A Yaji cultural salon, Tea for Harmony, was held on May 3 at the Chinese embassy in Bangkok, with Thailand princess Sirivannavari Nariratana as the guest of honor.
The China Cultural Center in Bangkok held a Chinese tea art performance and folk music concert given by the artists from Shenzhen on May 5.
A tea cultural event was held in Athens on Saturday, enabling Greek guests to learn about the different varieties of tea and tea-making techniques and the concept of Yaji.
The China Cultural Center in Cairo recently launched a series of cultural activities inviting Egyptians to experience Chinese tea culture, including a special tea party scheduled for April 24.
The China Tourism Office in Rome recently launched a series of online events on social media platforms to introduce the tea from Guizhou and Hubei provinces.
Chinese tea has been traded all over the world for 2000 years, first via the ancient Silk Road stretching from Chang'an (the ancient capital of China) to Rome, Italy. The cargoes travelled a long way through the countries of Central Asia.
Li Xingchang repeatedly stirred leaves in an iron pan at a temperature of several hundred degrees day after day for years. A decade later, Li's mother, Kuang Zhiying, who taught him all about tea, finally smiled after sipping from a cup that Li had made.
At a garden located halfway up Jingmai Mountain in Lancang Lahu autonomous county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province — an area that boasts the biggest ancient tea tree plantations in China — Su Guowen grabs a handful of drying tea from the ground, smells it and knows immediately that it is not ready.
Sitting cozily around a charcoal stove, upon which boils a pot of tea, Sui Xin and two of her friends spend a whole afternoon roasting nuts and fruits while chatting and relaxing.
Many people are familiar with green tea and black tea, but there's more. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) recently released a document from Chinese experts classifying tea into six types.
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