What are the tea performance techniques?

Tea performance is a traditional cultural activity in China, and it is a performance form to let the audience appreciate China tea culture. The techniques of tea art performance are: pouring tea, sliding cups, offering tea, shaking wrists, making tea, tasting tea, ordering tea, stacking tea, and dancing in tea ceremony.

1, pour tea

Tea pouring is one of the most basic and important performing skills in tea art performance. It requires the performer to pour boiling water into the teapot, then slowly pour the tea leaves into the cup, and make the tea leaves slip from the cup in an elegant and rhythmic way.

2, sliding cup

Sliding cup is a difficult technique of tea performance. It requires the performer to hold the cup, slide the tea soup out of the cup mouth, draw a beautiful arc on the desktop, and finally pour the tea soup into the cup smoothly.

Step 3 serve tea

Serving tea is an important etiquette in tea ceremony. Performers should offer cups with both hands, then pour water into the cups in front of the audience and offer tea fragrance to show humility and sincerity.

Step 4 Shake your wrist

Wrist shaking is a difficult performance technique, which requires the performer to shake the teapot with his hands, so that the tea leaves can be quickly poured out along the spout to form a thin line, and then the tea leaves can slide into the cup in just a few seconds.

Step 5 make tea

Making tea is the core link of tea performance, which requires performers to put tea leaves into a teapot and make delicious tea soup at a proper temperature and soaking time. In this process, performers need to master important skills such as soaking time, water temperature and tea consumption.

Step 6 taste tea

This is a very important link in tea art. Performers will carefully observe the color, aroma and taste of tea, and then introduce and evaluate tea in their own words.

Step 7 order tea

This is a way for performers to interact with the audience. Performers will order a cup of tea for the audience to show their gratitude and respect.

8. Fold tea leaves

This is a performance form in which multiple cups are stacked together, which requires the performer to accurately grasp the distance and position between each cup, so as to keep the whole stacked cup stable and beautiful.

9, tea ceremony dance

This is a combination of dance and tea art, which requires performers to perform tea interpretation while dancing, making the whole performance more artistic and ornamental.

Matters needing attention in tea performance

1. Hygiene problem: The most important problem in tea performance is the hygiene problem of tea sets. Performers need to clean tea sets carefully to ensure cleanliness and hygiene.

2. Tea temperature: Different kinds of tea need to use different water temperatures (for example, green tea needs about 80℃ water, and black tea needs more than 90℃ water). Performers need to know the best temperature of each kind of tea to make the best tea soup.

3. Control the amount of tea: The amount of tea has a great influence on the result of making tea. Performers need to master different tea consumption according to different tea types and tea making requirements.

4. Tea pouring skills: Tea pouring skills are the most basic part of tea performance, and performers need to master the rhythm, intensity and angle of tea pouring. The pouring speed of tea soup should be slow and comfortable, and the way of tea sliding into the cup should be elegant and rhythmic, so as to reflect the cultural connotation of tea performance.

5. Pay attention to posture: Tea performance requires performers to maintain proper posture when making tea, pouring tea and sliding cups, with a kind smile on their faces, leaving a good impression and feeling on the audience.

6. Practice more: Only through constant practice can performers master the skills of tea performance and maintain good performances in different performance environments. Therefore, tea performers should practice regularly to improve their performance skills and level.