Ancient Rituals of Tea
Sipping a cup of tea today connects us to the ancient world where tea was also celebrated and enjoyed.
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Probing Tang Dynasty Chinese poems that discuss tea, loneliness, melancholy, and comfort plus a Mahler symphony inspired by ancient Chinese poetry.
Watch as I discuss looking to ancient Chinese poems about tea for comfort during times of high anxiety today.
A Mini (as in broadstroke highlights) tea history in ancient China before the year 1368 AD.
View classic Chinese scroll paintings from as early as the Song Dynasty depicting tea drinking.
Looking at a 6th century painting in the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, China we contemplate what connecting tea and ancient rituals means for Tranquil Tuesdays.
Examining a classical Chinese painting about Qing Ming and thinking about tea ancestors.
Learn the relationship between the spring tea harvest and one of China’s ancient holidays to honor ancestors and the dead.
Celebrating an ancient Chinese cultural holiday in the 21st century.
Watch a video where I make green tea and discuss the traditional Chinese medicine concept of heating and cooling foods and how hot tea can be a cooling drink.
Traditional Chinese philosophy defines health as balance and harmony. This is a discussion of how tea fits into that and can contribute to helping us achieve balance and harmony in our bodies.
Why according to Traditional Chinese Medicine, green tea is a 取火 qu huo “cooling” drink.