Ebook {Epub PDF} Classic of Tea: Origins and Rituals by Lu Yu

Lu Yu (Chinese: 陆羽; pinyin: Lù Yǔ) (–) is respected as the Sage of Tea for his contribution to Chinese tea culture. He is best known for his monumental book The Classic of Tea (Chinese: 茶经; pinyin: chájīng), the first definitive work on cultivating, making and drinking tea/5. The Classic of Tea.: Written in the eighth century, this fascinating book looks at the intricacies involved in brewing tea, describing precisely how the perfect tea should be made: from the size of the water gatherer to the height from which water is boiled above the fire. Beautiful line drawings show the various components that go into the Author: Yu Lu. The classic of tea: origins rituals / by Lu Yü ; translated and introduced by Francis Ross Carpenter, and illustrated by Demi Hitz. Author/Creator: Lu, Yu,

The Classic of Tea: Origins Rituals (ISBN ) Lu, Yu; Yu, Lu; Carpenter, Francis Ross; New York, U.S.A.: Ecco Press. reprint of edition. This is a complete translation. French. Vianney, Soeur Jean-Marie: Le Classique Du The Par Lu Yu, Morel - ; Hungarian. The classic of tea by Lu, Yu, Yu Lu, Lu Yu, October , Ecco Pr edition, Hardcover in English. The format of the monograph, written by tea saint Lu Yu between and AD, is "Three Scrolls Ten Chapters". "Chapter 1: Origin" describes the mythological origins of tea in China, varietals of the tea plant and its proper planting, as well as some etymological speculation. In the first chapter of Cha Jing, Lu Yu introduced us to.

The Classic of Tea: Origins Rituals by Lu Yü, Demi Hitz, Francis Ross Carpenter. Click here for the lowest price! Hardcover, , Summary. "Written during the eighth century's T'ang Dynasty, Lu Yü's Ch'a Ching, or The Classic of Tea, has, for over one thousand years, provided tea drinkers with practical and spiritual knowledge of the art of tea-brewing, and is the text primarily responsible for elevating the drinking of tea to its unique place of veneration in Chinese life."--Publisher description. The introduction takes you through the origins of tea in China and how it has become an integral part of the Chinese spirit, then gives its history up to Lu Yü’s time, how it has changed from the T’ang to the Ming dynasties, how the West came to tea, and finally discusses the Life and Times of Lu Yü. Tea was taken very seriously indeed. At one point in the Introduction, Carpenter points out that: The waste of fine tea through incompetent manipulation was considered one of the three.