What is the relationship between tea and literature?
There are countless literary works about tea in China, with only one ancient poem, totaling over 2000
According to relevant information, the earliest literary work on tea is Du Yu's "Fu on the Water".
Among the 2800 poems written by the famous Tang Dynasty poet Bai Juyi, there are 60 poems related to tea. And he himself is also an expert in tea tasting, drinking tea all day long.
The Tang Dynasty poet Lu Tong's poem "Sending New Tea with Advice from Xie Meng" has been widely acclaimed and has been enduring for a long time
"A bowl of throat moistens, two bowls break through loneliness and stuffiness. Three bowls search for withered intestines, only five thousand scrolls of text. Four bowls sweat lightly, causing injustice throughout life to scatter towards the pores. Five bowls have clear muscles and bones, and six bowls connect with immortals. Seven bowls cannot be eaten, only feeling the clear breeze in the armpits."
Fan Zhongyan of the Northern Song Dynasty wrote "Tea Battle Song", depicting the prevalence of tea culture at that time.
Su Shi's "Ji Jiang Jian Cha" from the Northern Song Dynasty depicts the poet personally using a large ladle to draw water from the live river and cook tea on a moonlit night:
Live water still needs to be boiled over a hot fire. Take deep and clear water from the nearby fishing stones. The big ladle stores the moon and returns to the spring jar, while the small ladle divides the river and enters the night jar.
The snow milk has been flipped over and fried, and the sound of the loose wind suddenly makes a sound of diarrhea. "The withered intestines are not easy to restrain. Three bowls, sit and listen to the length of the desolate city."
Prose
There are many essays, essays, and letters about tea, among which the famous ones include
Liu Zongyuan's "List of New Tea Gifts to the Prime Minister of Wuzhong"
Liu Yuxi's "List of New Tea Presented by the Prime Minister of Dai Wuzhong"
Lv Wen's Preface to the Flower Banquet on March 3rd
Pi Rixiu's Preface to Miscellaneous Odes in Tea
Su Dongpo's Biography of Ye Jia
Tang Geng's "Tea Battle Record"
Zhang Dai's "Fujian Laozi Tea"
Zhang Dai's "Yanghe Spring"
Zhang Chao's "Record of the Cold Spring". The middle and cold springs of Jinshan Temple on the Yangtze River have always been famous. The famous Qing Dynasty essayist Zhang Chao vividly described the monks and Taoist priests who had been inhaling the cold from ancient times to Jinshan Temple, with a fairy like aura in their hearts. There is a cold spring well on Jinshan Temple, covered by a tiled pavilion and surrounded by coiled dragon stone railings. The temple monks draw water to prepare tea for tens of thousands of pilgrims who came to burn incense and worship the gods at that time. That's not really a cold spring at all. A Taoist led Zhang Chao to climb the rugged rocks and saw a stone wall at the top of the mountain. He scraped away the moss and revealed a few lines of words, saying that the real cold spring must be in Guo Pu's tomb at noon. It must be tied with a specially made copper bottle and a long rope, and placed in the cave between Guo Pu's tomb to draw. Zhang Chao followed the Taoist on a night boat and arrived in Runzhou two days later. At midnight, the small boat headed straight to Guo Pu's tomb. In the pile of stones in the middle of the river, there was a black cave. The Taoist shouted, "This is the Zhongleng Cave."
