An Analysis of the Spiritual Core and Value of the Chinese Tea Culture: A Case Study of Etiquette, Customs, Ceremonies and Traditions of Chinese Tea

ZHOU Zhixiu; XUE Chen; RUAN Haogeng

doi:10.13305/j.cnki.jts.20210406.001

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Journal of Tea Science ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (2) : 272-284. DOI: 10.13305/j.cnki.jts.20210406.001

An Analysis of the Spiritual Core and Value of the Chinese Tea Culture: A Case Study of Etiquette, Customs, Ceremonies and Traditions of Chinese Tea

ZHOU Zhixiu¹, XUE Chen¹, RUAN Haogeng^2,*

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In the Chinese tea cultural system, the etiquette, customs, ceremonies and literatures of tea are interactive and complementary, which build up the major part of Chinese tea culture and become important media of its spiritual core as well. In this paper, the etiquette, customs, ceremonies and literatures of Chinese tea, as an example, are disserted in the aspects of its historical formation and forms. On the basis of previous research, the spirit of Chinese tea culture is investigated, of which the core is concluded as Harmony, Respect, Rectitude, Beauty and Reality, realizing the sublimation from the physical to the spiritual level. The inheritance, promotion and development of Chinese tea culture and its spiritual core are of critically important era value for guiding the construction of socialist core value, firming the confidence in national culture and building a harmonious society.

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Chinese tea culture / era value / media / spiritual core

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ZHOU Zhixiu, XUE Chen, RUAN Haogeng. An Analysis of the Spiritual Core and Value of the Chinese Tea Culture: A Case Study of Etiquette, Customs, Ceremonies and Traditions of Chinese Tea[J]. Journal of Tea Science. 2021, 41(2): 272-284 https://doi.org/10.13305/j.cnki.jts.20210406.001

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