What is the spirit of Japanese tea ceremony

The basic spirit of the Japanese Tea Ceremony is "harmony, respect, purity and silence". Tea for the four meanings of the tea ceremony, four rules, four rules. "and" not only emphasizes the host to the guests should be harmonious, guests and tea activities should also be harmonious. "Respect" indicates mutual recognition, mutual respect, and to the top and bottom of the different, polite and courteous. "Clear" is the requirement that people, tea utensils, the environment must be clean, fresh, clear, there can not be the slightest sloppiness. "Silence" refers to the entire tea ceremony activities to be quiet, look to be solemn, hosts and guests are with a serious attitude, without smiling and laughing to complete the entire tea ceremony activities. Japan's "and, respect, cleanliness, silence" of the Four Noble Truths history created in Murata Jukou, more than 400 years has been the Japanese tea people's code of conduct.