Tea ceremony terminology
Neutral terms
1, tea: refers to the taste stimulation of tea soup after it is taken, and describes the degree of sensory stimulation of tea soup to human mouth. Strong, weak? Describe it, there are many types of stimuli, including fragrance and bitterness.
2, tea quality: refers to the fullness of the soup in the mouth after the entrance of the tea soup. Including smoothness, sweetness, sweetness, background and foam resistance. Thickness? 、? Heavy or light? To describe.
3. Aroma: Fresh leaves are produced during the production process, mainly free catechins in tea. In the oral cavity, the palate, tongue surface, sublingual, cheeks and throat feel obvious.
4. Bitterness and astringency: Bitterness is a taste and astringency is a feeling. Bitter taste is produced by theophylline contained in tea, and astringent taste is the expression of the convergence of delicate tissues in the mouth.
5. Convergence: After drinking tea, the special substances in tea stimulate the tightness around the tongue and mouth, which is mostly the expression of astringency.
6. water taste: water taste means that the taste of tea soup is very light. After repeated brewing, the taste of tea soup has been fully diluted. When you drink it, you will feel the sweetness of water rather than the sweetness of tea itself.
Free clause
Returning sweetness refers to the process of producing sweetness after bitter taste is transformed in the mouth.
Saliva production refers to the continuous gushing of saliva from cheeks, tongue surface and tongue bottom.
After drinking tea, the feeling brought by tea soup to the throat is sweet, moist and dry.
Plumpness refers to the fullness of the mouth brought by the rich substances in tea soup.
The charm of Chen Yun's aging over time is often easily felt in old tea with a certain year.
Incense is restrained, fragrance is unobtrusive, and its fragrance is in water. With a heart, it is not without a heart.
The entrance is the entrance of tea soup, which naturally enters the throat without conscious swallowing. Especially good old tea, people say? Melt at the entrance. Did you drink it? It is people's admiration for the highest realm of water-based tea soup when tasting old tea.
After years of aging, after the excellent tea soup is stored in the throat, the mouth is bright and clear, and the teeth are clear.
The aroma of medicine is similar to that of old tea, and the rich aroma of medicine is usually a way to praise the aroma of old tea.
derogatory term
Sour taste is not completely dried after rolling, and the moisture content is too high when pressing.
No matter the temperature or time, the green smell is not enough, which will happen when it is serious. Green smell? .
After drinking tea, the throat is too dry, it is difficult to swallow, it is tight and itchy, and people will have slight anxiety and irritability.
Tea leaves tea soup in the throat, not tea fragrance in the mouth, but water vapor.
Tea ceremony element
China Tea Ceremony, as far as its constituent elements are concerned, has four elements: environment, etiquette, tea art and practice.
(1) environment
Tea ceremony is a tea tasting activity under certain circumstances. Tea ceremony pays special attention to the choice and construction of environment, aiming at cultivating and purifying people's hearts through the environment, so it needs an environment that meets the requirements of tea ceremony activities. The environment of tea ceremony activities is not random or random, but carefully chosen or created. There are three tea ceremony environments. One is the natural environment, such as under pine trees, beside springs and on rocks in forests. The second is the artificial environment, such as temples, pavilions, waterside pavilions, study rooms, living rooms, etc. The third is the special environment, that is, the teahouse specially used for tea ceremony activities. Tea room includes outdoor environment and indoor environment. Outdoor environment refers to the teahouse courtyard, where evergreen plants and flowers such as pine, bamboo and bamboo are often planted. Oil paintings, flower arrangements, bonsai and antiques are often hung in the indoor environment, and the study is clearly provided. In particular, hanging pictures and arranging flowers are essential. In short, the environment of tea ceremony should be elegant and quiet, so that people can enter this environment, forget the secular world, wash away the dust and cultivate morality.
(2) Etiquette
Tea ceremony activities should be carried out according to certain etiquette, etiquette is politeness, etiquette is etiquette, and law is norms and rules. ? Husband's delicious, three bowls, followed by five bowls. If the number of guests is five, three bowls will be provided. Seven or five bowls. If there are less than six people, there is no bowl, and one person is missing. Only the person who makes up the vacancy is meaningful. ? (Lu Yu, "The Book of Tea"? Five cooking? This is the custom of making tea in the Tang Dynasty.
? The boy held it in front of him, and the Lord began to hold a guest day: clear your heart for you. The guest picked it up, raised his hand and said, Otherwise, it's not enough to break the loneliness. Is to sit again. After drinking, the boy took Ou and retired. To make a long story short, be polite again and again ? (Preface to Zhu Quan's Tea Spectrum) This is the etiquette of the end, reception, drinking and narration between the host and guest of tea ceremony in the Song and Ming Dynasties, which is quite cautious. Etiquette is the established norm of behavior, manners, language and actions, showing friendship and respect. The ceremony of tea ceremony includes etiquette, courtesy and politeness between host and guest, and between guests.
The law of tea ceremony is a series of norms and protocols in the whole process of tea ceremony, involving some regulations between people, people and things, things and things, such as position, order, action, language, posture, gfd and so on.
Tea ceremony etiquette has its ups and downs with the changes of the times. In different tea ceremony schools, etiquette is different, but some basic etiquette contents are relatively fixed.
(3) Tea art
Tea art is the art of drinking tea. Tea art has five links: preparing utensils, selecting water, making fire, waiting for soup and learning tea. First, it is divided into tea science method. Ancient and modern tea art can be divided into frying tea, ordering tea and making tea. Secondly, according to the main tea sets, tea making can be divided into pot tea, kungfu tea, cup tea and kungfu tea. Again, according to the tea used. Kung Fu Tea can be divided into Wuyi Kung Fu Tea, Wuyi variant Kung Fu Tea, Taiwan Province Kung Fu Tea and Taiwan Province variant Kung Fu Tea according to its birthplace.
Tea art is the foundation and carrier of tea ceremony, and it is a necessary condition for tea ceremony. Tea ceremony is inseparable from tea ceremony, which depends on tea ceremony. Without tea ceremony, there is no tea ceremony. The connotation of tea art is less than that of tea ceremony, but the extension of tea art is greater than that of tea ceremony. Tea art can exist independently of tea ceremony, and as an art, it can also be performed on the stage. So it is ok to perform tea ceremony or tea ceremony performance, but it is not appropriate to say tea ceremony performance or tea ceremony performance. Because the tea ceremony is for people to practice, not for others to see, it is tea instead of tea.
(4) Practice
Practice is the basis and purpose of tea ceremony. Tea people enjoy themselves, cultivate their sentiments, cultivate their hearts and realize the Tao through tea activities. What is the practice of tea ceremony in China? Double major in life? Cultivating temperament means cultivating mind, cultivating life means cultivating morality, and cultivating life means cultivating body and mind. Self-cultivation, also known as health preservation, lies in getting rid of diseases, strengthening the body and prolonging life; Self-cultivation is based on ambition, morality, happiness and enlightenment. The double cultivation of life is finally implemented to the end.
The ideal of China Tea Ceremony is health, pleasure, cultivation and enlightenment. It is the result of monasticism, the ideal of tea ceremony, the ultimate pursuit of tea people and the highest realm of life. The purpose of tea ceremony is to practice, the environment is good, the etiquette is good, and the tea art is good, all for one purpose-practice, service practice. Practice is to improve the quality and realm of each participant and shape a perfect personality.
Tea ceremony introduction
The art of drinking tea includes four elements: tea ceremony, etiquette, environment and practice. Tea art is the foundation and necessary condition of tea ceremony, which can exist independently of tea ceremony. Tea ceremony is based on tea art and depends on it. What is the significance of tea art? Art? Pay attention to learning tea art and get aesthetic enjoyment; What is the focus of the tea ceremony? The purpose is to cultivate one's mind and realize the road through tea art, the connotation of tea art is less than that of tea art, which contains tea art, and the extension of tea art is greater than that of tea art, which is between tea art and tea culture. The connotation of tea ceremony is greater than that of tea ceremony, and the extension of tea ceremony is greater than that of tea ceremony. What are we talking about here? Art? , refers to the art of making tea, making tea and tasting tea; What are we talking about here? Tao? , refers to the spirit implemented in the process of artistic tea making. Tao without art is an empty theory; Art has no way, art has no essence and no spirit. Tea art, named but tangible, is the external expression of tea culture; Tea ceremony is spirit, truth, law, origin and essence. It is often invisible and intangible, but you can fully understand it through your heart. The combination of tea art and tea ceremony is the result of a high degree of unity of matter and spirit. The connotation and extension of tea ceremony and tea ceremony are different, which should be strictly distinguished and not confused. Tea drinking, tea tasting, tea art and the highest realm? tea ceremony
Drink tea: use tea as a drink to quench your thirst.
Tea tasting: pay attention to the color and fragrance of tea leaves, pay attention to the quality of tea sets, and savor them carefully when drinking.
Tea art: Pay attention to environment, atmosphere, music, brewing skills and interpersonal relationships.