About Tea Culture Explained

▲The enlightenment of tea culture before the Three Kingdoms Many books set the discovery of tea as 2737-2697 BC, and its history can be pushed back to the Three Emperors and Five Emperors. Hua Tuo of the Eastern Han Dynasty recorded the medical value of tea in his "Eating Classic": "Bitter tea is beneficial to the meaning of a long time". In the Western Han Dynasty, the county where tea originated was named "Tuling", i.e. Chaling in Hunan Province. To the Three Kingdoms Wei Dynasty "Guangya" has been the first record of the cake tea production and drinking: Jingba between the leaves for the cake, the leaves of the old cake into a rice paste out of the. Tea in material form and penetrate into other humanities and the formation of tea culture. ▲ Jin Dynasty, the budding of tea culture in the North and South Dynasties With the rise of literati tea, poetry and songs about tea are increasingly coming out, tea has been separated from the general form of food into the cultural circle, playing a certain spiritual, social role. Two Jin and North and South Dynasties period, the gate system has been formed, not only emperors, aristocrats convergence into the wind, the general officials and even scholars are to boast of the rich for the honor of the rich, and more effect of the cream and thick flavor. In this case, some insightful people raised the issue of "raising honesty". Thus, Lu Na, Huan Wen tea instead of wine. South Qi Emperor Wu is a more enlightened emperor, he did not like banquets, death edict, said he died after the funeral rites should be as frugal as possible, do not sacrifice three animals for the sacrifice, only put some dry rice, fruit cake and tea and rice can be. And to "the world noble and lowly, salty the same system." In Lu Na, Huan Wen, Qi Wu Di there, drinking tea is not only to refresh and quench their thirst, it began to produce social work to have, become a tea hospitality, used to rituals and express a spirit, the means of sentiment. Drinking tea is not entirely its natural use value for human use, but into the spiritual realm. During the period of Wei, Jin and North and South Dynasties, the world was in turmoil, and all kinds of cultural ideas blended and collided, and metaphysics was quite popular. Xuanxue was a philosophical trend during the Wei and Jin dynasties, mainly combining Confucianism with Laozhuang. Most of the metaphysicians were the so-called celebrities, who emphasized their rank, appearance and demeanor, and loved the lightness of nothingness. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Mian Dynasty, the affluence of Jiangnan made the scholars temporarily satisfied, and they spent their days in the green mountains and beautiful waters, and the style of lightness continued to develop, resulting in the emergence of many lightness families. Initially, there were many talkers and drunkards, and later, the style of talk gradually developed to the general literati. Metaphysicians like to make speeches, and ordinary talkers like to talk a lot. Wine can make people excited, but drink too much will behave disconcertingly, gibberish, ungainly. Tea can be a long day and always sober, clear thinking, peace of mind. Moreover, for the general literati, all day to deal with meat and wine, the economy is not allowed. Day is, many metaphysicians, talkers from good wine to good tea. In their place, drinking tea has been treated as a spiritual phenomenon. With the introduction of Buddhism and the rise of Taoism, tea drinking has been associated with Buddhism and Taoism. In the view of Taoism, tea is to help refine the "inner elixir", ascending and descending turbidity, light body and bones, cultivated into a good way to longevity; in the view of the Buddhists, tea is a meditation into the quiet of the necessary show of things. Although at this time has not yet formed a complete religious tea drinking rituals and clarification of the principles of tea thought, but tea has been separated from the physical form as a diet, has a significant social and cultural functions, the Chinese tea culture is beginning to see the beginnings. ▲The formation of tea culture in the Tang Dynasty 780 Lu Yu wrote "The Book of Tea", which is a symbol of the formation of tea culture in the Tang Dynasty. It summarized the natural and humanistic contents of tea, explored the art of tea drinking, integrated Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism into tea drinking, and pioneered the spirit of the Chinese tea ceremony. The formation of tea culture in the Tang Dynasty and the rise of Zen Buddhism, because the tea has a refreshing thought, the essence of thirst function, so the temple revered tea, tea tree planting around the temple, the development of tea rituals, set up a tea hall, selected tea, tea activities, specializing in presenting the tea ceremony. In the Tang Dynasty, the formation of the Chinese tea ceremony is divided into the court tea ceremony, temple tea ceremony, literati tea ceremony. ▲ Song Dynasty tea culture flourished Song Dynasty tea industry has been a great development, promoting the development of tea culture, in the literati appeared in the professional tea tasting associations, there are officials composed of "soup society", Buddhist "thousand people society" and so on. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is a tea-loving people, set up tea in the court, the court with tea has been graded. Tea ceremony has become a ritual, giving tea has become an important means of the emperor to enlist ministers, favor family, but also given to foreign envoys. As for the lower class, the tea culture is more lively, some people migrate, neighbors to "offer tea", a guest, to honor the "Yuanbao tea", betrothal to "tea", when you get married to "fixed tea", when the same room to "joint tea". Folk fighting tea wind, brought a series of changes in the picking and cooking points. Since the Yuan Dynasty, tea culture has entered a period of tortuous development. Song people expanded the social dimension of tea culture and cultural forms, tea is very prosperous, but the tea to complex, trivial, extravagant, lost the deep ideological connotation of tea culture in the Tang Dynasty, too fine tea submerged in the spirit of tea culture, lost its noble and profound nature. In the court, aristocrats, literati, drinking tea has become a "drink gift", "drink style", "play tea". Yuan dynasty Mongols dominated the central plains, marking the pace of comprehensive integration of the Chinese nation greatly accelerated. On the one hand, the northern minorities like tea, but mainly out of life, physiological needs, but from the culture of tea cooking things not much interest; on the other hand, the Han Chinese culture in the face of the broken homeland, foreign oppression, but also no intention of tea to show their own suave, and hope that through the drinking of tea to show their sentiments, sharpen their will. These two different currents of thought, in the tea culture after the fit, promote the tea ceremony to simplicity, back to basics in the direction of development. Before the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the Han Chinese people feel the death of the previous generation of national lifting, the advancement of a country will be difficult, so still hold the will of the festival. Tea culture is still bearing the Yuan Dynasty potential, manifested in the simplicity of the tea ceremony, tea culture, the essence of sweets and natural fit, to tea to show their own bitter section. チ深a!謀朶 Answer Time 2008-05-20 21:09 Prosecution Other Answers I. Definition of Tea Culture Tea is a beverage produced by labor. Tea culture is to use tea as a carrier and spread various cultures through this carrier, it is an organic fusion of tea and culture , which contains and embodies the material and spiritual civilization of a certain period of time. Second, the connotation of tea culture Tea culture is an integral part of traditional Chinese culture, and its content is very rich, involving science and technology education, culture and art, medicine and health care, history and archaeology, economy and trade, catering and tourism, and news and publishing and other disciplines and industries, including tea monographs, tea periodicals, tea and poetry, tea and songs and dances, tea and novels, tea and fine arts, tea and weddings, tea and ceremonies, tea and Zen teachings, tea and couplets, tea and proverbs, tea palimpsests, and tea and poetry. And proverbs, tea tales, tea and stories, tea drinking customs, tea performances, ceramic tea sets, teahouse teahouse, brewing techniques, tea food and tea therapy, tea exposition and tea tourism and other twenty-one aspects. Tea culture system tea historiography: the origin, discovery and utilization of tea, tea culture formation, development, evolution, characteristics and manifestations; tea culture sociology: the impact of tea culture on all aspects of society, social development and progress on the role of tea culture and the relationship between various sectors of society and tea culture; tea folklore: historical and modern, various regions and ethnic groups, urban and rural tea drinking customs; tea aesthetics: finished tea appearance, design, name of the famous tea, the name of the tea, tea and tea tourism and other twenty-one aspects. Aesthetics of tea: shape of finished tea, naming of famous tea, tea packaging design and publicity and advertisement, etc.; Tea culture communication: international and domestic seminars, tea culture display, tea performance, children's tea, tea history and culture exposition and tea tourism; Tea culture functionality: Tea culture resources, characteristics, history of tea culture and the new era of tea culture, the function of tea culture, tea culture on the role of the modern society and the construction of spiritual civilization. Tea culture characteristics of history: the formation and development of tea culture has a very long history. King Wu of Zhou, tea has been used as tribute. In the late primitive commune, tea became the goods exchange items. Warring States, tea has a certain scale. Pre-qin "poetry" collection of tea records. Han Dynasty, tea became a Buddhist "meditation" special tonic. Wei Jin and North and South Dynasties, there has been the wind of drinking tea. Sui Dynasty, universal tea drinking. Tang Dynasty, the tea industry flourished, tea became "people can not be one day without", the emergence of teahouse, tea banquets, tea, advocating the guest to tea. Song Dynasty, popular tea fights, tribute tea and give tea. In the Qing Dynasty, music and art entered teahouses, and the development of foreign trade in tea. Tea culture is accompanied by the emergence of the commodity economy and the formation of urban culture was born. Historical tea culture focuses on cultural ideology, mainly elegant, focusing on the performance of poetry, calligraphy and painting, tea singing and dancing. In the formation and development of tea culture, it melted the philosophical colors of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, and evolved into the rituals and customs of various ethnic groups, becoming an integral part of the excellent traditional culture and a unique cultural model. Periodicity: the development of material civilization and spiritual civilization has injected new connotations and vitality into tea culture, and the connotations and manifestations of tea culture are constantly expanding, extending, innovating and developing in this new period. In this new period, tea culture is constantly expanding, extending, innovating and developing in its connotations and manifestations. Tea culture in the new period has dissolved into modern science and technology, modern news media and the essence of market economy, which has made the value and function of tea culture more significant and further enhanced its role in modernized society. The value of tea is the core of tea culture consciousness is further established, international exchanges are increasingly frequent. The ways and forms of tea culture dissemination in the new period show a trend of large-scale, modernization, socialization and internationalization. Its connotation is expanding rapidly, and its influence is expanding, which has attracted the attention of the world. Ethnicity: all ethnic groups love tea, tea and ethnic culture life, forming their own ethnic characteristics of tea ceremony, tea art, tea drinking customs and wedding celebrations, based on the national tea drinking style, through the artistic processing and refining and the formation of the ethnic tea art, more rich in life and culture, showing the diversity of tea drinking and rich and colorful interest in life. Tibetan, Tujia, Wa, Lahu, Naxi, Kazakh, Xibo, Baoan, Achang, Brown, De'ang, Geno, Salar, Bai, Kemi and Yugu tea and celebratory weddings, also fully demonstrates the ethnicity of tea culture. Regional: famous tea, famous mountains, famous water, celebrities, scenic spots, breeding a distinctive regional tea culture. China's vast area, a wide variety of tea, tea drinking customs are different, coupled with the history, culture, life and economic differences, the formation of tea culture with local characteristics. In the economic and cultural centers of big cities, with their unique advantages and rich connotations, a unique urban tea culture is also formed. Shanghai has held four consecutive International Tea Culture Festivals since 1994, showing the characteristics and charm of urban tea culture. Internationality: The ancient Chinese traditional tea culture has been combined with the history, culture, economy and humanities of different countries, and has evolved into British tea culture, Japanese tea culture, Korean tea culture, Russian tea culture and Moroccan tea culture, etc. In Britain, tea drinking has become a part of life. In Britain, tea drinking has become a part of life, and it is a kind of etiquette for the British to show their gentlemanly style, as well as an indispensable program in the life of the Queen of England and a necessary ritual in major social activities. The Japanese tea ceremony originated from China. The Japanese Tea Ceremony has a strong Japanese national flavor and has formed a unique tea ceremony system, schools and rituals. Koreans believe that tea culture is the root of Korean national culture, May 24 every year for the National Tea Day. Chinese tea culture is the cradle of tea culture. Tea people regardless of borders, races and beliefs, tea culture can be the world's tea people united, tea art, academic exchanges and economic and trade talks. Fifth, the social function of tea culture is mainly manifested in the promotion of traditional virtues, display of culture and art, cultivation, cultivation, promotion of national unity, social progress and the development of economic and trade and so on. Traditional virtues are the good morals that have accumulated over thousands of years and have been respected by people throughout the ages, and are the embodiment of the national spirit and social customs. The traditions of tea culture include love for the motherland, selflessness, perseverance, modesty, courtesy, diligence, thrift and mutual respect. Mr. Wu Juanong and Hunan Liu Xianhe, dedicated to the cause of tea, both patriotic, but also an outstanding representative of contemporary tea.

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