台灣茶藝文化 Taiwan Tea Arts Culture

茶道概括而言是茶的文化, 茶道也包含花藝, 但與插花的花藝不同. 茶道的花藝是要配合茶席,茶具.不是單獨被欣賞,這是和花道不同之處!
茶藝包含花藝,陶藝和喝茶的文化,品茶時品茶人注重的是品茗四藝; 點香,插花, 書畫,點茶.再搭配音樂.

從開始佈置茶席,配樂,到茶壺與茶葉的選擇與搭配,都必需講究和諧,有和諧的配合才能泡出茶味與茶禪與整體融合的氣氛.

茶是中華文化重要的一個層面,在宗教上茶用來敬神,在傳統的結婚儀式中更是少不了奉茶的禮節.在日常生活中愛茶人士以茶會友,切磋茶藝,泡茶在台灣人的生活中兼具社會精神的修養,和美學內涵的品格!

台灣的茶園約有兩萬公頃的面積,製茶的技藝和專業的茶葉發酵製作過程,是決定茶葉品質重要的一環,這是台灣輕發酵烏龍茶獨特的地方.

台灣從1869年開始外銷茶葉至今,深得國際人士對Formosa Tea的喜愛與認同! 台灣生產的半發酵烏龍茶,己得到國際公認品質上等好茶的美譽. 

General speaking, tea ceremony is the culture of tea, tea ceremony also including flower arts, but it is different from flower arrangement’s flower arts. Tea ceremony’s flower arts must be matching with tea table, tea sets, not only to be appreciated alone. This is the difference between tea arts and flower arts!
Tea arts included flower arts, pottery arts and tea drinking culture, during tea drinking, the person who appreciating tea always cared about so called four arts of tea appreciation: light joss stick, arrange flowers, display calligraphy or paintings, providing snacks and playing music at the same time!
From the beginning of tea table setting, playing music until the choice of tea pot and tea leaf, every step must be fastidious harmony, to have harmonic matching then good taste tea can be brewing out in an atmosphere of total wholeness.
Tea is an important layer of Chinese traditional culture, in religion tea use to worship gods, in traditional wedding ceremony offer tea to the guests is an unavoidable courtesy. In our daily life tea loving people to meet friends with tea, to learn each other by practicing tea arts, people living in Taiwan making tea also presenting a kind of social spiritual cultivation with esthetics personality.
The area of tea plantations in Taiwan is about 20,000 acres, the workmanship of tea manufacture and the process of fermentation is an important key of tea quality. This is the specialty of Taiwan light fermented Oolong tea.
Taiwan tea export as early as 1869, so far Taiwan tea has been acknowledged and loved by international tea loving people. Taiwan semi-fermented Oolong Tea has been internationally recognized as the super quality good tea.