Tea Ceremony in the Song Dynasty
by Yangzhishui
About This Novel
Tea affairs are only one aspect of social life, but when reviewing its details within the scope of "Complete Poems of the Song Dynasty" and "Complete Song Ci", one cannot help but be surprised by its richness. The subtle details in tea affairs are originally sentiments, situations, and spirits in tea poems; the choice of tea drinking method often shows the drinker's magnanimity and spirit. Lu Yu once worked hard to make the tea ceremony an art and a realm. Scholars in the Song and Song Dynasties turned the suspended art and realm into daily life, and they could still use "objects" to carry their own "culture". So is there any difference between the tea of scholars and the tea of the world? Starting from the examination of the school's famous objects, we should be able to discover the significance of some details in the mutual contrast between tea poems and tea events.
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