International students at Dayeh University experience Taiwan's tea culture through tea picking and tea making

 

Understanding Taiwan and experiencing Taiwan's tea culture, Dayeh University took international students to Songboling in Nantou to pick tea, make tea and taste tea, experiencing the aesthetics of Taiwan's tea ceremony; while learning Chinese, the international students also discovered a different side of Taiwan's tea culture beyond the popular bubble tea.

 

Li Shijie, Dean of the College of Tourism and Hospitality at Dayeh University, through the "Food Fashion Management, Natural Farming - Taiwan Tea (TWT) Industry Talent Cultivation 2.0 Project", combined with the Chinese Language Teaching Center, held the "Three Beauties Series - Beautiful Food - Tea Tasting Culture Experience Activity", leading international students from Indonesia, Vietnam, Malaysia and other countries to pick tea at Songboling, and also to

 

Lin Fangyi, Associate Professor of the Department of Food and Applied Biotechnology, explained tea culture to the participants, starting from the distribution of Taiwan tea, introducing common Taiwanese tea varieties, and setting up an elegant tea seat environment, allowing the international students to personally experience the etiquette and details of tea tasting.

 

Lin Shangwei, Director of the Chinese Language Teaching Center, stated that language learning is not only listening, speaking, reading and writing, but also includes cultural understanding. Through a series of "Aesthetics", "Beautiful Food" and "Beautiful Environment" three-beauty experience activities, the Chinese Language Center helps international students improve their Chinese proficiency, giving international students in Taiwan the opportunity to understand Taiwan's tea ceremony and tea art.