When choosing incense for tea ceremony, we should try to use less coarse incense forms such as rolled incense and thread incense, and use methods such as printing incense (not sealing incense) and incense. There are still three or five steps to blend the elegant fragrance and tea fragrance.
The relationship between incense burning, tea tasting, painting hanging, flower arrangement, etc. and the incense path belongs to the ancient literati in China? Four things? Cultivate your heart with leisure, your feelings with elegance, and your self-cultivation with elegance.
One of them? Is it sweet? With what? Tea? As the products of nature, they absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon and acquired natural temperament. This coincides with the ancients' pursuit of purity and indifference, especially in the process of burning incense and tasting tea. Therefore, the combination of incense and tea is highly respected by the ancients, which can be seen in both meticulous tea ceremony and arbitrary tea tasting. Famous fragrant tea? attached drawing
Burning incense is the first procedure, whether it is the Twelve Zen teas or the tea ceremony demonstration on weekdays.
From the perspective of Zen tea, burning incense is to express tea people's respect for tea, respect and feelings for Cha Sheng, tea seats for tea sets, life and Zen.
And in the usual tea ceremony, burning incense played a role? Apart from delusions? The role of, through the convergence of mind, soothing breath, calm mood, so that performers and audiences can enter a quiet and peaceful state of mind; The curled light smoke and the seemingly absent fragrance can also create a solemn atmosphere for the environment of the teahouse. In such a state of integration of internal and external environment, in meticulous ceremony, tea makers can naturally achieve the pursuit of self-cultivation, and tea drinkers can also experience the different tastes of ups and downs in life by tasting every sip of tea.
However, the free-wheeling mentality is the attitude that tea people relish. Tasting tea, like burning incense, is a common item in daily life. Putting aside ceremony and restraint, it is a leisurely pursuit to make friends with tea or to have fun with tea alone, so that the nectar can stay fragrant in the teeth and cheeks, the soul can curl up in the quiet waves, taste the true fragrance of tea, appreciate the clarity and ethereal nature, be calm and thoughtful; Tasting the fragrance means observing the shape and smelling the air. When watching the fragrance, it will gather and disperse, and when opening and closing, it will be as quiet as a mountain and move like a cloud.
Tea fragrance can be summed up in one word:? Smell? . What are the similarities and differences between tea ceremony and fragrant road? Smell? .
Tea enters the body from the mouth, and the body and mind are also affected. The fragrance enters the body through the nose and reaches the meridians of the body. The two are accompanied and complement each other, which is interesting, both in line with the Tao and peace of mind, and more conducive to health, that is? Burning incense and sipping tea fit perfectly.
Tea is a kind of thing, collected from the mountains and clouds, absorbing the aura of heaven and earth, and must be brewed with clear water. Ancient times? Shennong tasted a hundred herbs, but he encountered 72 poisons every day, and he was relieved by tea. According to legend, tea not only has therapeutic effect on many diseases, but also has good functions of prolonging life, resisting aging and strengthening body. The cup of tea of the ancients included the heaven, earth, mountains, water, benevolence and wisdom deeply loved by China literati and philosophers.
Traditional incense, which is also collected from the deep mountains, can improve the air, prevent the epidemic, soothe the nerves and nourish the heart by burning it in time with pleasant aroma as the messenger.
The health care function of agarwood is aimed at body and mind. First, it removes the turbid qi in the body through the medicinal properties of incense, so that the light of the soul can be released, the soul can be nourished, the soul can be peaceful, and the body can be conditioned in turn. In addition, some medicinal properties of incense have the functions of strengthening the body resistance, eliminating pathogenic factors and strengthening the body resistance, so that the strength of mind is continuously enhanced, thus achieving the purpose of health preservation through the interaction between body and mind.
Scent is a thing. In the minds of the ancients, it was created by literati attached to agarwood. A wisp of light smoke with a long meaning carries the profound and light cognition and sentiment of all things in the literati's thoughts. Beyond the practical function of incense, it has been fragrant since ancient times.
Make tea, burn incense and watch steam fly. When you go to Ran Ran, the tea is fragrant and refreshing, and you can sip it slowly, but the teeth and cheeks are fragrant and interesting. And cigarettes curl up and linger around. This scene is wonderful, wonderful.
Tea ceremony steps: 1. Treatment: the earthen stove is on fire, the sand shovel scoops up water, stirs the stove, cleans the utensils, waits for the fire, and pours the cup.
2. Serve tea: When the casserole makes a pine sound and fish eyes appear at the beginning of boiling (to show the meaning, don't cover it), lift the casserole and spray the pot and cup with heat. Then put the sand shovel on the stove and it will be hot (old, vulgar? Shuo? ), while opening the tin can, pour the tea leaves on ordinary paper and measure the thickness respectively. Take the thickest piece and fill it in the drip hole at the bottom of the tank, then fill it in the middle layer with fine powder and sprinkle the slightly thicker leaves on it. Such a big effort, what do you call it? That tea? . Don't be too full of tea, about 70% to 80% is enough. The change of God is preliminary.
3, to be soup: the soup is divided into three boiling points. One cooking is too naive, and the third cooking is too old; Boiling twice is the best. ? If the beads float on the water and the sound is loose, it is the second boiling, just right. ?
4, tea washing: boiling soup around the pot mouth, while entering the pot, do not go straight into the pot heart, can not be interrupted, but can not be forced to advance. It is advisable to increase the amount of alcohol poured, for example? Gao Chong? There was no stagnant disease at first. After the first injection of boiling water, the tea soup should be poured out immediately to remove the impurities contained in the tea. What is that? Wash tea? . Throw away the tea soup and don't drink it.
5. Punching point: The punching method is the same as above.
6, scraping foam: washing will make it full and avoid overflow; When it is full, the tea foam will float up and be white, protruding from the surface of the pot. The lid of the pot is scraped flat from the spout, and the foam is dispersed and then covered.
7. Pouring pot: After the pot cover is fixed, pour it on the pot with hot soup. Hot pot? . One is to remove the scattered foam; Second, chasing heat outside the pot, filling incense inside the pot.
8, hot cup: after pouring the can, it will pour the cup. Is it common? Burning bells? . The soup poured into the cup should be poured directly into the center of the cup. ? Burning a bell (bell is a common name for a teacup) can make it fragrant? This can't be ignored? Work? . Wash the cup after pouring it, and then pour it out.
9. Sprinkle tea: After the tea leaves are put into the pot, pour the pot, iron the cup and pour the water. After a few passes, it's time to sprinkle tea. Because it's neither too early nor too late to sprinkle tea. If it is fast, it will not soak and the fragrance will not come out; If it's late, the fragrance will come out of generate. If the tea color is too strong, it will make the tea taste bitter, and the previous work will be in vain. Sprinkle it evenly on each cup and weigh it? Guan Gong visited the city? ; I'll drain all the water, okay? Han Xin ordered soldiers? ; The pot should be lowered and sprinkled with tea to prevent the tea fragrance from foaming. What is this called? Low sprinkling? .