Chinanews.com, Guangzhou, December 1 (Reporter Cheng Jingwei) Recently, the "Chinese traditional tea-making techniques and related customs" declared by China were successfully included in the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
"Traditional Chinese tea-making techniques and related customs" can be regarded as the "largest volume" among the previous human intangible cultural heritage declaration projects in China, involving a total of 44 national-level intangible cultural heritage representative projects in 15 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities).
Among them, the tea art of Guangdong Province (Chaozhou Gongfu tea art) is an important part of it.
According to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Chaozhou Gongfu tea art is a unique traditional tea drinking custom in the Chaoshan area of Guangdong. Its history can be traced back to the Song Dynasty.
It is one of the core representatives of Chinese tea ceremony and one of the most representative in Chinese tea art. It is not only a kind of tea art, but also a kind of folk custom.
Although it is popular in Fujian, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Taiwan, its influence has already spread all over the country and overseas.
Chaozhou Gongfu tea is mainly brewed with oolong tea. Photo courtesy of Guangdong Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism
In the Chaoshan area, drinking Gongfu tea is the most common thing in the daily life of ordinary people.
After dinner, when guests come to visit, or when friends meet, a pot of tea is always used as a foil.
Tasting tea is not only for the purpose of quenching thirst, but also for connecting feelings, exchanging information, chatting for entertainment, or negotiating trade. Chaozhou Gongfu tea contains rich cultural content.
The teas used for brewing Chaozhou Gongfu tea are mainly oolong teas, among which Chaozhou Dancong is the most popular. The main procedures include tea set lectures, tea master cleaning hands, clay stove lighting fires, sand potting water, olive charcoal boiling water, boiling water Hot pot, re-warmed tea cup, tea-leaf paper, pot of oolong, washing tea in sweet spring, lifting and high flushing, scraping the lid of the pot, pouring the lid and chasing heat, hot cup rolling cup, low sprinkling of tea soup, Guan Gong patrolling the city, Han Xin's 21 rituals, such as ordering troops, please taste, smelling the tea first, sipping gently, smelling the bottom of the cup three times and blending auspiciousness, etc., are a combination of spirit, etiquette, brewing skills, tea tour art, and quality evaluation. Complete tea ceremony form.
After long-term exploration, practice, inheritance and innovation, Chaozhou Gongfu tea art has become the wisdom crystallization of human beings drinking tea and an indispensable part of people's daily life.
In recent years, Chaozhou Gongfu tea art has achieved fruitful results in creative transformation and innovative development. It has set up teaching bases all over the country and formulated group standards such as "Technical Regulations for Chaozhou Gongfu Tea Art", "Four Treasures of Chaozhou Gongfu Tea Ware", "Chaozhou Gongfu Tea Children's Tea Art" and so on. Standardize the inheritance of tea customs such as Chaozhou Gongfu tea, which not only fills the gap in Chaozhou Gongfu tea culture, but also provides an innovative model for domestic non-heritage inheritance.
Ye Hanzhong, the provincial representative inheritor of "Chaozhou Gongfu Tea Art", introduced that as one of the representatives of Chinese tea culture, Chaozhou Gongfu Tea Art has inherited the core essence of "Lu Yu Tea Classic".
"Nowadays, from tea cultivation to tea production, processing, brewing, drinking, etc., Chaozhou Gongfu tea art has been engraved in the genes of Chaozhou people."
In the first quarter of this year, Chaozhou’s tea output reached 7,500 tons, with an output value of 1.828 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20.1%. The tea industry has become one of the most distinctive agricultural industries in Chaozhou.
Fenghuang Town, located in Chaoan District, Chaozhou City, is not only the origin of the famous tea "Fenghuang Dancong", but also a tourist attraction in the Chaoshan area.
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