Only with spirit can there be inheritance. What is the spirit of tea ceremony?

Life has the motivation to live and the spirit of life. No matter what aspect it is, there must be spiritual understanding. It is precisely because of the intersection of spirits that today's cultural inheritance can be achieved.

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There are different opinions on what the spirit of tea ceremony is. The spirit of tea ceremony in China has never been unified and standardized, which has brought a lot of inconvenience to the popularization of tea culture and tea ceremony.

The four rules of "harmony, respect, purity, and silence" are the spirit of the Japanese tea ceremony and have guided Japanese people's thoughts and lives for hundreds of years. Inspired by the Japanese tea ceremony, in recent years, China and South Korea have also tried to find their own tea spirit from their cultural roots, with remarkable results. Contemporary Chinese tea thoughts may be due to different positions or different objects of appeal.

Perhaps due to differences in concepts, the purposes are very different. Here are four companies for brief explanation: Chinese Tea Art Industry Association: "Quietness, Beauty"; Tea Art Association of the Republic of China: "Qing, Jing, Yi" , truth"; Lu Yu Tea Art Center: "beauty, health, nourishing one's nature, being ethical"; Kaohsiung Tea Art Association: "moderateness, frugality, nourishing one's energy and taste".

Although the Japanese tea ceremony originated from China, under the unique environment of the Yamato nation, it is naturally integrated with religion, philosophy, ethics, and aesthetics, becoming a comprehensive cultural and artistic activity in Japan. The spirit of the tea ceremony can be condensed into four words: "harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility". This was proposed by Sen no Rikyu at the end of the 16th century after absorbing the tea ceremony spirit of Murata Shuguang and others.

"He" refers to harmony and joy; "Jing" refers to purity, honesty, mutual respect and love between host and guest; "Qing" and "Ji" refer to the quiet and elegant atmosphere inside and outside the tea room Environment and atmosphere. The tea in the tea ceremony is also called "WABI tea". WABI means silence and tranquility. It has become the Japanese people's consciousness of appreciating beauty.

The emergence of this sense of beauty has its social historical reasons and ideological roots: from the late Heian period to the Kamakura period, Japanese society was in turmoil, the formerly dominant aristocrats lost power, and the emerging samurai class entered the political stage. The nobles who lost their paradise felt that the world was uncertain and were pessimistic and world-weary. Therefore, many nobles lived in seclusion in the mountains and forests, or wandered in the wilderness. They built thatched hermitages in the mountains and wilderness and lived a secluded life.

Pursue the "WABI" mentality, live a secluded life in the suburbs or secluded places, enjoy the fun of quaint pastoral life, seek spiritual comfort, and regard "quietness and silence" as beauty. Tea master Murata Shuguang and others introduced this sense of beauty into the tea ceremony, making the beauty of "silence" widely spread.