China News Service, Beijing, February 25th (Reporter Ying Ni) For thousands of years, tea has been an important way of life and cultural carrier for Chinese people.
The author and tea ceremony life master Tang Gongzi's work "Beauty Begins with a Cup of Tea" writes the aesthetic life of tea in prose: Pu'er Tea Mountain in Xishuangbanna, Wuyi Mountain Tea Garden, Xiamei Ancient Town, Tianxin Yongle Temple, Suzhou's human flowers, Japan Hanajian Alley in Kyoto, Jogyesa Temple in Seoul, South Korea, Rainy Night Tea Room in Berlin, Grottoes and murals in Dunhuang...
At the new book conference held in Beijing on the 24th, Mr. Tang said that tea is both ancient and young. Following the Tang, Song and Ming dynasties, today's Chinese tea culture is about to usher in a new peak of development.
He said that looking back at the development history of Chinese tea culture, at every stage, it was literati who led the development of tea drinking culture, such as Bai Juyi in the Tang Dynasty, Su Dongpo in the Song Dynasty, and Wen Zhengming in the Ming Dynasty.
With their own words, they further introduced tea drinking into a state of neutrality, peace and elegance, which is also the life aesthetics of the ancient Chinese.
"Today, we hope that we can also use words to guide, inherit, and express this aesthetics of life."
When the well-known writer An Yiru read "Beauty Begins with a Cup of Tea", she felt the flow of the environment and the aura of culture from the delicate brushstrokes.
She believes that both tea and writing are carriers of traditional culture.
She can't do without tea in her life. Whether she is reading or writing, she always has tea at hand. In many cases, tea is the source of inspiration for writing.
As a writer, she established her own writing language style very early, which is elegant and flexible, thanks to the study and influence of a large number of classical cultural works in the early years.
"From the perspective of creation alone, whether it is Mr. Tang's interpretation of tea culture, or my understanding of classical poetry in my works, it is inseparable from reading, awareness and practice."
Chen Tao, deputy dean of the School of Liberal Arts, Renmin University of China, commented, "Reading Mr. Tang's new book "Beauty Begins with a Cup of Tea", the greatest experience is that the improvement of one's self-cultivation, self-cultivation, and literacy can start with a cup of Chinese tea. , Tea has the expression of aesthetics, the accumulation of culture, the opening and closing of history, and the style of geography.”
Liu Jinshuang, deputy editor-in-chief of Encyclopedia of China Publishing House, believes that writing about tea is Tang Gongzi's contribution to the spread of Chinese tea culture and his interpretation of traditional Chinese culture.
"Beauty Begins with a Cup of Tea" is the publishing house's continued effort in promoting traditional culture. In recent years, the publishing house has planned and published a series of books promoting the excellent traditional Chinese culture, such as "Chinese Humanistic Beliefs" by Mr. Lou Yulie, a master of Chinese studies. ", and "Return: Documentary of the Return of Chinese Overseas Cultural Relics", which tells the story of the return of lost overseas cultural relics, have achieved very good social benefits.
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