In the Tang Dynasty, Lu Yu wrote Tea Classic, which introduced the varieties, characteristics, making methods and tea-making techniques of tea in detail, and was regarded as one of the important documents of "the treasure house of China tea culture". The creation background of Tea Classic is that in the Tang Dynasty, the tea culture in China began to flourish, and people began to use tea as a drink, and made various explorations and practices on tea.
2. Chaling School Zhang Jiaoshu-Wang Zhihuan in Tang Dynasty
Wang Zhihuan, a poet in the Tang Dynasty, mentioned tea in A Letter from Chaling to Zhangpai. The poem describes the scene of enjoying flowers in the spring, and also mentions the scene of people drinking tea and discussing poetry together, which shows the life of literati in the Tang Dynasty.
3. Tea fragrance-Yang Wanli in Song Dynasty
Tea is often mentioned in the poems of Yang Wanli, a poet in the Song Dynasty. Among them, the poem "Tea Fragrance" describes the taste of tea. In the poem, the phrase "the cup is as delicate as frost, and the top grade is as smooth as fresh" is praised as "the eternal quatrain" by later generations.
4. Send a message-Yang Shen in Yuan Dynasty
Yang Shen, a poet in Yuan Dynasty, mentioned tea in Farewell. He compared tea to a sword and a strange grass, which showed his reverence for tea.
5. Smell the fragrance of tea-Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty
A Dream of Red Mansions is a classic in China's literary history, and Cao Xueqin, a novelist in the Qing Dynasty, also mentioned tea many times in his novels. Among them, there is a famous sentence in the book, "I can't understand the taste of tea", which shows that the protagonist Lin Daiyu doesn't want to drink and revel with everyone, but likes to talk with tea alone.