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There are many people that like the look of Japan's finest pottery items. They often do not know where to go to find these pieces or what they should look for in them.

The look of Japanese pottery can vary in a few different ways. Sometimes these pottery pieces feature traditional colors, and other times, the colors do not have that significant of a meaning. Traditionally, they are normally a light blue or sometimes a fiery red color. If you have an idea of what you are looking for, it can make the search much easier than just looking at everything and trying to decide what you want to use in the end.

The many ways that this pottery is used in Japan are as tea cups and also traditional tea serving pieces. You might be someone from this area wanting to have this kind of pottery or you might be someone that just likes to collect it. Whatever way you look at it, you will probably be looking in many places for the pottery that you are looking for.

Some of the best places to look for this kind of pottery are at your local specialty stores. This might mean looking in the Japan oriented stores first because they are going to be more likely to have the pottery that you need and the kinds that you are really looking for. If you are still not able to find what you want, you can take a look on the Internet and see what they can find for you or what you can find on there yourself. You might be surprised to find out that you will be able to find anything that you want or could need with just a click of the Internet.

Take your time and find the pottery from Japan for your home and you will be happy that you did. The easiest thing to do sometimes and the easiest way to find the things that you need are going to be looking in the places that you might not have thought of. So, get a little creative in your search and you won't regret it. The best things are the ones that are sometimes the hardest to find right away. Keep looking and you will not be disappointed in what you find or what you end up paying for that great little gem.

You can create a lovely Japanese theme in your home with Japanese pottery.

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Romantic Story of Buddhism & Tea

 

 

Every Chinese tea and Japanese tea lover will be familiar with this writing, in English that’s “Tea and Zen are the same feelings” or “taste Zen in Tea”, it shows the close connection between tea and Buddhism. 

Do you know where does tea come from? The legend says Xin Southern and Northern Dynasties, Dharma slept unexpectedly when he was practicing self-cultivation in Shaolin, he was so angry about that and in order to stop sleeping next time he took off his eyelids onto the ground. At the next year there was a tea tree on the ground, and the green tea leaf fell into the pan when Dharma’s Service was boiling water, and after drank tea water Dharma found he will not feel sleepy. That’s the mythic story of the origin of tea. There are some romantic stories between Buddhism and tea.

 

Zen and tea’s fable 

 

The most famous fable about Zen and tea is ZhaoZhou Monk. 

One day two monks came for learning Zen, ZhaoZhou Monk asked one of them, “have you ever been here?”

“Yes.”

“So go to drink tea!” ZhaoZhou Monk said.

“No, I’ve not been here.” Another man answered.

“You drink tea too!” ZhaoZhou Monk said.

“Why do you let them to drink tea no matter they have been here or not?” the abbot wondered and asked.

“You go drink too!” ZhaoZhou answered.

 

Could you get the Zen from what ZhaoZhou Monk said? No matter you understand or not, here is another interesting fable. 

One man came to NanYin for studying Zen, NanYin welcomed him with tea, he poured tea water into cup and didn’t stop though the cup was full. The man said:” Master, the cup has been fulfilled. ” Master NanYin said :”You’re just like the cup fulfilled with your ideas, if you don’t make it empty, how can I teach you Zen?”

 

 

 

Why Monks obsess on tea?

 

Tea has three virtues: for Buddhism, it can help you touch Zen; for body, it can help digest; for soul, it can help keep your heart awake.

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tang Dynasty is a very important time for Tea and Zen, Tang is also one of the most powerful countries in the world. Its economic was powerful and the more important is that it absorbed and syncretized everything that’s excellent from other races and countries. And the most important book of tea---- Cha Jing was born in Tang as well. 

Cha Jing, also named Tea Classic, was wrote by Lu Yu in 761 AC, this book is the first book covers the whole tea circle in the world. Lu Yu has a very close connection with Buddhism, he was a foundling and was brought up by Zen Master ZhiJi, but Lu Yu didn’t like Buddhism and ran out to be the circus clown, fortunately Governor Li Qiwu recognized his gift and let him follow and learn from Zhou Fuzi, Another important man named Cui Guofu also appreciated him, they’re very important to his growing. Do you know Lu Yu was not famous for Tea but for his literature in Tang Dynasty? Surprising? It’s true. He was one of the most famous litterateurs, when he came to one city, the chief will welcome him personally. And certainly tea is one of his hobbies, his Shifu Master Zhiji loved tea very much and also was a tea Master, so Lu Yu had connection with tea in the very young age. One of Lu Yu’s best friends Jiao Ran was also a Monk, a very famous poetry Monk. If you take a look at the whole life of Lu Yu, you’ll find the birth of Cha Jing has so close connection with Buddhism. 

Could we find Dharma in tea today? 

Still we can meet Dharma in tea in the 21st Century, but you know not every one can hear his voice. In Jiuhua Anhui Province which is one of the 4 most famous Buddhism Mountains in China you can take a drink of Jiuhua Buddhism tea (Jiuhua Fo Cha), in HangZhou, you can go to JingShan Temple for JingShan tea. JingShan Tea Banquet is the origin of Japanese Tea Dao.

 

 In Southern Song Dynasty (about 1235 AC), Japanese Master Shenyi came to China and learned from Master Wuzun in JingShan temple. He went back and introduced The JingShan Tea Banquet to Japanese and which gradually evolved into Japanese Tea Ceremony. But for now JinShan tea in China is not so famous as in Japan.

 We have so many more famous teas like Tie Guan Yin, Buddha Hand, Da Fang tea and so on. There is a story about the source of Tie Guan Yin which is the most popular tea in China now. In Qing Dynasty an old man named Wei Yin who believe in Guanyin and offer a cup of tea everyday morning. One night he dreamed that he went out and found a tea tree near the river and at the second day he found the tea tree by tracing the way in the dream. He moved the tea tree into an iron pan. He thought the tea tree was gift of Guanyin, so named it as Iron Guanyin (Tie Guan Yin).

 

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What is the earliest age a child is allowed to drink hot tea in Japan?

The second answer (and maybe the first too) is talking about cold tea.

For hot tea it's surely the same as your country, it's either allowed to cool to a suitable warmth before being offered or it's cooled by having cold water added.

Most of the time kids drink cold tea though.

Geishas serve beer instead of green tea as recession hits Japan
London, July 17 : Geishas have turned to serving customers beer instead of the customary green tea because of the economic downturn in Japan.

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