Who brought Chinese tea to Japan, and which dynasty in China passed on Japanese tea?

The culture of Chinese tea was introduced to Japan as early as the Sui Dynasty (around 593 AD), more than 1,000 years ago. According to the two books of Japan's "Ancient Roots" and "Ao Yi Copy", Emperor Shengwu of Japan gathered 100 monks in the first year of Tianping (729) to chant in the palace for four days, and everyone was honored to give them pink tea after the event. It is also recorded that at that time, there was a high monk Xingji (658-749) who built many temples during his lifetime and planted tea in the temple.

Japan's most sumi (known as the missionary master) in 804 A.D. (Tang Dezong.

Zhenyuan 20 years) came to Tiantai Mountain, Zhejiang.

Guoqing Temple studied Buddhism.

When he returned to Japan the following year, he brought some tea seeds with him and planted them in Omi (Shiga Prefecture). Legend has it that the Chishang Tea Garden was planted by the Taishi. In 806, Japan's Kukai (Kobo Daishi) came to our country to study Buddhism, and also brought back a lot of tea seeds, which were planted in various places, but they were trial species, mainly for medicinal purposes.

In the sixth year of Emperor Hirohito of Saga (815 AD), he paraded to the temple temple in Shiga, where the monk Nancha was drunk, and the emperor was delighted after drinking and was given a crown. At that time, the emperor ordered Omi, Tanba, Harima and other places to grow tea as tribute tea, and after that, the folk tea drinking custom generally rose.

Southern song dynasty. Shi Rongxi Zen Master has come to China twice, to Zhejiang Tiantai, Siming, Tiantong and other places, has a deep attainment in Buddhism, was Song Xiaozong.

Bestowed on the title of Master of Thousand Lights. He brought the tea seeds back to Japan and planted them himself at Hizen Ridge Zhenshan (i.e., Fukuoka).

Southwest), and the author of "Eating Tea to Nourish the Body" two volumes, vigorously advocating the way of eating tea to maintain health, and the Japanese tea-eating culture gradually flourished. "Eating Tea and Maintaining Health" is considered by Japan to be Japan's first tea book, and Eisai is revered as the "ancestor of Japanese tea". (Reference**:.)

Zhuang Wanfang Tea Science ** Anthology).

In the first year of Tang Shunzong's Yongzhen, when Japan's most Cheng Zen master, who studied Buddhism in China, returned to China, he brought tea seeds back to Japan and planted them in Saga Prefecture.

The Chinese tea ceremony spread to Japan and became the quintessence of Japan, and Jianzhan became the best tea set.

Tea ceremony, in my humble opinion, in a general sense, the tea ceremony is considered a Japanese tea ceremony, we generally do not speak of tea ceremony in our country, and the Japanese tea ceremony is a ritualized thing in Japan to serve tea to guests. Note that it is a ritualized product, and the Japanese pay a lot of attention to form, and the tea ceremony is such an embodiment. They like to prepare food in front of their guests, like teppanyaki, so that guests can not only eat the food, but also learn how to cook it, and the tea ceremony is also the case with the Lara people.

The steps are quite cumbersome, so you can know for yourself.

In our country, it can be understood as a collection of tea culture and tea drinking process.

In fact, it should not be called the tea ceremony, but more precisely, I think it should be said to be culture, such as gongfu tea culture, Buddhist tea culture, etc., in our traditional Chinese culture, "Tao" is the highest source of the world, everywhere, so in the concept of traditional Chinese culture, the culture or form that can be crowned with the word "Tao" is very profound or sacred.

We know that the Tao Te Ching is divided into Tao Treatise and Virtue Treatise, in the Tao Treatise, Lao Tzu focused on the Dao, and he even raised the Tao to the height of the origin of the birth of the world, and it was the Tao that created everything. Lao Tzu said: Tao gives birth to one, life to two, two to three, and three to all things.

Confucius's lifelong pursuit is also to seek the Tao and promote the Tao, as can be seen from his remarks, Confucius said: Hearing the Tao in the morning, it is okay to die at night. People can promote the Tao, but not the Tao. Jun refers to the cheats of the son, and the principle of the Tao is born.

Forget it, I'll just say that, typing is so tiring.

No, the Japanese tea ceremony originated in China.

At present, the sencha ceremony in Japan and the tea ceremony in Zhaoyan in Taiwan, China are all ** in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China.

Japan has no culture of its own, and the Japanese tea ceremony is all about imitating and copying the ancient Chinese culture!

Japan's tea was passed down during the Southern Song Dynasty.

Tea is a popular drink traditionally held in Japan, with an average of 8 out of 10 people drinking tea. It was still in the Tang Dynasty that the Japanese monk Saicheng studied in Tiantai Mountain, Zhejiang, and when he returned to China, he not only brought the Tiantai sect to Japan, but also brought tea seeds to Mt. Hiei in Kyoto.

Later, the monk Rongxi also studied Buddhism and tea art in Tiantai Mountain, and wrote the famous "Eating Tea and Health Record", which recorded the tea making process and tea ordering method that were popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang during the Southern Song Dynasty, so he was known as Japan's "tea ancestor". Later, the monk En'er Bianyuan brought back the seeds of Jingshan tea and planted them in his hometown of Shizuoka Prefecture, and the tea style began to spread.

The Tang Dynasty Jianzhen monk brought to Japan, and the Japanese tea ceremony was the tea ceremony of the Tang Dynasty. There is also architecture, Buddhist culture, flower arrangement (incense), which was also brought over by the Tang Dynasty Jianzhen Dongdu. The incense in the TV series "Living Color Heavenly Elephant Incense" also stated.

Tea and tea ceremonies were introduced to Japan at different times.

Chinese tea and tea culture were introduced to Japan through Zhejiang as the main channel and Buddhism as the transmission channel. From the Tang Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty, Japanese envoys and scholars came to the Buddhist holy places in Zhejiang to practice and study, and when they returned to China, they also brought the knowledge of tea planting, brewing skills and the spirit of the traditional Chinese tea ceremony to Japan, so that the tea ceremony was carried forward in Japan.

Among these envoys and scholars, Cheng is the one who is directly related to the spread of tea culture. Before the most Cheng, there were many missionaries from Tiantai Mountain and Tiantai Sect, such as Jianzhen in the 12th year of Tianbao (753), who brought not only the teachings of the Tiantai sect, but also science and technology and life customs, including the way of drinking tea.

During the Southern Song Dynasty, an important period of Chinese tea ceremony, the Japanese scholar Eisai came to China twice. When Eisai returned to China, he brought more than 30 books and 60 volumes of Tiantai Xinzhangshu, and also brought tea seeds, and after returning to China, he planted tea in the temple and vigorously promoted Zen Buddhism and tea drinking. In addition, Rongxi also studied the "Book of Tea" written by Lu Yu in the Tang Dynasty, and wrote Japan's first tea drinking monograph, "Eating Tea and Maintaining Health".

Since then, the trend of tea drinking in Japan has quickly become popular, and Eisai is also revered as the "ancestor of tea" in Japan.

The Japanese tea ceremony originated in China. The Japanese tea ceremony was developed on the basis of the "daily tea sedan chair rental", which fused the behavior of daily life with religion, philosophy, ethics and aesthetics into a comprehensive cultural and artistic activity. It is not only a material enjoyment, but also through the tea party, learning the tea ceremony, cultivating temperament, and cultivating people's aesthetic and moral concepts.

The Japanese tea ceremony originated in China and has a charm of oriental culture. It has its own formation, development process and unique connotation.

As Kuwata Nakajin said, "The tea ceremony has evolved from a mere fun and entertainment to a norm and ideal that expresses the daily life and culture of the Japanese people." "At the end of the 16th century, Sen no Rikyu inherited and absorbed the spirit of the tea ceremony of the past dynasties and founded the authentic Japanese tea ceremony.

He was the master of the tea ceremony. Dissecting the spirit of the Rikyu tea ceremony, you can learn about one of the spots of the Japanese tea ceremony.

Murata Zhuguang once proposed "respectful and pure" as the spirit of the tea ceremony, but Sen no Rikyu only changed one word, with the four characters of "harmony and respect for silence" as the purpose, which is concise and rich in connotation. "Silence" is also written as "silence". It refers to aesthetics.

This sense of beauty is embodied in the word "wabi". "Wabi" is pronounced as "wabi" in Japanese, which originally meant "lonely", "poor", "cold" and "depressed".

During the Heian period, the word "wabi" referred to people who were frustrated, depressed, depressed, and lonely. By the end of the Heian period, the meaning of "wabi" gradually evolved into the meaning of "quiet" and "leisurely", and it became a sense of beauty that was appreciated by some people at the time. The emergence of this sense of beauty has socio-historical reasons and ideological roots

The period from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period was a period of social upheaval and reorganization in Japan, when the formerly dominant aristocracy lost power and a new samurai class entered the political arena. The aristocracy who had lost their paradise felt the impermanence of the world and became pessimistic and misanthropic, so the Pure Land sect of Buddhism came into being.

The frustrated monks regarded the society at that time as a filthy land, and called on people to "get rid of the filthy soil and dress up and seek a pure land". Under the influence of this kind of thinking, many aristocratic literati ran away from home, or lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, or wandered in the wilderness, built a hermitage in the deep mountains and wilderness, lived a secluded life, and created the so-called "hermitage literature" to express their nostalgia for the past and dispel the anger in their chests. This kind of literature has a gloomy tone and a "mysterious" style.

We all know that the Japanese tea ceremony is the best in China. In China, there is a very good tea drinking culture, and in Japan, the tea culture has developed very well, and along the way, the form of tea drinking in Japan is also somewhat different from China.

Japanese people pay more attention to the venue for tea drinking, and it is normal to carry out tea houses. After the guests are seated, the tea master who is responsible for brewing the tea lights a charcoal fire, boils water, and makes tea or matcha according to the normal process, and then gives it to the guests one after another. In accordance with the regulations of the Danqing Festival, the guests must respectfully receive the tea with both hands, thank them first, and then turn the tea bowl three times, light taste, slow drink, and make amends.

The tea bowls used in Japan have a scenery with a straight face and a back, and the host usually respects the guests with a straight face and welcomes them. In order to show humility, the guest should turn the bowl clockwise a few times, first 45 degrees, and then turn it after drinking, so that the face is facing the host, that is, the face is returned to the host, showing a kind of humility and gratitude. Then learn to let go, which shows the importance of the tea bowl.

At this moment, the host's first guest can ask questions about the origin of tea bowls and camellias, but only the host's first guest. The whole process of the matcha ceremony is very quiet, and there is no **, and all the tea club stores will not appear until this time.

The main equipment for the application of Japanese tea art is tea, tea box, soup spoon, Buddha dust, and white cloth strips. The procedure is different, and there are different hours of time in the year to prepare tea in advance. For the most part, the ritual is one focused on matcha, where guests are able to watch the host prepare the tea in advance in the most unusual and wonderful way.

The goal of the ritual is relaxation and communication with others. The Japanese tea ceremony is a symbol of tranquility and friendship.

Preparations can sometimes be gradual in the days or even a week before the event. The host of the tea show must first push the invitation and commit to the matter, which means that the host must live in harmony within his or her heart. In addition, it is important that the client cleans the house or area where the ceremony will be held.

Guests must relax before participating in the tea ceremony. When a guest enters the room, it means that the tea is ready. The host of the show is not eager to prepare tea before the mold, he or she must relax and do everything to sleep.

At the tea banquet, the tea should be drunk in a short time, preferably a few and a half sips, or three and a half sips, and finally one sip is drunk in one sip, indicating that it is delicious. Drink it and finally order a little water, and drink it to show that you love this matcha. After drinking matcha and putting the tea bowl down, there is also a ceremony called "visiting the tea bowl".

The guest put the ten fingers of both hands in front of the tea bowl, and then raised the tea bowl with both hands to look left and right, and then changed the palm of the right hand to hold the tea hail and close the bowl, and the left hand slowly rotated to appreciate.

The Japanese tea picking is generally with a miniature draft of the agricultural machinery to pick tea, the effect is very fine and efficient, in a large tea garden in the standard planting of rows of tea trees, and when the spring tea trees germinate, they will have a piece of black gauze to guess the key burning code tea tree cover, and then use a miniature strong tea machine to pick tea.

The production process of green tea begins with tea picking. Tea pickers in the tea plantations put the tea leaves in large bamboo baskets, on their backs and arms, and then the men dry and roll the tea leaves. The tea leaves are then carefully selected, carefully guessed and sorted by hand and machine, and then replicated in a large wide pot.

Workers remove the defective products in the tea, wrap the finished product in a paper bag, and finally load it onto the merchant ship**.

It is directly harvested by mechanization, and the picking of such tea leaves is not particularly complete.

Japanese tea culture originated in China at the earliest, and the difference is that Chinese tea culture focuses on the taste of tea itself, while Japanese tea culture focuses on the process of making tea.

Of course, Japan's tea culture originated in China, and when drinking tea in Japan, it pays great attention to the tea ceremony, and the procedures come one by one. Relatively speaking, when drinking tea in China, it is more casual.

Japan's tea culture originated in China, but the process of tasting tea, the taste of the tea you love, and the style of tea utensils are very different.

What is the reason why the tea ceremony is fading in China but is flourishing in Japan?

It is passed on by Tiantai Mountain, Taizhou City, Zhejiang Province

1. The background culture of the tea culture of the two countries is different.

Chinese tea culture has its origins in medicinal use, and as such, it is closely related to the Chinese Taoist idea of health preservation. Especially in the Tang Dynasty, when Chinese tea culture was initially formed, tea was mostly associated with the idea of immortals, and thus sublimated into the field of spiritual culture. The formation of the Japanese tea ceremony lies in the infiltration of Zen science.

The Japanese tea ceremony pays more attention to the Zen flavor in tea culture, and makes good use of metaphors to express the Zen realm, pursuing the style of a Zen person who is introspective and cultivated.

2. The formation process of tea culture in the two countries is different.

Chinese tea culture is from its edible value gradually rose to the spiritual level, Chinese tea was first used for medicine, and then used for drinking, in 780 Lu Yu's "Book of Tea" to inject cultural connotation into tea. However, the development of Japanese tea culture has gone through the opposite process, that is, it is the spiritual culture that is first established, and then it is popularized into practice. Japanese monks brought tea to Japan as an advanced culture, and as a result, it had a strong cultural overtone from the beginning.

The Japanese tea ceremony, founded in the century, emphasizes artistic taste and spiritual connotation more than the practicality of tea land.

3. The carriers of tea culture in the two countries are different.

The teahouse that appeared in modern China has become one of the main carriers of Chinese tea culture, while the carrier of Japanese tea culture is mainly the tea room.

4. The norms and rituals of tea culture in the two countries are different.

Chinese believe that "Tao" is a complete system of thought and doctrine, is the universe, the laws and laws of life, so Chinese do not easily say, in China's many food and entertainment can be sublimated into "Tao" only tea ceremony, but it is not like the Japanese tea ceremony has a strict standard of rituals, so we call the Chinese tea ceremony more "tea culture".

The rules of the Japanese tea ceremony are "four rules and seven rules". The so-called "four rules" are "harmony, respect, purity, and silence"; "Seven rules" refers to the preparation used to receive guests: "Tea should be prepared in advance; The charcoal should be put away in advance; The tea room should be warm in winter and cool in summer; Indoor flower arrangements should be as natural as wildflowers; Comply with the prescribed time; Prepare rain gear even when it's not raining; Everything is done for the sake of the guests.

From this, we can see the differences between China and Japan in terms of national and cultural backgrounds.