Spiritual_World_Of_Tea

Spiritual World Of Tea The Spiritual World of Tea In the Japanese tea ceremony there are many things that are used to represent the Japanese beliefs. In tea ceremony, water represents yin and fire in the hearth, yang. The water is held in a jar called the mizusashi. This stoneware jar contains fresh water symbolizing purity, and is touched only by the host. Matcha (green tea) is kept in a small ceramic container called a chaire, which is in turn covered in a shifuku (fine silk pouch), which is set in front of the mizusashi. The occasion will dictate the type of tana (stand) used to display the chosen utensils The host enters with the chawan (tea bowl) which holds the chasen (tea whisk), chakin (the tea cloth) which is a bleached white linen cloth used to dry the bowl, and the chashaku (tea scoop), a slender bamboo scoop used to dispense the matcha, which rests across it. These are arranged next to the water jar, which represents the sun (symbolic of yang); the bowl is the moon (yin). Retiring to the preparation room, the host returns with the kensui tea, bowl, water, host, scoop, guest, container, whisk, represents, kettle, jar, cloth, bamboo, yin, yang, silk, room, rinsed, returned, preparation, paste, passes, next, mizusashi, matcha, main, ladled, ladle, japanese, hot, guests, green, fukusa, fine, enters