Chabaixi common to see a barista create coffee art， but it's a whole different ballgame doing same thing with tea.
Han Zheming has managed to perfect the skill， creating tea art in cups， ordian cha in Chinese， which used to be a ritual during the Song Dynasty (960-1279).
Different from the method of brewing tea during the Tang period， in the Song Dynasty， the prevalent way of having tea was throughdian cha.
The process begins with hot water being poured over fine powdered tea creating a paste， then more hot water is slowly added as the tea is constantly whisked by hand with a bamboo stick.
This action of pouring hot water is calleddian， hence the name dian cha， which was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Runzhou district， Zhenjiang city， Jiangsu province， in 2019.
Inpass， people even started to hold tea competitions， called doucha (鬥茶)， comparing the quality， taste， color and patterns of their tea.
