Chapter 197: Procrastination
"I don't know anything, but I just touch on it slightly. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info" Wang Qingming said with a wave of his hand. "The tea ceremony, simply put, is the way to appreciate the beauty of tea. Tea ceremony is also a kind of life art of cooking tea and drinking tea, a kind of life etiquette with tea as a medium, and a way of life with tea for self-cultivation. It is a very beneficial ritual of harmony and beauty by making tea, appreciating tea, smelling tea, drinking tea, enhancing friendship, cultivating virtues, learning etiquette, and appreciating traditional virtues. Moreover, drinking tea can calm the mind and calm the mind, which helps to cultivate sentiment and remove distracting thoughts. ”
"Oh, I can't imagine that there are so many sayings in the tea ceremony, women like us just drink the same thing, and they can't compare to the self-cultivation of Miss Miaoyu. When Mrs. Wang saw Wang Qingming casually say a lot of things about the tea ceremony, she was immediately more convinced of her thoughts.
"The origins of the tea ceremony can be traced back to a long time ago. The ancestors at least before the Tang Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, the first in the world to drink tea as a way of self-cultivation, the Tang Dynasty "Feng Shi Wenjian Ji" has such a record: "Chinese tea ceremony tea ceremony tea ceremony, princes and courtiers all drink." This is the earliest record of the tea ceremony in the extant literature, and the earliest and most complete tea ceremony process is the sencha tea ceremony created by Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty. Wang Qingming glanced at Mrs. Wang, and then continued to speak, Wang Qingming knew that Mrs. Wang and the others did not mean to drink, in order to prevent Mrs. Wang and others from trying to find out more things, and at the same time, they also paralyzed the various forces that had been paying attention to Rongguo Mansion in secret could not know the true details of Wang Qingming.
"Oh? Then why do we have very little pursuit of tea drinking now? It stands to reason that the way of drinking tea should be respected by those adults and masters?" Jia Tanchun of Rongguo Mansion listened to Wang Qingming's words, and guessed that Wang Qingming wanted to talk about the tea ceremony for everyone, which was also to follow Wang Qingming's intention and pave the way for Wang Qingming to continue to tell.
"There is a great reason for this at the time of the Yuan Dynasty, everyone, please listen to me slowly. During the Tang and Song dynasties, people were very particular about the environment, etiquette, operation and other tea drinking rituals for drinking tea, and there were some conventions and rituals commonly known as the tea banquet. He also has a very deep understanding of the role of tea in self-cultivation, and Zhao Ji of Song Huizong of the Song Dynasty is a lover of tea, he believes that the fragrant taste of tea can make people leisurely and quiet, and the fun is endless: "If the tea is a thing, it is good at the delicate spirit of Ou Fujian, the spirit of Zhongshan and Chuan, and the stagnation of the placket is clear, and the Qing Dao is harmonious, then it is not a mediocre person who can know it." Zhongyu is leisurely and clean, and the rhyme is high and quiet......" Wang Qingming paused for a moment, and then continued.
In the second year of Shaoxi in the Southern Song Dynasty, Rongxi, a monk from the Wa Kingdom who was far away, brought tea from China back to the Wa Kingdom, and since then the Wa Kingdom has begun to grow tea all over the country. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Zen Master Nanpu Zhaoming came to the Jingshan Temple in the Central Plains to learn scriptures, exchanged the tea banquet rituals of the temple, and introduced the tea ceremony to the Wa Kingdom for the first time, becoming the earliest propagator of the tea ceremony in the Wa Kingdom. There is a clear record of this in the "Examination of Similar Clusters and Objects" of the Wa Kingdom: "The beginning of the tea ceremony, in the Zhengyuan Dynasty, Chongfu Temple opened the mountain, and Nanpu Zhaoming was introduced by the Song Dynasty. There is also an account of "Nanpu Zhaoming returned from the Song Dynasty and brought the tea table and tea props to Chongfu Temple". It was not until the Toyotomi Hideyoshi era of the Wa Kingdom (1536 ~ 1598 AD, equivalent to the middle and late Ming Dynasty of our country) that Sen no Rikyu became a high monk of the Wa State Tea Ceremony, that he held high the banner of "Tea Ceremony" and summed up the four rules of the tea ceremony: "Harmony, Respect, Purity, and Silence", obviously this basic theory was formed under the influence of the essence of our tea ceremony, and its main ritual framework norms still originate from us. ”
"Our tea ceremony appeared very early, but unfortunately, although we put forward the concept of "tea ceremony" very early and continued to practice and explore in this field, we have not been able to develop this cause in the name of "tea ceremony" in a clear banner, nor have we standardized the traditional tea ceremony etiquette. Our tea ceremony can be said to be more spiritual than formal. Some scholars believe that the necessary rituals are more important to the banner of the "tea ceremony", and that there is no ceremony just to claim to have a "tea ceremony", although it cannot be said that it is not okay, and it can be praised if there is tea, then it seems to be generalized, and in the end it is also "the way can be the way, the very way". ”
"Making tea is a very simple thing, so simple that you only need two actions: put tea leaves and pour water. But in the tea ceremony, that set of rituals is too complicated or too elaborate, and ordinary people will definitely not make this little thing of daily life so complicated. In fact, our tea ceremony is not only satisfied with the invention of tea self-cultivation and the norms of rituals, but more boldly to explore the true meaning of tea for human health, and creatively combine tea with a variety of natural raw materials such as traditional Chinese medicine, so that the role of tea in health care can be greatly enhanced, and make it gain a greater space for development, which is the most practical value of our tea ceremony, and it is also the charm that has been valued and loved by people for so many years. ”
"The way of drinking tea in the Tang Dynasty and the tea soup in the Tang Dynasty were completely different from what we have today. In the Tang Dynasty, tea cakes were chopped and crushed into powder, passed through 'Luo', that is, after being sieveed and added to boiling water to boil into a paste, salt, green onions, ginger, orange peel, mint, etc., similar to a terrible 'Hu spicy soup'. It's no wonder that this kind of completely strange and unpalatable 'tea soup' can refresh people and make people drink it without dozing. ”
"The tea ceremony of the Tang Dynasty was passed down to future generations, and after a hundred years of rule by the Yuan Dynasty, it was completely annihilated in the land of the Central Plains. On the contrary, part of the content of the Tang Dynasty tea ceremony has been retained in the Waguo tea ceremony. The tea soaked water that arose in the Yuan Dynasty has been passed down to this day, but there is no "Tao" ingredient here. The so-called "tea ceremony" and "tea culture" that prevail in the Central Plains today, the so-called "tea ceremony idea of 'diligence and simplicity'", and many twisted postures are all nonsense fabricated by good people in recent years, and even more absurd propaganda about the so-called gold of a Pu'er tea cake that has been brewed for several years and costs hundreds of taels of gold, is simply deceptive. Wang Qingming said this, but he picked up the tea in his hand again and sniffed it lightly, then shook his head and put it down, "This is the so-called instrument does not exist, and the Tao is no more." ”
"Miss Miaoyu is worthy of being a disciple of a master, and her opinions on all things are different from ordinary people. Seeing Wang Qingming's behavior of turning his head to drink the tea he brought, the old lady, Mrs. Wang, and Wang Xifeng were a little angry, but Lin Daiyu looked at Wang Qingming with a look of approval, "Listening to Miss Miaoyu's words, it is better than studying a book for ten years." ”
"Compared to this, this girl is Lin Daiyu, the daughter of Lin Ruhai, the salt patrol royal historian back then. Wang Qingming raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Daiyu, and then said in a loud voice.
"Miss Miaoyu is really clever, she is indeed Daiyu's sister. Seeing that Lin Daiyu and Wang Qingming had the intention of talking, Xue Baochai on Lin Daiyu's side hurriedly spoke out to help Lin Daiyu return to the Tao, and at the same time secretly praised Wang Qingming.
It's not a clever calculation, it's just that the girl who watched it looked like she was rich and noble, and she had the unique gentleness of a woman in the water town in the south, so she just guessed. Wang Qingming did not receive Xue Baochai's praise, but admired Lin Daiyu even more.
"In any case, Miss Miaoyu is not an ordinary person, Daiyu heard what Jun said today, but she wanted to communicate more with Miss Miaoyu in private, I wonder if Miss Miaoyu can agree?" Xue Baochai was blocked by Wang Qingming with words, so Lin Daiyu had the opportunity to speak, so Lin Daiyu directly said her inner thoughts.
"If there is anything Miss Daiyu wants to communicate with in the future, you can come to Muni Courtyard to find me. Wang Qingming nodded and expressed his praise, because in this Rongguo Mansion, Wang Qingming is the only one who can see a little spirituality from Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai, but from Xue Baochai's behavior just now, Wang Qingming has a little disgust for Xue Baochai, and Wang Qingming also found that Xue Baochai's life is thinner than paper, but his heart is higher than the sky, but Lin Daiyu has always faced all people with an indisputable meaning, and Wang Qingming has taken a fancy to this indisputable meaning.
"Then thank you Miss Miaoyu. Lin Daiyu bowed to Miaoyu, and then returned to her position, no longer saying anything else, just quietly watching the various performances of others.
"Since Miss Miaoyu has come to Rongguo Mansion, how can Miss Miaoyu return to live in the Muni Courtyard with a bad environment? Rongguo Mansion is so big, there will definitely be a courtyard that Miss Miaoyu likes, and I think the old lady must also welcome Miss Miaoyu very much. Although Wang Xifeng didn't know the reason for Mrs. Wang's behavior, she had already been arranged by Mrs. Wang, so she brought up the matter that Mrs. Wang had arranged with her before.
Wang Qingming did not rush to answer Wang Xifeng's words, but tapped the table next to him with his jade fingers, as if he was thinking about something.
"Master, it's not early, it's almost time for you to drink the afternoon medicine. Got Wang Qingming's hint, Chunjiang, who had been standing behind Wang Qingming, possessed Wang Qingming's ear, and said softly in a voice that was extremely low, but could be heard by everyone in the room.
"Is it almost there?" Wang Qingming heard Chunjiang's words, but he showed a pair of unfinished intentions in front of everyone.