Perennial Tea Ceremony
Ten Ren Teaism Foundation Secretary-General, Founder Lin Easu of,
"Perennial Tea Ceremony", from Taiwan, is based on the five elements
and the five colors associated with them. Also each of four tea brewers
are that are linked in sequence according to the season assigned. The
Chinese term "四�茶會" has two parts, the lastpart "茶會",
means Tea Ceremony, the first part "四�", means four steps or
sequences that are linked together. Each one represent a season of the
year and one of the "五" five elements and also a color, the element
"earth" is represented in the center of the ceremony along with incense
burners and flowers. Each one of the tea brewers with a tea
corresponding to a seasons moving around this center "heaven and
earth"earth, with no end or beginning, therefore the Tea Ceremony is
四� Perennial. Gogyou(五行), in Chinese it's `WuXing' and they are
like the elements of European Alchemy, though it has five elements
rather than four. The five elements a 木 wood, � fire, 土 earth,
金 metal, and 水 water.
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if you follow this link you can see the tea ceremony performed.
http://teaarts.blogspot.com/2006_01_...s_archive.html