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Tea and Zen flavor

Zen case 2024-12-10

There is a Zen saying in Buddhism: Tea and Zen are the only thing that can be done.?

Buddhism attaches importance to sitting meditation, resting and meditation, not moving or shaking, not entrusting, gathering thoughts and enlightenment. Usually, sitting in meditation for several days, sitting for a long time, sleeping for a long time, so tea with clear mind and refreshing mind becomes the best drink for Buddhist believers.?

According to Feng Yan's "Feng's Hearings and Discussions" in the Tang Dynasty: (Tang )During the Kaiyuan period, there was a Zen teaching in Ling'an Temple in Taishan Mountain. He was unable to sleep when he learned Zen and did not eat. He allowed him to drink tea. People were tempted by themselves and cooked everywhere. From then on, they followed suit and became a custom.Many monks like to drink tea, but they are so eager to only ask for tea.Ancient poet Lu Rong has a poem to say: Jiangnan wind tells about the monk's family, the clear spring on the stone and the bamboo tea, the famous monks in the Dharmazang know better, cigarette tea is dizzy.?

Buddhism attaches great importance to drinking tea, making drinking tea a part of the temple system.There is a tea hall in the temple, which is where Zen monks discuss doctrines, entertain donors and drink tea; the tea drum in the Dharma hall is a drum that gathers monks to drink tea; the temple has tea heads, which are responsible for making tea and offering tea; there are several tea-giving monks in front of the temple gate, which give tea.Monks also played an important role in the development of tea art in my country. They initially absorbed folk methods to boil tea, spices, fruit ingredients, and ginger together, which was called tea su.In the Song Dynasty, Yuhang also held tea banquets and tea-fighting activities, and invented the method of tea-making by grinding the tender buds of tea into powder and brewing them with boiling water.?

With the rise of tea drinking, many tea-tasting masters come from temples.Lu Yu was a monk in the Tang Dynasty. He was fond of tea and was proficient in tea ceremony. Later, he was known as the Tea Saint. His "Tea Sutra" was written by him, which was the earliest tea monograph in the world.?

Tea has a historical origin with Buddhist affairs.Buddhism was introduced to China in the Han Dynasty, and this happened to be when tea trees began to be widely cultivated in China; Buddhism flourished in the Tang Dynasty and was almost in line with the custom of drinking tea in China.From the location, the mountains and ridges in the south are shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and the air humidity is high, which is most suitable for tea trees to grow. At the same time, the dense mountains and forests are far away from the world, which is the ideal place for building temples in Buddhism that is far away from the world and quiet.?

Looking at the history of tea, various famous teas have gone through a long process from wild to artificial cultivation. The monks in the temple were the first to start cultivating tea trees.Tiantai Mountain in Zhejiang is the birthplace of Tiantai Sect of Buddhism in my country. It is known as the Buddha's sky rain and dew. Tiantai Yunwu, a famous tea known as the emperor's fairy juice, was first created by monks; Mengshan tea in Ya'an, Sichuan was said to be planted by Wu Lizhi, Zen master of Ganlu Temple in Mengshan, Western Han Dynasty, and called immortal tea; Lushan Yunwu tea was planted by Huiyuan, a famous monk in the Jin Dynasty in Donglin Temple; Wuyi Mountain, a famous tea produced by Wuyi Mountain in Fujian, is the most effective method to pick temples. Monks make three famous teas: longevity eyebrows, lotus seed heart, and phoenix tail dragon beard according to the tea leaves picked by different festivals; Dahongpao produced in Tianguan Temple in Wuyi Mountain is also a famous tea in the temple; Dongting Dongshan Biluochun Tea in Jiangsu was planted and made by monks in Dongting Dongshan, Dongting, Northern Song Dynasty.?

Japan, which is famous for its tea ceremony, does not produce tea.In the Tang Dynasty, Japanese monks brought famous tea seeds back to Japan from Minghui Zen Temple in Guangzhou and Tiantong Temple in Ningbo, China, and planted them in temples such as Fanshi Temple.Sixth year of Hongren (815 AD ),Emperor Saga went to Fanshi Temple to enjoy tea and was very happy and ordered the promotion of tea tree planting.From then on, Chinese tea took root in Japan.

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