Category: Chinese tea culture

Category: Chinese tea culture

What tea should be consumed during the Awakening of Insects?
March 5, 2025 About, Knowledge, tea customs ctma

The Awakening of Insects, anciently termed “The Startling of Hibernation,” marks the third solar term in the traditional 24-term Chinese calendar and signifies the commencement of the Mao month in the Gan-Zhi system. This period falls between March 5th and 6th in the Gregorian calendar, when the sun reaches the celestial longitude of 345°. Following

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The “Tea For Harmony· Yaji”  Cultural Event Was Held in Morocco
January 3, 2025 Industry News, tea and chinese culture ctma

China is the homeland of tea, while Morocco is the world’s largest importer of green tea. On June 25th, the “Tea For Harmony · Yaji” series of activities were held in Rabat, the capital of Morocco.At the main venue event held at the Rabat China Cultural Center, Chinese Ambassador to Morocco, Li Changlin, delivered a

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World invited to savor tea brewed by Yao people
February 20, 2024 Industry News, tea and chinese culture ctma

Instead, the regular pounding of tea leaves with a pot and wooden hammer, often accompanied by the singing of folk songs, would herald the start of the day.

Story of cuppa: Guangxi tea connects China and Southeast Asia
February 6, 2024 Industry News, Knowledge, News, tea drinking habits across China ctma

From China Daily Yao Binyi, a fourth-generation Malaysian of Chinese descent, is all about tea now. After stints in the tech and finance sectors, he now co-owns a tea house and recently finished a book about Liubao tea, a fermented black tea originating from South China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. In the 17th century, Liubao

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Tea customs in northern regions of China
November 21, 2023 Chinese tea culture, Knowledge, tea customs ctma

In the north of the Huaihe River in China, although tea is not produced, it has a history of over a thousand years of tea drinking and has also formed local tea drinking customs. The way people in the north drinking tea is not as particular as in the south, mainly to quench their thirst.

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