Tea is a kind of culture. On the basis of China's excellent culture, tea art widely absorbs and draws lessons from other art forms, and extends to literature, art and other fields, forming China tea culture with strong national characteristics. It is a beautiful artistic conception of the whole tea tasting process, including the appreciation of tea tasting techniques and artistic operation means and the beautiful appreciation of tea tasting environment.
Its process embodies the mutual unity of form and spirit, which is a cultural phenomenon formed in the process of drinking tea. Tea art includes: tea selection, water selection, tea-making technology, tea art, environmental selection and creation, etc.
The background of tea art is an important means to set off the theme, which renders the pure, elegant and simple temperament of tea and enhances the artistic appeal. Different styles of tea art have different background requirements, and only by choosing a suitable background can we better understand the taste of tea.
brief introduction
Tea art originated in the Tang Dynasty, developed in the Song Dynasty, reformed in the Ming Dynasty and flourished in the Qing Dynasty. It can be said that it has a considerable historical origin and is self-contained.
At first, monks used tea to concentrate their thoughts, but in the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Zhou invited scholars by "drinking tea". Later it became a ceremony of sharing tea.
In the Tang Dynasty, ginger and salt were used to enhance the taste of tea, which was internationally called ginger salt tea. The poet Xue Neng's Tea Poetry said: "Salt damage should be combined with constant warning, and ginger should be cooked more yellow." Ordering tea was very popular in the early Song Dynasty. Tea leaves are ground into fine powder and the tea soup is as white as milk. According to Guan Hua, Su Shi in the Northern Song Dynasty liked the spring water in Fengxiang Yunv Cave.
Take two bottles home to make tea every time you go. Su Shi has a poem "Tea with Jiang Kui": "The old couple didn't know it, and they were half fried by ginger and salt." Su Shi himself attaches great importance to the health care function of tea, and gargling with strong tea after meals can relieve boredom.