About: Full Japanese tea ceremony (chaji)

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The chaji (full ceremony) takes place in a room designed and designated for tea. It is called the chashitsu. Usually this room is within the tea house, located away from the residence, in the garden. The guests (never more than five, but three or four are the preferred numbers) are shown into the machiai (waiting room). Here, the hanto (assistant to the host) offers them o-sayu (a small cup of the water which will be used to make the tea). There will be a main guest, pre-chosen by the host, for whom the chaji is given, with the other guests there to accompany him or her. The hanto invites the guests to go through the water-sprinkled garden (devoid of flowers) to the covered waiting bench once they have finished their o-sayu. The garden path is called roji (dewy ground) and it is here that

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rdfs:label	Full Japanese tea ceremony (chaji)
rdfs:comment	The chaji (full ceremony) takes place in a room designed and designated for tea. It is called the chashitsu. Usually this room is within the tea house, located away from the residence, in the garden. The guests (never more than five, but three or four are the preferred numbers) are shown into the machiai (waiting room). Here, the hanto (assistant to the host) offers them o-sayu (a small cup of the water which will be used to make the tea). There will be a main guest, pre-chosen by the host, for whom the chaji is given, with the other guests there to accompany him or her. The hanto invites the guests to go through the water-sprinkled garden (devoid of flowers) to the covered waiting bench once they have finished their o-sayu. The garden path is called roji (dewy ground) and it is here that
dcterms:subject	Japanese Cuisine Tea
abstract	The chaji (full ceremony) takes place in a room designed and designated for tea. It is called the chashitsu. Usually this room is within the tea house, located away from the residence, in the garden. The guests (never more than five, but three or four are the preferred numbers) are shown into the machiai (waiting room). Here, the hanto (assistant to the host) offers them o-sayu (a small cup of the water which will be used to make the tea). There will be a main guest, pre-chosen by the host, for whom the chaji is given, with the other guests there to accompany him or her. The hanto invites the guests to go through the water-sprinkled garden (devoid of flowers) to the covered waiting bench once they have finished their o-sayu. The garden path is called roji (dewy ground) and it is here that the guests start ridding themselves of the 'dust of the world'. Seated in the koshikake machiai (covered waiting bench), they await the approach of the host who has the official title teishu (house master). Stone basin (tsukubai). Just before receiving the guests, the teishu replenishes the tsukubai, which is set among low stones, with fresh water from a wooden bucket he has brought with him. As he does so, he stands so the last third of the water is poured from a height making a loud splashing noise that refreshes the minds of the guests. Taking a ladle of water the teishu purifies his hands and mouth then proceeds through the chumon (middle gate) to welcome his guests with a bow. No words are spoken. The teishu returns to the tearoom and the main guest, followed in turn by the other guests, passes through the chumon, which symbolizes door between the coarse physical world and the spiritual world of tea, to the tsukubai where they purify themselves. After drying their hands on a small linen hand-towel that they carry in their kimono, they enter the tearoom. The guests' sliding door is only thirty six inches high, thus all who enter must bow their heads and crouch to do so. This door symbolises that all are equal in tea, irrespective of status or social position. The last person in latches the door.

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