The Chado Experience (the Japanese Tea Ceremony)

Name: The Chado Experience (the Japanese Tea Ceremony)
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Immerse yourself in the Japanese tradition and learn how to make a matcha tea at home

Created byMika Haneishi

Last updated 3/2022

English

What you'll learn

1. Understanding the basics of chado including its roots and purpose.
2. Virtually experience what it is like to be in an actual ceremony and feel the spiritual benefits.
3. You can learn about the utensils necessary for making matcha tea and the room settings for practicing chado.
4. Learn how to make a nice bowl of matcha tea in the chado manner to ease your mind at home with minimized utensils.
5. Gain the health benefits of drinking matcha tea as well as refreshing your mental condition by performing this meditative tradition.

Course content

1 section • 5 lectures • 49m total length

Introduction5:53
In this lecture, you will learn about the instructor and information on this self-learning video course.
Introducing the basics of chado including its history.8:37
In this lecture, you will learn basic information on chado and its history.
An Introduction of the tea room and a demonstration of the Ceremony14:37
In this lecture, you will learn about the tea room and experience what it is like to be a guest during the ceremony.
An introduction of the utensils and room setting4:43
In this lecture, you can learn about the utensils such as a tea bowl and room settings required for the basic tea-making process in the chado manner at home.
Instruction on how to conducti the tea-making process in the chado manner15:46
In this lecture, you can learn about how to make a bowl of tea in the chado manner at home.

Requirements

No specific experience or knowleage is reqired in advance. For making matcha tea, some matcha powder, a bamboo tea whisk (chasen) and a tea bowl or mug cup with a wide opening would be advised.

Description

Chado, known as the Japanese tea ceremony, involves more than just drinking matcha tea. The tea room is a space where you can experience mindfulness.

Through the practice of Chado, one can master not only good manners and a beautiful deportment but also cultivate self-esteem and a sense of inner peace.

This self-learning video course is for people who would like to study the basics of chado in a short period of time. Also, the instructor demonstrates the section of the main ceremony so that you can experience what it is like to be a guest during the ceremony. Moreover, it introduces how to practice the concept of chado during daily tea time at home with minimized utensils. You can exercise a tea-making process in the chado manner under this instruction.

This course is divided into five lectures:

Lecture 1: An introduction of the instructor and the self-learning video course.

Lecture 2: An introduction video on chado and its history.

Lecture 3: An introduction to the tea room and a demonstration of the main section of the tea-making ceremony for you to participate in it virtually.

Lecture 4: Introduction of the utensils and room settings required for the basic tea-making process.

Lecture 5: Instruction on how to conduct the tea-making process in the chado manner.

Who this course is for:

People who wants to learn Japanese traditions deeply through chado.
People who wants to enrich their daily tea time with tea culture.
People who wants to enrich their daily tea time with tea culture.
People who wants to practice a unique meditative method.