Later, in the Three Kingdoms period, tea was used as a way to entertain guests. Whether recorded in historical books or filmed in film and television dramas, tea is indispensable on the guest table of literati and Confucian scholars.
During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the tradition of aristocratic drinking tea began. During the Sui and Tang Dynasties, tea entered the homes of ordinary people, and every household could drink tea. After the Song Dynasty, Ming and Qing Dynasties, tea culture has continued to this day.
1. Tea was widely spread in the Tang Dynasty. At the same time, many paintings, poems and folk customs appeared, forming a unique tea culture.
In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, tea culture reached a peak. At this time, it is no exaggeration to describe the whole country drinking tea. Before the Tang Dynasty, tea drinkers were basically aristocratic doctors and rarely fell into the homes of ordinary people. But in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, especially in the Tang Dynasty, every household could drink tea, which further accelerated the formation of tea culture.
Tea is mild and peaceful, and many literati like to drink tea. Over time, they have their own set of stresses on the quality and drinking methods of tea. At that time, there were many poems and paintings related to tea, such as "fragrant flower dew, water absorbs the spring in the stone", which means what water to use for drinking tea; "Jin Bing Xiu Cui Hu Ming has been to the stream, including ancient wells and tea picking." This leisure way of drinking and picking tea has attracted countless people to follow suit.
In the Tang Dynasty, a tea tax was even set up specifically for selling tea, which also reflected that tea was widely circulated at that time and basically reached the same status as the salt that ordinary people must have. Because of the vast market of tea, many businessmen even joined forces to sell private tea after seeing the market and made a big profit.
When Princess Wencheng got married in the West, there was a large box of tea from her hometown in the dowry ceremony. This behavior also promotes the outward spread of tea.
Secondly, the prosperity of tea culture in Tang Dynasty benefited from many aspects, of course, the powerful economy of Tang Dynasty, the implementation of prohibition and the guidance of some literati and poets were essential.
During the Tang Dynasty, the country was relatively prosperous and stable, which played an important role in the development of tea culture. The prosperity of a country always plays a vital role in the development of a culture. In addition, there were countless powerful literati and Confucian scholars at that time. Among these people, tea drinkers account for the majority, and countless people are good at drinking tea and enjoy it.
The eagle's nature is always enviable, which also makes people start drinking tea with the wind. In addition, at that time, because the nobles in the palace attached importance to the popularization of tea, in addition to tea tax, a special department was set up to manage tea, which was very particular about ventilation and planting. In addition, the implementation of prohibition at that time further accelerated the penetration of tea culture. At that time, tea has become the only representative of self-cultivation.
After the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, a large number of people migrated from the north to the south, which was originally the main export area of tea, and a large number of people moved in, making the labor force more abundant. With the passage of time, there have been many local tea farmers who specialize in growing tea. With commodities, there is a market. Many exiles began to sell tea, selling tea produced in the south to all parts of the country and even foreign regions.
Poetry prevailed in the Tang Dynasty, and the implementation of the imperial examination system made this cultural form integrated into thousands of households and became an indispensable part of people's lives in the Tang Dynasty. Many famous poets love tea very much, so many poems about tea will emerge, and ordinary people will naturally follow suit.
One of them is Cha Sheng Lu Yu, who is crazy about tea to the extreme and loves it very much. He is very particular about the category, quality, drinking method and even the brewed water of tea. He also wrote a book called Tea Classic specifically for drinking tea, which played a vital role in the development of tea culture.
Before the Tang Dynasty, some poets liked to drink tea, but at that time they only drank it as a drink, and did not integrate tea into culture or even emotional appeal. The appearance of Tea Classic just changed this pattern. More poets begin to drink tea, and they can even taste their life and integrate their feelings in the process of drinking tea. This is the embryonic form of tea culture in later generations.
Drinking tea is also very popular among the people. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, although drinking tea in court was also very common, it was an expensive luxury for the people, which made them unattainable. The main reason why tea was not popular at that time was that ordinary people could not afford it. However, tea in the Tang Dynasty has also entered the homes of ordinary people. Under the guidance of scholars and poets, the tea culture in the Tang Dynasty gradually flourished.
Third, tea culture has a long history, and many customs about tea have been formed, which have been passed down to this day.
At that time, the Tang Dynasty was highly respected by foreign countries, and their research on Tang Wenhua reached an unprecedented height, so the tea culture prevailing in China also infected foreigners. Due to the demand of trade, the output of tea has reached an immeasurable level.
This also strengthened the exchanges between the Tang Dynasty and neighboring countries. The ancient tea-horse road is a good example. Tea was bought with foreigners' strong horses. At that time, the communication between the Tang Dynasty and foreigners reached a very prosperous level, and foreigners drinking tea could be seen everywhere on Chang 'an Avenue.
At that time, tea has become an important part of market trade. Many people get rich by selling tea and become wealthy businessmen. Due to the implementation of the tea tax, the national economy has also been well enriched. According to records, the income of tea tax even exceeded the income of all mining and metallurgy taxes at that time. And "rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea" tea has also been included in the most indispensable category of ordinary people's lives.
For the development of tea culture, the development of porcelain reached a peak, and the side of Tang dynasty porcelain can better reflect its prosperity in its heyday, which is also an important embodiment of the development of tea culture.
At that time, porcelain was basically used for making tea. In the Tang Dynasty, many famous Confucian scholars loved porcelain very much, and a large number of poems about porcelain appeared, which was also a manifestation of the prevalence of tea culture and the demand for tea porcelain in the Tang Dynasty. Du Fu, Bai Juyi and Meng Jiao all have poems about drinking tea and chanting porcelain. There is even a scene of "the ancients also drank tea, but today they are not drowned, and they are poor for one night, starting from the middle and flowing beyond the Great Wall"
Because of the wide application of tea, simply making tea can no longer meet the needs of most people, especially some nobles, who began to pay attention to the quality of tea and were not satisfied with quoting the same tea from ordinary people, which also promoted tea farmers' exploration of tea varieties and innovation of production technology.
Therefore, more and more tea leaves began to appear in the market. Longjing, Biluochun and Maojian are all tea varieties discovered later. At that time, the planting method and picking method of tea had become a set of its own, and even divided into many schools. The widespread drinking of tea makes the brewing and drinking of tea more particular.
The water used for making tea is also very particular. Lu Yu wrote in the Book of Tea: "Its water uses mountains and rivers, rivers and wells. Its mountains and rivers, milk springs and stone ponds overflow. " Then the brewing method must first wash the tea, soak three times at a time, and see the color of the soup. The brewing time and drinking method will be different according to different teas, which shows that tea culture has been completely integrated into people's lives at that time and has become an independent culture.
The popularity of good tea is enjoyed by royalty, literati and ordinary people. There are many folk customs about tea in various places, such as collecting tribute tea, making tea lanterns, decorating lanterns and beating gongs and drums to celebrate the tea-picking team. As the hometown of tea, Jingshan is celebrated every tea-picking season, no less than the Chinese New Year, and the "Jingshan Tea Lantern" has also spread to this day.