TY - JOUR
KW - Computer aided instruction
KW - Dian cha ritual
KW - E-learning
KW - Education computing
KW - Game-based Learning
KW - Immersive virtual reality
KW - Intangible cultural heritages
KW - Learning systems
KW - Motion capture
KW - Performance
KW - Tea
KW - Teachers
KW - Teaching
KW - VR systems
KW - Virtual reality
KW - Virtual tutors
KW - Young peoples
AU - Jiajia Li
AU - Zixia Zheng
AB - As one of China s intangible cultural heritage (ICH) artifacts, dian cha is a distinctive tea-drinking ritual deeply rooted in traditional Chinese tea culture. This ritual art form is characterized by its specialized tea-making implements and meticulously choreographed performance techniques. Sadly, this ICH is on the verge of being lost, as many young Chinese are increasingly neglecting traditional Chinese cultural activities. To better promote dian cha and stimulate young people s interest in learning about tea culture, we propose “DianTea,” an immersive virtual reality (IVR) tea-drinking system that uses a virtual teacher, embodied bilateral performances, gamebased learning, and culturally contextualized designs to help remote players learn about dian cha. To explore the feasibility of combining IVR with ICH, we conducted a between-subjects user study of the DianTea system s interactive (IM) and browsing (BM) modes among a group of 40 young adults. The results showed that compared to the BM, the IM significantly improved learners  knowledge acquisition and learning motivation, provided a sense of engagement and presence, and effectively enhanced their interactive experience and awareness of the need to preserve Chinese ICH.
DO - 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2025.103579
N2 - As one of China s intangible cultural heritage (ICH) artifacts, dian cha is a distinctive tea-drinking ritual deeply rooted in traditional Chinese tea culture. This ritual art form is characterized by its specialized tea-making implements and meticulously choreographed performance techniques. Sadly, this ICH is on the verge of being lost, as many young Chinese are increasingly neglecting traditional Chinese cultural activities. To better promote dian cha and stimulate young people s interest in learning about tea culture, we propose “DianTea,” an immersive virtual reality (IVR) tea-drinking system that uses a virtual teacher, embodied bilateral performances, gamebased learning, and culturally contextualized designs to help remote players learn about dian cha. To explore the feasibility of combining IVR with ICH, we conducted a between-subjects user study of the DianTea system s interactive (IM) and browsing (BM) modes among a group of 40 young adults. The results showed that compared to the BM, the IM significantly improved learners  knowledge acquisition and learning motivation, provided a sense of engagement and presence, and effectively enhanced their interactive experience and awareness of the need to preserve Chinese ICH.
TI - DianTea: An augmented performance VR system for enhancing Chinese youth learning about tea-making as an intangible cultural heritage
VL - 203
SN - 1071-5819
ER -