Zen Resort Japannese style in HaNoi

Zen Resort situated 38km from the center of Hanoi on Thang Long highway , located in downtown area, connecting with other senior resort golf courses in areas such as Kings Island- Dong Mo golf, the Village Culture of the people of Vietnam

Zen Resort Villla

According to the detailed planning, the project has a total area of ​​more than 50 hectares, including 90 villas ranging from 250 m2 or more, designed by architects architectural Greenscape company, adviser to the Japanese architect . Highlights of the villas at Zen is the green grass covered roof, the impressive hanging gardens, the pool creates a hanging resting place characterized "Zen. " 

Not follow the general trend of the resort is in the region, Zen Resort concentrated into a space of peace, tranquility, a place of resort real subtle. The heart of the campus is the Zen meditation garden, garden walk is located on the highest hill and is connected to the space below by a winding stone path, winding. The meditation garden to ensure quiet people can enjoy nature, absolutely immersed in all Zen, Yoga or Tai Chi Dao all the mountains and forests.maps: http://bandonhadat.vn/?lat=21.04286855&lng=105.4289355&lvdf=13&plg=w_2836

First you should know about the origin of the Japanese zen style

Archaeologists have been able to dig up traces of rock gardens from the time of Empress Suiko which was in 592 AD. It was the early 700s when Zen Buddhism began to have a mass influence on Japanese society. The Zen garden was a creation of their monks who sought to represent the simplicity and harmony of life through this art medium. This age old tradition has only grown in popularity over time and finds it self being sought after in our times. The good thing about these gardens is that they can be created over a very small space. Hence having a huge backyard or front lawn is not a prerequisite for you to have a Japanese Zen garden in your home.

In addition, we should know about Japanese culture, food culture, their lifestyle. They wear kimonos, eating sushi and drinking sake. What happens when you wear a kimono, was eating sushi and drinking sake of the Japanese way. All will be blended into the Zen style.
Example of how the Japanese tea: The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. In Japanese, it is called chanoyu (茶の湯) or chadō (茶道; also pronounced sadō^?). The manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called otemae (お手前; お点前; 御手前^?). Zen Buddhism was a primary influence in the development of the tea ceremony.
Tea gatherings are classified as ochakai (お茶会^?) or chaji (茶事^?). Chakai is a relatively simple course of hospitality that includes the service of confections, thin tea (薄茶, usucha^?), and perhaps a light meal. Chaji is a more formal gathering, usually with a full-course meal (kaiseki), followed by confections, thick tea (濃茶, koicha^?), and thin tea. A chaji will likely last at least four hours.

Types of the Japanese Tea Ceremony

Throughout the year there are various kinds of ceremonies which have specific names according to the time of day, the occasion of the tea ceremony or the season in which they are held. The first tea ceremony held in January is called Hatsugama 初釜, which translates to “first kettle.” This is the only time when a teacher will prepare tea and a meal for his or her students. Usually the teacher will only give guidance to the students, so this is a very unique event for both the students and the host.

Akatsuki-no-chaji / 暁の茶事 / dawn tea ceremony in winter

akatsuki

This is the dawn tea event held in the early morning of a cold winter day to enjoy the breaking of dawn in the tearoom. It is truly an amazing experience to be in the tearoom and drinking tea while the sunlight slowly starts coming through the small windows and the tea utensils start to appear different then just before in the candle-light.

 

 

 

Yuuzari-no-chaji (Yûzari-no-chaji) / 夕ざりの茶事　/ early-evening tea ceremony held in the warmer months

Yuuzari

Opposite from the Akatsuki-no-chaji, here one can experience going from daylight to candle light. It feels as if the normal world fades away and one is entering into the mystical world of tea. Somehow this experience brings you closer to fellow tea worshippers who are in the same room.

 

 

 

Asa-cha / 朝茶　/ early-morning summer tea ceremony

Asa-cha

Asacha tea gathering is held in the cool morning of the hot summer. Tea ceremonies or just Keiko (practice for students of tea) in summer are really hard since the burning coal in the brazier and the hot tea don’t really help escaping the soaring heat of Japanese summer.

 

 

Shoburo / 初風炉 / first use of the portable brazier in the year (may)

Shoburo

This Shoburo tea event celebrates the first use of the Furo (portable brazier) in the New Year of tea. On our modern calendar that would be around May. Japanese love to do everything officially with lots of ceremonial speeches and gestures, so this has also influenced the tea ceremony.

 

 

 

Shougo-no-chaji (Shôgo-no-chaji)/ 正午の茶事 / midday tea ceremony

Kuchikiri-no-chaji / 口切の茶事 / tea ceremony celebrating the breaking of the seal on a jar of new tea (November)

Kuchikiri-no-chaji

Tea leaves which are harvested in spring are store in a jar which is then stored in a cool place. These days that might be in or around the teahouse or cooling cellar. Long ago this jar with new leaves was stored in the ground or in the mountains to keep it cool. Around the November 7 or 8, the new season of tea begins and the Ro is used for the first time indicating the start of the winter season. At this time, to celebrate the beginning of a new season of tea, the seal of the jar with new tea plucked in spring is broken and the new, fresh tea is used for the first time. Breaking this seal of the jar is called Kuchikiri. It is accompanied by a full tea ceremony or Chaji with a meal, Kiocha, and Usucha.

For this New Year of tea, the bamboo in the fences and gutters is renewed, the Tatami mats are changed and the Shoji (sliding screen doors) are newly papered. The tea event (Chaji) in this season of both Kuchikiri and Kairo (opening of the hearth) begin at noon and continue for about 4 hours with Kaiseki cuisine, thick tea and thin tea. This “Ro shogo no chaji” is the most formal tea event and is also the basic model for the Japanese tea ceremony.

Nagori-no-chaji / 名残の茶事 / tea ceremony honoring the last remains of the year's supply of tea and to see out the warm months before winter sets in (October)

In the October month at the end of the autumn season, when there is only a little tea left in the jar opened during the Kuchikiri ceremony, we feel sadness from parting (Nagori) with this tea. It is also the time of nature’s seasonal decline, letting go of the old in anticipation of the new.

Yobanashi / 夜咄 / winter-evening tea ceremony

Yobanashi

This evening ceremony follows the Kuchikiri tea ceremony and is to celebrate the long winter night. Yobanashi starts therefore in the evening to enjoy a tea ceremony at night in a dark tea room with candle light. Usually there are some candles or lanterns in the garden as well to allow the guests to wash their hands at the Tsukubai and to view the objects in the Machiai corner.

 

 

Hatsugama / 初釜 / boiling of the first kettle tea ceremony

Hatsugama

This meeting is seen as something very special. Hatsugama is the only time when the tea teacher him or herself prepares tea for all her students. In most cases this tea ceremony is a complete Chaji meeting with Kaiseki meal, Nakadachi breaks, and the whole ritual done the way it was learned during classes. It is impossible to teach the whole Chaji at once, therefor it is always broken up into practicing how to prepare Usucha, Koicha, and arranging the charcoal in Sumidemae. Only this time will the whole ritual be performed by the tea teacher with some help of his or her students. It is an opportunity to meet all the other students whom might be studying on different days and for the teacher to point out some of the details about the flow of a full Chaji meeting. Tipical for this meeting is the festive mood, exquisit cuisine, and the curved braided willow branches hung in the alcove.






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