A versatile but poorly managed emperor
There are hundreds of emperors in the history of China, but few modern people are familiar with them. Xu Huixin in Song Huizong is a famous example. The reason for his fame lies not only in his talent and high taste in calligraphy and painting, but also in his position as the king of national subjugation in the Northern Song Dynasty.
In the eyes of the world, he is both an artist and a bad king. He didn't do his job well.
Our main purpose today is not to evaluate his merits and demerits in national affairs, so let's put aside his way of governing the country and talk about his taste.
As the emperor of Song Huizong, he received the best education and had the broadest vision. He has left many excellent works in the fields of calligraphy, flower and bird figures, poetry and music.
In addition to the above fields, Hui Zong is also proficient in tea art. He not only wrote many tea poems and painted many tea paintings, but also personally ordered some tea for his lieutenants and even wrote a book about tea as an emperor.
Second, the characteristics of tea books in Song Dynasty
No matter the aristocrats, literati or ordinary people in Song Dynasty, tea is indispensable. When tea culture reached a new peak, Song Dynasty became a dynasty with high originality of tea books. There are few original tea books in Ming Dynasty.
Moreover, the Song Dynasty tea books have the following characteristics:
1. There are many monographs.
There were about 30 kinds of tea books in Song Dynasty, of which only Beiyuan tea monograph accounted for more than half. Gongcha is produced in Beiyuan, near Jianzhan producing area. Tribute tea is closely related to the tribute exhibition. Beiyuan tea is valued, which cannot be separated from the royal family. In fact, building a station is the same.
Besides, Tuzan in the Southern Song Dynasty is a monograph on tea sets.
Unfortunately, many of these precious books have been lost.
2. The author has a high status.
The authors of many tea books in Song Dynasty were dignitaries and celebrities. For example, in the Song Dynasty, it was 0755 to 79000 in Ding Wei and 0755 to 79000 in Cai Xiang. "Beiyuan Tea Story" Shen Kuo also wrote about the tea laws of the dynasty and the tea benefits of the country.
Among them, the highest position is the emperor Song Huizong.
Third, tea books that have not been read or read.
There have been hundreds of emperors in China since Qin Shihuang. Among them, Song Huizong was the only one who wrote tea classics as an emperor. Hui Zong wrote a record about tea during the Daguan period in the Northern Song Dynasty, and later generations renamed it Mengqianbitan when collecting this book. As far as the author is concerned, the theory of tea is unprecedented.
As far as the content of the book is concerned, Daguan Tea Theory is a comprehensive tea book, which has original opinions on the origin, preparation, identification, evaluation, tea set and ordering method of tea, and is an important reference for future generations to study tea affairs in Song Dynasty. It is not an exaggeration to call it the first tea book in Song Dynasty.
Fourth, the first tea set in the Song Dynasty in the first tea book.
Among them, the most famous lamp in the lamp industry is expensive, stainless steel square tube, and the last one is metallurgy, and jet is delicate. Hui Zong's theory goes beyond this.
The full text is nearly 100 words, explaining the shape, color and usage of tea lamp.
The original edition of Daguan Tea by Zhonghua Book Company;
The color of the lamp is black, but jade is the best. Take it and choose the color for the tea lamp. The bottom must be deep and slightly wide. When the bottom is deep, the tea is upright and easy to take milk; Then the big basket rotates completely, which does not hinder the strike. But measure the quantity and size of tea. Less tea will cover up the brown color; In Chata, too much Chata and too little tea will make you suffer from too much soup. Tea lasts only when it is hot.
This passage is said from three angles, any angle is the most powerful slogan of Jianzhan at that time, and it is also the proof that Jianzhan ranked first as a tea set in Song Dynasty.
1. The glaze color of the teacup
The colors of lamps are expensive black and jade.
Meaning: The bottom of the teacup must have a certain depth and width. The bottom is deep, tea is like a lamp, and it is easy to make milk soup; The bottom is wide, so you can run the tea basket freely without binding the tea basket.
The kiln beam mouth lamp completely meets the requirements of depth, slightly width and bottom difference. In addition, the built-in lamp is made of iron tire, which has enough weight. From the mouth edge to the bottom of the lamp, the lamp wall gradually thickens, and the center of gravity is also very stable, making it easier to blow.
3. Experience in using teacups.
But measure the quantity and size of tea. Less tea will cover up the brown color; In Chata, too much Chata and too little tea will make you suffer from too much soup. Tea lasts only when it is hot.
Therefore, the size of the tea lamp depends on the number of tea leaves. The bowl is big and the tea is small, the tea color is not obvious, the tea is too small, and the water injection space is not enough. In addition, the lamp needs to be hot enough so that the soup can last longer.
There is a circle of water injection line along the bottom of Jianshu kiln mouth, which can effectively prevent the tea soup from overflowing when blowing. The lamp wall is slightly thicker, the fetal bone is iron, and the heat preservation performance is good.
As the king of a country, Hui Zong enjoys the best food, clothing, housing and transportation in the world. Tea is no exception, and so is tea set. Speaking of tea lanterns, it is obvious that every sentence in Daguan Tea Debate is about sword lanterns. It can be said that the sword lantern is the first set of tea set designated by the emperor in the Song Dynasty in the first tea classics.
But the Daguan Tea Classic is about lights, but the real emperor is teaching people to pick and use lights. Such authority and influence were unparalleled in the Song Dynasty, which naturally had a far-reaching impact on the tea style at that time. Today, many people still talk about it.