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The ancients said
"Tea is the best in the world; Beiyuan is the most built."
Due to the exquisiteness and excellent quality of Beiyuan tribute tea and its dominance The strong pursuit of class, it not only became a material symbol of the prosperity of the tea industry in the Song Dynasty.
And it became a unique cultural phenomenon, promoting the fashion and cultural trend of tea drinking in the Song Dynasty. Beiyuan tea culture has become an important part of the tea culture of the Song Dynasty.
First of all, the popularity of Beiyuan tea culture was favored not only by the ruling class, but also by court officials.
The love and pursuit of the ruling class.
Beiyuan tribute tea is a tribute "for others to drink" and a royal tribute that serves the ruling class from beginning to end.
The admiration and desire of the Song Dynasty monarchs for Beiyuan tribute tea, as well as the words and deeds of ministers and masters, made Beiyuan tea a rare treasure that everyone yearned for.
This also prompted local tea officials in Fujian to continue to work hard to make tribute tea and send it to the court, making it more exquisite and luxurious.
Literati in the Song Dynasty were keen on drinking tea. There are a large number of works describing and praising Beiyuan tribute tea in the tea poetry of the Song Dynasty.
For example, Yang Yi's poem:
Lingya is the tongue of a sparrow, in Beiyuan before the spring rain.
Before Lei Zhe appeared, Beiyuan officials and tea farmers had already gone to the mountain to offer sacrifices, beat gongs and drums, and shout to the mountain to show the grandness of the tea party.
This unique "Shouting Mountain" activity has also become a part of Beiyuan tea culture.
Beiyuan tribute tea is not only a rare tribute tea, but also a symbol of power in feudal society, showing the prestige of the royal family and the social life values ??of literati.
In the final analysis, Beiyuan tea culture is a royal tea culture full of aristocratic flavor, with a strong imprint of the supremacy of imperial power.
Its prosperity and survival depend on the guidance and promotion of the ruling class.
The court ministers all bowed "unexpectedly."
The Song Dynasty implemented the policy of "emphasis on literature over military affairs", and the status and treatment of the literati class were generally relatively wealthy.
Emperors of the Song Dynasty often sent tribute tea to ministers and their relatives to express their gratitude and love for talents.
Of course, not everyone can get tea from the emperor.
Only people with close ties to the royal family can get it, which also shows that only the closest and favorite officials can be favored by the emperor.
Therefore, it is very rare and honorable for literati in the Song Dynasty to accept tea tasting from the court.
Ouyang Xiu was very grateful and cherished the Xiaolongtuan tea cake he received from Song Renzong.
This is not just tea for him, but the emperor's recognition of his dedication over the years.
At the same time, Beiyuan's tribute tea was also the most precious and elegant gift in interpersonal communication in the Song Dynasty.
Northern Song Dynasty poet Wang Anshi attached great importance to family ties and gave the Dragon and Phoenix Tea given by the emperor to his younger brother to express his love for this precious tea.
Chao Buzhi was lucky enough to get a small ball of dragon tea from his friend Huang Tingjian. He felt guilty and excited about being a rude official.
Secondly, Beiyuan tribute tea was not only loved by rulers and ministers, but also attracted many literati to write articles for its extraordinary tea quality.
Literati in the Song Dynasty used tea to express their feelings.
The Song Dynasty was an era of cultural and ideological prosperity. Literati in the Song Dynasty paid more attention to inner shaping and moral cultivation.
This kind of thinking spirit that is good at assessing the situation and cultivating one's moral character is often highly praised in seeking truth from facts.
As the saying goes, a small meaning means a small meaning. Even if it is a small thing, they can learn lessons from it and then think about the universe and human life.
Tea grows in deep valley forests. It is cold in nature and has the natural characteristics of digesting food and resolving stagnation, and refreshing the heart and spleen.
Since ancient times, it has been regarded as a cultural symbol of peace of mind, spiritual purity and frugality. It is endowed with the traditional aesthetic experience of harmony, elegance, simplicity and simplicity.
These humanistic attributes are highly consistent with the introspective psychology and self-cultivation methods
Beiyuan tea, as the leader of Song Dynasty tea, has also become a favorite object of poets.
While sipping Beiyuan tea, they meditated or talked for a long time.
Through poetry to express noble aspirations and philosophy of life, as well as the exercise of rationality and the cultivation of one's own character, one can find a natural, indifferent and simple spiritual paradise in a glass of wine.
Beiyuan tea has also achieved a qualitative transcendence from materiality to spirituality.
Personalized tea by literati in the Song Dynasty.
The literati of the Song Dynasty endowed tea with rich cultural connotations and personified it.
In the tea poems of the Song Dynasty, poets compared Beiyuan tea to gentlemen, praising their dignified and unyielding pride and unconventional integrity, thereby expressing their noble and inspiring integrity.
Su Shi believed that teahouses have the character of a gentleman, which is fresh, bitter, bitter, neutral and pure. It is respectable, lovely and cannot be ignored.
Just like Ji'an and Kuanrao, the outspoken ministers of the Han Dynasty, they all had gentlemanly demeanor, backbone, and charm.
In the works of literati in the Song Dynasty, Beiyuan tea is integrated with the image of a gentleman as "clean but not dirty".
Then, Su Shi made a sharp contrast, putting herbal tea on the opposite side of sencha, likening it to a villain.
Cha is like a North Korean villain, with a false name, evil and flattering, stubborn and frivolous. Even if there are good varieties, they are as cautious as Zhang Yu, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, and lack the spirit of bone spurs.
The poet compared sencha and herbal tea to monarchs and villains, praising the noble spirit of upright officials and condemning political scum.
This clear attitude of praise and criticism is a criticism of the social and political environment at that time, and it is also the poet's reflection and encouragement on the cultivation of moral character.
The elegant fragrance of tea and the noble and broad-minded human nature complement each other, reflecting the importance that the literati of the Song Dynasty attached to their own moral cultivation and their pursuit of an extraordinary spiritual realm.
The literati of the Song Dynasty endowed tea with spirit.
Literati in the Song Dynasty were more inclined to cultivate their moral character and value the value of individual life.
Try to seek the natural balance of the soul and the perfection of personality outside of official career.
Beiyuan tea is full of profound rhythms of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Drinking Beiyuan tea has naturally become one of the best ways for literati to relax and improve their ideological realm.
The fusion of self-cultivation and introspection in the Song Dynasty elevated Beiyuan Tea from a high-end royal family to a meaningful spiritual category.
It is connected with the vast and tranquil landscape of heaven and earth and the otherworldly practice.
Tasting tea was an important way for literati in the Song Dynasty to collect love, conclude contracts, and shape personality. They sipped in the cool Song Jianfeng and made tea in the clear forest and moonlight.
Feel the ideal state of the universe, the unity of nature and man, so that emotions can be cultivated and reborn, and the state of mind can be refined and sublimated.
In the fragrance of Beiyuan tea, literati reflect and understand themselves in the tranquility of nature, and solve worries and problems.
This is not only a process for Song literati to reflect on life and cultivate their moral character, but also a process for them to advocate integrity and forge their souls.
Third, the literati's contribution to Beiyuan tea culture led to many entertainment activities and promoted the prosperity of the city in the Song Dynasty.
The handicraft industry and commerce developed rapidly in the Song Dynasty, the urban economy was highly developed, and a large number of prosperous cities appeared.
These laid the material foundation and life connotation of social customs in the Song Dynasty, and particularly profoundly affected the daily behaviors and survival consciousness of all strata of society.
The royal family, literati, and officials enjoy a superior and luxurious life, and the general public also advocates enjoyment.
They value the artistic elements in daily life and pursue the relaxation and happiness of the ordinary world. Social life awareness and lifestyle are showing an entertainment trend.
With the rapid development of poetry, dramas, and puppet shows, various entertainment and literary forms have sprung up.
As a unique custom of tea fighting in Beiyuan tea culture, it is a typical embodiment of this leisure spirit.
Cha fighting, also known as "Zhan Ming", is a popular tea tasting activity in the Song Dynasty that integrates competition, entertainment and art
Before bringing new tea to Beiyuan every year, Beiyuan must conduct an experiment to compare the quality of tea leaves to determine the results.
The quality of the tea you strive for is very good. Its
In this process, special emphasis is placed on the fairness and fierceness of the tea fighting competition. Everyone looked at it with their fingers. Successful people feel like fairies, while losers have nowhere to fall.
Cha fighting in the Song Dynasty was not only an entertainment activity, but also a way for Song people to enjoy life and pursue art.
For people in the Song Dynasty, tea fighting was not only a game and entertainment activity involving tea quality, water quality and tea art, but also a kind of artistic aesthetic enjoyment and spiritual gathering.
The practice of fighting tea has gradually deviated from the original intention of choosing tribute tea and has become an intriguing social and cultural phenomenon. In fact, it highlights the artistic and poetic life of Song people.
Drinking tea with the Beiyuan Dragon Group and drinking tea with friends is a great pleasure in Song people's life.
Song people’s attitude towards life focused on the meaning of individual life.
In daily tea tasting and tea ceremony activities, people can put aside their real worries, gain joy in life, and enjoy an artistic life.
Beiyuan tea culture is not only a regional characteristic culture, but also has strong radiation and influence, which led to the emergence and prosperity of the entire Song Dynasty tea culture.
The tea poetry of the Song Dynasty is the best medium to analyze the spiritual core of Beiyuan tea culture. At the same time, it also enriches the expression form and inner connotation of Beiyuan tea culture.
Through the scattered tea poems of the Song Dynasty, we can clearly understand the multi-layered spiritual world of the Song people.
Especially with Beiyuan tea as the object, we reflect on its inner self-examination and pursuit of artistic beauty, and deeply appreciate the unique cultural character and aesthetic taste of the Song Dynasty.
Through the analysis of the above three tea poems of the Song Dynasty, we can feel the characteristics of the times and social psychology.
Thus, we can deeply understand the ideological core of Beiyuan tea culture and reflect the profound understanding of Song tea culture and the artistic thoughts of Song literati.
The literati and officials of the Song Dynasty created a large number of literary works about Beiyuan tribute tea, especially many praised poems.
For example, in "Lin Bu:"
"The dust flies away from the stone mill, and the milk flowers boil the spring stream."
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A large number of tea poems about Beiyuan played an important role in the development and spread of Beiyuan tea culture. The introduction of literati also promoted the inner thinking and spiritual implication of Beiyuan tea culture.