Visiting the Soul of Japanese Aesthetics —— Rixiong Xianye

"In this world, only good things can make me bow." -Sen Noriky

Morino Rixiong was a famous tea ceremony master during the Warring States Period. In his time, the Japanese were keen on tea ceremony, but they had not yet formed their own independent thoughts. Tea ceremony is a mere formality, and tea ceremony masters are proud to pursue the use of China's bowl paintings in the Song Dynasty.

If you can get the handed down "Tang Bowl" and "Tang Painting" with expensive utensils, then the tea artist will be worth a hundred times at once and be sought after by the world, and the name of the general will be famous all over the world. This trend of pursuing luxury reached its climax when Toyotomi Hideyoshi not only built a set of golden tea sets, but also built a golden teahouse that could "travel all over the country".

Sen noriky does the opposite, and does not talk about tea ceremony with things, because things have no soul. Giving the Japanese tea ceremony a "simple" concept, and proposing that tea ceremony teachers should practice themselves with the basic spirit of "harmony, respect, purity and silence", Keno Riji created and perfected the concept of Japanese tea ceremony, and since then, Japanese tea ceremony has become a unique individual existence different from China tea ceremony.

Sen no Rikyū not only sublimated the tea ceremony into an expensive beauty. In order to avoid the discomfort caused by drinking tea on an empty stomach, he introduced food and beverage dishes, which became the background color of Shi Huai cuisine later. At the same time, the simple flower arrangement in the teahouse has also formed a unique flower path with the sublimation of the tea ceremony.

Tea ceremony, flower path and Shi Huai cuisine all show their own Japanese aesthetics under the basic spirit of "harmony, respect, purity and silence".

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In the tea ceremony, people are harmonious. The entrance of Diane Tea Room, built in Mori no Rikyū, is very narrow, so tourists need to dive in. If the visitor is a samurai, you can't go in without a knife. Therefore, whether it is a general or a civilian, all beings are equal at the moment they devote themselves to the room.

In the tea ceremony, there is also harmony between man and the environment. There is a short story about Morino Rixiong and his son Shao An, which records Morino Rixiong's pursuit of nature.

Mori no Rikyū watched his son Shao An clean the courtyard and said it was not clean enough. Tell my son to clean it again, so Shao An won't leave a leaf in the yard on the ground. Mori Noriky stepped into the courtyard, shook a tree and shook off some leaves, saying, "Cleaning the courtyard is not only clean, but also beautiful and natural." -Japanese Tian Xin Kurokara recorded it in the Book of Tea.

In the flower path, flowers are temperamental, and respecting the individuality of flowers is the harmony between florists and nature. For example, the bark of pine branches is easy to dry, so it needs to be soaked in water for one night after selection, and then arranged in flowers. Chrysanthemums are allergic to metal smells, and chrysanthemums picked by hand will never bloom.

When different flowers are paired together, we must consider whether we love each other or not. Although they are all spring grass, dandelion and Liriodendron, one is as bright as spring, and the other is as cold as spring, gathered in a vessel, then embarrassment will spread in the atmosphere.

The ingredients in Shi Huai Cai are naturally matched with the seasons, paying attention to spring bamboo shoots, autumn mushrooms, summer melons and winter crabs. Different seasons correspond to the right ingredients and select the essence of nature.

Because the taste is not only the ingredients, but also the taste of a season, utensils and the environment need to be harmonious and unified, so Shi Huai cuisine is often hidden in the mountains or Zen temples, and "harmonious" with nature.

Cherry blossoms in spring, fireflies in summer, maple trees in autumn and snow in winter are the scenery outside the Shi Huai food window, which is also an indispensable part.

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Respect in tea ceremony is for yourself, others and everything. Respect your chosen career, not only for visiting guests, but also for everyone involved in the career.

So every process is completed with respect. A tea ceremony has thousands of steps, ranging from 8 hours long to 3 hours short. Complex and tedious process, completed with respectful behavior, is a respect for the participants, but also worthy of the value of the items used.

"Flower Diameter" has a cloud: "One flower has three seasons", the shyness of the first flower, the publicity of the season, and the aftertaste are all rewarding. A life deserves respect and appreciation from beginning to end, which is the "respect" part of the flower path.

Therefore, when Hideyoshi ordered a shallow copper plate filled with water and an early plum, Rixiong Xianye was invited to arrange flowers. Sen no Rikyū chose to pick the petals, crush them in the palm of his hand, and fall into the water, with dead branches all over the edge of the plate. Flowers can be respected from birth to death.

Cooking with longing and sentimental heart is Shi Huai cuisine's respect for ingredients. The dishes will be presented to the guests together, and the taste should be slow. Chew slowly and feel the taste of ingredients in the best condition. Simple and clumsy vessels are not designed to usurp the role of the master. When the host is preparing the pickles, he puts the ingredients first.

In order to maintain the ultimate taste of ingredients, even dishes with vegetables should be refrigerated when serving cold dishes; Pay attention to seafood, game and home cooking when serving, so as not to waste food because of taste fatigue.

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The purity in tea ceremony is not only the purity of tea ceremony places, but also the self-purification of tea ceremony masters' hearts, words and deeds. It's an exercise to get rid of rust. Without making excuses, yogis have a seamless connection between will and action.

Falling in behavior is "one stage at a time" proposed in the art of tea ceremony. Regard the encounter between people as a once-in-a-lifetime event, cherish this opportunity, the host treats the guests with heart, fully interprets their minds in behavior, and the guests feel their minds wholeheartedly.

Huadao uses "looking at flowers" to appreciate flowers, but at the same time, you are also looking at flowers and yourself. The cultivation of the flower path begins with the insertion of many flowers, just like people, how can they see themselves without seeing all beings.

In this process of "from more to less", the florist cultivates inner "clarity" and slowly cleans up his sight of complexity and interference, and finally the remaining flowers are his incarnation. Finally, the flowers, utensils and background are congenial, the utensils are simple and the environment is spacious and clean. Between the three, there is no sundries, only flowers and id, one at a time.

Shi Huai cuisine is in Morino's hands, relying on the simplicity of tea, cooking three dishes in one juice, tasting a little, paying attention to spiritual taste, and giving each dish a simple and elegant name. Chefs and tourists communicate with each other in a few simple dishes to convey their feelings about the seasons and the long environment.

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Tea ceremony, flower path and Shi Huai cuisine are all based on the practice of harmony, respect and purity, so that the sublimated "silence" can be born like phoenix nirvana. A philosophy of feeling infinite beauty from limited things.

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