According to the current research, there were no native tea trees in ancient Japan, and there was no habit of drinking tea. Japanese tea ceremony can be roughly divided into three periods.
The first period was the Heian period, which was influenced by the tea-making methods of China in the Tang Dynasty. ?
The second period is the Kamakura, Muromachi and Taoshan periods influenced by China's tea ordering method in Song Dynasty.
The third period was the edo period, influenced by the tea ceremony of the Ming dynasty in China?
The popularity and influence of tea drinking fashion in the second period also influenced Japanese behavior and life until today. The first Japanese period, whether in form or spiritual realm, can be said to be an era that completely imitated the culture of the Tang Dynasty and China.
In the Kamakura era, an epoch-making figure, Zen Master Rong, entered China Song Dynasty for the second time with his book "Eating Tea for Health", and brought back tea seeds and a built lamp of Tianmu Mountain from China (known as Tianmu because of the black glazed tea lamp of Tianmu Mountain). According to historical records, in the Song Dynasty, Jingshan Temple, Zhaoming Temple, Zen Temple and Manjuji were all built with porcelain kilns. ?
Japanese monks brought back a large number of Tianmu tea bowls as souvenirs when they returned to China. Compared with the tea bowls made in Japan, they are dignified and beautiful, with thick glaze, blue and dark brown, in which obsidian has become an eye, and gold, silver and blue spots are floating on the black background, shining like stars. ?
It's hard to imagine that the Japanese book Eating Tea for Health is written in Chinese characters, which shows that it is greatly influenced by China culture. According to his own experience and knowledge in China, Master Rong recorded the tea ordering method in Song Dynasty at that time, which is the road of Japanese matcha that has influenced the present. ?
Tea is regarded as a medicine in Japan. From the initial popularity in monasteries to the folk, this culture has been greatly developed in Kamakura era, and the Tianmu tea bowl brought back by Zen master Rong Xi is regarded as a sacred object.
The quiet teahouse of Masajiro, the ancestor of tea ceremony, can soothe the souls of their warriors, make them forget the battlefield and put aside the troubles of life and death. Calm down and order a bowl of tea has become an indispensable part of soldiers' daily life. When military commanders go out to war, they often hold tea parties at the front of the position to boost morale. According to Taoshan &; The book "Beauty" (Japanese can't be beaten) records that a kiln, a tea bowl, and even a tea bowl are priceless, causing war. ?
But after modern times, due to the nationalization of Japan, Tianmu tea bowl was gradually left out in the cold. Tea people admire it, but rarely use it in practice. They think it is a true portrayal of a nation's openness and lack of self-confidence, and it is an inferiority complex.