ÿþ <html> <head><title>Casa Muhyang</title> </head> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="style.css"> <body background="images/casam_back.jpg" leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0"> <table background="images/casam_teaBackEng.jpg" width="1002" height="400" valign="top" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table width="1002" height="150" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="800" height="150"> <table width="800" height="150" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td rospan="6" width="800" height="15">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="131" height="89"><a href="mainEng.html"><img src="images/casam_home.jpg" border="0"></a></td> <td width="114" height="89"><a href="tea00Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_teaTopEng.gif" border="0"></a></td> <td width="110" height="89"><a href="cup00Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_cupTopEng.gif" border="0"></a></td> <td width="128" height="89"><a href="cloth00Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_clothTopEng.gif" border="0"></a></td> <td width="127" height="89"><a href="paint00Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_paintTopEng.gif" border="0"></a></td> <td width="102" height="89"><a href="flower00Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_flowerTopEng.gif" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td rospan="6" width="800" height="46">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="114" height="157"> <table width="114" height="157" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td height="22" align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"><a href="tea00.html"><img src="images/casam_kor.gif" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top" width="114" height="10">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="top"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td align="left" valign="bottom"> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="bottom"> <table width="1002" height="241" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="126" height="241"> <table width="126" height="241" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="126" height="116">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="126" height="33"> <a href="tea00Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_tea01Eng.gif" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="126" height="33"> <a href="tea01Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_tea02Eng.gif" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="126" height="31"> <a href="tea02Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_tea03Eng.gif" border="0"></a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="126" height="30"> <a href="tea03Eng.html"><img src="images/casam_tea04Eng.gif" border="0"></a></td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="876" height="241"> <table width="876" height="241" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="876" height="116">&nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="876" height="33"><img src="images/casam_tea01TitleEng.gif"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="876" height="92"> <table width="876" height="92" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="60" height="92">&nbsp;</td> <td width="730" height="92" class="bodyText"> The Tea Ceremony has a utilitarian meaning from the way of handling, brewing, and drinking and <br>also has a philosophical meaning from the empirical truth of proper etiquette. The spirit of Tea <br>Ceremony can be summarized into JUNG (ck) and JOONG (-N). <br>JUNG is for righteousness and properness and JOONG is for discretion and harmony.</td> <td width="86" height="92">&nbsp;</td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="1002" height="450" valign="top" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td width="186" height="450" valign="top">&nbsp;</td> <td width="730" height="450" class="bodyText" valign="top"> JUNG is brewing the proper amount of pure tea and water with heat and JOONG is drawing the <br>harmonized aroma and taste from these elements. Also, JUNG is the proper etiquette and <br>sincerity of handling tea and JOONG is to be gentle and calm by uniting with the guest(s), <br>and this is also called HWA (ŒT). <br>&nbsp; <br>This JUNG/JOONG also becomes the ethics of life. JUNG is to penetrate oneself without any <br>falsehood and JOONG is to love oneself and also the others. <br>&nbsp; <br>In these modern days, JUNG/JOONG is the more important practical philosophy; with in the Tea <br>Ceremony, one can understand the ideal human life and generate its own ego. <br>&nbsp; <br>In the stage of Tea Ceremony, our ancestors understood the true meaning of nature and they derived  <br>&nbsp; <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HWA (ŒT) - gentle nature, the principle way to be truthful,  <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KYUNG (le) - proper etiquette, significant element in relationship, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;KUM ( Q) - life of frugality, the attitude without vanity and extravagancy, <br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;JIN (w) - truthful, an honesty to be the most valuable nature. <br>&nbsp; <br>The practical way of Tea Ceremony can be apply to our everyday life without any difficult formality <br>- but not carelessly. 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