What is 意境 (Yi Jing)

What is 意境, Chinese PinYin is yì jìng. What does it mean?  It is not difficult to understand the meaning by the direct translation of each character: However, when you put these two Chinese characters together, even Chinese will puzzle and reply “it’s about the holistic description of inspiration or feeling”.  When even Chinese have… Continue reading What is 意境 (Yi Jing)

What is Dao? What is Consistency?

The first sentence from the #DaoDeJing (道德经)that we normally know is: 道 可道 非常道 (dào kě dào fēi cháng dào) Way, one can be named is an extraordinary way. (the challenge to translate traditional Chinese scripts to other languages, it’s underable that the meaning often can be narrowed by respective interpretation) 1973 many ancient scripts were discovered in… Continue reading What is Dao? What is Consistency?

Tea Learning Journey of Mei Lan Hsiao

Greeting from Antwerp, Belgium This is Mei Lan Hsiao from Belgium Chinese Tea Association. My journey started when I was about 8/9 years old As the eldest daughter in the family, it was my duty to prepare tea during the weekend when I was home for my parents. My Mom has very difficult troublesome physical… Continue reading Tea Learning Journey of Mei Lan Hsiao