Global event launched in Beijing to promote Chinese tea culture
China DailyHu Heping, minister of culture and tourism, launches the “Tea for Harmony: Yaji Cultural Salon” global event with four other guests by pouring tea water into a big bowl in Beijing on May 15, 2023. “Tea for Harmony: Yaji Cultural Salon”, a global event to promote China’s tea culture hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, was launched on Monday at the Prince Kung’s Palace Museum in Beijing. The event intends to “give tea a greater role in enhancing friendly dialogue and mutual learning between civilizations” and raise awareness of Chinese tea culture around the world, following the inscription of traditional tea processing techniques and their associated social practices in China on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2022. At the Yaji cultural salon, participants will be given an immersive opportunity to learn about Chinese tea culture through pictures, videos, intangible cultural heritage showcases and folk art performances.