New Chinese Style - Teahouse: Low Seating and a Single Side Light

A New Chinese style teahouse. The space is divided into several semi-open areas by wooden grilles and silk screens, allowing glimpses of each other but maintaining privacy. Each area has a low solid wood tea table and four horseshoe-back armchairs or floor cushions, with low seating that brings the viewer's gaze closer to the ground. The walls are finished with handmade mineral plaster, and one side features a horizontal window framing a section of bamboo and rocks in a courtyard. The tea table is set with a complete tea ceremony set, currently in use. In a corner, a *bogujia* (curio shelf) holds tea caddies and vessels, with about half of its compartments empty. The illumination is very low, with a small paper-shaded lamp above each table. A wisp of incense smoke hangs in the air. Avoid: using high-backed modern chairs and high tables, making the space a completely open hall, adding bright ceiling lighting, adding complex traditional decorations and painted motifs.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一間新中式的茶館。空間被木格柵與絹屏分隔成數個半開放的區域,彼此可以隱約看見但互不干擾。每一區有一張矮的實木茶桌與四張圈椅或蒲團,座面低,人的視線因此接近地面。牆面是手工的礦物塗料,一側開著橫幅的窗框住庭院的一段竹與石。桌上是完整的茶席器具,正在使用中。角落有一座博古架放著茶葉罐與器物,約半數的格子空著。照度很低,每一桌上方有一盞小型的紙罩燈。空氣中有一縷香煙。避免:使用高背的現代座椅與高桌、把空間做成完全開放的大廳、加入明亮的天花照明、加入繁複的傳統裝飾與彩繪。