In my mind, I constructed a peerless palace tea banquet in the Tang Dynasty. Spring warbler is tactful and elegant. This elegance closely combines the material enjoyment of tea drinking with the enjoyment of literature and art in tea drinking activities, making tea drinking a kind of tea drinking activity with extensive appreciation and rich cultural and artistic flavor. The prosperity of Tang Wenhua has also made tea rise from the natural field to the cultural field, from medicinal to spiritual. Bai Juyi's "Mountain Spring Fried Tea has a bosom" "Sit and drink water, watch fried sand and dust, hold a bowl for no reason and send it to tea friends." The difference between drinking tea in the Northern and Southern Dynasties is that the soup is changed into fried tea, and the seasoning is changed from onion and ginger to a little salt flower. This is Tang Wenhua's fried tea. At this time, the factors affecting the quality of tea soup were further deepened and refined, and the effects of water quality, boiling water degree and tea bowls in different places on tea soup were studied.
According to Cha Sheng Lu Yu's Book of Tea, tea rose to the field of cultural spirit in the Tang Dynasty, and human art resumed "Qingping Tea Art", "Literati Tea Art" and "Famen Zen Tea Art".
"Qingping Tea Tea Art" is also a court tea art, which is a grand and luxurious scene and reflects the life of court nobles. Include preparing utensils, enjoying tea cakes, enjoying tea sets, baking tea, grinding tea, screening tea, waiting for soup, adding salt, scooping soup, mixing tea, distributing tea, offering tea, smelling tea, watching color, tasting tea and thanking tea.
"Literati tea art" refers to the famous literati of Datang tea industry gathered in Chang 'an. They hold tea parties, write tea poems, taste tea and talk about tea. With tea friends, the literati invited to the tea party used the piano, flute and sword to set off the atmosphere of the tea party and thank their hosts. Including: preparing utensils, cleaning hands, burning incense, worshipping, tasting tea, tasting tea, tasting water, making tea, smelling tea, watching colors and thanking tea.
Famen Zen Tea, a tea set unearthed in the underground palace of Famen Temple, proves that Buddhist Zen tea has flourished in the Tang Dynasty. Famen Zen tea is a kind of tea ceremony in Buddhism, and it is an elegant art for Zen masters and Buddhists to taste tea. Including 13 procedures, including: worshipping Buddha, cleaning hands, burning incense, preparing utensils, putting salt, placing materials, throwing tea, cooking tea, distributing tea, offering tea, smelling tea, eating tea and thanking tea.
Tea in Tang Dynasty not only paid attention to the beauty of tea art, but also rose to the spiritual realm of tea ceremony. At this time, there were three representative kinds of tea in the tea ceremony in the Tang Dynasty. They are: spiritual tea ceremony, elegant tea ceremony and tea ceremony.
It may be the ultimate goal of Tao Qian's seclusion practice to practice tea ceremony, represented by poets Jiao Ran and Lu Tong. Or, for example, monks practice hard to get rid of the worries of the world of mortals and participate in meditation, or as a monk in Zhaozhou said, "there is tea." Practicing tea ceremony pays attention to the quiet environment of drinking tea, paying attention to drinking tea alone, and gaining the charm of tea through meditation, meditation and practice.
With the elegant tea ceremony represented by Changhe, princes and nobles have joined the WTO. Combining the material enjoyment of tea drinking with the enjoyment of literature and art makes tea drinking a kind of tea drinking activity with extensive appreciation and rich cultural and artistic flavor. Elegant tea ceremony pays attention to the material enjoyment of tea drinking.
The tea ceremony represented by Lu Yu explores all the factors that affect the quality of tea soup, so that the quality of tea soup can be fully exerted, thus embodying the humanistic spirit. Tea ceremony embodies humanistic accomplishment with tea ceremony, which embodies people's profound understanding and insight into the world.
Looking at the tea culture in the Tang Dynasty also reflects the degree of civilization and cultural development at that time. Drinking tea is actually very simple: pick it up and put it down. However, between picking up and putting down, what can we taste: the development of history? Progress of civilization? Or a change of mood?