Regarding the explanation of the word "tea Zen blindly", Du Niang gave the answer: "tea Zen blindly" and "tea is Zen"-drinking tea is like meditation.
The moral of tea is to let go. Life is like a trip. People who are rushing around, busy people, put down their work, have a rest, enjoy leisure and let go of Zen, so they are blindly called tea Zen.
Because drinking tea can clear the heart and nourish the spirit, there is a saying that "tea comes with Zen and tea is blind with Zen".
Therefore, China has always been famous for its tea fragrance, book fragrance and ink fragrance (so-called "three fragrances"), which is the embodiment of elegant, quiet and harmonious social spirit.
Literati, a cup of tea, light and elegant; All sentient beings, with a cup of tea in their hands, are still vast.
Approachable, quiet and indifferent, elegant and vulgar, this is the nature of tea, the product of tea.
People in China use tea as their function. People drink morning tea, make a cup of scented tea before class, and offer green tea such as rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar tea to guests.
At first, tea was blindly used as a medicine to treat diseases. Shennong's Herbal Classic says, "Shennong tastes a hundred herbs, and it encounters 72 poisons every day, so it is removed by tea." In the future, tea will gradually become the main drink of China people. Then, an ordinary tea can be promoted to tea culture. Here, because the literati participated in the tea affair, it was given a cultural concept, and there were finished products such as planting, making, making and tasting tea. A series of rules, systems, habits and customs, as well as calligraphy, painting, beautiful writing, poetry, piano and chess calligraphy and painting, have gradually emerged, both external and internal, and become a comprehensive cultural phenomenon.
The extension of tea culture, also known as tea ceremony. The Book of Changes says: "The metaphysical refers to the Tao, while the metaphysical refers to the device". The connotation of tea ceremony not only refers to the tea set, but also refers to specific moral, aesthetic and philosophical thoughts. The so-called tea ceremony is human nature. Tea is very important for virtue. Lu Yu's Tea Classic says: "Tea is frugal" and "it is most suitable for people who are diligent and thrifty". In tea affairs, it is embodied as: "Be simple and self-disciplined to yourself; Treat guests with courtesy. "
Ancient literati used tea to record the scenes of interpreting the world, and painters used brushes to describe the taste of tea.
In the early Tang Dynasty, Yan, who was "deified by the painter", painted The Orchid Pavilion in Xiao Yi, which is now in the Boston Museum. The Map of Xiao Yi's Orchid Pavilion is based on He's Orchid Pavilion Collection in Tang Dynasty. This work reflects the story that Xiao Yi, the imperial adviser of Li Shimin of Emperor Taizong, went to Huiji (Shaoxing, Zhejiang) to argue with monks and outwit the Preface to the Lanting written by Wang Xizhi, a book sage in Jin Dynasty.
The Tea-fighting Picture drawn by the Ming Dynasty painter for Yan in the Tang Dynasty truly reflected the folk tea-drinking custom at that time. People in the painting will carry pots, make tea, watch tea and taste tea. Among them, the bucket bearer who stood fighting for tea had a great personality. His head was wrapped in a towel, his upper body was half naked, his waist was tied, he was wearing sandals, his right hand was carrying a bucket, and his left hand was like a cup of tea.
Painting with people who make tea often has a unique and elegant taste.
Elvis Presley, a painter in the Ming Dynasty, wrote a picture of making tea in Maozhai. In his poem, he said, "To sum up Mao Zhai's four or five rafters, rustling bamboo trees brings autumn? . Tell the children to sweep the empty leaves so that they can cook three clear springs from the mountain kitchen. " Poetry with pictures gives a quiet atmosphere. The host is quiet and satisfied under the forest in Shan Ye, far away from the noise, showing incisively and vividly. In Banqiao, Zheng Qing, there is also an elegant event of "suddenly having a rest for ten days and five days, turning off firewood and flying, sweeping bamboo trails, sipping bitter tea in Finland, and occasionally drizzling in the breeze to moisten the vegetable forest path".
The ancient painters' pursuit of "the taste of tea is diluted and peaceful, the soul is enlightened and introspected, and the tea is like Zen" also expressed the helplessness of some unsuccessful people.
Contemporary painters show the same theme, but they are not the same. Ma Haifang, a young painter, created a picture of enjoying the cool, which depicts an old man with a broad mind, a fat body and a complacent face. It is unrestrained, enjoying birds singing alone, a teapot, summarizing the happy life of the elderly after retirement, like a fairy. Mr. Ma Haifang's paintings are concise and show a corner of the life of the rich with vivid painting language. His works are unpretentious, rich in meaning and memorable.
Tea and literature have an indissoluble bond since ancient times. There are countless literatures about tea. There is a famous poem by a contemporary Zhao Puchu layman: "Seven bowls are the most fragrant, and one bowl is really interesting. It is better to have tea than holding thousands of empty bowls. 」
The allusion of "seven bowls" comes from Lu Tong's "Raising a Pen, Xie Meng, Persuading to Send New Tea": "A bowl of throat kisses is moist; Two bowls of broken loneliness; Three bowls of heartbroken, only five thousand volumes of words; Four bowls of light sweat, uneven life, all pores scattered; Five bowls of bones and muscles are distinct; Six bowls of fairy spirits; I can't eat seven bowls, but I feel the wind blowing under my arm. " (See Complete Poems of Tang Dynasty, Volume 388).
"Going for tea" is a famous case of Zen. At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhaozhou was a convenient way to attract future generations by "drinking tea" from the Zen master. Zen masters believe that the normal mind is the Tao, the Tao is in nature, and it is wonderful to move firewood. Eating tea is the smallest and most noticeable thing in ordinary life, and of course there are wonderful ways. The purpose of Chen Zen master Zhao Zhou's Drinking Tea is not to drink tea, but to make people realize their self-identity in tiny things.
Therefore, Pu Zhao often said, "It is better to drink tea empty-handed", that is, to quote the classic mantra, it is better to look back at your own mind, compare your own practice, and be complacent about since the enlightenment. His poems have been upgraded from tea poems to Buddhism, which is memorable.
Tea has a lot to do with meditation. Tea can eliminate the fatigue caused by meditation, refresh the mind, eliminate evil spirits, be indifferent to desires and respect the knees. The ancients summarized tea as "ten virtues", used tea to relieve depression, drive away sleep, nourish vitality, drive away illness, treat tea with courtesy, respect, taste and nourish the body, practice and aspire to Kaya with tea, so there was a philosophical proposition of "tea Zen blindly"