水之于茶 Tea and Water

水之于茶，
犹如水之于鱼一样，

Water is the soul of the tea,
just like fish cannot live without water.

“鱼得水活跃，茶得水更有其香、有其色、有其味”，

Fish is energetic because of water,
Tea acquires excellent fragrant, color, and taste because of water.

所以自古以来，
茶人对水津津乐道，爱水入迷。

Since the ancient times,
tea enthusiasts are exultant with water, they are devoted to the beauty of water.

明人许次纾《茶疏》中就说：
“精茗蕴香，借水而发，无水不可论茶也。”

According to a book called Cha Shu 《茶疏》,
the greatness fragrant of tea is originated by water,
there is no way you can deliberate about tea without water.

以茶养素 Tea & Self-integrity

以茶养素
这句话该怎么讲呢？
何谓茶？何谓素？

The art of tea may boost up one's integrity.
How are we going to define this phrase?
What is the art of tea? What is integrity?

茶，何以能称之为饮品如此肤浅，
茶之深邃境界，学问，艺术，修养胜于万物。

Tea, is not something as shallow as just a kind of drinks,
the profoundness of tea represents a different level, knowledge (wisdom), art and self-reflection which are literally better than anything in the world.

素，称之为个人素质，
相等于个人品德，心境与修养。

Integrity indicates one's personality with great philosophical thinking and perception.

惜茶之辈，
向来品德高尚，心境品和，举止行为优雅。

Tea enthusiasts are those typically with great personality, peaceful mindset and sophisticated attitude.

Career

Talent + Education + Persistence = Success!

七碗茶诗 Seven Cups of Tea

看来卢同《七碗茶诗〉的公诸于世，
让不少人感到震撼，
而且还激发了喝茶的兴致，
还有，
对品茶有更深邃的境界。


The Seven Cups of Tea 七碗茶诗 (qi wan cha shi),
written by LuTong (卢同) has passed down from one generation to generation
since the period of Tang Dynasty in China.
His passion towards tea art has reached an indescribably level,
and thus he wrote how seven cups of tea can trigger the zeal of those tea enthusiasts.
At the same time, it will stimulate boundless of bliss in ourselves.

茶禅一味 The oneness of Tea and Zen

茶禅一味，
味味一味。
茶玄禅定，
静心净心。

The oneness of Tea and Zen,
is literally mutual related.
The fragrant of tea is irresistibly perfect,
it could peace and clean your soul.



禅，
意味着一种宁静，
一种境界，
一种智慧。

Zen,
indicates a kind of quietness,
a kind of arena,
a kind of wisdom.

一杯茶，品人生沉浮。
平常心，造万千世界。
一杯清茶，一种人生。

A cup of tea, inspect the happiness and sadness of life.
An ordinary heart, fabricate a hundred of thousand of humanities.
A cup of refreshing tea, a kind of life.

Those days......

I damn miss this place, man...
Can we stop and go back to the past?
Just give me a time machine, I don't care I just wanna go back.
Neither the fragrant nor the scent of the tea taste the same.
How could it be? It's different, just different.....

Memories of TEA

This flower Gaiwan was my birthday present from Si heng and Kang Ean. They know me, they really know me... What else can I say? Let's cherish the friendship!!!

Tea & Friendship = Perfect Matching



Everyone who know me well enough they know that I have a huge passion on tea art and at the same time I'm devoted to horses as well. I could hardly describe the feeling when I saw this Gaiwan (盖碗), the tea cup. The decision was made immediately and I bought it.

Keep it, clean it, play with it and appreciate the Gaiwan for the whole day. But, I haven't use it to drink tea yet 'cause I want it to be my toy or decoration of my teaware collection.