Seasons and Everyday Arts · Tea Whisking in the Song Dynasty

Song Tea · Hills at the Bowl’s Edge

Foam gathers into hills inside a tea bowl, with a tiny pavilion on the far shore. Rising steam carries bamboo into the clouds.

A Pavilion Beyond the Foam

Foam rises into hills beside a fine watercourse leading toward a distant pavilion.

Steam lingers above the distant pavilion.

Steam becomes bamboo and clouded peaks above a small pavilion at their foot.

A broken bowl forms a ring of cliffs, open just wide enough for a small boat.