Tea culture symposium in Beijing

Tea culture symposium in Beijing

BEIJING, China - A speaker addresses an audience at the sixth East Asia tea culture symposium in Beijing on May 10, 2011. The symposium, initiated in 2004 by Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke Japanese tea ceremony school, is intended to enhance friendship and mutual understanding in East Asia through tea culture.

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