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To this end, the Peace Place is
not designed to sell Hochin aquilaria.
Chen insisted on separating culture
and business, and going on the journey
like a simple-minded person since he
has given the mission of the spirit
stage to the space. As he told us, the
space was originally designed to host
friends for entertaining and rest, and
has started to accept inquiries from
strangers and enterprises since it in-
troduced art events and became
known to the public.
Incense and Tea as Medium

Though the Peace Place doesn’t
sell aquilaria, Chen is happy to pro-
mote essence of incense and tea here.
As it’s usually difficult to learn Bud-
dhism and Zen in a short time, he
turned his understanding into art,
which means feeling the nature of
incense and tea ceremony in a Zen
way. The first stage is ‘art’ or ‘memo-
ry’, which trains a steady mindfulness
through special space design, atmo-
sphere and ceremony, such as the
gentlesmell of incense, tea brewing
and atmosphere lighting.

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