Chapter 1: The world of tea ceremony has its own characteristics, so life is rich and colorful. I'm a little blind to the wonderful world outside, but I'm afraid there are not many people and readers who drink tea. I'm a tea addict and have achieved a little.
People in small towns have different qualities of drinking tea, and they are also people all the way, or they sit in teahouses in groups of three or five, take out their precious teapot, drink tea without saying anything, and continue to raise pots. Occasionally, when you are happy, you will be inspired. Tea is naturally delicious. But this kind of thing can be met but not sought, often depending on the mood of the tea maker. At present, a small shop specializing in tea and tea sets has a table with a tea ceremony and several exquisite chairs waiting for these customers. Ordinary tea lovers usually go to western-style coffee shops to make a pot of old tea to pass the boring time.
Drinking tea, paying attention to interest, talking in the middle of the night, painting small bridges and burning incense in the yard ... are the best environment and opportunities for tea tasting. Qiantang Tea Man is said to be a brand franchise chain store, which is the representative work of China Tea House with brand scale in China. The Qiantang tea shop in the small town is not large in scale, but its style is not low. I left after hearing the news, drinking the taste of tea, which was unforgettable for a long time.
Walking into Qiantang Tea People, the first floor is the tea and tea set exhibition area. As soon as you enter this place, you will have the urge to taste tea. The third Buddha invited by the roadside greeted the tea friends with a smile, which made people feel the three realms of Zen, and then forgot the triviality of the world. The plaque of helping the people and benefiting the people led me to a booth and sat quietly. Some people say that enlightenment is the highest realm of tea art, and you may also taste it here. The booth is not big enough for four or five people to get together, but the decoration in the room is unique. Hanging lanterns are surrounded by three layers, the outermost one is like a birdcage and the middle one is like a lantern. The inner layer is a hemispherical lamp. Alas, we can't change without three, and there will be two, two and three lives, that's all. This lamp has a classical and elegant beauty. Ask the waiter carefully, and the answer is birdcage lamp. Tea tables and chairs are also unusual. Skillful craftsmen wrapped a layer of rattan outside the wooden table, and after waxing, they showed their natural luster, named rattan wooden table and rattan wooden chair. Warm red light shines on the tables and chairs, creating an atmosphere of tea art.
The waiter enthusiastically recommended a delicious gold ingot, and I readily agreed. I think that Buddha III, Guanyin, shadow play painting, lotus jar, gossip stove, the Eight Immortals crossing the sea, and celebrity calligraphy and painting outside the teahouse are all elegant; The Jiangxi small window, birdcage lamp and rattan chair table in the room also have emotional appeal; The background music echoes the high mountains and flowing water from the guzheng. What about tea sets and teas? Just thinking, the waiter provoked the dark red velvet curtain to come in and brought a pot for Xiang Lian and several transparent double-layer fun cups. Light the red candle, pour the boiling water into the pot, and for a moment, the delicious gold ingot quietly opens. On a winter night, I saw a piece of tea blooming in boiling water, with white chrysanthemums in the middle like spring, and then spread lazily. The realm of "tea is wine for guests on a cold night" shows the harmony and joy of host and guest. At this time, I regret that I didn't invite a few tea friends, but enjoyed it here alone. When the tea is ripe, the fragrance is fragrant, and the faint fragrance floats out with the opening of the tea petals, which makes me ecstatic. No wonder French President francois mitterrand liked it when he visited China.
Serve tea, smell it, taste it, have a taste, have two tastes and have three aftertaste. Tea slowly flows from the tip of the tongue to the root of the tongue, savoring it carefully and not feeling stupid; I didn't happen to meet the right time and place for tea, but I also have a harmonious condition, and it is also a kind of harmony that I am so focused on the tea ceremony at this time.
Chapter 2: Tea Ceremony! Does this cup in front of you make your eyes shine? The white cup is cylindrical, with a height of about 9.5 cm and a mouth diameter of 8 cm. There is a crescent-shaped cup handle on the side of the cup body.
The cup depicts such a scene: after the late autumn, the Woods are depressed and desolate, all the leaves on the trees are gone, and the bare branches mercilessly expose the desolation of autumn. A young girl stood in the forest with her eyes closed and her hands clenched. The particularly conspicuous green hair did not cover her sad face. She is silently praying and secretly expecting. She is looking forward to spring and March to replace sadness and depression. She hopes to bring warmth to people and spread life all over the world. She is a symbol of longing for light, warmth and life, and also a lofty spirit that people pursue. The kitten around me also closed her eyes and seemed to share this loneliness with the teenager. There are some dead leaves on the bench next to it. In sharp contrast, the delicate flowers in the vase are nearby, and they keep the breath of autumn in the dead silence.
Boiling water rushed into the teacup, and thousands of withered tea leaves, like manna after a long drought, immediately glowed with vitality and excitement. My hand touched the wall of the cup, and with the sound of music at the bottom of the cup, a warm current came to my heart. I picked up the cup and sniffed it carefully with my nose. A faint sour smell came to the nose, mixed with a few sweet smells, and a refreshing sweetness. Uncover the bottle cap, the water vapor curled up and took a sip gently. My mouth is suddenly sour and slightly bitter. After careful tasting, the fresh and sweet breath lingers in the mouth for a long time, which is intriguing and memorable.
Savoring the sweet, sour and bitter tea in my mouth, I suddenly realized: in all fairness, life will inevitably encounter bitterness and frustration, but being hit and frustrated by this is nothing. Only when you can swallow the bitterness and difficulties patiently can you realize the true happiness and sweetness of life. A sip of tea into the belly, bitter comes sweet, meaning is still unfinished! The tree is no longer that beautiful circle. But life, indeed, life is a cup of tea; There is a trace of bitterness in the fragrance. Since a person's life is long, there must be setbacks. Only by overcoming them can we live in sweetness and feel the fragrance that penetrates everything. ...
Chapter 3: Tea Ceremony Speaking of tea and tea culture, some people say that it is not the tea ceremony in Japan. Ask what the Japanese tea ceremony is, of course I know. Isn't it: wearing a kimono, kneeling on the ground, drinking a few mouthfuls of wine, kowtowing, staring at others, not talking nonsense, solemn and solemn? This is also a tea ceremony. In fact, the Japanese tea ceremony of "harmony, purity, quietness and silence" is an integral part of the world tea culture. Because of the strong sense of ceremony, it is particularly easy to be displayed and become a household name.
When Chinese people drink tea, they drink substances from the spirit and taste life in nature. It is completely different from the Japanese way of educating people with tea ceremony. Since Master Rong came to China twice 800 years ago and brought back the tea culture of the Song Dynasty, Japanese tea drinking has opened a new chapter in history. Japanese tea ceremony, since the18th century, has been practicing the family system. Up to now, dozens of schools have their own homes, Yuan, which is probably the same as the reason why China's Wulin also has its own doors. The process of tea ceremony is natural and rigorous, which has the nature of unifying the tea ceremony view of tea people with the interest of tea party performance. The dessert you eat while drinking tea is called "Shi Huai".
According to "Songs of the South", it is a symbol of "poverty in tea and food" to practice gentle stones and starve. The important feature of Japanese tea ceremony is the integration of architecture, gardening, art, craft, religion, thought, literature, cooking, skills and other cultures. Stepping into this unrealistic and fictional world, I wash my hands in an empty field (courtyard), in a man-made country, in a paradise, with the feeling that I have only one chance in my life, in order to meet that sacredness.
Then enter a 60 cm high square door, the entrance to a secret place, and then an unrealistic space where beautiful, tasteful and gathering activities are carried out. It not only has the characteristics of the game, but also requires a delicate unreality. So it should be said that it is an intellectual and spiritual aesthetic activity. In the ancient Japanese tea ceremony, there were many brave warriors. They have come together from division, and even when it comes to the tea of peace, they still can't calm their anger. If I can't solve the problem, I have to be restricted by the current environment.
Therefore, in the place where tea is tasted in Japan, there is a dew courtyard, which is a place to purify the body and mind. Then, a door small enough for one person to kneel in is waiting for you-the reason why the door of the tea ceremony is so small is really because the sword at the waist is too threatening, people can go in, but the sword can't.
In the past, Japanese people studied tea ceremony and had special requirements for houses, so small that you had to "have a heart-to-heart". Japanese tea ceremony people believe that only in this way can people who touch their noses face to face have a heart-to-heart conversation. So it seems that the Japanese are going to educate people with tea ―― is that sword really outside the door? China people don't have to go through this. The inner peace spirit of China tea people, and the peaceful external form to realize this peace spirit, are often a leisurely state of life.
Even though the traditional literati, as the main cultural carrier of that kind of leisure life, has gone out of the water, this kind of leisure still has tenacious genes. It seems to have disappeared, as if it had become a part of the lost humanistic spirit. Lu You's couplet "The small building listens to the spring rain all night, and the bright lane sells apricot flowers" is wonderful. In fact, couplets are not inferior to "short paper slanting grass, clear windows and fine milk to play tea." As if I saw a few lines of cursive script written in the clear sky, I felt a little leisurely and lonely in my heart, so I took Tianmu bowl and Jingshan tea and divided them into plays and recited them in poems. Such laziness is really gone forever.
People in China have always had the tradition of drinking tea outdoors. Yuchuanzi, who once wrote How to Drink Seven Bowls of Tea, is often regarded as a model by later painters, sitting proudly under the banana tree in the yard, waiting for the tea boy to make tea. This picture can't be seen now, but various teahouses have sprung up in recent years.
In a teahouse, there must be a kind of leisure art first, because today is not what it used to be, and the outside world is wonderful and helpless. But China people can't live without leisure. If you can't find it outside, just look inside. If it disappears naturally, we will build it ourselves. Creating leisure is still artificial, but talking is better than nothing. People might as well have a little leisure, so big men add a little peace, little women add an atmosphere, and life is shrouded in warmth for an instant.
Chapter 4: Tea Ceremony I like drinking tea since I was a child, and I like the fragrance that emanates from tea, which can make your heart calm down gradually from restlessness. What impressed me was the profound meaning of the tea.
I fell in love with tea with my father. There are so many teas at home: Tieguanyin, Pu 'er, Masayama, white tea and green tea. All kinds of tea are put in a cupboard, and each kind of tea is brewed in a different way.
Masayama is the most "picky" kind of tea. The water temperature in zhengshan race must be controlled well. Boil the water and air it to 70℃-80℃, so that it feels warm. Only in this way can the fragrance of tea itself be fully volatilized.
People who drink tea also have a lot of pressure. Don't drink too fast. Drink slowly, little by little. Only in this way can you feel the wonderful feeling that tea touches your taste buds and then flows smoothly and slowly into your stomach. Dad said that the essence of tea is drinking. Drinking can cultivate people's orderly character and achieve the effect of calming. Isn't this the magic of tea?
When making tea, be elegant and calm. This makes me even more fascinated. Then first pour the tea into the first small teapot. The first teapot is the best in the family. Dad said that only in this way can tea be full of aura, and tea leaves fall like fallen flowers, which is really beautiful. The next step is to pour the tea from one teapot into another. Tea leaves flew down like a sweet waterfall, and suddenly the fragrance of tea overflowed and the house was full of fragrance. It will be more interesting if you soak it in a transparent pot. When the hot water comes down, the tea leaves are like fallen leaves blown by the wind, flying up and down, like butterflies, and jumping up and down like fish. It's so beautiful!
"Tea leaves fall like falling flowers, which is really beautiful", "Tea leaves are like leaves blown by the wind, flying up and down, like butterflies, jumping up and down like fish" and other sentences are vivid, thus writing the elegance of making tea!
I grew up with the fragrance of tea, and I gradually understood the profound meaning of tea. Now I am more and more calm, like a quiet lake, full of the fragrance of tea. ...
Chapter 5: Tea Ceremony Learning tea art is not just about making a pot of tea. The most important thing is to let your heart, hands, eyes and mouth enjoy the fun of tea art. When it comes to tea, you should see a generous and gentle gentleman. Not only does drinking tea give people an elegant feeling, but the art of pouring tea is really elegant.
First, I'll introduce the items needed to pour Kung Fu tea: one teapot, one instant tea, one leaky tea, one fair cup, two cups for smelling incense, two cups for tasting tea, plus six sets (tweezers, teaspoons, teaspoons, teapots, tea needles and teacups). )
The first step is to wash tea. Put the tea bucket at the mouth of the teapot, pour the tea leaves into the teapot with a teaspoon, pour hot water, cover the teapot, turn the teapot counterclockwise and pour the water into the fair cup, and the tea leaves are ready.
Next, it's time to make tea. Pour hot water into the teapot and cover it. Pour the water in the cup on the teapot and clean its appearance. In this way, a pot of tea is ready
Pour the seven-point tea into the fragrant cup. As the saying goes, "wine is full of respect, tea is full of deceit." Only by setting aside three points can we leave some free space between people, and the incomplete three points symbolize family, friendship and love.
The moment tea is poured out of the teapot, the cool and astringent taste of tea immediately enters from the nose and reaches every cell.
Be sure to smell the fragrant cup with tea before drinking! When the warm cup passes by your nose, the smell of wet green tea relaxes every nerve and rubs the cup with your cold hands. Then it floated over my nose, and the cool tea fragrance brought me into the tea garden. When I closed my eyes, I saw a green tea forest all over the mountains. I took a deep breath, hoping to smell more fresh air here and recharge my lungs, which had been deformed by automobile exhaust.
First cup of tea
My heart is full of excitement and joy, looking forward to the fragrance and simplicity of this cup of tea. My heart is pounding, as if a little rabbit is jumping in its chest.
I spoke slowly, but only for a moment, my mood was like falling from the clouds to the bottom. As soon as the bitter tea enters the mouth, the whole heart is covered with bitterness. Instead of the expected success and joy, I wet my eyes with tears.
However, the teacher said that every first cup will be bitter, so we should not be discouraged. We have to soak it several times to have a better taste. These words encouraged me, and then I made a second cup of tea.
Second cup of tea
Open the lid of the teapot, slowly pour hot water into the teapot, turn it over and pour it into the teacup. This time, the tea coming out of the cup was not as strong as the first time, but more fragrant and mellow.
I began to doubt myself because of my first failure. I still didn't have time to drink that cup of tea, but my mood was completely different from the first time. I finally got up the courage to drink it and have a cup of tea. When tea touched the tip of my tongue, a deep sense of happiness wrapped around my heart, and the mellow tea touched every nerve of mine. I feel like I'm lying in grandpa's arms. The story my grandfather told me gave off a faint scent of tea. At the entrance of tea, the tongue is gently rolled, so that the tea fragrance floats freely between the lips and teeth, filling the mouth, and after a cup, it is reluctant to go.
The third cup of tea
Tea has become tasteless after being baptized with boiling water twice before. Tea is not so bitter as the first time, nor so mellow as the second time, but this plain tea is the peace I really want.
Sit down and enjoy the process of drinking tea quietly. To my surprise, this is a concentrated life. The excitement at the beginning of making tea is like our expectations and fantasies about the world when we were born and young, and drinking the first cup of bitter tea is like the great frustration that discouraged us when we were full of expectations. With the help of teachers and relatives, we can regain our confidence and set sail again. Finally, in the "second cup of tea" of life, I got happiness and satisfaction. Good times are always fleeting. By the third cup of tea, we are just like those tea leaves, maturing in difficulties. At this time, maybe one day we will suddenly find that what we originally wanted was just a small piece of pure land in our hearts.
This is life, and plain is true.
Chapter 6: Tea Ceremony What I want to talk about today is not the etiquette of drinking tea. Then maybe you should ask. Don't worry, make a cup of tea and read on slowly.
Taste the characteristics of all kinds of drinks, including the richness of coffee, the sweetness of wine, the coolness of cola, and the sweetness and sourness of juice ... Chaze is presented to us with a fresh and sweet attitude.
It is blasphemous to say that tea is a drink. It, noble and sacred, has reached a wonderful state. Soak a handful of fresh tea leaves in hot water, and the tea leaves plunge into the water like green snails, spinning and sinking quickly. At this time, the tea is light and comfortable, light green and bright, which makes people feel infinite leisure. The fresh air is filled with faint fragrance. Take a deep breath, and the refreshing fragrance of tea fills my heart. Take a sip gently, full of sweetness and endless aftertaste. Tea enters the stomach, but it tastes sweet and mellow, which makes people memorable ... it is a symbol of peace and harmony.
In fact, life does not have to be vigorous to be successful. Like tea, it is also wisdom to kill the trivial world with a gentle attitude.
People like tea. Before doing things, people feel superior in temperament, emitting a calm wisdom, not surprised, not impulsive, and having a sense of tranquility. Just like when tea first enters the cup.
They keep a low profile and don't make public. But wisdom will not be concealed, but will be unconsciously revealed in a peaceful atmosphere. This is the charm of true wisdom. It's like tea time.
After they do good deeds, the other party will be deeply inspired, and every word they say will continue to amaze them, so that they can deeply remember the crystallization of these wisdom and benefit a lot. It's like tea time.
Tea, with its intriguing wisdom, deserves our careful tasting and continuous aftertaste. I don't know if I have a sweet aftertaste when I sip tea in my mouth.
Chapter VII: Tea Ceremony Tea Ceremony is a traditional art of China people. The history of tea ceremony can reach the Xia Dynasty and the next 2 1 century. I'm excited about Chata today, and I moved out all the tea sets for last year's Spring Festival, ready for a big fight.
Today, I borrowed a copy of Tea Ceremony Art from the library, and when I got home, I moved out the tea set for the Spring Festival last year to soak Tieguanyin.
First of all, I washed the whole tea set. After washing, I poured a small bag of Tieguanyin into a "tea tray" (a small tray for tea), put some tea leaves into the teapot with a tea clip, and added hot water. The first step of making tea has been completed, but mom and dad must help when adding boiling water!
After making tea, the next step is to make tea. I took the teapot to make tea and shouted, "Hello! Han Xin, take some soldiers, one last stop! Hey! Guan Gong toured the city, passed five customs and killed six generals! ..... "I brew to brew, accidentally saw this book, ah! I made a mistake. It turns out that you have to make tea with a long tea tube first, and then pour it into the teacup!
Another pot of tea is ready. I think I must make it this time!
I put the tea in the tea tube, and then quickly poured the tea into the teacup, so Tieguanyin was ready. I smell it, ah! It smells good! I quickly took a sip, wow! It is delicious. Suddenly, I found dragons and phoenixes on the teacups and teapots. Wow! Tea sets also have mysteries.
Tea is an art, and tea is an art of purifying the soul!
Chapter 8: Tea ceremony bypasses several continuous mountain roads, climbs several gentle slopes, passes through several beautiful mountain villages and reaches Qianjiangyuan, a civilized city in Zhejiang. It is said that Qian Jiangyuan is beautiful and true. Look up, clear water and blue sky, look around, the tea garden is green and surrounded by mountains, where there are many pines and cypresses, the sound of Lingling spring water and the sound of birds can be heard. Looking at the clear spring at the tip of the lotus at the source of Qianjiang River, I strolled along the quiet path in the mountains and came to a small ravine. Not far away, three or two low houses loomed. At this moment, the guide smiled and motioned us to move on, pointing to the three or two houses and saying, "That's the hermitage of the mage." I heard that the Master is kind and charitable, and I was fortunate to meet him here today, so I stepped up my pace.
Crossing a shallow stream and an ancient wooden bridge, I came to the residence of the mage. In front of us are the low and humble small houses we have seen before, one of which is in disrepair and looks a little shabby. The mage happened to be at home today. When we went, we were sitting in the room, meditating and cultivating ourselves. Seeing a guest, he sat up happily and invited us into the house to have a rest. After we entered the room and sat down, we got up and went to the back room, saying that it was time for "tea tomorrow" and went to the back room to get tea. I took the opportunity to look around the room. His room is extremely simple, except for a bed, some necessities, plus a few scriptures and vestments, there is nothing extra. The tour guide said that the mage has made countless contributions to his hometown all his life, but it is not easy for him to live in seclusion as poor as a church mouse.
Chatting, the mage has brought in tea and tea sets and said with a smile, "I have lived in seclusion here for many years, and my house is simple." Please don't take it amiss. " Say, put the tea set and tea on the table. "I picked this tea a few days ago in Chashan, Houshantou. I usually cook tea trees in Chashan when I have nothing to do. Thousands of rivers and mountains, high in the forest and lush in the fog, the spirit, beauty and spirit of the mountain all gather here. Coupled with the fertile soil and humid climate in mountainous areas, it is most suitable for growing tea. This tea absorbs the essence of the source of Qianjiang and tastes the nectar of the world! "
"But what about Hua Kai Dinglong Tea?" I am busy asking.
The mage nodded: "This tea is green and beautiful, and the source of Qianjiang River is a must-Dinglong tea. Look, "he immediately picked up a pinch of tea and gently held it in his hand. "This kind of tea is flat and smooth in appearance, and it is green, fragrant, mellow and beautiful. It has enjoyed a high reputation since ancient times, and the word "Ding Long" was a gift from Zhu Yuanzhang to the royal family. Even contemporary tea scholars are full of praise for Dinglong tea, saying that it is beautiful and of high quality, with the characteristics of' three greens' of' dry tea green, soup green and leaf green'. "
The mage then took out the tea set and put it on the table one by one. He said: "Most Dinglong teas on the market today are exquisitely processed by traditional techniques. It takes one bud and one leaf or one bud and two leaves as raw materials, and through a series of complicated procedures such as picking, frying and packaging, it has created its unique style of silvery green, fragrant and refreshing, which can shine brilliantly in the market and become famous all over the world. My tea, without special complicated processing, is naturally inferior to theirs in appearance, but it is not inferior in color, fragrance and alcohol. I'm afraid this is your first time to taste this kind of tea? "
As he spoke, the mage took out the tea set and put on the kettle and teaspoon. , and demonstrated the tea making on the spot. In the words of the mage, tea is the essence of health preservation, especially this kind of Dinglong tea, which can quench thirst, drive away stagnation, relieve brain pain, improve eyesight and relieve troubles. Drinking for a long time is more powerful and rewarding. Therefore, making tea is also very particular.
The water for making tea must be the spring water from the source of Qianjiang River, so that tea and water can blend and complement each other. Otherwise, no matter how superb the tea art is, it always feels that it lacks a little taste. Teapots should be used to make tea. After the tea is fully soaked, close to the spout, gently fan some fragrance, savor it carefully, and never let go of every freshness and taste.
If you want to make a pot of good tea, tea is naturally very particular. Tea should be boiled, with small rolls as fish eyes and large rolls as crab eyes. Only fish eyes and crab eyes can tea taste good. Otherwise, the tea leaves will float, the fragrance of tea will not come out, and the fresh fragrance of Dinglong tea will not be reflected. The last step is to taste tea. When tasting tea, smell its fragrance first, then observe its color, and finally taste its taste. Tea must be tasted slowly, and the fragrance in the teeth and cheeks can be fully realized, so as to have an endless aftertaste and achieve the effect of moistening the throat and relaxing.
The mage finished the essentials of making tea in one breath, and a pot of Dinglong tea was also ready. Suddenly, a fragrance of tea filled the room, which was the fresh breath of nature. Take a sip of dragon top, and you will feel fragrant. I can't help but be a little surprised that a little "tea" is so particular. The mage smiled and explained: "Tea is a sacred thing, and both the tea maker and the tea taster should have a holy heart. Only when you are calm as water can you make good tea and taste good tea. I have some Dinglong tea for you. Go home and taste it slowly! " We thank the master for his explanation and good tea, bid farewell to the master and move on. Holding the "dragon top" given by the mage, I secretly felt proud: I want tea this time, so I'm glad you came!
When I got home, I took out the Dinglong tea given by the mage. Brewing alone at home according to the method taught by the master, watching the soaring tea and smelling the rich fragrance, the mellow and sweet taste makes people memorable. On the occasion of the fragrance of the dragon top, it seems that the words of the mage rang out in my ear: "The realm of tea is no different from the realm of poetry and Taoism. Only those who have no distractions can make the taste of harmony between man and nature!"