2024 Yaji US Exhibition Series

Tea for Harmony

May 23

Tea for Harmony Celebration Event

China Institute

May 25

Tea Culture and Cultural Tourism 

American Dream

Event Concept

The event draws inspiration from three scrolls and ten chapters of the “Canon of Tea/Tea Classic”, the earliest treatise on tea in the world, written by Chinese writer Lu Yu between 760 CE and 780 CE during the Tang Dynasty.

The scrolls are numberedby content, with the first being the origin, followed by the tools, the craft, the utensils, the boiling, the tasting, the history, the growing regions, the essence, and the imagery.

Corresponding to the ten chapters of the canon, ten exhibition series are created to showcase Xinyang tea culture and intangible cultural heritage through an immersive sensory experience.

Scene 1
"The Origin of Tea"

  • Exhibition format: Imagery + text + photography competition exhibition, VR equipment;
  • Display content: Presenting tea culture through visuals, introducing Xinyang Maojian and Xinyang Cultural Tourism;

Scene 2
"The Utensils of Tea"

  • Exhibition format: Tea picking and tea making tools exhibition, model display, actual physical display, static exhibition against the wall;
  • Display content: Presentation of tea picking and tea making equipment;

Scene 3
"The Making of Tea"

  • Exhibition format: video display, window valances/drapery;
  • Display content: Tea making process;

Scene 4
"The Vessel of Tea"

  • Exhibition format: Representative displays of the highest grade Jun and Ru porcelain, static display of tea utensils;
  • New tea drinks, brew pot and other tea utensils, shelf and table combination, IBM table with antique tablecloth, Chinese style valance backdrop, Jun porcelain, Ru porcelain and other tea utensils for making tea and tasting tea;

Scene 5
"The Art of the Brew"

  • Exhibition format: Live demonstration by tea artist, tea ceremony and tea tasting;
  • Demonstration content: The art of Chinese tea making, tea making by the stove 

Scene 6
"The Tasting of Tea"

  • The tea-tasing and viewing areas on both sides of the stage are equipped with tea-tasting tables and chairs, refreshments and tea utensils, providing guests with a rest area and tea-tasting experience area;

Event Locations

May 23 China Institute

May 25 The Avenue at American Dream