What Is Chinese Tea Ceremony
Tea ceremony is the way to appreciate the beauty of tea. The tea ceremony originated in China and flourished in southern China and Japan. The Sencha ceremony in Japan and the tea ceremony in Taiwan of China all originated from Gongfu tea from Chaozhou, Guangdong, China. The royal has a royal tea ceremony, the common people, the Zen and the Taoist all have their different tea ceremonies! In a word, the way to appreciate the beauty of tea varies.
In a broad sense, "tea ceremony" is a collection of various tea-making techniques gradually developed after humans know and consume tea, as well as the concept and methods of tea-drinking corresponding to their tea products for health care and pastimes. In a narrow sense, "tea ceremony" refers to the methodology tea lovers consume tea as a way of self-cultivation and the values reflected from it.
Tea Ceremony History in China
In the Tang Dynasty or earlier, the Chinese first took tea as a way of self-cultivation in the world. It is such recorded in the Feng's Records (Feng Shi Wen Jian Ji) in the Tang Dynasty: "The tea ceremony is popular, and the princes and dynasties are all drinking." This is the earliest record of the tea ceremony in the existing literature. At that time, tea ceremony was already a very popular social activity. Tang Luwen gave a very vivid description of the elegant atmosphere of the tea banquet and the wonderful charm of tea tasting in "The Preface to the Tea Banquet on March 3". During the Tang and Song dynasties, people were very particular about the environment, etiquette, operation methods and other tea-drinking rituals. There were some customary rules and rituals. The writer Wang Xinjian also has a profound understanding of the role of tea in self-cultivation. He said in the poem "Yong Tea": There are thousands of choices among the white clouds, roasted in a copper pot and fried with firewood. The mellow fragrance of the clay pot enhances the poetic interest, and the porcelain pot is green and green. The old man enlightened Tao and cultivated elegance, and Yuan Liang talked about dispelling vulgar noise. Without passing through Nirvana, how can you keep your source fresh.
