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    [fullTitle] => BREWING TEA TRADITIONS, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BASHU AND WAKAYAMA CULTURES IN THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE
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This research addresses the challenge of attempting to understand how traditional tea brewing techniques of Bashu and Japanese cultures complement modern socio-economic strategies. The purpose of the research is to deepen the understanding of how tea traditions, religion, and philosophy relate to one another, and how they change as they travel within global contexts, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and Wakayama, a cross-cultural hub. A qualitative methodology is used for the study and it is based on visual and textual analysis from reputable sources like JETRO and JNTO to guarantee authenticity and relevance. It is shown that Bashu and Japanese tea traditions contain deep spiritual and philosophical values and have adapted to current worldwide trends while Wakayama plays a central role in the exchange of cultural and philosophical heritage. This study highlights the tea traditions as instruments that can enhance mutual understanding and cultural continuity and have implications for the Digital Humanities for the digital preservation of cultural heritage. Practice recommendations include using technology to document and promote these rich traditions worldwide and to promote cross-cultural dialogue with shared programs. However, the study relies upon secondary data, and additional field research is required to further enrich the analysis. As a result, this research sheds new light on cultural preservation and innovation, and global cooperation and resilience through tea traditions.

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                    [givenName] => Zijun Shen
                    [affiliation] => Department of Foreign Languages, Sichuan University of Media and Communications, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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                    [givenName] => Liang Zhang
                    [affiliation] => School of Foreign Studies, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China
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            [0] => Digital Humanities, Tea Traditions, Belt and Road Initiative, Cultural Exchange, Religious and Philosophical Practices
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    [doi] => 10.24204/ejpr.2025.4701
    [datePublished] => 2025-01-06
    [pdf] => https://www.philosophy-of-religion.eu/menuscript/index.php/ejpr/article/view/4701/version/2086/3467
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BREWING TEA TRADITIONS, RELIGION, AND PHILOSOPHY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF BASHU AND WAKAYAMA CULTURES IN THE BELT AND ROAD INITIATIVE

Zijun Shen
Department of Foreign Languages, Sichuan University of Media and Communications, Chengdu, Sichuan, China

Liang Zhang
School of Foreign Studies, China University of Political Science and Law, Beijing, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24204/ejpr.2025.4701

Abstract

This research addresses the challenge of attempting to understand how traditional tea brewing techniques of Bashu and Japanese cultures complement modern socio-economic strategies. The purpose of the research is to deepen the understanding of how tea traditions, religion, and philosophy relate to one another, and how they change as they travel within global contexts, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), and Wakayama, a cross-cultural hub. A qualitative methodology is used for the study and it is based on visual and textual analysis from reputable sources like JETRO and JNTO to guarantee authenticity and relevance. It is shown that Bashu and Japanese tea traditions contain deep spiritual and philosophical values and have adapted to current worldwide trends while Wakayama plays a central role in the exchange of cultural and philosophical heritage. This study highlights the tea traditions as instruments that can enhance mutual understanding and cultural continuity and have implications for the Digital Humanities for the digital preservation of cultural heritage. Practice recommendations include using technology to document and promote these rich traditions worldwide and to promote cross-cultural dialogue with shared programs. However, the study relies upon secondary data, and additional field research is required to further enrich the analysis. As a result, this research sheds new light on cultural preservation and innovation, and global cooperation and resilience through tea traditions.

Keywords: Digital Humanities, Tea Traditions, Belt and Road Initiative, Cultural Exchange, Religious and Philosophical Practices

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