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On the afternoon ofMay 19th in Zijingang Campus, with accompany of refined music the first sessionof International Tea Culture Salon was held, members of ITCC could enjoy theKorean tea ceremony.

The host ofthe meeting was LEE JEEHYUN, the vice-president of Korean Tea CeremonyAssociation and graduate student of tea science major. She got influenced byher family and was attracted by the fragrance of tea, she popularizes Koreantea culture for many years already.

Since thereign of queen Soeondeok of Silla Kingdom (632-646) the tea customs werebrought to Korea from Chinese Tang dynasty. During the reign of King Heungdeokof Silla kingdom (828) ��Kim Daeryeom��thediplomats to the tang dynasty��was dispatched to bringtea seeds from China. Royal court issued an imperial edict to plant the tea inthe mountains and since then Korea started to develop own tea culture.

In Koreadrinking tea is very important. Traditional Korean tea ceremony has a lot ofstress points, from furnishing the tea set, holding and placing the cup toadding water, all those have own techniques.

Korean tea ceremonystrives for ��fair and just��, it��s a way of adjusting body and mind andcultivating oneself through meditation. Tea culture practice let people becomegood and honest, treat others with courtesy, embody traditional virtues asbeing thrifty and simple, having clean manner etc.

Koreans mostly usewhite porcelain to prepare tea, tea set used in the ceremony is pregnant withmeaning. Tea cloth has two sides: red and blue, red symbolizes the sun, blue �Cthe moon. Flowers put in front of the brewing tea place occupy the pivotalposition. Flowers stay in a very noble place, but they can��t supersede theimportance of tea and tea set itself.

After thepresentation of Korean tea ceremony, participants started to discuss etiquetteof each country. ��Civilizations communicate because of diversity, learn fromeach other because of communication and develop because of mutual learning��.The session not only let us better understand each other, but also advanced theblending and harmonizing of different cultures. We believe this moment will bea light in establishing the multicultural environment.

ITCC member��sreport:

��When we werewaiting for the tea master made a cup of tea, it is a worth waiting. And I really like when we had discussed aboutthe cultures.�� Said Chotisarn, a Thai student who majors in soft engineering ofZhejiang University.

Written by wang lei(China)

Translated by Mollyka (Poland)

Photographed bywanglei (China)

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