Chapter 15

Chuchen said with a smile: "if I say that today's tea, water, utensils and arts are all excellent, I'm just in a hurry. Thanks to you two, I can drink this good tea with fragrance like orchid and osmanthus and taste like rain."

After hearing what Chu Chen said, Zhu Dafu and Song Jun couldn't help laughing at each other. They both agreed.

"Well, Xiao Chen is right. Tea, water, utensils and art are indispensable. Now Uncle Wu will test you. What do you think from our tea tasting?"

Chu Chen scratched the back of his head and said, "Uncle Fu, this is my first time to taste tea. I don't know much about tea ceremony, but it's all knowledge from books. If I'm wrong, don't blame me."

Seeing Zhu Dafu's encouraging eyes, he went on to say:

"Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, proposed in his treatise on Grand View tea that tea drinking should pay attention to" the essence of selection, the workmanship of production, the superiority of quality and the delicacy of cooking ". At the same time, he also asked for" removing the stagnancy of the skin, leading to peace "and" being clean in the middle and quiet in the rhyme ". We can see these words of Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty Tea needs both material and spiritual requirements. "

"The material aspects include water, utensils and environment. Let's talk about the environment first. The ancients said that the best environment for tea tasting is clear mountains and beautiful waters, small bridges and pavilions, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and elegant living room. Of course, this is an ideal environment for tea tasting, and ordinary people can't meet this requirement, but generally speaking, as long as the environment is quiet and beautiful. "

"Uncle Fu's environment is needless to say. Three words can be used to describe it. It's quiet and natural, simple and elegant, and unique. Every time I come to Uncle Fu's place, I can't help feeling worried and relaxed. Of course, it's no problem to use the place of tea works."

There are three requirements for water suitable for tea: first, "clear" water is colorless, transparent and free of sediment; second, "sweet" refers to sweet, cold, or sweet, cold. As soon as the water enters the mouth, the tip of the tongue will feel sweet and have a good aftertaste. Thirdly, "clean" means clean and refreshing. In our current words, it is pollution-free

"To meet these three requirements is good water for making tea. The water we use for making tea this time is Yuquan water from the" No.1 spring in the world ". This water is worthy of its name. It completely reflects the mellow and smooth tea and its sound. It's really fragrant and has a meaningful aftertaste."

"As the saying goes," water is the mother of tea, and the pot is the father of tea. "As soon as I came in just now, I was deeply attracted by this set of tea sets. Just these white jade and thin paper cups make people feel pleasant, not to mention the most important purple clay pot."

"I don't know much about the purple clay pot. Judging from its style, it should be a pot with sand hat. The overall shape is simple and simple, and it is endowed with strength and beauty, showing the producer's superb production skills. Moreover, this pot also has a trace of fire. Isn't it a work just brought by master song?"

They were not in a hurry to tell Chu Chen the answer, but just smiling to indicate that he would go on.

"In the Ming Dynasty, Yang Shen once said," if you write a tea song, it's like a history. You are not only a tea taster but also a scholar. " This sentence points out the artistic conception of tea tasting. Zhang Yuan, who is also a man of the Ming Dynasty, said in the record of tea that "sipping alone is God, two guests are victory, and three or four are interest." This "spirit, victory and interest" also highlights the spiritual aspect of tea ceremony

"Of course, different environments and different people have different spirits from tea. Different people have different opinions. As far as I'm concerned, I feel that tasting tea is like tasting life. "Three mouthfuls of tea make me feel the sweetness and bitterness of life. The last mouthful of tea is just the bitterness and sweetness."

"Finally, let's talk about the tea art. On the one hand, I don't know anything about tea art. The main reason is that I think tea art plays a connecting role in the whole process of tea tasting. I think tea art is the bridge between material and spirit in tea ceremony."

"In short, without master song's superb tea art, the material of tea ceremony can not reflect its essence, and the understanding of the spirit of tea ceremony is out of the question."

"These are my humble opinions. Please forgive me if there is anything wrong."

With that, Chu Chen breathed a sigh of relief. He racked his brains to remember all these things. If they were not satisfied, they would have no choice.

Zhu Dafu nodded with a smile and said: "Xiaochen, what you said is quite in place. You can't see that it's the first time to taste tea. Even some people who often taste tea can't get some of your opinions. It seems that you are very savvy about the tea ceremony."

Chu Chen was a little embarrassed and said, "I can't praise you so much, uncle Fu. But after this tea tasting, I'm really interested in tea ceremony. I think that tea tasting can calm my mind. I can't say it. I'll ask Master song for more advice in the future."

Song Jun nodded with a smile and said: "it doesn't matter, but I don't dare to ask you. We can discuss with each other. To be honest, there are not many people who are interested in tea ceremony now. They can't settle down and feel too much trouble."

After hearing this, Zhu Dafu nodded and said, "indeed, people are more and more eager for quick success and instant benefits. They are full of money as their goal. Not to mention tea ceremony, they just talk about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. How many young people are willing to really devote themselves to it?""I think, on the one hand, it's because of the lack of perseverance, but also because of the pressure of life now. Who doesn't want to be relaxed? But there's no way. We have to meet the needs of life first. Let's say that the house price has gone up a lot this year compared with last year." As young people, of course, we should explain it to them.

Zhu Dafu laughed angrily and said, "smelly boy, do you mean uncle Fu is full and doesn't know if he is hungry?"

"No, no, I don't dare to say that. I just say that some people's habits are also caused by the general environment, and there are not a few people who are monks every day Chu Chen waved his hand.

"Well, well, don't talk about state affairs. Let's talk about this purple clay pot again. In this way, Xiao Chen, to be honest, how about this pot?"

Chu Chen carefully looked at the purple clay pot on the table again, thought about it for a moment, and said: "from the heart, this purple clay pot is still very good," mud, shape, workmanship, style and skill ". Although I didn't see the style, the other four aspects are very exquisite. It's a very good purple clay pot."

As soon as Chu Chen finished, Song Jun said in a hurry, "Mr. Zhu, what's the matter? Chu Chen also thinks this pot is good. Please promise me."

Seeing this, Chu Chen was confused and didn't know what happened between them, so Song Jun began to explain the reason.

It turns out that Song Jun's teapot making skills are inherited from his ancestors. He learned from Shi Dabin in those years, but as time goes by, some things are lost when this family handed down skills from generation to generation. This is also a drawback of the inheritance of ancient crafts.

In Song Jun's generation, he wanted to recover some lost handicrafts. Although his idea was good, he suffered from the fact that he did not have a work of Shi Dabin for reference. By chance, he learned from his friends that Zhu Dafu was a genuine product of Shi Dabin, so he asked Zhu Dafu if he could give it to him.

Shi Dabin's real product is not easy to get, and Zhu Dafu also loves it very much. Of course, he won't change hands. However, song Junyi's strength is amazing, which can be said to be perseverance. After several times, Zhu Dafu was also moved by his sincerity.

Nevertheless, Zhu Dafu was somewhat reluctant, so he asked him to make one according to the shape of the real one. If he was satisfied, he would transfer the real one to him.

It's really difficult to say that, but Song Jun is worthy of being a pot maker. Although Zhu Dafu was not satisfied with the first two times, he was also very charming, which made him admire Song Jun and his skills.

Today is Song Jun's third time to come with his works. This time Zhu Dafu saw it and couldn't find anything wrong with it, so he said to Song Jun, "I'll have a nephew coming. If he thinks it's good, I'll give him the real product of Shi Dabin.".

When Chu Chen heard the reason, he could not help feeling embarrassed. Zhu Dafu was not willing to change hands on the collection. Now, there is no reason not to change hands, which makes him feel restless.

Seeing this, Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "Xiaochen, you thought uncle Fu would be angry with you. In fact, when master song came here with this pot, I knew I couldn't avoid it. As for taking you, it was just because I really didn't want to give up."

Seeing Zhu Dafu's reluctant expression, Song Jun said, "Mr. Zhu, if not, I'll rent this pot. I'll give it back to you after I've studied it for a while."

Zhu Dafu waved his hand with a smile: "I also want to make it clear that the pot is nothing more than a collection here. Sometimes it's invisible for months, and I'm not good at tea ceremony. It can play a more important role in you. Just a moment, I'll take out the pot."

After a while, Zhu Dafu came back with a brocade box and put it on the table. At that time, Chu Chen and Song Jun had already cleaned up the tea sets on the table.

Open the brocade box, and then just the same shape of the sand hat pot, on display in front of everyone.

Zhu Dafu indicated that he could start to watch. Song Jun said, "chuchen, you can watch it first. I have watched it many times before."

Chuchen smell speech is not polite, put on gloves, carefully take out the box of purple clay pot began to observe.

Shi Dabin is a famous and influential teapot maker after Gongchun. When posterity mentions his works, they are full of praise, and even more people praise him.