Tea ceremony: the ritual of hospitality

A tea space currently in use. A coarse woven linen tea cloth is spread on a low solid wood tea table, on which a complete set of utensils is arranged: a teapot, a fairness cup, four small cups lined up, a tea scoop and tea needle, a tea tray, and a tea towel. Tea is being poured from the pot, and the cups contain light golden tea, with two cups already having been drunk from. Next to it is an electric ceramic stove and a kettle for boiling water, which is currently boiling. The tea caddy is open. On the floor are cushions, indicating positions for two people sitting opposite each other. The utensils are simple pottery and porcelain, without ornate decorations. A small ceramic vase nearby holds a seasonal flower branch. Avoid: depicting the tea set as an unused display, using ornate gilded tea sets, including modern electronic tea utensils, making the arrangement overly deliberate and neat.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個正在使用中的茶空間。低矮的實木茶桌上鋪著一塊粗織的麻布茶巾,上面是一整套器具:一把壺、一個公道杯、四只小杯排開、茶則與茶針、一個茶盤與一塊茶巾。壺中正在出湯,杯裡是淡金色的茶湯,其中兩杯已經被喝過。旁邊有一個電陶爐與一把煮水壺,水正在滾。茶葉罐開著蓋。地上是坐墊,兩個人相對而坐的位置。器物是樸素的陶與瓷,沒有華麗的裝飾。旁邊一只小陶瓶插著一枝當季的花。避免:把茶具畫成未使用的展示、使用華麗的鎏金茶具、加入現代的電子茶具、讓陳設過於刻意工整。