Chapter 67: Tea and Wine Go Together

On this day, Wang Xiucai and Nong Tianyi explained the relationship between tea and wine.

Wang Xiucai is worthy of being a person who has read poetry and books, and he sorted out the similarities and differences between the two in this way:

Legend has it that tea and wine appeared almost at the same time, and both are the two largest drinks that are indispensable in life. They are all material consumer goods of human beings, but people have become mentally and physically dependent on them because of their consumption.

Since ancient times, tea and wine have been interrelated in people's life, work, social and cultural aspects, representing two special cultural symbols in Chinese culture, with different ways of expression.

In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jiang Tong discussed in the "Wine Message": "The prosperity of wine comes from the emperor, or Yun Yidi, and it is called Du Kang." There is no end to the food, the surplus is empty, the accumulation is flavorful, and the gas is fragrant for a long time. For this reason, it is not up to the odd side".

Legend has it that Du Kang is the originator of China's brewing industry. Cao Cao's "Short Song Xing" during the Three Kingdoms period praised: "How to solve worries, only Du Kang." Later generations of poets also used Du Kang to praise fine wines.

And the discovery of tea can be traced back to the time of Emperor Yan in ancient times. Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty said in the "Book of Tea": "Tea is drinking, originating from Shennong's family, smelling in Lu Zhougong......" "Tea is the medicine of all diseases, and wine is the length of a hundred medicines". This is the high praise of tea and wine by the ancients.

In fact, tea and wine play different roles in people's spiritual world, and tea culture and wine culture are known as the two main streams of Chinese food culture, and they are important media for people to communicate with each other.

What they all have in common is that they all have medicinal properties in medicine. Proper drinking can stimulate the nerves, invigorate the spirit, refresh the mind, eliminate fatigue, prevent diseases and so on.

The difference is that people often say "drink to kill sorrows". Therefore, both are delicious and rare.

Drinking too much tea makes people prone to insomnia, etc., and excessive drinking is also harmful to the body, and it is easy to cause alcohol poisoning and even life-threatening.

Wang Xiucai said emotionally: Throughout the ages, there have been many moving stories about literati and artists who have a desire to create because of drinking tea or drinking. Tea and wine can enlighten wisdom, inspire inspiration, and even be unstoppable.

For example, "Li Baidou's 100 Wine Poems" has left many immortal works for future generations, and his famous work "Will Enter the Wine" is even more borrowed from wine, full of pride.

Su Dongpo, a great writer in the Song Dynasty, was a good tea and alcoholic in his life, and expressed his nostalgia with tea, borrowed wine to write poems, and wrote countless masterpieces: "The little poet is not smiling, and he has never been a beautiful woman"; "The pitching has its own state, and the wine poem is self-contained"; Quatrains such as "the article is made by nature, and the drink is self-satisfied" are all quatrains created at a specific time.

For another example, the representative work of Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher and calligrapher in the Jin Dynasty, is known as the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", which is known as the first line of books in the world, and was also born in this special taste. "The sages are all over, the little long and salty, there are lofty mountains and steep collars here, lush forests and bamboos, and there are clear streams and turbulences, reflecting the left and right." What an artistic conception and what a state of mind.

Tea and wine, as special drinks in life, exude intoxicating aroma and alluring charm in various fields and places.

Today's weather is gloomy, and Qian Shusheng also talked to Nong Tianyi about his views:

Throughout the ages, emperors drank it, beggars drank it; The elegant drink it, and the laity drink it; Drink it when you are happy, drink it when you are depressed; Drink it when you win, drink it when you lose. Tea and wine are ubiquitous in scenes such as "celebration wine", "tea parties" and weddings and funerals under various names, and they are the protagonists of the event.

This is exactly "the cold night guests come to tea as wine, and the bamboo soup is boiling"; "Life must be happy, don't make the gold bottle empty to the moon"; "The bells and drums are not expensive enough, but I hope that I will not wake up after being drunk."

People often say: "Tea instead of wine", that is because tea can make people clear-headed, and wine can make things happen and can also fail. Proper drinking can not only lift the spirit, but also be good for health, but once you drink too much, you will often lose your mind, make mistakes or hurt your body.

Nonglu said to Nong Tianyi quite specifically: in life, whether it is tea or wine, they are like medicine primers, people say "no wine is not a feast", whether you invite someone to dinner, or a family reunion, you are to treat guests with tea, and the word wine comes first. This shows how important tea and wine are in daily life and interpersonal communication.

Wu Qing went on to say: "Tea is also intoxicating, why bother with wine", for thousands of years, the origin of tea and wine, and the inextricable relationship between them, who can say that the clear and clear way.

Wang Xiucai gave an example, there is a popular "Treatise on Tea and Wine" that records the debate literature on tea and wine, in which tea and wine boast and argue endlessly, and finally water mediates, because tea and wine cannot be separated from water, without water, tea and wine have no life, and how delicious can they be?

There are countless stories and legends about tea and wine, and you can only feel and experience the deliciousness of this world on your own.

At this time, Wang Xiucai said in the form of a question: So, does Cao Cao, a generation of heroes, drink tea?

This hero of "singing about wine, life is geometric", has always liked to drink, and also likes to relieve hangover to express loyalty, for example, to pay tribute to the hometown of Jiuyu Spring Wine to Emperor Han Xian, for example, he and Liu Bei Qingmei boiled wine about heroes, and also used "the world's heroes, but the king and the ear" such wine words to test Liu Bei...... Alcohol seems to be the most frequent occurrence in history books, and it is not suitable for a leisurely time.

Wu Qing said with a smile: It's still better to be tea, for example, on the question of "Cao Cao likes to drink tea", there was a description, and Cao Cao also laughed and said, "Xiao Qiao, I appreciate your tea art the most!" ”

Beauty sencha has always been the most exciting topic, charcoal, stove, boiling water, roasting tea, cooking, flowers, tea, these etiquette to do, the fragrance of tea naturally increased a few times. This is like going to eat lychees, you have to hurry up the horse, run down one horse after another, and ride the red dust in exchange for the laughter of the concubine, creating a strong sense of expectation and ritual.

Wang Xiucai said with a smile that in the end, a cup of tea is still needed to neutralize a certain atmosphere, the wet stone road, the oily eaves, the bonsai and flowers that have drunk enough water, and the symphony of water and tea, the tea is not intoxicating, and people are intoxicated.

Just like when the tea is over, the sky is clear, and the wings of the birds and feathers cross the sky, and the heart is as beautiful as the heart that has been washed by tea.

After more than 10 years of meditation, Nong Tianyi has learned a lot of tea culture knowledge and laid a solid foundation, he said: "Sir, tea and wine are like a dojo, one soft and one is rigid, neutralizing each other, and only then can you get their taste." ”

Wang Xiucai looked at Nong Tianyi, nodded first, and then said: "Tea and wine, one soft, one strong, each has its own taste, each has its own fun." ”