Section III Pu’er Tea Ceremony of Ethnic Minoritie...

Section III Pu’er Tea Ceremony of Ethnic Minorities

“Ceremony”is the core of traditional Chinese culture.A tea ceremony is a habit and etiquette with tea as the theme or media gradually formed in the long-term social life of all ethnic minorities.In minority cultures of Yunnan Province, the forms of the tea ceremony are very diversified.The representation characteristics and contents of the tea ceremony are different in different places and ethnic minorities, but they are all important constituent parts of tea culture.The use and continuation of the tea ceremony also add brilliance to the traditional culture.Besides meeting the drinking needs of people, it is more essential to meet the psychological needs of people.The national etiquette and tea culture spirit embodied in drinking tea has become high-quality pursuit of people in tea tasting activities and precipitated into a wonderful and harmonious cultural tradition of the Chinese nation.

Fig.4-17 Pu’er tea ceremony of ethnic minorities