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Ladies and Gentlemen, Oolong Tea

Ep. 8

P I N Y I N / T E R M C H I N E S E E N G L I S H / M E A N I N G

Sòng 宋朝 The Song Dynasty 960-1279

The Seven Necessities of Daily Living in China. The original six were firewood, Kāimén qījiàn shì 开门七件事 rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar

Tang 唐朝 The Tang Dynasty 618-907

Sui 隋朝 The Sui Dynasty 581-618

Kaifeng 开封 City in Henan, capital of Northern Song 960-1127

The Yangtze River, second longest in the world, bisects China into north and Yangzi 扬子江 south

Zhejiang 浙江 Coastal province in China, and a rich one at that

Jiangsu 江苏 Another rich and prosperous coastal province in China

Dòuchá 斗茶 A "tea battle" in which people face off to make the perfect cuppa

Chinese school of Mahāyāna Buddhism. It developed in China from the 6th Chán Buddhism 禅 century CE onwards, becoming dominant during the Tang and Song dynasties

Xiángmó 降魔藏 Buddhist monk and Chan Master

Língyán Monastery 灵岩寺 Monastery at Tàishān where Master Xiangmo lived and taught

Jìnán 济南 Capital of Shandong Province

Kāiyuán Era 开元 Period during Tang Emperor Xuanzong's reign from 713-741

Emperor Xuánzōng 唐玄宗 Tang emperor who reigned from 713-756

Chá Chán Yīwèi 茶禅一味 Tea and Chan Buddhism one taste Hūizōng 宋徽宗 Northern Song emperor who reigned from 1100-1126

1012-1067, Chinese politician, engineer, poet, and arguably the greatest Cài Xiāng 蔡襄 calligrapher during the Song dynasty

1047-1126, Norhtern Song statesman and politician during the reign of Cái Jīng 蔡京 Huizong

1037-1101, Also known as Su Dongpo. One of the most beloved characters Sū Shì 苏轼 from Chinese history. He was a poet, writer, politician, calligrapher, painter, pharmacologist, and gastronome

Dàguān Chálùn 大观茶论 The Treatise on Tea, also called General Remarks on Tea

Qing Dynasty 清朝 Last imperial dynasty of China, lasting 1644-1911

Yin Zhen Silver Needle 白毫银针茶 A kind of white tea

Zhenghe County 政和县 A county in northern , bordering

A county-level city in northeastern prefecture level city, on Fujian's 福鼎市 border with Zhejiang province

Fujian 福建 Coastal province in China south of Zhejiang

guìhuāchá 桂花茶 Osmanthus tea

1141-1215, Japanese monk credited with bringing green tea to Japan from Myōan Eisai 明菴栄西 China. He also studied the Rinzai school of Chan or Zen Buddhism

Founder and the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate of Japan, ruling Minamoto no Yoritomo 源 頼朝 from 1192 until 1199

Tang Tàzōng 唐太宗 Second Tang Dynasty emperor, also known as Li Shimin. Reigned 626-649

Wūlóng 乌龙茶 Oolong Tea

Pu-erh 普洱茶 Pu-erh tea

Guangdong 广东 Southernmost province on mainland China

Famous tea from Fujian, in brick form, was one of the earliest Tribute Teas. Běiyuàn tea 北苑茶 They were later molded into small tea cakes called Lóngfèng Tuánchá 龙凤团 茶: Dragon-Phoenix Tea cakes

Yùchá 御茶 Imperial tribute tea

Wǔyí Yánchá 武夷岩茶 Wǔyí Rock Tea

Tiěguānyīn 铁观音茶 Iron Buddha or Goddess of Mercy tea, a kind of Oolong tea from Anxi, Fujian Guānyīn 观音 The Goddess of Mercy

Ānxī 安溪 City in Fujian north of and west of

Yán Chá 岩茶 Rock tea or Cliff Tea, from the Wuyi Mountains

chánóng 茶农 Tea Farmers

Dà Hóng Páo 大红袍 A kind of Wuyishan Rock Tea with a lot of folk tales associated with it

Tiě Luóhàn 铁罗汉 A kind of Wuyishan Rock Tea

Bái Jī Guān 白鸡冠 A kind of Wuyishan Rock Tea

Shuǐ Jīnguī 水金龟 A kind of Wuyishan Rock Tea

Shuǐ Xiān 水仙 A kind of Wuyishan Rock Tea

Bā Xiān 八仙 A kind of Wuyishan Rock Tea

Ròu Guì 肉桂 A kind of Wuyishan Rock Tea

Zhèng Yán Tea 正岩茶 Tea that grows in the rocks in the highest peaks of the Wuyi Mountains

Bàn Yán Tea 斑岩茶 Tea that grows in the foothills of the Wuyi Mountains

Tea that grows near the banks of the two main rovers of the Wuyi Mountain Zhōu Tea 洲茶 area, the Zhoiu and Ba Xian Rivers

Bā Shǔ 巴蜀 The ancient Bā and Shǔ States of Sichuan

Sichuan 四川 Province in southwest China

First imperial dynasty of China, founded by Qin Shihuang. Lasted from 221- Qin 秦朝 206 BCE

Han 汉朝 Dynasty in China that lasted 202 BCE to 220 CE

Nántóu 南投縣 County located in the center of Taiwan

Jiāyì 嘉義縣 County located in southwest Taiwan

Huālián 花蓮縣 County located on the east coast of Taiwan Ming 明朝 The Ming Dynasty that lasted 1368-1644

Zhū Yuánzhāng 朱元璋 Founder of the Ming Dynasty. He lived from 1328-1398

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