May 20, 2023 | 4pm-5pm EST | Hybrid Event
Tea drinking was standardized in China in the 8th century, and has since spread to other parts of world. This talk will examine tea drinking and tea culture in Japan, Great Britain, and Taiwan. Tea drinking practice spread from China to Japan around the 9th-10th century along with Buddhism, to England in the 17th century through trade monopoly by the East India Company, and to Taiwan through Chinese immigrants from southeast China. In each of these regions, tea took on a unique path integrated with local history and culture. In Japan, tea remains closely connected with zen Buddhism; in Great Britain, tea started as a drink of upper class women and involved as a workers’ drink fueling the industrial revolution; in Taiwan, growing tea industry and tea art in the past four decades have integrated Chinese cultural tradition with Taiwan’s unique physical environment and tea-processing history. This talk offers a window into a wide range of tea’s cultural practices in the world.
About the Speaker:
Hong Jiang, Ph.D., teaches at University of Hawaii at Manoa, and she has been researching on tea and culture in imperial China and contemporary Taiwan.
Registration Link:
Registration Fee:
In-Person: $15 (Tea & Refreshment included)
Virtual Registration: Free
In-Person Event Location:
Chinese Culture Institute, 4022-D Hummer Road, Annandale, VA 22003
For virtual registration, a Zoom Link will be emailed to you before the event starts.
