Hammond Museum & Japanese Stroll Garden

Japanese Tea Ceremony Workshop

 

The Japanese Tea Ceremony, or Chanoyu, originated in 16th century Japan.  This was a period of intense creative turmoil in Japan as trade opened up to new ideas from China, Korea and India. Chanoyu developed from Chinese styles of serving powered green tea, like Zen developed as a distillation of Chan Buddhism.  Sen Rikyu was the master who perfected Chanoyu as the art form we see today.

 

The basic idea of chanoyu is to invite guests and enjoy a get-together for tea.  The garden is beautifully trimmed and swept.  The tea room is simple, yet artistically decorated.  Burning incense adds fragrance to the flowers which are beautifully arranged.  Here you can enjoy quietness and share friendship.  Forgetting the harshness of life outside, one can enjoy the refreshing aroma of powdered green tea.

 

This class will teach you the basic principles of Japanese tea and its practice of being a perfect guest inside the Japanese Tea Room setting at the Hammond Museum's Tea Room. It will also give you the experience of being a part of an art form that is intended to inculcate the Tea virtues of Harmony, Respect, Purity and Tranquility.

 

Tea Workshop Date:
Saturday  1:00pm - 3pm
 November 21st, 2015
 

Class Fee: Museum members $35.00 Non members $45.00
 

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