At Mokanshan where a number of different tess are grown, they give the guest a few leaves in a cup on which. bolling water is poured, and does not praise the tea, another kind of leaf is put in and the process. foes on until he expresses, satisfac-ion, after which he will be given that' same Kind of tea as long as he stays. there.
the guest is paying an official visit or is a person of consequence, a terrain amount of ceremony be observed when serving him with fea. The old fashioned teacup should used with Its porcelain cover and metal stand, and the tea should not be made In the teapot but in the cup itself from a few leaves of Lung Ching of some. other well-known Srang. The host should then take the lia off the cup, push aside any. leaves that may have come to the top of the water and then taking the cup in both hands, offer it to the guest, who will endeavour to dis-Suade him from going to so. much trouble and make a pretence of taking the cup out of his hands.
Should the official wish to terminate the interview, he will ask the visitor to drink tea, which isa sign that he should take his departure.
When a guest goes to a feast, he is given tea as soon as he arrives and later the dinner, he is given a farewell cup just before he leaves.
Tea plays a very interesting and, {helpful part in the amenities of Chi-inese social life and its place cannot ibe taken by anything else.
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