Fifty kilometers away from the northwest of Hangzhou there is a Jing Hill Temple, an ancient temple, first built in the period of Tang Dynasty in the year of 742, ranking at the top of the "five mountains and ten temples" in South china. At its height of power and splendor, the temple had many palaces and pavilions, with more than 3,000 monks, and was reputed as the "first temple in the southeast". The Jing Hill Temple is also the mother school for Lingji Sect, the Japanese Buddhism. The "Jing Hill Tea Banquet in the Temple" is famous in the world, while the Jing Hill Mist Tea is a famous brand in China. The "Tea Banquet" is a special ceremony in the Jing Hill Temple where tea is used in place of food, with a content of tea presenting, tea smelling, color watching, tasting, discussion, chatting and so forth. The Japanese Tea Ceremony was developed on the basis of China's Jing Hill Tea Banquet more than 700 years ago.
