Tea culture lecture was held in Confucius classroom at Rezekne Acadamy of Technologies

On December 8, 2016 of Latvia local time, Confucius Classroom at Rezekne Acadamy of Technologies held a tea culture lecture.

Chinese volunteer teacher Zhao Qian first explained that tea is one of the world’s popular three drinks, while China is the birthplace of tea, with a long history dating back to ancient times, and reached to its top in Tang and Song Dynasties. When talked about the position of tea in Chinese people’s mind,she used ” With a cup of tea，relish the ups and downs in life ; With a peaceful  heart，make you own future” to describe it, so the students understood deeply why Chinese people like to drink tea. Then, teacher Zhao told the students about the classification of  Chinese tea and China’s top ten famous tea.Next, she not only talked about tea custom in various areas among China, but also talked about what kind of tea do people from other countries prefer to drink, therefore everyone had a better understanding about tea culture.

Before the tea ceremony, teacher Zhao first played a video about the course of making tea, and everyone knew the name of the tea sets and the process of making tea. Later, she invited students to experience the process of making tea.Finally, everybody were tasting the Chinese tea in good moods, then the Chinese tea culture lecture came to an end.