Japanese Culture

I think ‘sadou’ is one of famous culture. In foreign countries, it’s called ‘Japanese tea ceremony’. First, the host boils water and makes a tea, and then the guests drink it. There are many rules in sadou. For example, they have to fold their legs under themselves, they have to bow before brink the tea and wipe the bowl by the right hand. And gests have to praise the bowl, hanging scroll, flower arrangement, garden and so on. Rules are different between each school.
　Next, there are many schools in sadou. The custom drinking a tea started in the Heian Period in Japan. It likes the oolong tea. In Kamakura Period, tea was popularization among people as medicine. And the tea ceremony came into fashion among rich people.Now, many people learn sadou. I think it is important Japanese culture.

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