As the highest category of China's philosophy, Tao generally refers to the laws of the universe, the ultimate truth, the general laws of the movement of things, and the essence or origin of all things. Taoism includes Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism and different schools. The mainstream of China culture is "Confucianism and Taoism complement each other", and from Sui and Tang Dynasties, it tends to be "three religions in one". Ordinary literati often study Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Even if Taoists and Buddhists migrate, they often bypass Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism.

What do you do in the tea ceremony? It can be a Confucian way. It can be Taoism, Taoism, Zen and Buddhism, which varies from person to person. Generally speaking, the way of tea ceremony practice is to synthesize the ways of various schools. In a word, the ideal pursuit of monasticism is health, pleasure, cultivation and enlightenment. It is the ideal result of monasticism, the ultimate pursuit of tea ceremony and the highest realm of life. Prove that Tao is the unity of heaven and man, that is, the heart is the Tao, heaven and earth coexist with me, everything is one with me, the doctrine of the mean is extremely clear, and nothing can be done.

Japanese tea ceremony is a religion of beauty, and China tea ceremony is a philosophy of beauty.

1. The origin of China's tea ceremony aesthetics can be traced back to the pre-Qin, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties.

Secondly, the theoretical basis of China's tea ceremony aesthetics stems from some philosophical propositions. Such as "harmony" and "Tao",

Qi, spirit, verve, artistic conception and so on.

Thirdly, China's tea ceremony aesthetics mainly absorbed the philosophical thoughts of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism during its development.

Fourthly, China's tea ceremony aesthetics emphasizes not to appreciate and understand the beauty of tea ceremony from the general form of aesthetics, but from the philosophical concept of "harmony between man and nature", requiring "abstinence" and "appreciation of taste", exploring the mysteries of the universe from a small teapot, and savoring the various tastes of life from a light tea soup.

Fifth, China's tea ceremony aesthetics is not only the theoretical guidance of pursuing aesthetic feeling in tea activities, but more importantly, it has a broad and profound influence on the way of thinking, aesthetic taste, artistic imagination and personality formation of tea drinkers, especially intellectuals, from a philosophical perspective.

"Harmony" is the core of China's tea ceremony philosophy: one tea connects three religions, neither deep nor wide.

"Harmony" is a philosophical concept of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. The "harmony" pursued by the tea ceremony originated from the "great harmony" in the Book of Changes. The meaning of "maintaining harmony" means that everything in practice is composed of two elements, yin and yang, and the harmony of yin and yang is the only way to preserve harmonious vitality. Lu Yu explained this very clearly in the Book of Tea. Lu Yu, who loves ink like gold, did not hesitate to use 250 words to describe the air furnace he designed. It is pointed out that blast furnace is "cast" with iron; From the "soil" on the ground; The charcoal burned in the furnace comes from "wood"; Charcoal combustion comes from "fire"; The tea soup cooked on the wind stove comes from water. The process of making tea is Jin Mu's understanding of fire, water, earth and heart, and the process of achieving harmony and balance. It can be seen that the concept of harmony between the five elements is the philosophical basis of tea ceremony.

Confucianism introduced the idea of "golden mean" from the philosophical concept of "great harmony". In the eyes of Confucianism, harmony is the golden mean, harmony is appropriate, harmony is appropriate, and harmony is just right for everything, and there is no transcendence. Confucian interpretation of harmony is vividly displayed in tea activities. When making tea, it shows the beauty of the golden mean, that is, "the ups and downs are harmonious, and the amount is moderate." In hospitality, it is expressed as "offering tea as a gift and preparing tea to show affection". In the process of drinking tea, it is a modest ceremony of "drinking a good cup of tea, you will know the depth and praise it as grass English". Judging from the environment and artistic conception of tea tasting, it is a journey of frugality and virtue, characterized by "vulgarity is occasional and elegant, and falsehood is eliminated, and tranquility is far and away."

In a word, China Tea Ceremony has both the ethereal beauty of Buddhism, the mysterious and broad-minded beauty of Taoism, and the elegant and subtle beauty of Confucianism.