Why can the Japanese tea ceremony be passed down to this day?

Japanese tea ceremony can be traced back to the Nara era 1200 years ago. It was brought to Japan by Jian Zhen, a monk from the Tang Dynasty in China, and Zu Yishi, a teacher studying in Japan, and soon spread among Japanese upper class.

/kloc-at the beginning of the 5th century, the famous monk Zhuguang Murata (1423- 1502) adopted the popular form of "sending tea together". Absorb the tea tasting argument of "counting tea to send tea" and appreciate the contents of tea sets, combined with the solemn ceremony of Buddhism. Created the art of tea ceremony Advocating the integration of tea and Zen aims at clearing the heart. Later, Zen gradually became popular among the people, forming more than 20 schools. Such as internal stream, music stream, trickle stream, weaving stream, Nanyin stream, longitudinal stream, Song Weiliu, Zhou Shi stream, etc. /kloc-Mori no Rikyū, a tea ceremony monk in Toyotomi Hideyoshi in the late 6th century, was a master of tea ceremony. Founded the most popular "one school tea ceremony", also known as "thousand tea ceremony". Later, Mori no Rikyū' s descendants were divided into three branches, also known as "Three Thousand". "One school of tea ceremony" is the most popular and influential in Japan. Morino is also honored as a master of tea ceremony by the Japanese.

The so-called tea ceremony is the etiquette of making tea and drinking tea, which has a whole set of forms to cultivate the soul, enhance friendship and learn etiquette. Mori Noriky proposed that the fundamental spirit of tea ceremony is "harmony, respect, purity and silence". Calling it "four rules" is the purpose of tea ceremony.

Japanese tea ceremony originated in China, but it has Japanese national flavor. It has its own formation, development process and unique connotation.

Japanese tea ceremony is developed on the basis of "daily tea and rice", which integrates daily life behavior with religion, philosophy, ethics and aesthetics and becomes a comprehensive cultural and artistic activity. It is not only material enjoyment, but also learning tea ceremony through tea party, cultivating temperament and cultivating people's aesthetic and moral concepts. As Fu Sen Tian said, "Tea ceremony has evolved from simple fun and entertainment, and has become the norm and ideal for expressing Japanese daily life culture." /kloc-At the end of 0/6th century, Morino Rixiong inherited and absorbed the spirit of tea ceremony in previous dynasties and founded authentic Japanese tea ceremony. He is a master of tea ceremony. By analyzing the spirit of Li Xiu tea ceremony, we can learn something about Japanese tea ceremony.

Zhuguang Murata once put forward "respecting tranquility" as the spirit of tea ceremony, but Rixiong Morino only changed one word, taking "respecting tranquility" as the purpose, which was concise and rich in connotation. "Silence" also means "silence". It refers to aesthetics. This aesthetic feeling is embodied in the word "Wei". The Japanese pronunciation is wabi, which means loneliness, poverty, poverty and depression. The word "people" in peacetime refers to people who are frustrated, down-and-out, depressed and lonely. By the end of Ping 'an, the meaning of "Nuo" gradually evolved into the meaning of "silence" and "leisure", which became a beautiful consciousness appreciated by some people at that time. This aesthetic feeling has its social and historical reasons and ideological roots: from the end of Heian to the Kamakura era, it was a period of social unrest and reorganization in Japan, when the former dominant aristocrats lost their power and the emerging samurai class stepped onto the political stage. The aristocrats who lost heaven felt impermanent and pessimistic, so the pure land Sect of Buddhism came into being. Frustrated monks regarded the society at that time as filth and called on people to "hate filth and seek pure land". Under the influence of this thought, many noble literati left home, or lived in seclusion in the mountains, or wandered in the wilderness, built thatched cottages in the mountains and lived in seclusion, and created so-called "thatched cottage literature" to express their nostalgia and catharsis for the past. This kind of literature has a gloomy tone and a mysterious style.

In the Muromachi era, commercial economy developed, competition was fierce, commercial activities were busy, and the city was luxurious and noisy. Many people hate this kind of life and pursue the aesthetic consciousness of "beauty". They find a secluded place in the suburbs or cities, live a secluded life, enjoy a little primitive rural life, seek spiritual comfort, and take coldness, calmness and idleness as beauty. Tea man Zhu Guang Murata and others introduced this aesthetic feeling into "tea soup", which made the beauty of "quietness" widely circulated.

The tea in the tea ceremony is called "Tuocha" (not Tuocha, _), which means "solitude" and "idleness". Invite some friends, sit in a quiet teahouse, chat while drinking tea, be indifferent to the world, be carefree, cultivate one's morality, purify one's mind and have a beautiful artistic conception. Keno Rixiong's views of "Zen with tea" and "Zen with tea" can be regarded as the true meaning of tea ceremony.

The ethical concept of "harmony and respect" is a moral concept derived from the hot period of possession of goods in Tang Dynasty. Since the Kamakura era, a large number of Tang Song products have been shipped to Japan. Especially tea sets and works of art, add luster to the Japanese tea party. However, there has also been a trend of extravagance, blindly advocating Tang things and despising Japanese tea parties. Zhuguang Murata, Takeno and other young men are keen on the art of tea ceremony, opposing extravagance and luxuries, and advocating poverty and simplicity. They think that the black pottery made in China is dark in color and has its simple and quiet beauty. Sincerely entertaining guests with this simple tea set is not only aesthetically pleasing, but also conducive to the cultivation of moral sentiments.

The tea ceremony in Japan has complicated procedures, such as carefully grinding tea leaves, cleaning tea sets, and choosing flower arrangements according to the season and the prestige, status, qualifications, age and cultural education of the guests. The host's movements should be standardized and agile, with a sense of rhythm and elegance like a dance, and be accurate. These are all respects to the guests and reflect the spirit of "harmony but difference".

Japanese tea ceremony, with the words "harmony, respect, purity and silence", has become a cultural and artistic activity integrating religion, philosophy, ethics and aesthetics.