Classic Chinese Paintings Depicting Tea Drinking

Ancient RitualsChinese Tea Aesthetic

Oct 21

Written By Charlene Tranquil Tuesdays

Chinese paintings from the Song, Ming, and Qing Dynasties showing tea drinking.

gentlemen engaged in a leisurely tea brewing competition

Gentlemen aficionados drinking and brewing tea

Tang Dynasty poet Lu Tong famous for his poem “Seven Bowls of Tea

These are just zoomed into the tea drinking parts of the painting, click on the painting to see the full scroll.

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