It is a very formal ritual that requires discipline and concentration. To be able to perform the tea cermony flawlessly is a highly admired art in Japan. Additionally, it is a way of life much like a martial art, and people practice it for much the same kinds of reasons.
If you mean how many people are invited to an average formal tea ceremony, the answer is between 2 and 5.If you mean how many people practice tea ceremony, the answer is probably in the millions.
Yes, they do. Some schools in Japan have clubs for children to learn about and how to do Tea ceremonies.
The practice of drinking tea was brought to Japan by a monk who had spent time in China, and the practice of tea ceremony as we know it developed over the ensuing 400 years.
The Japanese tea ceremony is a zen experience. The practice of a martial art can also be a very zen type experience.
It's not really a ceremony, but rather a ceremonious way of preparing and drinking tea. "Tea Ceremony" is just what we call it in English. In Japanese it's called "The Way of Tea."
The Chinese Way of Tea is called the Chinese Tea Ceremony. It is a cultural activity that includes the ceremonial making and presenting of the tea leaf. It is the art of the performance that is the tea ceremony.
Yes you do.
Japanese Tea Ceremony.
Japanese tea ceremony began in Japan, but other countries and cultures have their own tea ceremonies as well.
Chinese tea ceremony is called Gongfucha in China, which originates the Guangdong and Fujiang Provinces of China. For Chinese, the tea ceremony is meant to be a quiet time to share with others as a form of respect. Via the tea ceremony, people who did not know one another would be brought together and equally it could be a way of maintaining and enhancing existing relationships. http://www.chinafacttours.com/travel_destinations/beijing/chinese-tea-ceremony.html
In a Japanese tea ceremony you are either invited by the tea master or someone arranges a ceremony at a tea house and they invite you as a guest. However at events in temples you just need to pay for a ticket
Yes, both men and women can host a tea ceremony, though in origin it was mostly a monastic (male) practice from when it was introduced from China around the 10th century. By the 16th century it had attained most of the characteristics we associate with this ceremony today and was practiced by all levels of society.