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IRAN-TEHRAN-CHINESE BRIDGE-LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY-COMPETITION

(240611) -- TEHRAN, June 11, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- A competitor performs Chinese tea ceremony during a talent show of the final round of the "Chinese Bridge" language proficiency competition for Iranian college students held at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran, Iran, June 10, 2024. The final round of the "Chinese Bridge" language proficiency competition for Iranian college students was held in Iran's capital Tehran on Monday, with two students receiving the first and second prizes. TO GO WITH "Chinese language proficiency competition held in Iran's capital" Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Shadati)

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IRAN-TEHRAN-CHINESE BRIDGE-LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY-COMPETITION

(240611) -- TEHRAN, June 11, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A competitor performs Chinese tea ceremony during a talent show of the final round of the "Chinese Bridge" language proficiency competition for Iranian college students held at Allameh Tabataba'i University in Tehran, Iran, June 10, 2024. The final round of the "Chinese Bridge" language proficiency competition for Iranian college students was held in Iran's capital Tehran on Monday, with two students receiving the first and second prizes. TO GO WITH "Chinese language proficiency competition held in Iran's capital" (Xinhua/Shadati)

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(Chengdu Universiade) CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-PENG LIYUAN-INDONESIAN FIRST LADY-MEETING (CN)

(230727) -- CHENGDU, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Indonesian First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo watch a tea art performance in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 27, 2023. Peng met with Iriana in Chengdu Thursday afternoon. Iriana is accompanying Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who will attend the opening ceremony of the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games and visit China. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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(Chengdu Universiade) CHINA-SICHUAN-CHENGDU-PENG LIYUAN-INDONESIAN FIRST LADY-MEETING (CN)

(230727) -- CHENGDU, July 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Peng Liyuan, wife of Chinese President Xi Jinping, and Indonesian First Lady Iriana Joko Widodo watch a tea art performance in Chengdu, capital city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 27, 2023. Peng met with Iriana in Chengdu Thursday afternoon. Iriana is accompanying Indonesian President Joko Widodo, who will attend the opening ceremony of the 31st summer edition of the FISU World University Games and visit China. (Xinhua/Ding Lin)

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Events to promote Chinese tea culture kick off in Mongolia

STORY: Events to promote Chinese tea culture kick off in Mongolia DATELINE: May 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:44 LOCATION: Ulan Bator CATEGORY: SOCIETY/CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of the event 2. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI ZHI, Cultural counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia STORYLINE: A series of events to promote Chinese tea culture was launched at the Chinese Cultural Center here on Thursday to mark the upcoming International Tea Day. The series of events, including a photo exhibition and other tea-related exhibitions and activities, was sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of China and the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia. At the opening ceremony, Li Zhi, cultural counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia and director of the Chinese Cultural Center in Ulan Bator said Thursday's event was the first of a series of events to be held in Mongolia. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): LI ZHI, Cultural counselor of the Chinese Embassy in Mongolia "'The Tea for Harmony: Yaji Cultural Salon' is a series of tea cultur

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Sub-temple of Daitoku-ji opened to public for 1st time

KYOTO, Japan - A model sits in a room at the "Kohoan" sub-temple of Daitoku-ji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 25, 2014, during its first opening to the public. The sub-temple was built by Kobori Enshu, a feudal Japanese warlord known as a master of the tea ceremony and a garden designer, and was used as his residence in the evening of life.

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - The Urasenke tea ceremony school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year is held at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2013.

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (far L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2013.

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Ceremony to drink tea from huge bowl

NARA, Japan - A girl attempts to drink green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first ''Ochamori'' traditional tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2012. The bowls used in the ceremony, which dates back more than 750 years, measure around 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh more than 5 kilograms.

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony.

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New Year's tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea house in Kyoto on Jan. 7, 2011. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony.

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Kid has New Year sip from huge tea bowl

NARA, Japan - A child drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2010. The bowls, used in the ceremony which dates back more than 750 years, each measure 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh 5-7 kilograms.

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New Year's tea ceremony with huge bowls at Nara temple

NARA, Japan - A woman drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony at Saidaiji, a Buddhist temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2010. The bowls, used in the ceremony which dates back more than 750 years, each measure 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh 5-7 kilograms.

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Urasenke school holds its 1st tea ceremony of year

Kyoto, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony school, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of the year at the Konnichian tea hut in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on Jan. 7, 2010. Grand masters of other tea ceremony schools as well as local government and business leaders, including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada, took part in the ceremony.

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Huge New Year's bowl tea ceremony held in Nara

NARA, Japan - A woman is helped by another next to her to drink ''maccha'' green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony, believed to date back to the 13th century, at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Jan. 15. Several bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weighing 5 to 7 kilograms were used in the ceremony about 20 people took part in.

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Urasenke group holds its 1st tea ceremony of year

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony group, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of this year at the Konnichian tea hut in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on Jan. 7. About 30 people including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada took part in the ceremony.

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Japanese women (L side, standing) serve tea to local female students in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 20 during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony held under Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke school. Events to introduce the Japanese tea ceremony by the school, which began Oct. 18, are the first to be held in the Middle East region.

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - A Japanese woman (L) serves tea to a local female student in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 20 during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony held under Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke school. Events to introduce the Japanese tea ceremony by the school, which began Oct. 18, are the first to be held in the Middle East region.

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U.N. chief Ban, his wife attend Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) and his wife Ban Soon Taek attend a Japanese tea ceremony and are served by Urasenke tea master Genshitsu Sen in Kyoto on June 28. Ban arrived in Japan the same day, the first leg of his two-week Asia tour.

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PM Fukuda enjoys tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and his wife Kiyoko (2nd from L) enjoy a Japanese tea ceremony at the Urasenke's first gathering of the year in Tokyo on Jan. 16.

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Special tea ceremony held in Nara for New Year's event

NARA, Japan - A girl, helped by two women, drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' special tea ceremony at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15 with the hope of enjoying good health for this year.

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First Lady enjoys tea in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. First Lady Laura W. Bush (R) attends a traditional tea ceremony during her visit to Kyoto on Nov. 16. (Pool photo)

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(3)Nakasone mourns Reagan as great leader

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (fore) treats U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy in a traditional tea ceremony in this photo taken at his cottage on a western Tokyo suburb in November 1983. The two leaders maintained close relationships through the years, calling each other by their shortened first names ''Ron'' and ''Yasu.''

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Ura-Senke holds year's 1st tea ceremony

KYOTO, Japan - Soshitsu Sen (L), head of the Japanese tea ceremony school Ura-Senke, serves tea to guests at the year's first ceremony in Kyoto on Jan. 7.

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Koizumi attends year's first tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) attends the year's first tea ceremony gathering in Tokyo hosted by the Ura-Senke school Jan. 16. At right is Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda.

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Ura Senke begins 1st tea ceremony of new year in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), the 15th-generation head of Ura Senke, one of the three Japanese tea ceremony schools, prepares tea at the school's first tea ceremony of the new year Jan. 7 at its estate in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward.

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Tea ceremony held at new Japanese embassy in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Japanese and German officials enjoy a tea ceremony in a refurbished room adjoining the official residence of Japanese ambassador to Berlin, Issei Nomura, on May 20. The ceremony marked the completion of refurbishment of the Berlin residence. Japan reopened its embassy adjoining the residence in March for the first time since May 1945, following the relocation of the German capital from Bonn to the city two years ago.

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Kenya expands tea export to West and Central Africa

STORY: Kenya expands tea export to West and Central Africa DATELINE: Oct. 6, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:47 LOCATION: Nairobi CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the ceremony 2. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President STORYLINE: Kenya has expanded its tea export to West and Central African countries as it seeks to cash in on tea demand in the region. Kenyan President William Ruto on Wednesday flagged off the first consignment to Accra, Ghana under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Guided Trade Initiative. Ruto urged the government to increase Kenya's value-added tea products to 50 percent from five percent in the next five years. Ruto announced that Kenya will also have the same conversations with Tunisia, Morocco and all other tea importing countries. SOUNDBITE (English): WILLIAM RUTO, Kenyan President "We can now harvest the returns of the huge market of 1 billion people in our continent. The infrastructure provided by the African Continental Free Trade Area of making it easie

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U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-FLOWER SHOW-CHINA DAY EVENT

(220618) -- NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, the United States, June 17, 2022. A China Day event was held Friday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, amazing the audience with a series of Chinese cultural activities. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments, a lion dance performance, Peking Opera, a Chinese tea ceremony, a kung-fu performance, and promotion videos of east China's cities of Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the event is part of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show's first Chinese Culture Festival. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

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U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-FLOWER SHOW-CHINA DAY EVENT

(220618) -- NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors experience a Chinese tea ceremony during a China Day event of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, the United States, June 17, 2022. A China Day event was held Friday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, amazing the audience with a series of Chinese cultural activities. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments, a lion dance performance, Peking Opera, a Chinese tea ceremony, a kung-fu performance, and promotion videos of east China's cities of Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the event is part of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show's first Chinese Culture Festival. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

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U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-FLOWER SHOW-CHINA DAY EVENT

(220618) -- NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors experience a traditional Chinese instrument during a China Day event of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, the United States, June 17, 2022. A China Day event was held Friday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, amazing the audience with a series of Chinese cultural activities. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments, a lion dance performance, Peking Opera, a Chinese tea ceremony, a kung-fu performance, and promotion videos of east China's cities of Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the event is part of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show's first Chinese Culture Festival. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

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U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-FLOWER SHOW-CHINA DAY EVENT

(220618) -- NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (C) visits a China Day event of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, the United States, June 17, 2022. A China Day event was held Friday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, amazing the audience with a series of Chinese cultural activities. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments, a lion dance performance, Peking Opera, a Chinese tea ceremony, a kung-fu performance, and promotion videos of east China's cities of Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the event is part of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show's first Chinese Culture Festival. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

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U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-FLOWER SHOW-CHINA DAY EVENT

(220618) -- NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping speaks during a China Day event of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, the United States, June 17, 2022. A China Day event was held Friday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, amazing the audience with a series of Chinese cultural activities. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments, a lion dance performance, Peking Opera, a Chinese tea ceremony, a kung-fu performance, and promotion videos of east China's cities of Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the event is part of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show's first Chinese Culture Festival. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

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U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-FLOWER SHOW-CHINA DAY EVENT

(220618) -- NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors watch a kung-fu performance during a China Day event of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, the United States, June 17, 2022. A China Day event was held Friday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, amazing the audience with a series of Chinese cultural activities. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments, a lion dance performance, Peking Opera, a Chinese tea ceremony, a kung-fu performance, and promotion videos of east China's cities of Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the event is part of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show's first Chinese Culture Festival. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

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U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-FLOWER SHOW-CHINA DAY EVENT

(220618) -- NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People visit the Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, the United States, June 17, 2022. A China Day event was held Friday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, amazing the audience with a series of Chinese cultural activities. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments, a lion dance performance, Peking Opera, a Chinese tea ceremony, a kung-fu performance, and promotion videos of east China's cities of Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the event is part of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show's first Chinese Culture Festival. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

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U.S.-PHILADELPHIA-FLOWER SHOW-CHINA DAY EVENT

(220618) -- NEW YORK, June 18, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Visitors watch a performance during a China Day event of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show in Philadelphia, the United States, June 17, 2022. A China Day event was held Friday in Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, amazing the audience with a series of Chinese cultural activities. Featuring traditional Chinese instruments, a lion dance performance, Peking Opera, a Chinese tea ceremony, a kung-fu performance, and promotion videos of east China's cities of Hangzhou and Yangzhou, the event is part of the ongoing Philadelphia Flower Show's first Chinese Culture Festival. (Photo by Winston Zhou/Xinhua)

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First Lady enjoys tea in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. First Lady Laura W. Bush (R) attends a traditional tea ceremony during her visit to Kyoto on Nov. 16. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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First Lady enjoys tea in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.S. First Lady Laura W. Bush (R) attends a traditional tea ceremony during her visit to Kyoto on Nov. 16. (Pool photo) (Kyodo)

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PM Fukuda enjoys tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda (L) and his wife Kiyoko (2nd from L) enjoy a Japanese tea ceremony at the Urasenke's first gathering of the year in Tokyo on Jan. 16. (Kyodo)

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U.N. chief Ban, his wife attend Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon (C) and his wife Ban Soon Taek attend a Japanese tea ceremony and are served by Urasenke tea master Genshitsu Sen in Kyoto on June 28. Ban arrived in Japan the same day, the first leg of his two-week Asia tour. (Kyodo)

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Ura Senke begins 1st tea ceremony of new year in Kyoto

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu (L), the 15th-generation head of Ura Senke, one of the three Japanese tea ceremony schools, prepares tea at the school's first tea ceremony of the new year Jan. 7 at its estate in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward.

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Koizumi attends year's first tea ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi (L) attends the year's first tea ceremony gathering in Tokyo hosted by the Ura-Senke school Jan. 16. At right is Chief Cabinet Secretary Yasuo Fukuda.

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(1) Reagan dies at age 93

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone (fore) treats U.S. President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy in a traditional tea ceremony in this photo taken at his cottage on a western Tokyo suburb in November 1983. The two leaders maintained close relationships through the years, calling each other by their shortened first names ''Ron'' and ''Yasu.'' (Kyodo)

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New Year's big bowl tea ceremony at Nara temple

A woman, helped by two other women, drinks tea from a huge bowl in the year's first "Ochamori" traditional tea ceremony at the Saidaiji temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15, 2016. The bowls used in the ceremony, which dates back more than 750 years, measure around 40 centimeters in diameter and weigh more than five kilograms. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Urasenke group holds its 1st tea ceremony of year

KYOTO, Japan - Sen Soshitsu, grand master of the Urasenke tea ceremony group, serves green tea to guests at the school's first tea ceremony gathering of this year at the Konnichian tea hut in Kyoto's Kamigyo Ward on Jan. 7. About 30 people including Kyoto Gov. Keiji Yamada took part in the ceremony. (Kyodo)

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Special tea ceremony held in Nara for New Year's event

NARA, Japan - A girl, helped by two women, drinks tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' special tea ceremony at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, western Japan, on Jan. 15 with the hope of enjoying good health for this year. (Kyodo)

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Huge New Year's bowl tea ceremony held in Nara

NARA, Japan - A woman is helped by another next to her to drink ''maccha'' green tea from a huge tea bowl in the year's first gathering of the traditional ''Ochamori'' tea ceremony, believed to date back to the 13th century, at Saidaiji Temple in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Jan. 15. Several bowls measuring 30 to 40 centimeters in diameter and weighing 5 to 7 kilograms were used in the ceremony about 20 people took part in. (Kyodo)

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - A Japanese woman (L) serves tea to a local female student in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 20 during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony held under Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke school. Events to introduce the Japanese tea ceremony by the school, which began Oct. 18, are the first to be held in the Middle East region. (Kyodo)

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Japanese tea ceremony performed in UAE

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Japanese women (L side, standing) serve tea to local female students in Abu Dhabi on Oct. 20 during a traditional Japanese tea ceremony held under Sen Genshitsu, former head of the Urasenke school. Events to introduce the Japanese tea ceremony by the school, which began Oct. 18, are the first to be held in the Middle East region. (Kyodo)

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Sub-temple of Daitoku-ji opened to public for 1st time

KYOTO, Japan - A model sits in a room at the "Kohoan" sub-temple of Daitoku-ji temple in Kyoto, western Japan, on Sept. 25, 2014, during its first opening to the public. The sub-temple was built by Kobori Enshu, a feudal Japanese warlord known as a master of the tea ceremony and a garden designer, and was used as his residence in the evening of life. (Kyodo)