Join the Asian Network at Yale and Working Women’s Network to discover the wonderful atmosphere of a traditional Chinese tea ceremony with Green Teahouse owner Ting Luo, and find out what the art of drinking tea really means. There will also be baklava from Heavenly, a Yale student startup that helps with employment for refugee women in New Haven.
To RSVP, go to: https://bmsweb.med.yale.edu/tms/tms_enrollments.offerings?p_crs_id=7138.
Chinese tea ceremony was born as a result of the respect for nature and need for peace, which the religious ceremonies involved. The philosophies of Confucianism, Taoism, and Buddhism have blended together giving birth to the magical Chinese tea ceremony. The traditional tea ceremonies were described as “he” which translates as “peace”, “jing” which translates as “quiet, “yi” which means “enjoyment”, and “zhen” which means “truth”.
As time passed, Chinese people started to appreciate tea’s enjoyment and social value, besides its medicinal purposes. Tea ceremonies went from being only religious manifestations to becoming social, cultural, and traditional events in different celebrations to honor the royal family, or to mark different important events in people’s lives.