South Korea and North Korea on the Korean Peninsula are countries unified by Silla, Baekje and Korea, which have experienced Silla, Korea, Lee Korea and modern times. In 1948, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) were established on the Korean peninsula. The tea ceremony on the Korean Peninsula mentioned here refers to the whole Korean nation.

the Korean peninsula has had close political, economic and cultural exchanges with China since ancient times. Ancient peninsular countries had no characters and always used Chinese characters. Although the Pinyin script was made in the 15th century, for a long time, government documents and national history writings were still written in Chinese. This situation has caused many people from the Korean Peninsula to study China culture in China and bring many cultural essences back to China. The tea culture in China was introduced to the Korean Peninsula under this background.

as early as 676 ad, Silla unified the Korean peninsula and established the Silla dynasty (676-935). King Silla sent many monks to China to study Buddhism, and then returned to China to preach. These monks studied in China for about ten years, and they were widely exposed to China culture, including tea culture. Bring tea hobby and tea back to Silla when you return home. In the Korean history book Historical Records of the Three Kingdoms? In Silla Benji, there is a record that "tea is owned by the king of goodness and virtue". King Shande was the Queen of Silla and reigned from 632 to 647. Thus, as early as the Tang Dynasty in China, Silla introduced tea and tea drinking methods from China. During the reign of King Jingdezhen in the 8th century (741-765), a tea party was held in the main hall on the third day of March every year to entertain officials and give tea soup to the people to taste. This shows that tea drinking in Silla was the "patent" of the royal family, and it was rare for ordinary officials and civilians.

In the third year of the 42nd generation of King Xingde of Silla (828), Jin Dalian, the envoy of Silla, paid tribute to the Tang Dynasty, and Tang Wenzong Li Ang hosted a banquet for him at Linde Hall. When Jin Dalian returned to China, he was given many tea seeds. King Xingde was very happy and ordered people to plant tea tree seeds in Geographical Mountain. From then on, there were tea trees in Silla. The tea produced is not only supplied to royalty, dignitaries, monks and celebrities, but also sold by the people.

In the 8th century A.D., Silla scholar Cui Zhiyuan was an official in the Tang Dynasty, at that time, the tea frying method was in vogue in the Tang Dynasty. When I returned to Cui Zhiyuan, I brought the tea frying method back to Silla. Therefore, Silla's tea drinking method also adopts the cake-tea frying method in Tang Dynasty. That is, the tea leaves are ground into powder, and the tea powder is decocted in a tea kettle in brew tea, and then put into a tea bowl with a spoon for drinking after the water boils. Silla Kingdom was the embryonic stage of Korean tea culture. Tea was planted, China's tea-making skills were learned, and China's tea culture was introduced, which became the first climax of Chinese tea culture on the Korean Peninsula.

the second climax of Chinese tea culture on the Korean peninsula was in the period of Korea Kingdom (935-1392). This period is the most prosperous period of tea culture on the Korean Peninsula. One of its manifestations is the rise of Taoist tea ceremony, which originated from the Song Dynasty in China. The Korean royal family decided to carry out the ritual of tea ceremony. In the annual Lantern Festival (February 25th) and Baguan Festival (November 15th), two major national festivals, altars will be set up to offer tea to the Buddha and to pay homage to Sakyamuni, the Five Sacred Mountains and the Dragon King. The king personally offered tea to Sakyamuni Buddha and the gods. The ceremony is grand and can be called a grand ceremony. In addition, on the birthday of the prince, the conferring day of the prince and princess, and the auspicious day of the princess, tea ceremony will be held. Even the banquets of kings and subjects hold tea ceremonies. For a time, tea ceremony has become a necessary procedure for all kinds of etiquette, which shows the importance attached to tea ceremony.

the second manifestation is the popularity of drinking tea. In the Korean era, ordinary people could buy or drink tea. Not only that, but also the contents of tea ceremony have been added to the rituals of the people's homes, such as crown ceremony, wedding and funeral, ancestor worship, god worship, Buddha worship and rain prayer, which makes the tea ceremony no longer a special treatment of the royal family, officials and monks, but popular in the homes of ordinary people.

the third manifestation is the method of drinking tea. With the popularity of tea ordering in Song Dynasty in China, South Korea also used tea ordering method to drink tea. At the same time, China's cake tea and tea set were also introduced. For example, Jinhua Wuzhan, Feise Xiaoou, Yinlu and Tangding, which were popular in those years, were all made in China. In a word, during the Koryo period, the symbol of the prosperity of tea culture on the Korean Peninsula was that tea ceremony, a tea culture with national characteristics, was formed on the basis of absorbing and digesting China's tea culture. This tea ceremony directly affects the development of Japanese tea culture, which also means that the tea culture on the Korean peninsula has reached its most glorious period.

Lee's Korean period (1392-1863) was the third climax of Chinese tea culture when China's tea-making method was accepted on the Korean peninsula. During this period, there were more and more places where tea was planted on the Korean peninsula. According to the data recorded in A.D. 153 in A.D., there were 1 places producing tea in Gyeongsangdo and 35 places producing tea in Jeolla. In addition, there were three places in Gyeongsangdo and 18 places specializing in tribute tea in Jeolla. Lee's Korean period was in the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty in China. This period in China was the period when tea-making channels were formed and popular, and the Korean Peninsula followed suit and introduced the tea-making method of China. China's tea-making road was introduced and adopted by tea ceremony. But the method of frying tea and the method of ordering tea coexist at the same time. The Korean tea ceremony, which originated in Korea, was perfected and developed. With the development of tea ceremony instruments and techniques, the form of tea ceremony was fixed and became more complete. The tea culture on the Korean Peninsula entered a stable development period by absorbing and digesting China tea culture.

since 198s, Korean tea culture on the Korean peninsula has been revived. The first sign of its recovery is the establishment of the "Korean Tea Ceremony Institute", which specializes in studying and teaching tea culture; Second, some academic groups of tea culture were established, and tea culture magazines were founded to spread and carry forward tea culture; The third is to give a proper summary of the spirit of tea ceremony in South Korea. Korean tea experts believe that the spirit of tea ceremony in South Korea should be summarized by "harmony, respect, frugality and truth". The so-called "harmony" means being kind-hearted, living in harmony, being kind to others, and being harmonious; The so-called "respect" means mutual respect and love, mutual concern and mutual help; The so-called "frugality" means living frugally, being simple and honest, not being extravagant, and practicing economy; The so-called "truth" means treating others sincerely, being honest, being sincere and abandoning falsehood. This spirit of tea ceremony is obviously branded with China's Confucianism, which embodies the Confucian doctrine of the mean. Zhang Yi-soo (1786-1866), a Buddhist monk in Korea, once advocated the spirit of "Zheng Zheng" in his Ode to East Tea, and thought that everything should be handled "neither too much nor too late". As long as this is done, "a negative lifestyle can be turned into a positive lifestyle" and "a pessimistic attitude can be turned into an optimistic attitude. It is believed that only such people can be called "tea people" who grasp the essence of tea ceremony. It seems that the four-character tea ceremony in South Korea is the concrete result of this "Zhongzheng" spirit.

there are four kinds of tea ceremony in Korea, such as "end tea method", "cake tea method", "money tea method" and "leaf tea method", among which the leaf tea method is more popular. The specific process of leaf tea method is as follows: first, welcome guests, the host greets the guests at the gate and guides them; After entering the teahouse, sit east and west according to the host, and the guests sit in the position of west and east. Followed by the warm cup, the owner should use the boiling water pot and the warm cup before making tea. Once again, the tea is brewed. The host first takes out the tea leaves with a teaspoon, puts them into the teapot, then injects boiling water, and pours the tea soup into the teacup three times. Finally, there is tea tasting. After the host respectfully holds the brewed tea to the tea table in front of the guests, he returns to the front of his tea table and lifts his teacup, saying to the guests, "Please have tea." The guest also picked up the teacup and replied, "Thank you." Then I began to taste tea soup. When drinking, we usually prepare some hearts and fruits to accompany the tea.