Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province is the hometown of tea. Huangshan Mao Feng, Qimen Black Tea (one of the three most highly fragrant teas in the world) and Taiping Monkey Kui are famous at home and abroad. Huangshan lives between this beautiful mountain and water, and naturally enjoys the scenery. With this handed down tea ceremony.
The ancients paid attention to the word "quality" when drinking tea. "Tea tasting" is not only to identify the advantages and disadvantages of tea, but also to daydream and appreciate the taste of tea. People living in today's society are busy with their work, and there is little leisure of the ancients. However, it is not impossible to taste tea. Some people can make a pot of strong tea in their busy schedule, choose a quiet place and drink it by themselves to relieve fatigue and refresh themselves.
The word "tea ceremony" can be simply interpreted as the way of tea, which refers to a certain process of making and tasting tea. Speaking of tea ceremony, it is generally considered as a traditional Japanese art form. In fact, the tea ceremony originated in China. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Japanese students came to Japan from China, and even the word tea ceremony was first discovered in the book The Tale of the Feng Family in Tang Dynasty. During the Southern Song Dynasty (1 19 1), Zen master Rong, who was honored as the "tea ancestor" by the Japanese, came to China to study Buddhism twice. After returning to China, he brought back tea seeds and tea planting techniques. Later, Masajiro, a monk, popularized the tea ceremony to the people and became a traditional Japanese tea drinking custom.
During the year, Huizhou people drink tea constantly, and Tieguanyin is packed, but the more concentrated habits are "morning tea", "afternoon tea" and "night tea". After washing a cup of fragrant tea in the morning, it is full of fine products, and the fresh air and fragrance of fragrant tea are refreshing. This is a good way to keep healthy. There is a saying that "I can't eat it in the morning, but I can't drink it." Therefore, Chao tea pays attention to fine products. After lunch, drink a cup of strong tea to help digestion and strengthen the stomach. Drinking afternoon tea is different from morning tea. He pays attention to strong tea. As night falls, a cup of fragrant tea in the courtyard is exhausted, and the fatigue of a day's work disappears, replaced by leisure and comfort; In winter night, hot tea with a stove is warm and harmonious, and autumn tea and night tea pay attention to comfort and leisure.
Huang Shanren pays great attention to water when making tea, and likes to take clear and sweet mountain springs, rivers and wells. Tea sets also use tin pots. Tea leaves are boldly put into the pot, but there are fine holes in the pot, so the juice can't leave the tea leaves, which is convenient for drinking. Ancient Huizhou followed Zhu's "family ceremony" and its etiquette was very strict. As a way to treat people, the tea ceremony is even more exquisite. As the saying goes, "people are given tea in three grades", which is what it means.
When the guests arrive, the host's first gift is to bring tea. When guests come or meet with celebrations, we should pay attention to eating "three teas", namely jujube chestnut tea (boiled chestnuts with candied dates), egg tea (spiced eggs with tea) and green tea. On New Year's Day, the whole family will have three teas. In the first month, tourists should eat three kinds of tea during the New Year. At the wedding, the new son-in-law came to eat three teas. Huang Shanren's tea ceremony gradually formed a systematic etiquette, commonly known as "tea ceremony". He pays attention to the virtue of tea, loves tea and pottery, takes tea as his friend and respects guests with tea; Pay attention to the environment and atmosphere, pursue clear soup, clear air and clear heart, and the environment, utensils and people should be elegant.
Main procedures of tea ceremony
1, static gas (excluding distractions)
2, cooking soup (generally using clay pots, tin cans).
3, burn incense (to the tea god Lu Yu).
4. Washer (use a white porcelain teacup, wash and dry).
5, hot.
6. Taste tea (check the color, shape and smell of tea).
7. Inspection (3-5g is appropriate).
8. Wash the tea leaves (soak the tea leaves with a little boiling water that has just bubbled, and then discard the soup).
9. Pay attention to the soup.
10, tea.
1 1, smell the fragrance.
12, color observation.
13, grade.
14, serving (providing dried bean curd, fruit and other food with tea).