The Foundation
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The Myung Won Cultural Foundation
The Myung Won Cultural Foundation carries on the heritage of the pioneer of Korean tea, Myung Won Kim Mi Hee. The foundation is a Korean government designated educational and training center and the head family of the Korean traditional tea ceremony.
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The Myung Won Cultural Foundation
Myung Won dedicated her life to restore the traditional Korean tea ceremony and revive Korean tea culture. The chairwoman of the foundation is the second daughter of Myung Won is the holder of Intangible Cultural Asset of Seoul City, Number 27, Royal Court Tea Ceremony
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The Myung Won Cultural Foundation
The foundation educates and promotes traditional Korean tea ceremony and humanistic virtues through Myung Won traditional tea ceremony and humanistic education centers, tea culture graduate school and regional
tea culture chapters throughout Korea and around the world.
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The Myung Won Cultural Foundation
The foundation publishes books on Korean tea culture and tea ceremonies. The foundation recognizes significant contributors to tea culture with its annual Grand Tea Culture Awards. The foundation sponsors and participates in Korean and international tea culture exchanges around the world.
The Myung Won Cultural Foundation is internationally recognized in the monument for Chao-chou's (趙州) Grand Master of Seon Buddhism.