What is the spirit of Japanese tea ceremony?

The spirit of Japanese tea ceremony is four laws: harmony, respect, purity and silence. It has guided the Japanese people's thought and life for one hundred years.

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. Not only material enjoyment, but also through tea parties and learning tea ceremony, we can cultivate temperament and cultivate people's aesthetic and moral concepts.

There is no utilitarian appreciation, no discrimination, leaving behind secular ideas and uncovering the shackles of lust, from the name of floating clouds to the reality of the world. This is the Japanese tea ceremony thought.

The history of Japanese tea ceremony;

Japanese tea ceremony originated from the tea culture in China. Its history can be traced back to13rd century. At first, monks concentrated their thoughts by drinking tea. In the Tang Dynasty, Zhaozhou invited scholars by way of "drinking tea" by Zen master. Later, it became a ceremony to share tea and food.

The prevalence of tea drinking and tea soup ceremony in China temples is the realistic premise of the combination of Zen and tea. The popularity of drinking tea in daily life is the social basis for Zen to choose tea culture and introduce it into meditation practice.

The prevalence of tea ceremony, the literati's attention to tea ceremony, and the prevalence of tea banquets, tea parties and tea fights are the trend of combining Zen and tea in Tang and Song Dynasties. The unique reality of southern Zen and the religious style of daily life and daily practice, such as the advocacy of "normal mind is the Tao", are the belief elements of the integration of Zen and tea.