The Core Idea of Taoism and Tea Ceremony
First, respect people.
In the tea ceremony in China, the idea of respecting people generally exists in the naming of tea sets and the understanding of tea. Tea people are used to calling cups with trays? Sancai Cup? . What is a cup holder? Land? What's the lid? God? , the cup is? People? . It means big, big, big, big. If the cup, tray and lid are served together to taste tea, what is the technique of holding the cup called? Three talents in one?
Second, your life.
Valuing life is the utilitarian thought that Taoism injects into tea ceremony. Under the influence of Taoist thought of attaching importance to life, preserving health and enjoying life, China Tea Ceremony paid special attention to? The power of tea? That is, pay attention to the health care and health preservation functions of tea, as well as the role of nourishing emotions.
Taoists don't pay attention to too many rules when tasting tea, but use tea to stimulate internal strength for the purpose of preserving health and paying attention to life. Such as Ma Yu's "Ren? Tea wrote: one needle of tea, two needles of tea, don't give up the opportunity for fame and fortune, never sleep. "
Wuwei tea, natural tea, God-given meditation Taoism, sleepless work.
It can be seen that Taoist tea drinking is different from secular people who are keen on fame and fortune. People who covet utility and fame will lose sleep when drinking tea, which shows that their spiritual realm is too poor. Tea, on the other hand, is the nectar and fairy dew given to Taoism by God. Drinking tea will make you more energetic, more aware of the Tao without being sleepy, and increase your skills and behaviors.
Third, sit and forget.
Sit back and forget it? Stone Taoist in order to achieve the realm of tea ceremony? To the extreme, keep quiet? And put forward a quiet method. Influenced by Laozi's thoughts, China Tea Ceremony? Quiet? As? Four truths? One. How to make yourself feel at ease when drinking tea? No privacy? , spotless, an ethereal realm that does not exist? Taoism also provides a quiet method for tea ceremony, called? Sit back and forget it? Is to forget your body and your intelligence. Tea ceremony advocates the communication between man and nature, melts the boundary between things and me, and? Destroy the Xuanjian? Is it really delicious? Beautiful photos can be seen? Sit back and forget it? To achieve.
Fourth, there is no self.
Taoist chef's open-minded attitude is also the way of life of China Tea Ceremony. Taoism said that? No ego? Is it the pursuit of tea ceremony? Without me? . Without me, it is not to destroy yourself physically, but to eliminate the opposition between things and me mentally, so as to conform to nature and accept everything. ? Without me? China Tea Ceremony is the highest pursuit of artistic conception. In recent years, tea people on both sides of the Taiwan Province Strait have frequently jointly held international conferences? Without me? Tea party, Japanese and Korean tea people also actively participate, is this right? Without me? A useful attempt in the field.
Fifth, the Tao is natural, returning to simplicity.
China tea ceremony emphasizes? Taoism is natural? Including material, behavior and spirit.
Materially, China Tea Ceremony holds that tea is the best wood in the south? . Is it a gift from nature? Really elegant? Planting, picking and making tea must conform to the laws of nature in order to produce good tea. In terms of behavior, China Tea Ceremony emphasizes that in tea activities, everything should be natural, simple and delicious, flowing eastward, as quiet as a rock, smiling like spring flowers and speaking like a mountain spring. Every gesture, every movement and every smile should come from nature, let the mind go.
Spiritually, Taoism is natural, returning to nature, which is manifested in completely liberating one's sexual experience, making one's mind quiet, calm, lonely and inaction, making one's mind filled with tea fragrance, as if it were integrated with the universe and sublimated to? Know what I mean? Field.
Taoism and the Origin of Tea Ceremony
From a historical point of view, although the relationship between the raw materials of bubble tea, Taoism and tea culture is the least talked about, it is the oldest and most profound in essence. The Taoist view of nature has always been the source of China people's spiritual life and thoughts. Tao is everywhere. What is the tea ceremony? Natural? Part of the avenue. Do the followers of Zhuang zi and Zhuang zi want to live forever from the way of nature? Xiandao? It is at this point that tea culture and Taoism have a primitive combination. Yuchuanzi wants it? Fly away in this breeze? Tao Hongjing's Miscellaneous Notes and the Western Han Dynasty's Historical Records of Tiger Ju are all related to this. "The tea classics? The story quoted from Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio in Seven Things shows Lu Yu's attitude towards Taoist priests and tea. ? Natural? The thought of "Tao" leads to the indifferent and detached mind of Taoism, which is very consistent with the natural attributes of tea, thus establishing the quiet and tranquil tea culture.
Although it can be traced back to Taoism from the perspective of history and genetics, the core idea of tea culture should be attributed to Confucianism from the perspective of development. What is this core? Neutralization? Thought. What does Confucian tea culture pay attention to first? Kayazhi with tea? They think that drinking tea can be introspective and self-critical, and only by seeing yourself clearly can we treat others correctly. So what? Tribute tea? Become? Kayazhi with tea? Logical continuity of. This shows that the Confucian tea culture shows a kind of attitude towards life, the basic point is to proceed from itself, and what is the foothold? Liren? The ultimate goal is to turn people into customs. So what? Neutralization? The realm runs through. This is the embodiment of a profound ideological system, and its profound roots are still there? Cultivate one's morality, govern the country and level the world? .
Zen has made great contributions to the cultivation of tea, the promotion of tea drinking customs, the spread of tea drinking forms and the promotion of aesthetic realm. Without Zen, it is hard to say that China can have real meaning? Tea culture? . ? How many famous mountains and monks are there in the world? ,? Since ancient times, high mountains have produced good tea? Many famous teas in history came from Zen Temple. Zen established a series of tea culture forms such as tea ceremony and tea banquet with superb aesthetic taste, which contributed to the continuous development of tea culture in China and directly contributed to the prosperity of tea culture in China. What is particularly worth writing is that Zen has made an indelible and outstanding contribution to the spread of tea culture abroad, especially in Japan and teahouses. It can be said that tea tasting is far more important to Zen than Confucianism and Taoism. And then what? Want to have tea? This kind of rich Zen machine hidden in the Zen forest, seven cups of tea and milk tea, tea Zen blindly? The profound meaning condensed by the philosophical generalization of "Lotus Leaf" and "Cassia Seed" has become the ideological essence in the history of tea culture development.
Really, the variety and grandeur of China's tea culture are all caused by the integration of the three religions, thus reflecting it? Avenue? China spirit. Moral realm, artistic realm and life realm are extremely unique landscapes of China tea culture formed by Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism. Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism are brilliant and complement each other. Therefore, with the literati tea ceremony, the literati tea ceremony is more noble, elegant and artistic in cultural temperament. It is in the ideological and active magnetic field constructed by Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism that the literati promoted the art of tea ceremony. They use tea ceremony to enlighten more, realize life quietly and enhance the realm, which fully embodies their profound grasp of the spirit of tea ceremony.