The spread of tea in Japan, we have to say the word "envoy to the Tang Dynasty" which is closely related to tea, that is, the clearest and most empty sea of two Japanese Buddhist masters; The former is the founder of Tiantai Sect in Japan, and the latter is the founder of Shinto Buddhism in Japan. Everyone should be familiar with it and it is reflected in the movie Legend of the Demon Cat. It was these two men who brought back tea seeds from China and recommended tea to emperors and nobles. By the end of 12 century, domestic conflicts in Japan continued, and natural disasters swept across the island. Two monks, Zuicheng and Konghai, have introduced tea to Japan for hundreds of years, but the trend of drinking tea is still not popular. It was not until 1 19 1 that the author of the second tea masterpiece in the world returned to Japan from China and began to teach generals to drink tea for health. Tea became popular in Japan. Zen master Rong Xi planted the tea seeds he brought back in two places and gave a jar of tea seeds to Master Minghui of Kezan Temple. The master planted tea in the cliff mountain in the south of the city, and planted it according to the traditional method of "donkey's hoof shadow" The soil is very suitable for the growth of tea trees, so the tea in this area was called "local tea" at that time to distinguish it from "foreign tea" in other producing areas (similar to the modern core producing areas in China). The Japanese like a kind of opera called "Five Rivers". In the early days of the Muromachi shogunate, under the influence of this kind of opera and tea fighting in the Song Dynasty, Japan also had its own tea fighting, mainly to distinguish local tea from non-tea, similar to the tea tasting competition in China now.

? /kloc-In the second half of the 5th century, the "Ren Ying Uprising" swept through Japan. At that time, the shogunate announced his abdication and lived in seclusion in the suburbs of Kyoto, creating the earliest academy-style teahouse. The general's tea ceremony teacher was Zhuguang Murata, who sublimated the Japanese tea ceremony from the humble rural culture and led people to drink tea in a concise, simple and clean way. Zhuguang Murata once had a rest with the Zen master of Dade Temple and became a teacher. Influenced by the rest, he founded Cao 'an Tea-meditation and tea practice in an extremely crude way. Since then, Cao 'an tea has gradually replaced the luxurious academy tea.

? In the strict sense, Takeno Takeo, the grandson of Murata Zhuguang, put forward an important aesthetic concept in the practice of tea ceremony, which extended to cherish and praise imperfect things, grasp this lonely beauty, and treat every meeting wholeheartedly as a once-in-a-lifetime meeting, laying an ideological foundation for Japanese tea ceremony, but he was not the one who really carried forward Japanese tea ceremony.

? /kloc-During the Warring States Period in Japan in the 6th century, a tea ceremony master was born in the controversy. Japanese tea ceremony master Morino Rixiong was the first teacher. After Chen Dao was introduced to the north, he followed Shao Ou, learned Cao An tea and learned the quiet aesthetic spirit. On this basis, he brought forth new ideas and pushed the development of Japanese tea to the peak. The tea used by famous Japanese tea people, such as Morino Riyang, at the tea party was collected from the famous Uji Tea Garden. The finished tea is divided into five grades according to the quality. The first grade is named "white bag" packaging, and the rest are extreme tea, special tea, extreme tea and special tea. At that time, Japan had a way to prevent tea from being damaged and losing its bright green color in midsummer-putting tea in tea cans and sending them to cool mountain temples in summer. In October, the owner of tea will hold a tea party called "tasting new products" on the same day. During the reign of Nobuyuki Oda, tea ceremony has become a tool to welcome victory, accept allies and expand power. Only the most loyal retainer of nobuyuki has the right to attend the tea party. It was not until Toyotomi Hideyoshi acceded to the throne that this practice was brought into full play. On the other hand, Sen no Rikyū' s inner world is more eager to bring quiet and philosophical tea. Mori no Rikyū once pointed out that the composition of tea is chaotic when the composition is rigorous, but it is chaotic when it is chaotic. This is the trick.

? The process of Japanese tea ceremony: guests wait in the small tea shed, and ring the doorbell to signal the host when they arrive. The host sweeps the floor first, then welcomes guests, then washes his hands in front of the washbasin opposite the stone road, takes off his sword and shoes, and then enters the teahouse. At the end of the banquet, the guests closed the door and made a clear voice. Then the host announced to add carbon, and then add carbon to burn incense. The last main meal (this meal) included a soup and two or three main courses, accompanied by sake, and the last course was used by the host. Then the guests clean the tableware with paper, put the fishbone and other sundries in their boxes, put them in long sleeves and take them away before leaving. Then the guests have a rest and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the courtyard. Then the host orders "strong tea", passes on tea, appreciation and refreshments, and then rewards "three treasures": teapot, kit and tea spoon. Finally, informal tea parties will add "thin tea".

? In the Japanese tea ceremony, besides the final tea ceremony, which we often see, which is regarded as the essence of Japanese culture, there is also the fried tea ceremony. However, Japanese fried tea ceremony is completely different from our fried tea ceremony in Tang Dynasty in China. China's tea-frying ceremony in Tang Dynasty was highly respected in Lu Yu's tea classics, including a series of processes such as making tea and decocting water, which was similar to a tea-drinking process and a method of cooking soup with salt, while Japanese tea-frying ceremony was more similar to the soaking method (i.e. brewing method) in China in Ming Dynasty, and the reason why the soaking method appeared in Ming Dynasty was different from that ordered by Zhu Yuanzhang at that time.