Professional Speaker Series 3 – Shunan Teng and Souheki Mori, Chinese and Japanese Tea Masters

“Cross-cultural Synergy – Tea Ceremony between China and Japan”

Shunan Teng and Souheki Mori, Chinese and Japanese Tea Masters

We invite two professional tea masters from China and Japan – Shunan Teng and Souheki Mori. Focusing on the differences and similarities of tea ceremonies in these two neighboring countries, we would like to explore how those two tea cultures have influenced each other, as well as how they are likely to be developed in the future. This event begins with presentations and demonstrations of the tea ceremony of China and Japan. Discussions by the two tea masters follows afterward.

Topics of these discussions include history, ritual, social purpose, mindset (Chan/Zen), utensils, water and so on.

There will be a Q&A session at the end, during which the audience can ask questions of the two tea masters

Event Overview

– Introduction of Chinese tea ceremony by Shunan Teng and Japanse tea ceremony by Souheki Mori

Outline of presentation

History
Tea
Utensil
Water
People/Social Purpose
Setting /Zen vs. Chan
– Demonstration by Shunan Teng and Souheki Mori

We invite you to join! Let’s enjoy tea ceremonies together!

– Discussion – differences and similarities of Chinese and Japanese tea ceremonies

– Q&A session

Additional sponsorship: Globus Family and Globus Washitsu