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Source: People’s Republic of China – State Council News
ULAN BATOR, May 21 (Xinhua) — A three-day event dedicated to Chinese tea culture, titled “Yaqi Culture Salon: Tea and the World,” kicked off at the China Cultural Center in Ulan Bator on Wednesday.
The event program includes stories about tea drinking culture in China, exhibitions, and lectures on making ceramics from Yixing clay “zisha”.
Speaking at the opening of the event, Li Zhi, Counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia and Director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Ulaanbaatar, noted that tea has long embodied the wisdom and philosophy of Eastern civilization. “From the ancient Great Silk Road to the Great Tea Road, tea crossed mountains and seas and became a link in the dialogue between different civilizations,” he said.
According to Li Zhi, the event participants will be able to get acquainted with the process of making ceramics from Yixing clay “zisha” and the exquisite culture of tea drinking. The diplomat expressed hope that the event’s rich program will demonstrate to the Mongolian public the deep meaning of Chinese tea culture and allow them to understand the Eastern concept of “harmonious coexistence.”
The event “Yaqi Cultural Salon: Tea and the World”, organized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia, is timed to coincide with International Tea Day, which is celebrated annually on May 21. –0–