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Jingshan Tea

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Basic information about Jingshan Tea

Alias: Jingshan Maofeng tea.

Category: Green Tea.

Origin: Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province.

Appearance: Delicate and smooth.

Color: emerald green.

Soup color: bright green and bright.

Aroma: Fragrant.

Taste: fresh, tender and sweet.

Jingshan Tea Culture

During the Tianbao period of the Tang Dynasty, the monk Faqin built a temple in Jingshan and planted several tea trees with his own hands. In the second year, the tea trees spread throughout the mountains. Jingshan tea is one of the teas with the longest history in Zhejiang.

Jingshan tea is as famous as the mountain. It originates from nature, advocates nature, and pays attention to the unique quality and flavor of true color, true fragrance and true taste. Celebrities such as Ye Qingchen, Wu Zimu, Ouyang Xiu, and Tian Rucheng all spoke highly of the unique quality of Jingshan tea.

After Jingshan Temple and Jingshan Tea became famous in the Tang Dynasty, they were raised by Zen monks and grew up in Zen temples. Lu Yu (733-804) was addicted to tea all his life and was proficient in tea ceremony. He was regarded as the "Sage of Tea" (733-804) Came here admiringly. Lu Yu once lived in seclusion at the foot of Shuangxi General Mountain and planted, made and researched tea on Jingshan Mountain. In the first year of Tang Dynasty (760), Lu Yu wrote the famous book handed down from generation to generation - "Tea Classic", which made tea from drinking to art and blended tea Zen into one taste.

Talk about Jingshan Tea Banquet (1)

Jingshan Tea Banquet was born in Jingshan Wanshou Temple, Jingshan Town, Yuhang District. It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and has been popular ever since.

In the Tang Dynasty, Wanshou Temple formed a unique ritual for tea drinking, which was not only a "tea banquet attended by monks, donors, and pilgrims", but also a "tea appreciation and appreciation ceremony". Quality tea fighting activity”.

In the Song Dynasty, the Jingshan Tea Banquet spread eastward to Japan along with Buddhism, and then gradually developed into the Japanese Tea Ceremony. The Jingshan Tea Banquet is the source of the Japanese Tea Ceremony and an important carrier of Sino-Japanese cultural exchanges.

Since the 1980s, insightful people in the tea industry in Zhejiang have tried to restore it and held many ceremonies imitating the Jingshan tea banquet.

On November 29, 2022, the "Traditional Chinese Tea Making Techniques and Related Customs" project was officially selected into the UNESCO Representative List of Human Intangible Cultural Heritage, with the Jingshan Tea Banquet being an important part.

Talk about Jingshan Tea Banquet (2)

According to the tradition in Wanshou Temple, whenever distinguished guests come, the abbot holds a tea banquet in Mingyue Hall to entertain the guests.

The Jingshan Tea Banquet Hall is quaintly designed, with standardized procedures, and is the main guesthouse. The etiquette is at hand. According to the law, harmonious and harmonious, rich and abundant. It embodies the perfect combination of Zen temple rules, etiquette, and tea art. It has a unique style of ancient character, elegance, and unparalleled elegance. It can be called a classic style of Chinese Zen tea culture.

Tea banquet etiquette:

1. Make a tea list.

2. Beat the tea drum.

3. Please come into the hall.

4. Offer incense and worship Buddha.

Wu. Make tea and some soup.

Lu. Use the cup to divide the tea.

Qi. Say the verse and have tea.

8. Thank you for your tea and leave the hall.

The Origin of Japanese Tea Ceremony

Japanese monks came to Jingshan many times to study and carry out cultural exchanges. According to historical records, the "Jingshan Tea Banquet" was introduced to Japan from Jingshan in the Southern Song Dynasty. The popular "tea ceremony" in Japan today originated from the "tea banquet" popular in Jingshan Temple in the Song Dynasty.

In the first year of Chunyou in the Southern Song Dynasty (1241), Yuan Erbianyuan, a Japanese monk who went to Jingshan to become a disciple, returned home, and the "Jingshan Tea Banquet" was also introduced to Japan. The tea seeds brought from the mountains were sown, and Japanese Tencha was produced by imitating the method of making Jingshan tea."

In the third year of Xianchun in the Southern Song Dynasty (1267), the eminent Japanese monk Nanpu Shomei (1235) entered the Song Dynasty and went to Jingshan to seek Dharma. -1380) returned to his hometown and widely spread the tea growing, tea making techniques and tea banquet etiquette learned during his stay in Jingshan in Japan. Jingshan Tea evolved from entertaining guests, drinking tea and talking about Buddhism to the "Jingshan Tea" in the Song Dynasty. Banquet". Then the tea banquet traveled eastward to Fuso as a "guest", spread to Japan, and evolved into today's "Japanese Tea Ceremony".