Photo taken on October 19, 2024, at Jiangsu Maritime Institute in the Nantong Development Zone, shows international students from Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa experiencing the traditional art of the Montane Long-Spouted Teapot. Mao Lifang, a representative inheritor of the 'Dragon Style Eighteen Forms,' along with teachers and students, hosted a range of tea culture activities, including Song Dynasty tea whisking, Chan tea rituals, long-spouted teapot performances, and tea exchanges.(Li Yicheng/Guangming Online)

Photo taken on October 19, 2024, at Jiangsu Maritime Institute in the Nantong Development Zone, shows international students from Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa experiencing the traditional art of the Montane Long-Spouted Teapot. Mao Lifang, a representative inheritor of the 'Dragon Style Eighteen Forms,' along with teachers and students, hosted a range of tea culture activities, including Song Dynasty tea whisking, Chan tea rituals, long-spouted teapot performances, and tea exchanges.(Li Yicheng/Guangming Online)

Photo taken on October 19, 2024, at Jiangsu Maritime Institute in the Nantong Development Zone, shows international students from Central Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa experiencing the traditional art of the Montane Long-Spouted Teapot. Mao Lifang, a representative inheritor of the 'Dragon Style Eighteen Forms,' along with teachers and students, hosted a range of tea culture activities, including Song Dynasty tea whisking, Chan tea rituals, long-spouted teapot performances, and tea exchanges.(Li Yicheng/Guangming Online)