Terminology of 道 (dō) With Respect To Tea
Translating the term 茶道 (chadō?) into English is a difficult translation task. A literal translation would be "the way of tea" or "the dao of tea". While "Tea ceremony" is the most commonly used translation, it is disliked by many practitioners. While the term "lore" is usually not used in this context, another possible translation is "tea lore". Another term is "Teaism", yet some only associate this with Japanese tea. Similar terms are "tea arts" and "tea culture". The term "chadao" has two words, the word is tea and the second is Chinese loanword tao/dao/道, native suffix -ism, the term can be written as teaism.
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