Category: ArtsPart of speech: nounDifficulty: Intermediate

茶藝

/cháyì/Roman

English meaning: Tea Art / Tea Ceremony

Chinese (Trad.) Definition

(繁體中文)

茶藝是中國傳統茶文化的綜合藝術,臺灣以高山烏龍茶聞名,臺灣功夫茶道被視為世界上最精緻的茶藝傳統之一。

English Definition

The Chinese art and culture of preparing, presenting, and enjoying tea. Taiwan is one of the world's most celebrated tea-producing regions, famous for oolongs such as Dong Ding (凍頂烏龍) and High Mountain tea (高山茶). Taiwan's tea ceremony tradition — especially the elaborate Gongfu Cha style — is regarded as among the most refined in the world. Taiwan's bubble tea (珍珠奶茶) is a global cultural phenomenon invented in Taichung in the 1980s.

Example

臺灣高山烏龍茶香氣獨特,功夫茶道在臺灣發展成為高度精緻的生活藝術。

In English: Taiwan's high mountain oolong tea has a unique aroma; the Gongfu tea ceremony has developed in Taiwan into a highly refined life art.

Synonyms

  • 茶道
  • 茶文化

Literary Heritage

橫看成嶺側成峰,遠近高低各不同。不識廬山真面目,只緣身在此山中。

/Héng kàn chéng lǐng cè chéng fēng, yuǎn jìn gāo dī gè bù tóng. Bù shí Lú Shān zhēn miàn mù, zhǐ yuán shēn zài cǐ shān zhōng./

Viewed from the side it forms a ridge; viewed head-on a peak. Far, near, high, low — each reveals a different face. I cannot discern the true face of Mount Lu, for I myself am within the mountain.

蘇軾 (Su Shi) · 詩人、書法家、政治家 · 11th century CE

題西林壁 (Inscribed on the Wall of Xilin Temple)

題西林壁, composed during a visit to Mount Lu, 1084 CE

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