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Explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity. The work traces the development of tea drinking from its mythical origins to the nineteenth century and examines the changes in aesthetics, ritual, science, health, and knowledge that tea brought with it.

Tea in China A Religious and Cultural History

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      Publisher: University of Hawai'i Press
      Publication Date: 28/02/2015
      ISBN13: 9780824839635, 978-0824839635
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      Book Synopsis
      Explores the contours of religious and cultural transformation in traditional China from the point of view of an everyday commodity. The work traces the development of tea drinking from its mythical origins to the nineteenth century and examines the changes in aesthetics, ritual, science, health, and knowledge that tea brought with it.

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