Aspects of Chinese Tea Culture and its Transformation into the Future

CHINESE CULTURE TO SEE, TO TOUCH, TO FEEL, TO SENSE AND TO TASTE Fascinating and yet so foreign, the Chinese culture. A guqin player and guqin maker, tea masters, incense masters, philosophers and artists, and tea farmers offer Chinese atmosphere and aesthetics up close in a series of events: culture to see, hear, feel, and taste! After a history of ideas of Chinese culture, there will be an introduction to aspects of tea culture, ceramics, music, and incense culture. Wang Peng, currently the most famous and popular guqin player, will present his art of qin dao and take guests into the mysterious sound world and aesthetics of guqin in several performances. Sun Liang, Chinese expert of incense culture, invites guests to discover the millennia-old history of xiang dao, long forgotten. Tea has left its mark on all aspects of Chinese culture. Various tea masters will shed light on the history and aspects of Chinese tea culture: Lectures and tea ceremonies will bring to life the history from the Chinese proto-Kaisers, through the Tang and Song dynasties, the Ming and Qing periods, to the renaissance of Chinese tea culture cha dao. All events take place at the Frankfurt tea house Chá Dào - China Tea & Art. Prior registration is required for all events Email: info@chadao.de telephone: 069-840 47 126 PARTICLE FEES Friday: 25.00 ampeuro; (free for those attending on Saturday and/or Sunday) Saturday: 50.00 ampeuro; (students 30.00 ampeuro;) Sunday: 50.00 € (students 30.00 €) Friday to Saturday: 80.00 € (students 40.00 €) Friday, 29. September 2017 17:00 Guest Reception & Getting to Know 18:00 Welcome speeches Gerhard Thamm, Chairman of the Society for the Promotion of Chinese Tea Culture e.V. Wang Peng, guqin player and artist, Beijing 18:15 Guqin performance 18:30 pm Tea tasting and cold buffet and socializing with Chinese guests Wang Peng will present his arts for the first time in Europe Saturday, 30. September 2017 11:00 Reception - Signing the guest book& Getting to know 11:30 Welcome and introduction of the guests by Gerhard Thamm 12:00 Chinese culture - What is Chinese about the Chinese arts? Idea-historical background of Chinese culture, Marie-Luise Beppler-Lie, Sinologist at the University of Marburg 12:30 Break - getting to know each other and cold buffet 13:15 Song Dynasty cultural meeting with a dian cha tea ceremony, incense ceremony, guqin performance and ikebana, Rong Xinyu, Zhang Yichun, Wang Peng and Sun Liang 13:45 Wuyi Yen Cha - Stone teas from Wuyishan, lecture with unveiling of a plaque (Cha Dao Teahouse as the first international Wuyi tea culture center) Yang Yong Hua and Madame Deng Cong Hui, Wuyishan, Fujian Province 14:45 Tea & Philosophy - Daoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism - a contradiction? What influence do these philosophical currents have on tea culture? He Xin Peng (Dr. Volker Heubel), philosopher and sinologist, Tongji University, Shanghai 15:45 Break 16:15 The Land of Tea, lecture by Rong Xinyu and presentation of the book "Tea Nation", first published in English (translated by Sun Jia Yi) 17:30 Guqin performance, Wang Peng afterwards talks and cozy evening with tea tasting Sunday, 1. October 2017 11:00 Reception - Signing the guest book& Getting to know 11:30 Welcome and introduction of guests by Gerhard Thamm; Chairman of Society for the Promotion of Chinese Tea Culture 12:00 Tea Salon - An "old new" format to promote tea culture and successfully transform it into the future? He Xin Peng (Dr. Volker Heubel), philosopher and sinologist, Tongji University, Shanghai 12:45 Break - getting to know each other and cold buffet 13:30 Modern era culture meeting with corresponding tea ceremony, incense ceremony, guqin performance and ikebana, Rong Xinyu, Zhang Yichun, Wang Peng and Sun Liang 14:00 The history and culture of Guqin in China, lecture and demonstration with Wang Peng, Guqin player and farmer, Beijing 15:00 Hua Dao - Ikebana, lecture and presentation by Sun Liang 15:45 Break 16:15 Xiang Dao - Traditional Chinese Incense Culture - Legends, History and Meaning, lecture by Madame Zhang Yichun, Chin. Institute of Incense Culture 17:15 Modern Tea Cocktails, Rong Xinyu, tea master, tea taster and book author 17:45 Guqin performance, Wang Peng then cozy end, talks, discussions on request further tea tastings. In addition, the social program will include - if desired - a small calligraphy workshop for children and young people, discussions and talks on tea & philosophy, as well as further tea tastings and talks with the Chinese guests. In addition, there will also be continued opportunities to view the "Chinese Painting on Tea" exhibition, paintings and calligraphy by contemporary Chinese artists. - subject to minor changes