The reasons that I registered in tea ceremony class in this semester is that I am strongly interested in the Japanese tea ceremony due to the knowledge of tea culture in my country, my personal experience during last spring break, and the self-requirement I set up for myself as a international student.
I have desire to learn the Japanese tea ceremony culture because I want to know the difference between Japanese SADOU and Taiwanese CHAYI (arts of tea). When I was child, I had learned some basic knowledge of Taiwanese CHAYI from my grandfather, who is running a small tea business in the countryside. For traditional CHAYI, Taiwanese people focus on the process of serving the best quality of tea leaf, and the gentle way to arrange tea pot and …show more content…
During serving and enjoying the tea, talking and chatting between host and guests are necessary parts, meaning the expression of caring each other and life around; For the Japanese SADOU, I think the main spirit of serving tea to guests is totally different than Taiwanese one. Before enrolled in the tea ceremony class, my image of Japanese traditional tea ceremony is that Japanese people are not only showing their respect and gratitude to each other, but to the tea and food, to the universe while they are enjoying the tea. In my opinion, the central spirits of tea ceremony from two countries are dissimilar. From studying Japanese tea ceremony in APU this semester, I would like to know about the reasons why Japanese people focus on courtesy to both guest and host and the respectful feeling toward the surroundings. …show more content…
Last spring break, I went on a trip with one of my Japanese friend in Miyazaki. We took part in a tea ceremony experience classroom when we were visiting an antique museum. At that time, I did not have any idea of certain manners or any correct ways and orders to perform Japanese tea ceremony. We entered the tea room and found that we were the only two people that did not wearing kimono. The host, who is an elderly lady wearing set of white kimono, treated us with courtesy and guided us to have a sit. After everyone was ready, the host served the sweets to us. From then, I started to make stupid mistakes that I still memorized it even till now. After finishing eating sweet, I used the paper (kaishi) to clean my mouth and then rolled it into a small ball. Not only my friend but also other guests were so surprised what I had done. And there was one guest, she was so angry and asking me go out the tea room. Fortunately, my friend quickly explained to me the use of kaishi and told the other guests that I am a foreigner. Next was the tea time. This time, I decided to look at others and then drink my tea. Thus, I followed exactly what others did, including the way to turn tea bowl and see the pattern on the tea bowl. But in the end, I still made one more stupid mistake. Because I knew that it is very important
I have desire to learn the Japanese tea ceremony culture because I want to know the difference between Japanese SADOU and Taiwanese CHAYI (arts of tea). When I was child, I had learned some basic knowledge of Taiwanese CHAYI from my grandfather, who is running a small tea business in the countryside. For traditional CHAYI, Taiwanese people focus on the process of serving the best quality of tea leaf, and the gentle way to arrange tea pot and …show more content…
During serving and enjoying the tea, talking and chatting between host and guests are necessary parts, meaning the expression of caring each other and life around; For the Japanese SADOU, I think the main spirit of serving tea to guests is totally different than Taiwanese one. Before enrolled in the tea ceremony class, my image of Japanese traditional tea ceremony is that Japanese people are not only showing their respect and gratitude to each other, but to the tea and food, to the universe while they are enjoying the tea. In my opinion, the central spirits of tea ceremony from two countries are dissimilar. From studying Japanese tea ceremony in APU this semester, I would like to know about the reasons why Japanese people focus on courtesy to both guest and host and the respectful feeling toward the surroundings. …show more content…
Last spring break, I went on a trip with one of my Japanese friend in Miyazaki. We took part in a tea ceremony experience classroom when we were visiting an antique museum. At that time, I did not have any idea of certain manners or any correct ways and orders to perform Japanese tea ceremony. We entered the tea room and found that we were the only two people that did not wearing kimono. The host, who is an elderly lady wearing set of white kimono, treated us with courtesy and guided us to have a sit. After everyone was ready, the host served the sweets to us. From then, I started to make stupid mistakes that I still memorized it even till now. After finishing eating sweet, I used the paper (kaishi) to clean my mouth and then rolled it into a small ball. Not only my friend but also other guests were so surprised what I had done. And there was one guest, she was so angry and asking me go out the tea room. Fortunately, my friend quickly explained to me the use of kaishi and told the other guests that I am a foreigner. Next was the tea time. This time, I decided to look at others and then drink my tea. Thus, I followed exactly what others did, including the way to turn tea bowl and see the pattern on the tea bowl. But in the end, I still made one more stupid mistake. Because I knew that it is very important