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Historia del Te, History of Tea, tea in ming dynasty, el té en la dinastía Ming,

23 January, 202323 January, 2023History, Tea and Gong Fu Cha

History of Tea and its Culture (IV): From the Last Dynasties to the Present

In the last dynasties there were radical changes in the consumption and production of tea, shaping the current customs related to this drink. The Qīng 清 dynasty saw the end of the Chinese monopoly of tea and the acquisition of production methods by Western powers.

diancha, historia del té, history of tea, tea in Song dynasty, el té en la dinastía Song,

9 January, 202312 January, 2023History, Tea and Gong Fu Cha

History of Tea and its Culture (III): Sòng Dynasty

During the Sòng 宋, tea preparation reached its highest degree of sophistication, requiring an arduous and laborious process that was only possible among the upper classes, who often had several servants dedicated to this task. To this was added the fever for dòuchá 鬥茶, “tea duels”, in which people competed to demonstrate the skill in the preparation of this drink.

historia del té, history of tea, tea in Tang dynasty, el té en Tang,

19 December, 202219 December, 2022History, Tea and Gong Fu Cha

History of Tea and its Culture (II): Táng Dynasty

The Táng 唐 dynasty (618-907) was the time of greatest diffusion of tea consumption within China, and in it there were great changes that defined not only the way of consuming tea, but also the way of thinking about it during the rest of the history of China.

historia del té, history of tea, origen del té, origins of tea, tea culture, cultura del té,

5 December, 202219 November, 2022History, Tea and Gong Fu Cha

History of Tea and its Culture (I): First Uses of Tea

Despite the existing legends about its origin, it seems that the first uses of tea were not as a drink but as an edible for medicinal purposes, in the form of pickles, fries or condiments. Certain ethnic groups in the Yúnnán 雲南 region still consume tea in this form today.

significado del saludo en las artes marciales, saludo artes marciales chinas, saludo kungfu, baoquanli, meaning of the salutation in chinese martial arts, kungfu salute,

21 November, 202219 November, 2022Chinese Martial Arts

Meaning of the Salute in Chinese Martial Arts

The traditional Chinese martial arts salute (bàoquánlǐ 抱拳禮) is formed by closing the right fist and covering it with the left hand open, and extending both arms slightly forward in front of the chest. There are multiple theories and stories about the meaning of this greeting.

el río del olvido, shiba diyu. seis reinos de la existencia, river of oblivion, six realms of existence, meng po,

7 November, 20226 November, 2022Chinese Culture

The Afterlife in Chinese Culture (IV): The River of Oblivion and Reincarnation

After the tenth trial in the last of the courts of the underworld, the soul is free, ready to be reincarnated in one of the six realms of existence (liùdào 六道). But to do this it must cross the so-called River of Oblivion (忘川 Wàng Chuān)…

muerte en vano, más allá en la cultura china, afterlife in chinese culture, death in vain, unjust death wang si,

24 October, 20226 November, 2022Chinese Culture

The Afterlife in Chinese Culture (III): “Death in Vain”

One idea that has troubled the Chinese mentality throughout its history is that of wrongful death or “death in vain” (枉死 wǎng sǐ). It is an premature death in which the soul of the deceased cannot follow the normal course of transit to the underworld.

diez reyes del inframundo, diez tribunales del inframundo, ten courts of hell, ten kings of the underworld, ten courts of king yama,

10 October, 20226 November, 2022Chinese Culture

The Afterlife in Chinese Culture (II): The Ten Kings of the Underworld

Upon arriving in the dark regions (yīnjiān 陰間), the soul of the deceased is to pass through the Ten Courts of the Underworld (十殿閻羅 shí diàn Yánluó), and submit to trial for his actions in life. These courts originate around the ninth century as a crystallization of a series of ideas that appear before gradually.

mundo de los muertos, mundo de los muertos china, yinjian, netherworld, chinese netherworld,, realm of the dead,

26 September, 202212 November, 2022Chinese Culture

The Afterlife in Chinese Culture (I): The Realm of the Dead

The Chinese conception of the afterlife has been gradually formed over centuries by mixing indigenous and foreign ideas, the latter coming from Indian Buddhism. Despite referring to the other world, these ideas profoundly affect the lives of the living and condition behaviours, rituals and daily festivities.

gongfu cha, ceremonia del té, tea ceremony, chaozhou,

12 September, 20226 November, 2022Chinese Culture, Tea and Gong Fu Cha

The Tea Ceremony of Chaozhou

The city of Cháozhōu 潮州, in Cháoshàn 潮汕, is one of the cradles of Chinese tea culture, where some believe the gōngfū chá (工夫茶 or 功夫茶) ceremony originated several hundred years ago, and from where it would have spread to the rest of China. But the Cháozhōu ceremony has some peculiarities that reflect the values and hospitality of its inhabitants.

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Gong Fu and Chinese Culture

History of Tea and its Culture (IV): From the Last Dynasties to the Present

History of Tea and its Culture (III): Sòng Dynasty

History of Tea and its Culture (II): Táng Dynasty

History of Tea and its Culture (I): First Uses of Tea

Meaning of the Salute in Chinese Martial Arts

The Afterlife in Chinese Culture (IV): The River of Oblivion and Reincarnation

The Afterlife in Chinese Culture (III): “Death in Vain”

The Afterlife in Chinese Culture (II): The Ten Kings of the Underworld

The Afterlife in Chinese Culture (I): The Realm of the Dead

The Tea Ceremony of Chaozhou