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人 Modern Chinese tea culture traces its roots to Ming dynasty. When tea
culture evolved into pursue of the perfect life style.
Within the Chinese culture, there has always been a pragmatic and
materialistic orientation. Chinese in its 6 millennium of culture has only
produced 2 indigenous “spiritual” movements. Daoism, Confucianism concentrated mainly
on the here and now.
The purpose of man in this world is an irrelevant question to the
Chinese. Rather how a man should live, eat, sleep, talk, war, sex and the conduct
of politics is a more central preoccupation of Chinese. Still is !
Within this pragmatic milieu evolved this special spiritualness of the
Chinese. Tea culture would be one of these expressions.
Brewing tea, making tea, drinking tea is an everyday daily affair for
everybody. Whether rich, powerful or poor - it is an experience of here and
now.
