A Comparative Study of the Aesthetic Characteristics of Chinese and Japanese Tea Culture
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211025.037How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- China, Japan, Tea culture, Comparison, Aesthetic characteristics
- Abstract
Ancient China is the first in the world to plant tea trees, make tea and drink tea. As one of the “seven things for the beginning of a day”, tea has long penetrated the daily lives of people from all walks of life. Under the influence of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, a unique and long-standing Chinese tea culture has been formed. Japan and China are neighboring countries. Since ancient times, these two countries have exchanged and communicated in economic, political, cultural, and ideological aspects. Tea culture is also one of them. After Zen was introduced to Japan, Chinese tea culture was also introduced. Combining Zen ideology and native Japanese national culture, a distinctive, complete, and mature Japanese tea ceremony culture has been formed. Based on previous studies, this paper discusses the origin and development of tea culture in China and Japan and the aesthetic characteristics of their respective tea cultures using historical documents and comparative studies. Based on Confucianism, the aesthetic characteristics of Chinese tea culture revolves around nature, pleasure, and harmony, whereas Japanese tea culture is based on Zen thought with aesthetic characteristics such as solemness, loneliness, and imbalance.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ge Gao PY - 2021 DA - 2021/10/26 TI - A Comparative Study of the Aesthetic Characteristics of Chinese and Japanese Tea Culture BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture Studies (ICLCCS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 229 EP - 232 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211025.037 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211025.037 ID - Gao2021 ER -