Money, feng shui and lucky food all play a part in Chinese wedding rituals. ... The tea is typically served in cups from a special tea set, which usually has auspicious red patterns.

Find out who conducts the pre-wedding hair-combing ceremony, how to play door games on the big day and the role a red umbrella plays A Chinese wedding has many of the trappings of a Western ...

White glaze tea sets from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). [Photo/people.cn] Chinese tea art was born in the Han Dynasty (206BC-220AD), matured in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and flourished in the Ming ...

A tenmoku oil spot Jian tea bowl dating from the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279) sold for more than $11.7 million at auction Thursday, setting a new world record for a Jian kiln item, during ...

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Tea set formations were tied to the clandestine Tiandihui organisation, or Heaven and Earth Society. These OGs of Chinese secret society came together as an alliance between Ming dynasty loyalists ...

An all-in-one Tang Dynasty (618-907) ceramic tea set has recently been discovered at the Qujiazhuang Cemetery Ruins in North China's Shanxi Province. The discovery shows China's tea culture has ...

6 Chinese wedding customs, including pouring tea, and things to avoid, such as wearing red. Money, feng shui and lucky food all play a part in Chinese wedding rituals.