There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies in this world, everything is governed by interests.
The two people who were at war with each other just now were laughing and drinking tea in the antique tea room of the wooden building. Concubine Feng Mi said that she had never liked coffee and preferred Chinese tea, whether at home or abroad.
This habit has never changed.
So when this wooden building was built, the only place she personally designed was the tea room on the first floor. The tea room was about 80 square meters, and the area in the middle was quite ancient Han style. The guests and the host sat on the mahogany floor, in front of them.
An exquisite tea table that can be called a root carving work of art. The entire tea table is the complete root of a thousand-year-old sycamore tree. Each branch is original and preserved, and the cross section is the tabletop.
The tea set on the table didn't look modern at first glance. Tang Lin didn't know much about it and had relatively little contact with it during training. The only thing he could be sure of was that both the purple clay teapot and the purple clay teacup were priceless. Others would be reluctant to part with them if they collected them.
If it is really used to make tea, it will be carefully sealed in a safe or placed in glass to enjoy every day.
However, Concubine Feng Mi completely regarded these as their original tools. When she sat at the tea table, she seemed to have changed into a different person in an instant. Just now, she was alluring and sexy outside, and there was only a three-point bra under her windbreaker. But at this moment, she deliberately changed into
She put on a set of white practice clothes, made of pure cotton, which were spacious, comfortable and spotless. Her long hair was pulled up high, her hair was in a high bun, and her neck was long. She looked like a well-educated, noble and elegant beautiful young woman.
Tea is inextricably linked to the lives of Chinese people. The combination of tea and Zen is a unique sight in the history of Chinese culture. "Eat tea", "tea Zen blindly", "harmony and respect for silence", etc., have become Zen
The classic discourse of tea culture. In a cup of tea, there is Zen, the samadhi of life, the enlightenment of Buddhism, and the mood and taste of the tea person. At this moment, Concubine Feng Mi was completely immersed in it.
Even his eyes are no longer as charming as usual, they are full of freshness.
"Try it. It's a very simple and ordinary Kung Fu tea. When I drink tea, I never care about the place of origin or price. Is that important? What's important is people's mentality. Have you heard the saying of Tea Zen?"
Tang Lin shook his head, "I grew up poor and didn't study tea. Then I went to military school and then joined the army. I don't know much about tea ceremony and Zen. But I didn't expect that someone like you would like traditional and ethnic things. It's a bit unexpected!"
Neither of them took the initiative to talk about Huang Doudou. Instead, they sat down together to drink tea and talk peacefully. However, there was no abruptness or artificiality at all, and they were natural and smooth.
Concubine Feng Mi nodded slightly and looked at Tang Lin who was drinking from the cup like a cow. She didn't feel any dissatisfaction or contempt at all, but quickly refilled it for him.
"The origin of tea can be traced back to the Han Dynasty. The great writers of the Han Dynasty, Sima Xiangru and Yang Xiong, both mentioned tea in their works. At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, after Buddhism was introduced to our country, due to the needs of doctrine and monks' activities, tea quickly became associated with Buddhism.
An indissoluble bond has been formed. When the guests arrive, and after greeting each other, they invite you to drink three cups of tea."
"According to records in the "Tea Classic", monks in monasteries began to use tea as a ritual to entertain guests in the monastery during the Jin Dynasty. For example, monk Tanji often served tea to guests. Buddhists use tea as a means of spiritual practice.
Shandaokai, Huaixin, and Fa Yao were the first to open tea meditation. An important activity in Buddhism is the practice of sitting meditation. Buddhists "do not eat after noon". Therefore, there is a need for a method that not only complies with Buddhist rules but also eliminates the effects of sitting meditation.
Fatigue and supplementing the nutrition of "not eating after noon". The various rich nutrients in tea and the pharmacological functions of refreshing and promoting body fluids make it the most ideal drink for monks. The ancients believed that tea has "three virtues": first, it can drive away sleep demons
, sitting meditation can help you stay up all night; second, it can help digestion when you are full; third, it can suppress various desires. Therefore, drinking tea is most in line with Buddhist lifestyle and moral concepts."
Speaking of this, Concubine Feng Mi raised her head and looked at Tang Lin. He was unexpectedly quiet and patient. She seemed to have completely forgotten that there was a little devil waiting outside. She smiled lightly and continued. Said, "Chinese Zen Buddhism has a particularly close relationship with tea. Zen began to flourish in the early Tang Dynasty. With the popularity of Zen, the Buddhist custom of advocating tea drinking became more popular. In the middle Tang Dynasty, Baizhang Huaihai founded the "Baizhang Qinggui". Since then, The tea ceremony in the temple is becoming more and more standardized. In the quiet and simple Zen hall, offering tea to the Buddha, entertaining guests with tea, and purifying the mind with tea have become the daily tasks of Zen monks. For Zen monks, drinking tea seems to be a strict This is the characteristic of Zen tea ceremony."
"Master Zhaozhou of the Tang Dynasty said "go to have tea" three times, making "go to have tea" a classic koan in the Zen forest. The tea sage Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty wrote "The Book of Tea", which is the first comprehensive work on tea in Chinese history. Jiaoran, a monk who had good relations with Lu Yu, mentioned the word "tea ceremony" twice in "Tea Drinking Song". It can be said that the "Tea Classic" established the expression form of tea ceremony and the philosophical tea ceremony spirit, and Jiaoran endowed it with The name "Tea Ceremony"."
Tang Lin nodded lightly, "These things are still too elegant for me. I only heard that there are many rules and details in the tea ceremony, but you don't seem to be too formal. You are a strange woman, haha."
Concubine Feng Mi lowered her head and held the teacup in both hands, "You mean to say that a woman who is even worse than a prostitute is sitting here and talking about tea is boring and shameless, right?"
"Haha, the tea ceremony emphasizes harmony, respect, purity, and silence. Purity means cleanness and incorruptibility, which refers to both external objects and the human heart. In the tea ceremony, it is necessary to keep the environment clean. The "exposed place" in the tea ceremony is The beautiful and picturesque external environment of "fresh fallen leaves in the wild garden". The "inner exposure place" in the tea ceremony refers to the internal environment of the teahouse. Calligraphy and painting, flower arrangement, and the cleaning of tea sets. Listening to the tea sets rolling in the boiling water is like being in a thousand valleys and pines. , it’s also like listening to the hanging springs and waterfalls.”
"In the tea ceremony, everything must be clean from the cleaning of the garden to the cleaning and decoration of the tea room. New flowers are used when arranging flowers, and new tea towels are used when wiping tea cups. Not only should external objects be clean, but the mind should also be purified and free from distracting thoughts. , make tea with a pure mood without restraint. What the eyes see is a pure environment, the ears hear the tea soup in the cauldron like the breeze blowing through the pine trees, the nose smells the fragrance of tea, the tongue tastes the wonderful flavor of tea, and the body touches What you get is a quiet and elegant utensil, so that you can get a quiet feeling. This is the purity of the six roots. The purity of the six roots is the Zen way and the tea ceremony. In the tea ceremony, topics related to worldly affairs are taboo in society. People Only by letting go of worldly notions can you enter the pure world of tea Zen. Sitting in a small tea room, you feel like you are living in a deep mountain valley. The constant sound of boiling water in the pot is like the sound of nature blowing in the pine breeze. The sound of nature, the mind and nature merge into one, this is the samadhi of tea and the samadhi of Zen."
Tang Lin heard this with interest and stretched out his hand to touch his nose, "I understand what you mean and I understand that everyone actually has an unknown side, but your unknown side is pure, at least in your own heart. Do you think your body and mind are clean, right? This is true, and I think there is some truth to it, but I am a layman, and I am very concerned about Huang Doudou. How are you going to deal with it? "