Performance of Ninghong Tea Ceremony

Performance of Ninghong Tea Ceremony

Performance of Ninghong Tea Ceremony. "Tea Ceremony" is a kind of survival etiquette using tea as a matchmaker. It is also considered as a way to cultivate one's moral character. Ninghong Tea Ceremony The black tea ceremony performances are divided into prince tea, courtesy tea, folk tea and health tea performances. Let’s share the performance of Ninghong Tea Ceremony, let’s watch it together. Performance of Ninghong Tea Ceremony 1

Tea ceremony is an important part of tea culture and a program of tea tasting art. It pursues tranquility and pays attention to performance. Ninghong tea ceremony performances are divided into four types: prince tea, protocol tea, folk tea and health tea performances.

The Ninghong Tea Ceremony Prince Tea performance began, and the elegant and solemn Gongyan music echoed in the performance hall. The "palace ladies" slowly walked into the "palace" holding jade tea sets in their hands. Prince tea, formerly known as tribute tea. In 1891, the Russian prince visited Hankou and when he tasted Ning black tea, he was given a plaque saying "Tea covers China, the price is the highest in the world"; after that, Russia purchased a large amount of Ning black tea and used it as a palace drink, so it changed its name. This tea ceremony is divided into 8 procedures: burning incense in the clean room, transcending the world, setting up the cup, fairies removing makeup, entering the palace with the bright ball, urging the flowers from the jade spring, offering the Lord in the clouds, and commenting on the country. The procedures were so elegant and quiet, as if the guests were brought into a palace.

When the "palace ladies" opened the lid of the Prince Tea cup, the Prince Tea soaked in the cup changed from "bright balls" to "blooming flowers". Blowing gently with your mouth, the tea immediately stirred up layers of microwaves, making the golden scales dazzling. Suddenly, warm applause broke out in the audience. Immediately, the cameras and cameras focused on this special "landscape".

Then, reporters and guests at home and abroad asked for commentary. Dr. Jim Sancer, a United Nations expert, raised his thumbs and praised: "What a wonderful tea. Ballet'ah! Elegant, delicate, beautiful, it makes me want to drink tea, thank you. It was an unforgettable dance performed by the most lovely ladies we have ever seen."

Elegant and relaxing music leads to the courtesy tea of ??Ninghong Tea Ceremony. This is a tea ceremony specially used to receive distinguished guests from afar. This tea is divided into four steps: boiling water and preparing utensils, sweeping dust to make tea, dissolving sugar and making tea, and greeting guests. The tea leaves used in this tea are "Ninghong Jinhao". "Ninghong Jinhao" enjoys a high reputation among black teas in the world. When the lady poured the brewed "Tea Lady" into the dissolved white sugar boiled water, the guests opened their eyes wide. The tea lady water in the white sugar boiled water was like "red clouds floating from the sky and slowly dispersing." . The universe in the cup is indeed "a myriad of things". Several European ladies sitting on the left table regarded the tea that only had a small cup at each table as a treasure and distributed it to the guests at the same table so that their companions could all have a taste of this bright red color, sweet and refreshing taste, which was praised by the American William ·Ning black tea, which Ux calls "extremely valuable".

Folk culture is very popular in today’s world. Tea culture in folk culture is a unique variety. When the staff pushed a "stove" into the performance area, the eyes of all the guests were attracted by this folk "stove" made of "stone strips", with pusher hooks and copper pots hung on the "beams". attract. In the lively and cheerful Jiangnan folk music, the "farmer housewife" was busy serving folk tea. This kind of folk tea is also called chrysanthemum tea in Xiushui area. Its performance procedures are: sit down, light the fire, wash hands, wash the dishes, pick up the bowls, make tea, serve the tea, and take the bowls. As a tea ceremony, it is a condensation of the civilized life of Xiushui people for thousands of years. Isn't it, worshiping gods and ancestors, respecting elders and virtuous people, celebrating weddings and funerals, making friends and even mediating disputes, etc. Tea is everywhere. "Housewife"'s neat and passionate movements are dizzying. These actions are extremely common and not surprising to the local people in Xiushui. However, in front of guests, this tea ceremony is a wonderful thing that is pleasing to the eye. The "peasant housewife" washes the dishes in the style of "water pumping cart" and calls the "ten kinds of brocade" tea, chrysanthemums, shredded ginger, diced radish, pepper, tea peony, sesame, beans, peanuts, and salt. The 80 agile bowl-picking movements while waiting for the condiments to be sorted into eight tea bowls; the circling sifting movement known as "Wind and Rain" and the flushing movement with the momentum of "falling thousands of miles" are not only a rare skill , and is an external manifestation of the housewife’s hospitality.

When the chrysanthemum tea with “no water on top and no bottom on bottom” was delivered to the guests, they rushed to taste it and praised it constantly. The chairman of a Taiwanese council told a reporter from the TV station: This tea has a special flavor and is delicious!

With the bright music rhythm, the ladies brought out Ninghong health tea. This is the end of the tea ceremony performance. After a series of ceremonial performances, the ladies deftly opened the tea packaging, took out the tea bags, brewed 8 cups of Ninghong powerful tea and served them to the guests. Then, another gift - Ninghong health tea was given to the guests, and there was another burst of warm applause in the venue.

The entire tea ceremony performance lasted 1 hour and 5 minutes. Dozens of cameras flashed frequently, capturing the highlights of each procedure. Three TV stations, including the provincial and municipal TV stations, will film the entire performance or key segments of the performance. Especially the few "foreigners" were a bit like Grandma Liu entering the Grand View Garden, refusing to miss any opportunity and snapping up every detail of the performance in all directions.

The tea ceremony performance was over, but some guests still refused to leave.

Guests from Singapore, Macau, Taiwan and other countries and regions have repeatedly sent out sincere invitations to perform tea ceremonies at their places, and have left each other's mailing addresses. At this time, although the scenery in the performance area has been dismantled, the guests still invited the leaders of the tea ceremony performance team to take commemorative photos to remember this unique encounter in Jiujiang. Performance of Ninghong Tea Ceremony 2

Tea Ceremony Knowledge

"Tea Ceremony" is a survival etiquette using tea as a medium. It is also considered a method of cultivating one's moral character. It involves making tea. , appreciating tea, drinking tea, enhancing friendship, cultivating virtues, and learning etiquette are very beneficial and harmonious rituals. Chinese tea ceremony knowledge is also extensive and profound. The tea ceremony first originated in China. At least in the Tang Dynasty or before the Tang Dynasty, the Chinese were the first in the world to regard tea drinking as a way to cultivate their moral character. There is such a record in "Fengshi Hearing and Seeing Notes" of the Tang Dynasty: "The tea ceremony was popular, and the princes and scholars Everyone drinks it." This is the earliest record of the tea ceremony in existing literature.

Tea banquet was a very popular social activity in society at that time. In "Preface to the Tea Banquet on March 3", Tang Luwen gave an extremely vivid description of the elegant atmosphere of the tea banquet and the beautiful charm of tea tasting. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, people were very particular about the tea drinking environment, etiquette, operation methods and other tea drinking rituals. There were some agreed-upon rules and rituals. Tea banquets include palace tea banquets, temple tea banquets, and literati tea banquets. divided. He also had a profound understanding of the role of tea in cultivating one's character. Zhao Ji, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty, was a lover of tea. He believed that the aroma of tea could make people relaxed, calm and interesting: "It is as good as tea." "Things that are good at the beauty of Ou and Fujian, and the spiritual endowment of Zhongshanshui, can dispel stagnation and lead to cleanliness and harmony, which is not something that a mediocre child can understand. It has a calm and pure tone, and a high and tranquil rhythm..." in the tea ceremony. Philosophy, ethics, and morality are integrated into the movement, and spiritual enjoyment can be achieved through drinking tea, green tea, and tasting life.

During the Song and Yuan dynasties, the "Dragon and Phoenix Prosperity" and "Tea War" emerged in Fujian. During the heyday of the palace tea culture and the literati tea culture characterized by "Fashion", the Chinese Royal Tea Garden - the Imperial Tea Garden bred by the Jiuqu River not only represents the historical glory of Wuyi tea, but also symbolizes the special status of Fujian tea in Chinese tea. place. When the popularity of tea fighting gradually declined, Fujian tea in the Ming and Qing Dynasties entered an era of innovation, and a variety of teas were created. Another glory after the tribute tea and fighting tea of ??the Song Dynasty.

Oolong tea was created in Fujian in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. Shi Chaoquan (1625-1711) "Wuyi Tea Song" and "Anxi Tea Song"; Qing Dynasty? Lu Tingcan (1734) cited "Xu Tea Classic" "Wang Caotang Tea Theory"; Qing Dynasty Dong Tiangong's (1751) "Wuyi Mountain Chronicles" recorded the production skills of oolong tea. Oolong tea has been favored by people since its advent, and unique drinking methods suitable for oolong tea have emerged, commonly known as Gongfu tea. Qing Dynasty? Peng Guangdou's (1766) "Miscellaneous Records of Fujian", Liang Zhangju's (1845) "Miscellaneous Records of Returning to the Fields", Shi Hongbao's (1857) "Miscellaneous Records of Fujian", Lian Heng (1878-1936) "Collected Works of Yatang", etc. all have records. During this time, oolong tea was also introduced to Taiwan.

Guangyin black tea is produced in Fujian. It is said that it was successfully trial-produced in Tanyang Village, Fu'an during the Xianfeng and Tongzhi years of the Qing Dynasty (1851-1874). It was shipped to Europe via Guangzhou and was very popular. From then on, a large number of tea merchants came to the mountains to seek market and opened tea shops. The surrounding tea was gathered in Tanyang, and the reputation of "Tanyang Time" became popular for a while.