tea ceremony, n.Definitions

The Tea ceremony (n.) communicates ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠nothing: gesture replaces talk, the soul falls quiet, and a community forms without a word.

The Tea ceremony (n.) or ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠cha-no-yu finds intense aesthetic delight in the plainest act of drinking tea with a few friends — rough beams, paper walls, unchiselled rock.