Art of Chinese Tea Ceremony

In the afternoon, we went to a Chinese tea cultural house to learn about the Art of Chinese Tea Ceremony. After an introduction by Ms Li Xiaojing on the basics of Chinese tea, we went around the tea house and attended various demonstrations of tea preparation by different tea ceremonial masters. These graceful ladies from different minority ethnic groups demonstrated their own unique styles of tea preparation, along with special tools and utensils. We were treated to six different styles of tea ceremony and we tasted all six kinds of tea. The highlight was when we participated in the tea making process. We took turn to step on top of stone moulds, which were used to compress freshly processed tea leaves into harden pieces for the market. All the tea pieces were personalised with our signatures!

The dinner was nice and sumptuous and we ate a lot after an eventful day. After dinner, we made our daily reflections. Till tomorrow, bye!