Why is Lu Yu called the Sage of Tea?

Because Lu Yu was good at tea ceremony and wrote the world's first tea monograph - "The Book of Tea", he made outstanding contributions to the development of the Chinese tea industry and the world's tea industry, so he was revered as the Saint of Tea.

The "Tea Classic" written by Lu Yu has three volumes and ten chapters with more than 7,000 words, respectively: Volume 1, the origin of the first volume, the utensils of the second volume, and the creation of the third volume; Volume Two, the utensils of the fourth volume; Volume Three , the fifth is cooking, the sixth is drinking, the seventh is doing things, the eighth is coming out, the ninth is sketching, and the tenth is drawing. It is a systematic summary of the scientific knowledge and practical experience about tea in the Tang Dynasty and before the Tang Dynasty. It is the result of Lu Yu's dedicated practice and tireless practice. After obtaining first-hand information on tea production and production, he also read many books and gathered from many tea experts. The crystallization of harvesting experience.

As soon as the "Tea Classic" came out, it became popular all over the world and was studied and treasured by people at that time. In the "Tea Classic", Lu Yu not only comprehensively described the distribution of tea areas, the growth, planting, picking, manufacturing and tasting of tea, but also discovered many famous teas for the first time. For example, Guzhu Purple Bamboo Shoot Tea from Changcheng County, Zhejiang Province (now Changxing County) was rated as top-grade by Lu Yu and later classified as tribute tea; Yangxian Tea from Yixing County (now Yixing County, Jiangsu Province) was directly recommended by Lu Yu for tribute.

Extended information

Lu Yuzhi was revered as the "Tea Sage" or tea expert, basically after his death. During his lifetime, although he was well-known in society for his love of tea, fine tea and the book "The Book of Tea", and was nicknamed the "Tea Fairy", among the people of his time, he was not a tea person but a scholar. and admired.

This is because although tea had formed an independent knowledge after the publication of the "Tea Classic" at that time, it was still in its infancy and its influence and status could not be compared with that of ancient literature. Secondly, the book "The Book of Tea" was written after Lu Yu had already emerged in the literary world, that is, Lu Yu's attainments in tea science were only revealed after he became a famous literati, which is the second achievement. .

"New Tang Book Hermitage" says that after Lu Yu wrote the "Tea Classic", "the world became more aware of drinking tea." Tea sellers at that time even made a pottery statue of Lu Yu and placed it on the stove, worshiping him as the God of Tea. The Book of Tea greatly promoted the production of tea and the spread of tea culture after the Tang Dynasty. After the "Tea Classic", many tea-related monographs appeared in the past dynasties of our country, some of which were marked as supplements to Lu Yu's "Tea Classic". For example, if you go to a deep mountain tea field to pick tea leaves, you can make them as you go. Seven tools can be simplified. "Ten Pictures" proposed that the contents of the "Tea Sutra" should be written on plain silk and hung next to the seat, so that the contents of the "Tea Sutra" can be understood at a glance.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Lu Yu (Tea Sage)

Baidu Encyclopedia - The Classic of Tea (a monograph on tea science written by Lu Yu, the founder of Chinese tea ceremony)