The cultural spirit of Japanese tea ceremony The Japanese tea ceremony was established in the communication between Zen monks in China and Japan. It can be said that Japanese tea ceremony originated from China Temple, and Japanese tea itself originated from China Temple. Founded before the tea ceremony master Morino Rixiong? Cao An tea soup? Zhuguang Murata, a great tea man, once participated in Zen and was sealed by Zen. Zhuguang Murata got an ink mark from Yi Xiu Zongchun, a Japanese monk, written by Yuan Wu Keqin, a famous Zen master in the Song Dynasty in China. Tea Zen blindly? The treasure of the tea ceremony industry, which is closely related to it, later became the initial symbol of the combination of tea and Zen, and Zhuguang Murata also realized it? Buddhism exists in tea soup? The truth.
Murata Zhuguang hung the picture in the niche of the teahouse. When people walk into the teahouse, they all kneel before the ink and salute. One is to show respect for Yuan Wu Keqin, and the other is to show that the purpose of Caoan Tea is interlinked with Zen thought. ? Zhuguang's move opened up? Tea Zen blindly? This road. As a result, he was established as the pioneer of Japanese tea ceremony. ? Pearlescent? In four semi-tatami tea rooms, faced with Yuan Wu Keqin's Zen language, I absently ordered tea, which formed Zhuguang's own unique tea style of grass temples. ? Zhuguang Buddhism? Empty? The spirit of the tea ceremony is integrated into the tea ceremony, asking the tea people to break it? I'll take it? , avoid by all means? Arrogant 、? Stubborn? . At the same time, he also integrated into the fashion at that time? Legato? Are you online? The beauty of cold and dry, in the perfect and luxurious tea ceremony props centered on Tang utensils at that time, was to add rough Japanese native utensils to pursue a kind of incomplete beauty. Zhuguang once said? When the moon is cloudless. Compared with the full moon, the seemingly vague moon that appears and disappears in the clouds gives people a hazy beauty. Is there a lucky star in Zhuguang Teahouse? Tanghe? The idea he advocated (China and Japan)? Tang Wu? With what? Something else? On the whole, Japanese porcelain such as pre-burning and Xinle burning also entered the tea ceremony. Zhuguang, take a break and meditate, will? Tea Zen blindly? The spirit of Zen was carried out in drinking tea, and the popular Zen Temple tea ceremony, Nara civilian tea ceremony and noble academy tea ceremony were kneaded into a whole, and the spirit of Zen was injected into it. According to this spirit, the tea room and tea set were improved, so that tea entered the humanities field and the tea ceremony culture shone brilliantly.
The combination of Zen and tea ceremony Although there is an objective historical background that monks are the disseminators of tea culture, the spiritual inner connection between Zen and tea should be said to be more important. This phenomenon is not unique to Japan. Chinese zen also has vivid examples. It is said that one day in the Tang Dynasty, a monk in Zhaozhou asked if any foreign monks had been to him, and the other party said that he had, so he ordered: tea! ? One day, another monk came, and Zhaozhou also asked him if he had been here. The other party replied that he had never been here, and ordered: tea! ? The owner of the hospital who stood by was deeply puzzled and asked why Zhaozhou asked all the people who had been and had not been to tea, so Zhaozhou shouted: Master, have tea! ? When monks treat guests with tea, it seems that it is not only to quench their thirst with tea, but also to have another meaning. Japanese tea ceremony was born out of Zen. Is this the concept of tea ceremony? Harmony, respect, purity and silence? It is the ideal realm that Zen wants to achieve, and it is also the highest pursuit of Zen monk ink calligraphy's creation. In the place of tea people, every move in the process of tea ceremony is nothing more than the natural expression of tea theory. In this sense, the tea ceremony is the life of Zen.
? Tea Zen blindly? Its true meaning lies in Zen, and its main idea lies in Zen. Japanese tea ceremony has always paid attention to the beauty of tea, including: the beauty of tea meaning, the beauty of tea taste, the beauty of tea fragrance and the beauty of tea color; At the same time, we also pay attention to the beauty of utensils, water, flowers, environment and people at the tea party.
In the late 9th century, the Japanese stopped the tradition of sending envoys to China. At this time, the official one-way learning stopped and the two-way communication between the people began. Japanese island civilization is different from China's mainland civilization. China has a large population and rich products, while Japan has a small area and lacks resources. We must give full play to what we have learned and draw inferences from other countries. Therefore, although Japan is still learning civilization, culture and technology from China after the 9th century, the tea ceremony, as an integral part of Japan's learning from China, has begun to form its own characteristics. ? If Zhuguang Murata, Takeno Boys and Masajiro Xianyo hadn't introduced the connotation of Zen into the tea ceremony, Japanese cuisine would have spread today, and the tea on the dining table would have been replaced by Coca-Cola. ? Japanese people choose tea to give it special meaning. As long as they know Zen, it is not difficult to understand the cultural connotation of Japanese tea ceremony.
Due to the influence of Zen in temples, people often pay too much attention to the relationship between Zen and Buddhism. In fact, Zen has all the cultural backgrounds of China. It is not only connected with Buddhism, but also closely related to Confucianism. It passed like this, day and night! ? Confucius was the first person to realize Zen in recorded history. There may be an ultimate truth in the world. If people can fully understand this truth, then the world is heaven. Unfortunately, life is limited, and our short life is not enough to fully understand all Tao. This contradiction has become the fundamental problem of all human philosophy. The predecessors made rules according to their own experience. By following these rules, future generations can understand life from a higher starting point than the predecessors, and thus get closer to the truth.
In the tea ceremony? Zen? The connotation of tea ceremony lies in tempering people's hearts through complicated rules. When these rules no longer annoy tea drinkers, when tea drinkers follow the tea ceremony etiquette at will, they can understand the true meaning of tea, drink a good cup of tea and finally realize it? Tea Zen blindly? Field. Complex and skillful tea ceremony etiquette is to make people detached. Tea soup as strong as bitter medicine is just like life. The ingenious flower arrangement shows the infinite vitality behind the limited life of human beings, and the wonderful words tell people that truth is everywhere. Japanese tea ceremony is a kind of ceremony to tell people about Zen thought, just like meditation needs epiphany, and the life experience contained in it needs tea drinkers to understand with the good time of life.
The cultural spirit connotation of Japanese tea ceremony Japanese scholars summarize the basic spirit of tea ceremony as? Harmony, respect, purity and silence? . Tea is the four truths, four rules and four rules of tea ceremony. ? And then what? It not only emphasizes that the host should be kind to the guests, but also emphasizes that the guests and tea activities should be harmonious. ? Where to? Express mutual recognition and respect, and be polite and courteous. ? Qing? People, tea sets and the environment must be clean, refreshing and clear, and there can be no carelessness. ? Silence? It means that the whole tea party activity should be quiet and solemn, and the host and guests should be serious and unsmiling to complete the whole tea party activity. Japanese? Harmony, respect, purity and silence? The history of four truths was founded in Murata Zhuguang, and has been the code of conduct of Japanese tea people for more than 400 years.
Kumatsu Machi said? The first purpose of tea ceremony is self-cultivation, which is the placenta of tea ceremony culture. What is displayed as a phenomenon is the tea ceremony culture. Tea ceremony culture is really a rich cultural form. After I began to study the tea ceremony, I was surprised that its cultural form has a strong uniqueness, that is, it is a form expressed by realizing no phase and no phase. No tea ceremony does not penetrate the impersonal self. On the other hand, the impersonal self must penetrate into the tea ceremony. That is to say, tea ceremony culture is the external expression of its own ignorance. Tea ceremony is also a kind of root culture, which cultivates people's body and mind and creates people who have no feelings but are enlightened, that is, the creators of creative culture. Therefore, tea ceremony is a kind of culture that creates cultural creators. The culture created by these creators in turn created cultural creators. Tea ceremony is such a world of self-cultivation and a field of cultural creation. In this sense, the tea ceremony is a place where there is no self-expression and no self-formation. Japanese tea ceremony thought is the fusion of tea and Zen. There is Zen in tea, and Zen is deeply realized in tea tasting.
From Zhuguang Murata to Takeno Boys, and then to Rixiong Morino, after several generations of unremitting efforts, the Japanese tea ceremony was finally completed. Nowadays, Japanese tea ceremony is carried forward all over the country and goes overseas. It can be said that the Japanese tea ceremony has been passed down from generation to generation for hundreds of years, and it combines energy, haiku, ink painting, garden art, and tea meditation. With what? And respect and silence? Under the influence of this spirit, it has formed a comprehensive culture and art. It still dominates the cultural life of the Japanese. In Japan, there are tea ceremony organizations and schools all over the country, and there are tens of thousands of people studying tea ceremony, most of whom are women. In Kyoto, you shouldn't ask women? Do you study tea ceremony? And should ask? What tea ceremony did you learn? .
The reason why Japanese tea ceremony can be passed down from generation to generation has lasted for hundreds of years, and its development momentum is growing. It is because the Japanese tea ceremony industry has adopted the family system. Under the domination of the family system, various tea ceremony schools are striving to develop their own organizations, and new tea ceremony schools and tea ceremony organizations are constantly emerging. This is the reason why Japanese tea ceremony can be handed down from generation to generation and will never fail. This spirit of courage, never giving up, and continuous efforts in the technical field embodies the spiritual pursuit handed down from generation to generation by Japanese tea people.