Tea ceremony is a kind of life etiquette with tea as the medium, and it is also a way of life to cultivate one's self-cultivation with tea. Then let's take a look at the tools I carefully recommend for the tea ceremony, hoping to help you.

Tools needed for tea ceremony

Tea ceremony group, also known as the Six Gentlemen of Tea Ceremony, refers to the tools used in making tea, namely tea cone, Chaze, tea leakage, tea clip, tea needle and teaspoon. It is an indispensable tool in the whole tea performance, and it is also a poetic and beautiful scenery, which plays an embellishment role. It is not only a practical tool, but also an embodiment of art, attracting many tea lovers.

In the tea ceremony, it is essential that the tea ceremony group, referred to as the tea ceremony group, is also known as the six gentlemen of the tea ceremony. Tea ceremony group usually includes: tea clips: also known as tea tongs, shaped like clips; Tea spoon: also known as tea, shaped like a small spoon; Tea bucket: or leaky tea ware, shaped like a circular funnel-shaped appliance; Tea needle: also known as a tea expert, shaped like a thin-headed needle; Scraping tea ware: a rod-shaped instrument with a flat elbow; Teapot: It looks like a vase.

Tea ceremony group is the most commonly used and easily overlooked object on the tea tray, such as leaking tea, which should be used to filter tea residue when making tea in a bowl or pot; Tea tweezers for holding fragrant cups and teacups are made of wood, bamboo and metal; There are also tea mats for holding teacups, tea sticks for unblocking the spout, tea spoons and scraping tea ware. These are usually scattered on the tea tray, and you may not notice them if you concentrate on drinking tea. They are just a jumble of chess pieces spread out on a tea tray and put in a tea ceremony bottle to form a tea ceremony group. These tea leaks, tea tweezers, tea mats, etc. Due to the limitation of use function, their shapes are mostly similar, but their materials and processes are different.

As an indispensable tool in the whole tea performance, the tea ceremony group is a beautiful and poetic scenery, which plays an embellishment role. It is not only a practical tool, but also a manifestation of art, and many tea lovers can't put it down. What may attract your attention may be the tea ceremony bottle used to store components. Its diverse materials and different shapes not only have flowers, birds, fish and insects, but also have many meanings, which greatly improves the appreciation of the tea ceremony group.

Tea ceremony is used by six gentlemen.

1. Tea pot: a tea pot for holding tea sets.

2. Teaspoon: Also called "tea grill", it is called teaspoon because it is shaped like a spoon. Its main function is to dig out the soaked tea leaves and the tea leaves in the pot. After the tea leaves are soaked, they are often tightly stuffed in the teapot. In addition, the mouth of the teapot is not big, so it is inconvenient and unsanitary to dig out the tea leaves by hand, so use a teaspoon.

3. Leaking tea: When putting tea, put leaking tea on the spout to guide the tea into the pot and prevent the tea from falling out of the pot.

Chaze: Chaze (tea spoon) Chaze is an instrument for putting tea into a pot.

5. Tea clips: Tea clips are also called "tea shovels" and have the same function as teaspoons. It can take tea dregs out of the pot, and people often use it to wash cups with teacups, which is anti-scalding and hygienic.

6. Tea needle: The function of the tea needle is to dredge the inner network (honeycomb) of the teapot and keep the water flowing smoothly. When the spout is blocked by tea leaves, it is used for dredging, or after the tea leaves are put in, the tea leaves are mixed evenly, the broken tea is at the bottom and the whole tea is on the table.

The procedure and flow of tea ceremony

1. Hand washing and utensils appreciation: In other words, hand washing and tea drinking are very important. First attract tea drinkers, invite guests to taste tea, and then appreciate the utensils. Pay attention to Jingdezhen porcelain or Yixing teapot when drinking tea. This is to prepare for relaxing before drinking tea.

2, hot cup kettle: that is, all tea sets are washed with boiling water once, and the purpose is also for hygiene and cleaning. At the same time, the tea sets are preheated to make the tea taste more fragrant, and the boiling water is poured into teapots, fair cups, fragrant cups and teacups. Some friends say this is called sanitary ware kettle.

3, Malone into the palace: put the tea into the appliance, that is, put the tea into the teapot, which is beautiful, the procedure is simple, and the performance can be appropriately fancy, with tea rhyme.

4, tea washing: pour boiling water into the pot, let the water and tea properly contact, and then quickly pour out. The purpose is to remove unclean substances on the surface of tea leaves and filter out the tea leaves that have not been fried.

5. Brewing: Pour boiling water into the pot again, and nod the spout three times in the process of pouring water. Don't fill the pot all at once. The procedure of tea ceremony is actually just beautiful. Only this step is commonly used by everyone. There is a so-called Phoenix Three Nods in the performance to show respect for the guests.

6. Spring breeze: This is a demand for artistic expression. The water should be higher than the spout, and the tea powder should be removed with the lid, and the tea floating on it should be removed, so that only the tea water can be drunk, and the tea floating on it should not be allowed to enter the mouth.

7. Sealing the pot: cover the pot to keep the aroma of tea brewed in the teapot, and pour the pot body with boiling water for this purpose.

8. Divide cups: the steps to prepare tea. Use a tea clip to group the aromatherapy cup and the sipping cup, and put them on the saucer for convenience of adding tea.

9, jade liquid back to the pot: gently pour the tea in the pot into the fair mug, so that everyone can taste the tea with the same color, fragrance and taste. To give people spiritual enjoyment and sensory stimulation is simply to give each guest a cup of tea.

10. Divide the pot: then pour the tea soup into each guest's cup, and the tea ceremony will be seven minutes full to show respect for the guests.

1 1. Serve tea: Pay attention to the etiquette of serving cups with both hands and pouring tea for guests, which is the basis of ancient etiquette in China.

12. Smell the fragrance: guests feel lonely steps. The guest pours the tea soup into the tasting cup, and gently smells the lingering fragrance in the fragrant cup, preferably intoxicated, to express his appreciation and admiration for the host's tea.

13. Tea tasting: the guest takes a cup of tea with three fingers, sips it slowly in three bites, and then puts it down. This point can be continued in the process of conversation and communication, which shows the position and indispensable identity of tea in communication.

14, refill water: Generally, when two-thirds (cups) of tea soup is drunk, refill water into the pot (cup). If you don't drink all the tea, the finished tea soup will have no taste. Generally, two or three times of hydration is enough. If you want to continue drinking tea, you should make it again.

China Tea Ceremony Element

China Tea Ceremony, as far as its constituent elements are concerned, has four elements: environment, etiquette, tea art and practice.

(1) environment

Tea ceremony is a tea tasting activity under certain circumstances. Tea ceremony pays special attention to the choice and construction of environment, aiming at cultivating and purifying people's hearts through the environment, so it needs an environment that meets the requirements of tea ceremony activities. The environment of tea ceremony activities is not random or random, but carefully chosen or created. There are three tea ceremony environments. One is the natural environment, such as under pine trees, beside springs and on rocks in forests. The second is the artificial environment, such as temples, pavilions, waterside pavilions, study rooms, living rooms, etc. The third is the special environment, that is, the teahouse specially used for tea ceremony activities. Tea room includes outdoor environment and indoor environment. Outdoor environment refers to the teahouse courtyard, where evergreen plants and flowers such as pine, bamboo and bamboo are often planted. Oil paintings, flower arrangements, bonsai and antiques are often hung in the indoor environment, and the study is clearly provided. In particular, hanging pictures and arranging flowers are essential. In short, the environment of tea ceremony should be elegant and quiet, so that people can enter this environment, forget the secular world, wash away the dust and cultivate morality.

(2) Etiquette

Tea ceremony activities should be carried out according to certain etiquette, etiquette is politeness, etiquette is etiquette, and law is norms and rules. ? Husband's delicious, three bowls, followed by five bowls. If the number of guests is five, three bowls will be provided. Seven or five bowls. If there are less than six people, there is no bowl, and one person is missing. Only the person who makes up the vacancy is meaningful. ? (Lu Yu, "The Book of Tea"? Five cooking? This is the custom of making tea in the Tang Dynasty.

? The boy held it in front of him, and the Lord began to hold a guest day: clear your heart for you. The guest picked it up, raised his hand and said, Otherwise, it's not enough to break the loneliness. Is to sit again. After drinking, the boy took Ou and retired. To make a long story short, be polite again and again ? (Preface to Zhu Quan's Tea Spectrum) This is the etiquette of the end, reception, drinking and narration between the host and guest of tea ceremony in the Song and Ming Dynasties, which is quite cautious. Etiquette is the established norm of behavior, manners, language and actions, showing friendship and respect. The ceremony of tea ceremony includes etiquette, courtesy and politeness between host and guest, and between guests.

The law of tea ceremony is a series of norms and protocols in the whole process of tea ceremony, involving some regulations between people, people and things, things and things, such as position, order, action, language, posture, gfd and so on.

Tea ceremony etiquette has its ups and downs with the changes of the times. In different tea ceremony schools, etiquette is different, but some basic etiquette contents are relatively fixed.

(3) Tea art

Tea art is the art of drinking tea. Tea art has five links: preparing utensils, selecting water, making fire, waiting for soup and learning tea. First, it is divided into tea science method. Ancient and modern tea art can be divided into frying tea, ordering tea and making tea. Secondly, according to the main tea sets, tea making can be divided into pot tea, kungfu tea, cup tea and kungfu tea. Again, according to the tea used. Kung Fu Tea can be divided into Wuyi Kung Fu Tea, Wuyi variant Kung Fu Tea, Taiwan Province Kung Fu Tea and Taiwan Province variant Kung Fu Tea according to its birthplace.

Tea art is the foundation and carrier of tea ceremony, and it is a necessary condition for tea ceremony. Tea ceremony is inseparable from tea ceremony, which depends on tea ceremony. Without tea ceremony, there is no tea ceremony. The connotation of tea art is less than that of tea ceremony, but the extension of tea art is greater than that of tea ceremony. Tea art can exist independently of tea ceremony, and as an art, it can also be performed on the stage. So it is ok to perform tea ceremony or tea ceremony performance, but it is not appropriate to say tea ceremony performance or tea ceremony performance. Because the tea ceremony is for people to practice, not for others to see, it is tea instead of tea.

(4) Practice

Practice is the basis and purpose of tea ceremony. Tea people enjoy themselves, cultivate their sentiments, cultivate their hearts and realize the Tao through tea activities. What is the practice of tea ceremony in China? Double major in life? Cultivating temperament means cultivating mind, cultivating life means cultivating morality, and cultivating life means cultivating body and mind. Self-cultivation, also known as health preservation, lies in getting rid of diseases, strengthening the body and prolonging life; Self-cultivation is based on ambition, morality, happiness and enlightenment. The double cultivation of life is finally implemented to the end.

The ideal of China Tea Ceremony is health, pleasure, cultivation and enlightenment. It is the result of monasticism, the ideal of tea ceremony, the ultimate pursuit of tea people and the highest realm of life. The purpose of tea ceremony is to practice, the environment is good, the etiquette is good, and the tea art is good, all for one purpose-practice, service practice. Practice is to improve the quality and realm of each participant and shape a perfect personality.

Tea ceremony is an art of drinking tea for the purpose of cultivating monasticism, which includes four elements: tea ceremony, etiquette, environment and practice. Tea art is the foundation and necessary condition of tea ceremony, which can exist independently of tea ceremony. Tea ceremony is based on tea art and depends on it. What is the significance of tea art? Art? Pay attention to learning tea art and get aesthetic enjoyment; What is the focus of the tea ceremony? The purpose is to cultivate one's mind and realize the road through tea art, the connotation of tea art is less than that of tea art, which contains tea art, and the extension of tea art is greater than that of tea art, which is between tea art and tea culture.

The connotation of tea ceremony is greater than that of tea ceremony, and the extension of tea ceremony is greater than that of tea ceremony. What are we talking about here? Art? , refers to the art of making tea, making tea and tasting tea; What are we talking about here? Tao? , refers to the spirit implemented in the process of artistic tea making. Tao without art is an empty theory; Art has no way, art has no essence and no spirit. Tea art, named but tangible, is the external expression of tea culture; Tea ceremony is spirit, truth, law, origin and essence. It is often invisible and intangible, but you can fully understand it through your heart. The combination of tea art and tea ceremony is the result of a high degree of unity of matter and spirit. The connotation and extension of tea ceremony and tea ceremony are different, which should be strictly distinguished and not confused.

The highest level of tea drinking, tea tasting and tea ceremony.

Drink tea: use tea as a drink to quench your thirst.

Tea tasting: pay attention to the color and fragrance of tea leaves, pay attention to the quality of tea sets, and savor them carefully when drinking.

Tea art: Pay attention to environment, atmosphere, music, brewing skills and interpersonal relationships.

The highest state of tea ceremony: integrate philosophy, ethics and morality into tea activities, cultivate one's morality and taste life through tea tasting, and achieve spiritual enjoyment.