The spirit of ancient literati tea art is mainly to pursue four aspects: precision, purity, harmony and tranquility.
Jing refers to the perfection of tea art, the pursuit of superb skills and profound culture. Scholars demand perfection in every detail of making tea and tasting tea, from the selection of tea, the water quality and temperature control of tea to the selection and placement of tea sets. At the same time, literati also pursue the profoundness of tea culture, and explore and inherit the essence of tea culture by studying the history, legends and documents of tea.
Qing refers to the elegance and purity of tea art. In the process of making and tasting tea, scholars pay attention to the freshness of the environment and the cleanliness of tea sets. They like to listen to melodious ancient music and taste fragrant tea in a quiet environment. At the same time, they also pay attention to the cleaning and placement of tea sets to show the elegance and purity of tea art.
Harmony represents the harmony and harmony of tea art. In tea art activities, literati pay attention to the communication and interaction between people, and make friends with tea to enhance friendship. They believe that tea art is a self-cultivation activity, and it can cultivate sentiment and enhance cultural accomplishment by making and tasting tea. At the same time, literati also pay attention to the integration and interaction between tea art and other arts, such as painting, calligraphy and guqin, in order to create a more harmonious artistic atmosphere.
quietness refers to the quietness and tranquility of tea art. In the process of tea tasting, literati pay attention to inner peace and tranquility. They relax their body and mind by making and tasting tea, and get rid of other thoughts, so as to understand the essence of tea art and the true meaning of life. At the same time, literati also pursue harmony with nature, respect nature and protect the environment in tea art activities.
The artistic form of ancient literati tea art:
1. Tea painting: Tea painting is one of the important manifestations of ancient literati tea art.. By depicting the scene of tea tasting, the arrangement of tea sets and the process of tea cooking in paintings, the ancients combined tea art with painting to make viewers feel the quiet and elegant atmosphere of tea tasting. For example, the Ming Dynasty painter Wen Zhiming's "Tea Tasting Map" delicately depicts the scene of literati discussing paintings in the garden, showing the ancient people's love and appreciation of tea art.
2. Tea poetry: Tea poetry is another form of expression of ancient literati tea art. Scholars express their love for tea, their pursuit of tea art and their understanding of tea environment through poems. For example, Bai Juyi, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote Tea in Mountain Springs with a bosom, which described the process of making tea and expressed his yearning for nature and harmony.
3. Tea Opera: Tea Opera is another form of expression of ancient literati's tea art. Literati integrate tea art into it through operas, dances and other forms to show the spiritual connotation and humanistic feelings of tea. For example, in the Southern Opera of the Song Dynasty, the theme of "Fighting Tea" is fighting tea, which shows the ancient people's love and pursuit of tea art through the form of opera.