• 04.06.2018

A Series of Lectures on Chinese Tea Culture by CI at UCG



Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore
Univerzitet Crne Gore

 

  China is the hometown of tea. Since tea was discovered 5500 years ago, tea plants are grown in more than 60 countries around the world, and about 3 billion people in more than 150 countries and regions with people drinking tea. In 1610, the fleet of Dutch East India company shipped tea from Indonesia to Europe for the first time, which opened up the market of Chinese tea in Europe.

Since the ancient Silk Road, Montenegro has been trading with China. Tea is also an indispensable drink in the daily life of Montenegrin people. In order to further enhance the friendship between the people from China and Montenegro, CI at UCG invited Dr. Huang Shouen who is the chief editor of the Chinese journal “Food & Machinery” and the deputy director of Hunan Food Science and Technology Society, to give lectures on Chinese tea culture in Montenegro. Three lectures were carried out in 4 days during 25th-28th  May.

Local time on May 25th, Dr. Huang gave the lecture on the theme of “Not just the Tea – An Odyssey to Chinese Tea”. On May 26th, Dr. Huang conducted a demonstration and explanation of the Chinese tea culture in “Gradska Kafana” restaurant in Herceg Novi, which is one of the important parts of “Chinese Cultural Day”. In the afternoon of 28th, Chinese tea cultural speech and tea art performance were held in Inovaciono Preduzetnicki Centar in the Tehonoplis in Niksic.

Lectures showed the Chinese tea culture vividly with abundant images and vidos. Dr. Huang told the story of “the Shennong tasted the hundred grasses” first, and explained the historical evolution of tea culture, the production process of tea leaves, the health functions of tea, and the spreading of tea culture to show the mystery of the oriental culture represented by tea culture. Through the demonstration and explanation of the tea ceremony, Dr. Huang pointed out that the tea ceremony is the aesthetic process of tea appreciating and also the process of life understanding and self-cultivation improving. And the spirit of tea ceremony is to keep health, gratitude, sharing and harmony.

Lectures held in three different cities have attracted a large number of tea lovers in Montenegro. With the help of the fluent and accurate translation in Montenegrin by Miss Liu Sijia from China Civil, the audience experienced Chinese tea culture in an all-round way for the first time.

The series of lectures on Chinese tea culture were arranged carefully by Ms. Luo Chunxia, Chinese director of CI at UCG, which were widely concerned by the government and media in Montenegro. Tamara Vujovic, municipal Councilor and mayor assistant of Herceg Novi, attended the tea culture and tasted Chinese tea. And she also conducted in-depth discussion with Director Luo on the cooperation with CI at UCG. Four mainstream media in Montenegro made comprehensive report on our tea lectures.

Tea, an important part of Chinese culture, is the transmitter of the friendship between the East and the West. The trend of Chinese tea culture to the world is not only the spread of Chinese traditional health maintenance, but also the showing of the spirit of harmony, sharing, and cooperation that has been praised for over the past five thousand years by Chinese people to the world.


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