Cultural Workshop on Chinese Tea
The at 91心頭利, co-organized a Cultural Workshop on Chinese Tea named as The Taste of Chinese Tea from the Beautiful Yunnan Province on 5th September 2019 in the Green Table area, Faculty of .
Venerable Professor Thero, the Local Director of CIUC, gave a welcome address to all invitees. Vice-Chancellor Senior Professor , Senior Professor , Dean, Faculty of Arts, Director of Chinese Culture Center, Mr. Yue Liwen made a speech in the opening ceremony. Professor Vivian Huang, Chinese Director of CIUC, Mr. Anura Siriwardena, Director General of Tea Board, Dr. , Director of , Mr. Saman Uyangoda, Deputy Registrar, and many faculty members and students participated this event.
The workshop demonstrated the situations of Chinese tea and Yunnan tea culture, as well as the unique techniques of making and storing Puer tea native to Yunnan and its health effects through activities such as tea culture lectures, tea ceremony performances, communication with tea masters, and interactive experiencing. The event will also showcase the evolution and inheritance of Chinese tea culture and the philosophical concept of harmony between man and nature, the beauty of the ambience, tea leaves and art of tea ceremonies, and the techniques of preparing and drinking tea, as well as knowledge about the identification of tea leaves and the selection of tea utensils and water used to soak tea leaves. In this way, it let the public feel the charm of Chinese tea culture and understand the spirit of Chinese tea ceremonytranquility, respect, leisure and sincerity in the process of soaking and tasting tea.
