Tea drinking with tea culture has become a very common situation in the Tang Dynasty, and tea has been in China for thousands of years. It is impossible to verify when tea was actually discovered and used.
However, the view that is more recognized by tea culture scholars comes from Shennong Taste a Hundred Herbs, in which tea is cited as medicinal value by Shennong and used by ordinary people in China. What was the situation of tea culture in Tang Dynasty? First, Lu Yu, a Cha Sheng in the history of China, was born in the Tang Dynasty. Lu Yu studied tea culture scientifically all his life, and it was Lu Yu who promoted tea culture.
Why did the "combined food system" prevail in Tang Dynasty's food culture? As a deep stage in China's history, with brilliant political metallurgy, prosperous economy, high degree of opening to the outside world, and the exchange and integration of all ethnic groups, the food culture and art in the Tang Dynasty also developed rapidly to a great extent, and a landmark "joint food system" appeared.
The imperial examination system prevailed in Tang dynasty, the gentry gradually declined, and the civilian class gradually prevailed; The great integration of the North and South nationalities has changed the cookers. Economic prosperity promotes the refined management and diversification of food production; Favored by the ruling class, feasting prevailed: these four aspects are the reasons why the "combined food system" prevailed in the Tang Dynasty and gradually replaced the "divided food system" and became the most popular.
Since ancient times, "food, clothing, housing and transportation" has been a necessary prerequisite for all our social practice activities. It is recorded in the Book of Rites: "Eating men and women is also a great desire of people." It can be seen that the ancient sages of China have already deeply realized that diet is the first need for our survival and development, so both in ancient times and today, they advocated that "people are iron rice steel".
With the development of diet, a series of diet culture and art are the cultural reflection of the material and spiritual wealth of economic, social and political development, and the diet culture and art essentially contains the characteristics of the times, nationality and history.
With the change of dynasties, the great integration of North and South, the development of social economy and the change of production technology, the cultural characteristics embodied in the "combined food system" in Tang Dynasty have made China's food culture and art more and more colorful, which is an indispensable part of national culture. For thousands of years, the feudal society in China and China has been dominated by Confucianism, paying attention to ethics and discipline, paying attention to the order of precedence, and attaching great importance to the blood relationship between relatives and friends. Therefore, life in all walks of life is tangible or intangible.
Etiquette system and custom originated from diet. According to the eating habits of different periods, we can understand the cultural norms that everyone abides by and the social, political and economic systems that grant this cultural and artistic standard under the background of the times.
By the Tang Dynasty, great changes had taken place in diet. With the close communication between the nomadic people in the north and the Central Plains, new high tables, high chairs and high tables began to be popularized, and the "separate dining system" in which one person eats at a table gradually withdrew from our lives. The "combined dining system" closely surrounding one table and one meal began to appear and flourish.
The "co-eating system" does not pay attention to one person and one case, nor does it sit and eat according to the real status class. Its eating atmosphere is frank, easy-going, prosperous and exquisite.
People are sitting around the table. Compared with the "separate meal system", the "combined meal system" is more unified in kitchen utensils, tables and chairs, and pays more attention to the close contact of the dining crowd, thus achieving the purpose of emotional communication.
The replacement of "food-sharing system" by "food-sharing system" is not only a change in diet, but also proves the political wisdom and economic prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Since the Sui Dynasty, the aristocratic family camp has declined, and the construction of the imperial examination system has promoted social development, and the mobility of all classes has become more frequent. The civilian class can also enter the political and metallurgical career through study and examination. Before the strict implementation of one person, one seat, one case, the seats should be seated in the order of seniority according to their true identities, and they should not be chaotic.
The cultural concept of abiding by ethics and eating with each other has been broken. Due to the popularity of the imperial examination system, economic prosperity promoted the development of food culture. Representing unity and kindness, relatively equal's "co-eating system" conforms to the spirit and social fashion of opening to the outside world and freedom in the Tang Dynasty, and is more in line with the world trend of continuous progress.