Extensive and profound poems about tea culture

1. Forgetting words under the bamboo, purple tea is better than Yuke's drunken flowing clouds. Qian Qi·Tang "Tea Banquet with Zhao Ju"

Translation: A tea banquet was held under the green bamboo. They drank purple bamboo shoot tea together, and they all agreed that the tea tasted better than Liuxia Xianjiu. Although all the worldly thoughts were gone, the excitement for tea was even stronger, and it wasn’t until the sun set that the joy dissipated.

2. The wine shop prefers the bitterness of Tuancha, and the fragrance of Ruinao is preferred when the dream is over. Li Qingzhao·Song Dynasty's "Partridge Day·Cold Sun Slows Through the Small Window"

Translation: After drinking, I prefer to taste the strong and bitter taste of Tuancha. When I wake up from a dream, it is especially suitable to smell the refreshing aftertaste of Ruinao. fragrant.

3. Wuyou holds a bowl and sends it to tea lovers. Bai Juyi·Tang "Shanquan Jiancha Huai"

Translation: There is no reason to hold a bowl of tea in your hand, just to express this emotion to the tea lover.

4. Don’t hate the dark smoke of roasted tea, but like the sunshine in the valley and the clear sky. Zhang Ji·Tang "Mountain Family"

Translation: The whole family is busy baking tea and drying grain while the weather is sunny. The house is filled with smoke from the roasted tea firewood, and the millet on the drying ground outside needs to be turned over from time to time.

5. Old age and spring are like illness and wine. The only thing is the fragrant tea pot and the small curtain with seal script. "Ding Feng Bo· Late Spring" by Xin Qiji·Song Dynasty

Translation: When I am old, when spring comes, I feel that there is no interest, just like feeling uncomfortable due to drinking too much. Now I can only burn a plate of incense in my small house and drink a few cups of tea to kill time.