Tobacco, alcohol and tea culture is the general name of various cultural forms in which human beings express various ideas, beliefs, thoughts and feelings between man and nature and between people with tobacco, alcohol and tea as the carrier in the process of developing, producing and utilizing tobacco, alcohol and tea.
However, some scholars think that all material and spiritual phenomena created by human beings are called culture from the viewpoint of "grand culture". The meaning of tobacco, alcohol and tea culture should include the spiritual connotation of material production and circulation activities in tobacco, alcohol and tea industry, including both material and spiritual aspects in the field of tobacco, alcohol and tea. Some scholars also believe that tobacco, liquor and tea culture is a collection of material culture, institutional culture and spiritual culture with tobacco, liquor and tea as the theme.
Characteristics of tobacco, wine and tea culture
Since tobacco, liquor and tea culture contains tobacco, liquor and tea as a carrier and various ideologies generated by people who use tobacco, liquor and tea, it must have its form and connotation in natural and social attributes. That is, a series of material, spiritual, customs, psychological and behavioral phenomena produced by people who surround and use others belong to the category of tobacco, alcohol and tea culture. As a cultural phenomenon, it has the following four characteristics:
1, social
With the progress of society, tobacco, alcohol and tea culture has penetrated into every field, every corner and every aspect of life. In the history of China, although the rich "peony flowers laugh and cymbals move, purple bamboo shoots come" (Tang poetry), the poor are "poor tea" days, and they can't live without tea. "In this world, three meals a day, tea and rice" is inevitable. Even if you worship your ancestors, you should offer "three teas and six wines" and put tea and rice on the same footing. People need tea as well as food. Therefore, in the history of human development, whether it is the imperial palace dignitaries or cults, tea is the top grade, but the way and taste of drinking tea are different, but the respect and demand for tea are the same. With the development of tea industry in Tang Dynasty, tea has become an important part of social economy and social culture. "Seven things to open the door, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea" is what I mean.
Step 2: group
Tobacco, wine and tea culture are all-encompassing cultures, with different tastes. The development history of tobacco, liquor and tea culture tells us that with the development of material culture of tobacco, liquor and tea, the spiritual culture and institutional culture of tobacco, liquor and tea are also extending and developing in depth. Gradually formed the inherent moral and folk sympathy, and became an important part of spiritual life.
3. Nationality
China is a multi-ethnic country, and 56 ethnic groups have their own colorful customs of tobacco, alcohol and tea. Mongolian milk tea, Uygur milk tea and fragrant tea, Miao and Dong oil tea and Wa salt tea mainly pursue tea as food, and tea and food blend. Tujia people play with camellia, and Naxi people's "Long Hudou" mainly pursues using tea to keep fit and preserve health; Bai San Tea and Miao San Yan Tea mainly pursue the philosophy of expressing the world through tea and implying doing things for people. Bamboo-tube fragrant tea of Dai nationality, Leixiang tea of Yi nationality and pot tea of Hui nationality mainly pursue spiritual enjoyment and tea-drinking interest; Tibetan butter tea, Bulang sour tea and Ewenki milk tea mainly pursue tea as a token of friendship. Although different ethnic groups have different tea drinking customs, according to the custom in China, whenever a guest comes in, whether you drink tea or not, the host is bound to serve tea, and it is often considered impolite to disrespect tea. From a global perspective, the tea ceremony, tea ceremony, tea ceremony and tea custom in all countries are national and unified, so tea culture is national and global.
4. Regionality
"A thousand miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs". China has a vast territory and a large population. Influenced by history, culture, living environment and social customs, China's tobacco, liquor and tea culture is regional. Spiritual Connotation of the Essence of Tobacco, Alcohol and Tea Culture
The development of tobacco, alcohol and tea culture tells us that tobacco, alcohol and tea culture always develops to meet the needs of spiritual life on the basis of meeting social material life. In this process, some things that are not suitable for society are eliminated, but more content is produced and developed. It not only enriched the content of tobacco, alcohol and tea culture, but also improved from low level to high level, forming its own personality. The personality of tobacco, alcohol and tea culture can also be described as the spiritual connotation of tobacco, alcohol and tea culture, which is mainly manifested in the following "four combinations".
1, the combination of matter and spirit
As a substance, tobacco, alcohol and tea have various forms, and as a culture, tobacco, alcohol and tea have profound connotations.
2. The combination of elegance and fashion
Tobacco, alcohol and tea culture is a kind of culture that appreciates elegance and popularity. In the process of its development, it has always been characterized by appealing to both refined and popular tastes and developing in the unity of refined and popular tastes. Without the rough and popular soil of folk tobacco, liquor and tea culture, the elegant tobacco, liquor and tea culture would lose its survival foundation.
3. Combination of function and aesthetics
Tobacco, alcohol and tea have a wide range of practicability in satisfying human material life. "Qinqi, Calligraphy, Painting, Tobacco, Tea", which is also attached to the literati, shows a wide range of aesthetics in terms of spiritual life needs. 4. Combination of practicality and entertainment
The shirt nature of tobacco, liquor and tea culture determines the utility of tobacco, liquor and tea culture. With the development of comprehensive utilization of tobacco, alcohol and tea, the utilization of tobacco, alcohol and tea has penetrated into many industries. In recent years, various forms of tobacco, alcohol and tea culture activities have been carried out. Based on the activities of tobacco, alcohol and tea culture, it meets people's needs for tea tasting, leisure, sightseeing, traveling and enjoying the beautiful scenery of mountains and rivers. At the same time, the development of industries related to tobacco, alcohol and tea culture activities has promoted economic development, which also reflects the combination of shirts and entertainment.