(A) Temple monks and tea
Most temples are built on famous mountains. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a saying that there are many famous temples in the world: temple tea is planted in temples, so the saying that "famous mountains produce good tea and famous temples produce tea" has always been a recognized concept of tea people. Because in ancient times, only temples had the best conditions to study tea and improve the quality of tea. In addition to studying their lessons, the monks in the temple have to engage in productive labor and be responsible for planting and making tea. At work, they study and discuss various tea-making and cultivation techniques. After drinking tea, they often sing praises of tea-drinking life with poems and words. When sending tea to relatives and friends, they will inevitably respond, reward or explain what kind of tea they are sending, and in the process of drinking tea, they will express their own experiences on how to make and drink tea well, and their singing, evaluation and evaluation of tea will come one after another.
The whole Tang poetry contains: Liu Yuxi's "Song of Tea Tasting in Lan Ruo, Xishan": "A few teas on the back eaves of the mountain monks, and the bamboo shadows are new in the spring." Now I am shaking clothes for the guests. Pick out the eagle's beak from Fang Yun's side. Bullies must be blown up all over the house before they can build Jinsha water as appropriate. Qi, a poet and monk, and all the friends of Wen Daolin sent a letter to taste tea: "Green Garden with a gun flag, the name of Du Fu in Grain Rain is Chu Qing. Take Elliot Ngok's steamed dew, grind it, and cook it with pine powder. " Zheng Chao sent you to see the master: "In the ancient temple where incense is burned, you can win the game and sit by the stone. Tea, cigarettes, snow and cranes trace the pool. Liu Deren spent the summer under the tower of Ci 'en Temple: "The monk is really quiet, and the water is fragrant. Sitting like the East Tower, bells ring the sunset. Cao Song Suxi Temple: "In the young cloud creek, the Zen night is longer; Those who are waiting for tea will sit on Cangshan by the moon. Mou returned to the temple and said, "Tea smoke is curling up on the couch, and bamboo shadows are brushing the moss. "。 "Li Jiayou and Huang Fuyu have the title of Jianfu Hall? Public housing: "sip is true, and the lamp follows the sunset." Wu Zisheng Temple Master's Late Spring Tea Party: "After the rain in the Zen Pavilion, the Dutch world is in full bloom. When the flowers bloom, people and the sky will meet. " Jong Li gave a gift to Master Shangdu: "Sometimes I come to Xing to find a teacher, make tea and sing in the West." Huang Tao's poem "I can't bear to return between Ma Song. I have visited fragrant teas and played chess several times. It can be seen that the prosperity of tea drinking in temples in Tang Dynasty and the time of tea drinking, from early spring to cold winter, from early morning to evening, from sunset to late night, can be said to be "poor day and night." "Judging from the activities of drinking tea, chanting, meditation, eating out, enjoying the cool, resting, reciting poems and playing chess are all inseparable from tea. It can also be seen that tea was planted in front of, behind, inside and outside the walls of the Tang Dynasty, and it was planted, brewed and drunk by itself. However, a monk from Zhaozhou in northern China once said "Go for tea", which made tea occupy an important position in the life of monks in the temple. During the Tang Dynasty in China, the grand occasion of drinking tea had spread all over the country. Because of this, since the Tang Dynasty, countless famous monks have left countless information about the history of tea for our history books.
As we all know, Cha Sheng Lu Yu was adopted and raised in a temple, and his initial knowledge and interest in tea was obtained from the temple. The tea songs written by monk Jiao Ran, a poet who forgot the New Year with Lu Yu, are widely circulated in the society, which has a certain influence on the development of tea industry in China.
(2) Famous temples and teas
The so-called "famous temples and famous teas" are cultivated by monks, and famous teas have been produced throughout the ages. Some famous teas mentioned in Supplement to the History of the Tang Dynasty, such as Fangshan Lu in Fuzhou, Mengding Stone Flower in Jiannan, Tiger Paste in Yuezhou Tribe, Bailu in Xishan in Hongzhou, and Tuanhuang in Qimen, qi zhou, etc. Shuiyue tea in Suzhou Xishan Shuiyue Temple in the Northern Song Dynasty, Tianmushan tea in Hangzhou Yuqian, Camellia in Ningguo, Shugang tea in Yangzhou, Huiji Rizhu, Baiya in Shuangjing in Hongzhou, etc. These famous historical teas are treasures created and publicized by monks. As for some famous teas in modern times, such as "Huangshan Mao Feng", the main producing areas are Huangshan Songgu Temple, Diaoqiao Temple and Yungu Temple. The best piece of "Luan Guapian" is Shuijing Temple, which is produced in Yun Qi: "Huoshan Huangya", mainly produced in Changling Temple, Taiyang Township, Dabie Mountain, Anhui Province; Xiuning's "Luosong Tea" is produced in Shexian County, Anhui Province, and it is a famous tea created by the famous monk Dafang Jiean in the Ming Dynasty.
The appearance of various tea poems, tea texts and famous teas shows that tea is closely related to Buddhism, and Buddhism needs tea. Through the establishment of Buddhist temples, monks' research and production techniques, attention to tea-drinking art and publicity of tea literature, tea has gradually developed.
Therefore, talking about tea art and studying tea culture today are inseparable from religious relations, so drinking tea culture or drinking tea life can also be regarded as a belief in a certain life, and there is no need to ask whether you believe in a certain religion when drinking tea.