The Centre of Oriental Literature of the Russian State Library invites its devoted friends and anyone willing to join in to watch enjoy the new lectures by their invited experts.

Teachers of the Department of Oriental Languages of Moscow State Linguistic University and translators Yevgenia Ponkratova, the director of the Centre of the Korean Language and Culture, and Alina Timoshenko are going to speak about genre peculiarities of the Korean literature of nowadays. The "Young Adult and Lust for Mysticism in the Contemporary Teenager Prose of the South Korea" lecture focuses on the books which cannot actually be attributed to any of the existing trends but which are forming trends themselves. You will see how the whimsical elements of Asian mysticism can be masterfully weaved into the American and European narratives. You will feel how strong are the primordial beliefs in the lives of the Korean people of the 21^st century. You will plunge into the reality of the authentic cultural traditions and magic symbols. What is the power of the peach tree and what do Koreans do with bamboo in their rituals?! Watch the stream, and you will get to know all those and much more. Besides, there's going to be given out the secret of how to make originally teenager plots be widely — and wildly! —popular with the people of diverse ages and interests!

Then, the talk by the master of tea ceremonies of the State Museum of Oriental Art Andew Gretchin is devoted to the tea in China. What do they call tea over there and what's the difference between that drink and this one we've got to enjoy over here, in Russia? Is what way is it true that tea is a herb? What do they mean by "tea condition" and over seven hundred of which exact useful compounds are there in the flowers of the "Queen of Camellia"? Do you know that our Russian Ivan-Chai is a sibling to the Chinese tea? How does the Chinese beverage fight gout and diabetes, what's the use of oolongs and puerh teas, who is Shennong and where can you get to try out the magic drink nowadays? Welcome to watch our video "Tea Traditions of China and Russia" (18+), and you will be happy to discover an enthralling world of Chinese culture, feast you eyes on refined paintings, listen to guqin performance and think of the mystery of the universe and our place in its eternal harmony.