1, Yi refers to delight and nourishment, and refers to both physical and mental aspects. Tea itself has a health care function and can strengthen the body. At the same time, people can realize the Tao with tea, thus enjoying themselves and being sublimated in spirit.
2. Purity refers to incorruptibility, uprightness, austerities, purity of heart, quietness, etc. It mainly emphasizes the physical and mental purity of people, which is closely related to the thought of "Taoism".
3. Harmony means that harmony is the most important thing. The Chinese nation has always advocated the golden mean, making friends with tea, entertaining guests with tea, and making friends with tea.
4. Truth means sincerity and trustworthiness, and it is not false. It is the embodiment of Taoist philosophy of "harmony between man and nature", and "truth" is more in line with Taoist thought in China traditional culture and traditional virtues of the Chinese nation.
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The spirit of Japanese tea ceremony:
1 Although the Japanese tea ceremony originated in China, it naturally blended with religion, philosophy, ethics and aesthetics in the unique environment of Yamato nation, and became a comprehensive cultural and artistic activity in Japan.
2. The spirit of Japanese tea ceremony can be condensed into four words "harmony, respect, purity and silence". This was put forward by Sen no Rikyū at the end of 16th century after inheriting and absorbing the spirit of tea ceremony of Zhuguang Murata and others. "Harmony" refers to harmony and joy; "Respect" refers to purity, honesty, mutual respect and love between subject and object; "Qing" and "silence" refer to the quiet and elegant environment and atmosphere inside and outside the tea house.
3. The quietness and quietness in Japanese tea ceremony has become the Japanese consciousness of appreciating beauty. The emergence of this sense of beauty has its social and historical reasons and ideological roots: from the end of Heian to the Kamakura era, the former dominant aristocracy lost power and the emerging samurai class stepped onto the political stage. The aristocrats who lost their paradise felt impermanent and pessimistic, so many aristocrats lived in seclusion in the mountains, built grass temples in the wild in the mountains and lived a secluded life.
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