinese description of the ceremony with English translation