Serving Tea... Artful-Style

Check this out.  "Two Chinese artists dressed in old style perform art of tea serving". 

This was taken at a tea-drinking event held in Hangzhou to preserve and spread knowledge about Chinese tea culture, promoted by the International Institute of Tea Science and Culture.

Quite an unusual position to be pouring hot tea!  Is this more of a dance than an actual tea pouring?

Found via English.Sina.com

Here's another photo, from the same event held earlier in the year. 

Apparently these performances of tea art are presented in a number of tea houses in Hangzhou during these events to attract consumers.

Found via People's Daily Online