Nowadays, more and more people are practicing tea, and aesthetics will inevitably be discussed on the tea table. But how can we actually understand and discuss the abstract concept of "beauty"?

Tasting tea and learning tea are inseparable from the hope that we can have better taste, elegant temperament and improve the quality of life. The aesthetics talked about when practicing tea emphasize visual coordination and emphasize the inner temperament of savoring life. In the process of learning tea, you should not only learn to appreciate the arrangements on the tea banquet, but also learn to appreciate the elegance of life. Therefore, the "beauty" talked about when drinking tea refers to the beauty of both inside and outside.

Beauty is not just about appearance

In today's urban life, it is easy for people to simply focus on external beauty and ignore inner beauty. As for tea, if you only focus on the outside, it is easy for things to become superficial. Take brewing a cup of tea as an example. If we only emphasize the elegance and beauty of the tea table configuration, but ignore the quality of the tea, the tea manufacturing process, and the brewing taste, then there is no real beauty.

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The beauty of tea art

Asian countries have different tea cultures, such as Chinese tea art, Japanese tea ceremony, Korean tea ceremony, etc. The ways of making tea are different among the three countries.

The beauty of tea art is about "the artistic beauty of making tea" and "the artistic beauty of tasting tea." No matter how different the cultures are, the basic concept of tea art remains unchanged. Many people think that tea art is just for performance. Wearing gorgeous clothes and making fancy movements to make tea is equivalent to tea art. They often ignore the details of tea quality and tea tasting.

Therefore, the "aesthetics" in tea science need to emphasize that it is practical but not flashy, and the tea art should be demonstrated and practiced simply for the purpose of making a good cup of tea. Because the beauty that tea drinkers can get from making a good cup of tea is the beauty of the bright tea soup, the beauty of the elegant fragrance of the tea, the elegance and beauty of the tea tasting process, and the beauty of the tea drinker's recuperation and improvement, all of which are beautiful both internally and externally.

(The beauty of tea art is the artistic beauty of making tea and the artistic beauty of drinking tea)

The beauty of tea party

The tea banquet is the most important part of the tea ceremony, and when designing a tea banquet, one must not forget to base it on “practicality”. To make a good cup of tea, practical tea sets and decorations are indispensable. Therefore, showing the beauty of the tea banquet should not only focus on the gorgeousness, but also consider how to make tea conveniently.

Beginners should first think about the arrangement of the tea set, and then consider the style and color of the tea set. Because the location of the tea set will affect how others appreciate the tea banquet. The location needs to be conducive to brewing, and it should be designed with concepts such as balanced proportions and soft tones.

The theme of the tea party is also something that should be considered. For example, if Song Dynasty ceramics is used as the theme of a tea banquet, the colors and tea sets should be mainly plain colors, and objects with mismatched materials such as glass or stoneware should not be placed to affect the conveyed theme.

The beauty of tradition

Tea is a product of traditional Chinese culture, and many tea drinkers will become more interested in traditional culture because of their tea practice. The reason is that tea has a wide range of uses in history. It is not only a digestive food for ordinary people, but also a treasure in the cups of palaces building kilns and making porcelain.

Playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea are elegant affairs for literati, and the aesthetics in them are quiet and pleasant. To understand the tea drinking and serving habits of tea drinkers in history from the tradition, you will inevitably come into contact with traditional ink painting, flower arrangement, incense seal script, pottery, jade and other cultures. Therefore, the beauty in tea science also includes the cultivation of inner knowledge and cultivation.

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