The Song Dynasty poet Su Dongpo once wrote a poem:

The fairy mountain spirit rain is wet and cloudy, and the fragrant skin powder is not evenly washed.

The bright moon came to invest in Yuchuanzi, and the breeze blew through Wulin Spring.

You must know that ice and snow have a good heart, and it is not the first new face of anointing oil.

The little poet Mo smiled in the play, and he has always been like a beautiful woman.

Tea, in fact, was only a medicinal herb at the earliest, and it is a masterpiece created by continuous research, summary and accumulation in the process of people's pursuit of a healthy life. There is a poem in Zha Weiren's "Lianpo Poems" in the Qing Dynasty:

Calligraphy, painting, piano, chess, poetry, hops, pieces of which were inseparable from it back then;

Now the seven things have changed, firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar tea.

Tea has long become an indispensable spiritual food in people's lives. The fragrance of tea is true and the taste is real, conforming to the beauty of nature, and tasting the purity of tea and the innocence of drinking tea.

The writer Zhang Zai praised in the poem "Ascending Chengdu Tower": "Fang Tu crowns six clear, overflowing flavor and sows nine districts".

As early as the end of the 19th century, the American writer Joseph . In his book The History and Mystery of Tea, Walsh said: "Tea and China are two different words, but they have the same meaning, and there is no doubt that China is the motherland of tea." ”

Nong Lu warned his son Nong Tianyi: The life of the peasant family is destined to be a life with tea and with tea!

Nong Tianyi replied: "Father, I will go up and down to find the true meaning of tea.

In the spring season, the husband and wife of Nonglu asked Wang Xiucai to give Nong Tianyi a lecture on tea poetry, tea history and other courses.

On this morning, Wang Xiucai began to speak, and he began by saying that the earliest official document about Tu is the Book of Songs, which mentions the word "Tu" in many places, such as "who says Tu bitter, its sweet as a camelina", "There are women like Tu", "Cai Tu salary", "Yu Shu Tu", "Violet, Tu Tu", "Tu Tu decay", which means bitter herbs, thatched flowers and land filthy grass, and the Tu at that time was mainly used for medicinal purposes.

Wang Xiucai followed the clues of the historical books and preached that in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the "Treatise on Food" written by the divine doctor Hua Tuo had recorded: "Bitter tea is beneficial for a long time." In the "Guangya" of the Wei Dynasty of the Three Kingdoms, the earliest record of the preparation and drinking of cake and tea was recorded: "Jingba picks leaves to make cakes, and the old leaves are caked, and rice paste is used."

The advent of Lu Yu's "Book of Tea" marked the formation and development of "tea culture", creating the art of tea drinking and the Chinese tea ceremony. A large number of treatises on tea began to appear, or praise them in the form of poems; or in the form of calligraphy; or in the form of paintings; or in the form of articles to inherit and record the changes of different historical periods.

Wang Xiucai said, let's talk about these today, Tianyi should take a good look at the original work and keep it in mind.

Nong Tianyi said, okay, students must study hard.

A few days later, Wang Xiucai began to talk about tea poetry, and he said that Chinese tea poetry is a branch of Chinese tea culture. There are many forms of poetry, and poetry can be integrated into music and calligraphy; Poetry can be integrated into painting, dance; Poetry can also be incorporated into martial arts and so on.

In the earliest literary treatise "Shangshu", there are: "Poetry and words, songs and words, sound and harmony". It can be seen that poetry is the natural outpouring, pouring, catharsis and expression of the author's own emotions.

At this time, Wang Xiucai said: Tianyi, you have to focus on mastering the poetry of the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, which is also the heyday of tea culture.

Nong Tianyi said, sir, the student remembered.

The weather was obviously hot and dry, so Wang Xiucai took off his coat and continued to lecture: the Tang Dynasty was very popular, so drinking tea became an elegant fashion, and it also became a major way to cultivate sentiment and friendship exchanges. It has also become a law for poets to love tea, drink tea, write about tea, and talk about tea. Poetry occupies an important place in tea culture.

Because tea is rich in natural beauty, has the function of refreshing and thinking, drinking tea makes people feel refreshed and happy, and produces associations with the beauty of human nature, therefore, tea has become an indispensable product when chanting poetry since ancient times. Tea meets friends, poetry meets friends, and tea improves the connotation of tea culture through poetry.

Wang Xiucai took a sip of tea and continued to speak: "The Book of Songs" is the first collection of poetry in Chinese history, which contains many poems related to tea. Such as: "Picking tea and eating my farmer", "Who says that tea is bitter, its sweetness is like camelina" and so on. The Jin Dynasty poet Zhang Mengyang's poem "Ascending Chengdu Tower" praised tea as "Fangcha crowns six feelings, and overflows with flavor and spreads nine districts".

Famous poets such as Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Liu Yuxi, and Lu Tong all wrote philosophical tea poems. Li Bai's "often hear about Yuquan Mountain, the cave is full of milk caves, the fairy mouse (white bat) is as white as a crow, hanging upside down in the deep stream and the moon, and the jade spring flows endlessly in this stone"; Bai Juyi's "erecting rock knotted thatched huts, breaking the ravines and opening tea gardens"; Du Fu's "On the sunset platform, when the spring breeze sipps tea, the stone fence obliquely points the pen, and the paulownia leaves sit on the inscription poem"; Lu You's "dwarf paper obliquely walks idle grass, and the fine milk plays tea in the sunny window".

Wang Xiucai's dragon flying phoenix dance: The poet writes the joy of tea tasting and the beauty of the environment like an elegant and elegant "Tea Tasting Picture". Lu Yu said: "Tea is for use, the taste is cold, for drinking, it is the most suitable person who is thrifty and virtuous." The "thrifty virtue" here is the connotation of the tea ceremony.

Wang Xiucai finally said that by drinking tea to cultivate sentiment and self-cultivation, he will become a person with good behavior, diligence and thrift, simplicity, and noble morals.

In the early summer, the husband and wife of the farmer invited Qian Shusheng to give Nong Tianyi a lecture on tea and calligraphy and painting art courses.

Qian Shusheng talked eloquently: tea and calligraphy, tea planting, tea picking, tea making, tea brewing, and tea drinking all have strict methods and skills, so calligraphy also perfectly expresses Chinese tea culture to a certain extent. The development of calligraphy, like other art forms, followed a path from the practical to the artistic.

Chinese calligraphy has a long history, reflecting the spiritual outlook of different eras in different styles, and the art is always youthful. Browse the calligraphy of the past dynasties, "Jin people are still rhyme, Tang people are still law, Song people are still meaning, Yuan and Ming are still state".

Speaking of which, Qian Shusheng specially reminded: Tianyi, you have to keep this sentence in mind.

Nong Tianyi hurriedly replied: Sir, the student knows.

Qian Shusheng sorted out the calligraphy context of the past dynasties: Chinese calligraphy is an ancient art, from the oracle bone inscription, the golden script evolved into the big seal, the small seal, the official script, to the Eastern Han Dynasty, Wei Dynasty, Jin Dynasty cursive, regular script, line calligraphy, calligraphy has always exuded the charm of art.

The heyday of the Tang Dynasty was not only reflected in the fact that the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the society was in peace and contentment, but also in the flourishing period of calligraphy art, the development of tea production and the prosperity of all walks of life. Calligraphy and tea culture are closely related, the famous Tang Dynasty calligrapher Huaisu monk "bitter bamboo shoots post" "bitter bamboo shoots and tea are exceptionally good, but can come to Huaisu". The words are concise and concise, and its chapters and penmanship are vivid and vivid, and the spirit is flying.

Speaking of this, Qian Shusheng accentuated his tone: From this, we can see Huaisu's admiration and longing for tea.

Qian Shusheng concluded: "Wine strengthens the courage of heroes, and tea leads to scholars' thinking", tea is a good medicine for literati to inspire creativity. Tianyi should be calm, eliminate distractions, and experience and feel an elegant and pure art with his heart.

Nong Tianyi said: Sir, students must understand with their hearts.

Su Dongpo, a calligrapher in the Song Dynasty, once talked with his friend Sima Guang and said: "The tea is fragrant and fragrant, which is its virtue; All are strong, and it is their operation. For example, the difference between the beauty and evil of a wise man and a gentleman is the same as his virtue. Su Dongpo raised tea and calligraphy to a certain philosophical and moral height, and on the other hand, it also expressed the true embodiment of Mr. Dongpo's pursuit of perfection.

According to legend, Liu Gongquan, a calligrapher in the Tang Dynasty, admonished the emperor with "the heart is correct and the pen is correct". Calligraphy is extremely important to people's character requirements, and drinking tea is more about cultivating virtue and cultivating the mind and calming the spirit.

Today's warm wind gusts, Qian Shusheng to Nong Tianyi focused on explaining tea and painting, he said: It is beautiful to use painting to express tea art, tea ceremony, and tea culture, it gives people the most direct and intuitive feeling, making people immersed and pleasing to the eye. The origins of Chinese painting, like the origins of Chinese history, are incomprehensible. Zhang Yanyuan of the Tang Dynasty, in his Records of Famous Paintings of the Past Dynasties, traced the origin of Chinese painting back to the time of legends, pointing out that the hieroglyphs at that time were the unity of writing and painting.

At this time, Qian Shusheng focused on the close connection between tea and the art of painting, and exhibited his related collections. He said:

The connection between tea and painting throughout the ages is vivid, and the content of tea paintings is mostly depicting tea boiling, serving tea, tasting tea, picking tea, meeting friends with tea, and drinking tea utensils. Most of the ancient paintings with tea as the theme in China are existing or documented after the Tang Dynasty. Some of the most representative works are:

Gu Kaizhi of the Jin Dynasty's "Picture Scroll of the Legend of Benevolence and Wisdom of the Daughters";

Tang Dynasty Zhou Fang (female) "Tuning the Piano and Sipping Tea Picture Scroll";

Liu Songnian's "Tea Fighting Picture Scroll" in the Southern Song Dynasty;

Zhao Mengfu's "Tea Fight" in the Yuan Dynasty;

Tang Yin's "Tea Picture" in the Ming Dynasty; Wen Zhengming's "Huishan Tea Party Map" and "Cooking Tea Picture"; Ding Yunpeng's "Yuchuan Boiling Tea", and so on.

Finally, Qian Shusheng summarized: bringing these tea paintings together can be regarded as a historical catalogue of China's tea culture for thousands of years. At the same time, it has a high appreciation value. Therefore, tea has been harmoniously integrated with qin, chess, calligraphy and painting since ancient times.