On six Zen teas in Emei Mountain

Lead: Zen tea is a kind of tea planted, collected and drunk by monks in the temple. In ancient times, it was the daily necessities of Shaolin Temple, mainly used for offering Buddha, entertaining guests, drinking by oneself, becoming attached to gifts and so on. Zen tea pays attention to righteousness and gratitude, pure inclusion, harmony and sharing, elegance and affinity. Its spirit is summarized as "righteousness, purity, harmony and elegance". The Zen tea culture of "tea and Zen blindly" is a unique phenomenon in the history of traditional culture in China, and it is also a great contribution of China to world civilization.

In the mud garden, bamboo leaves are green, red Toona sinensis drizzles Mao Feng, green tea is lined with green stones, white water and autumn wind blow green flowers, Shui Sheng Pavilion Bitan snows, and Jinding Xianfeng blocks the sun. The essence of Emei tea lies in the combination of Zen and tea, and each tea contains graceful and profound Zen meaning. Therefore, drinking tea on Mount Emei is not drinking, but ginseng, and you can learn about the "six Zen teas" of Mount Emei and the six Zen doctrines of Buddhism.

"Bamboo Leaf Green" in the Earth Garden

Under Mount Emei, surrounded by dense forests, there is a green temple called "Khufu Temple". There is a square courtyard between the First Pu Xian Hall and the Second Daxiong Hall, and there is a clay garden hidden in the courtyard of Khufu Temple. The magic of mud garden lies in its unique terrain and environment. Every night, the mountain wind blows to the temple along the stone steps of the mountain road. Because the temple is surrounded by towering trees, the wind is blocked by the forest, and a whirlwind slowly forms in the yard, which can sweep away the dead leaves scattered in the temple.

The origin of Bamboo Leaf Green is said to be that an old monk in Wannian Temple once presented Marshal Chen Yi with new tea made in the temple. Marshal Chen Yi saw that the tea had two sharp ends, the middle was wide and fat, like bamboo leaves, and the soup color was Huang Liang. He asked the old monk, What's the name of this tea? The monk said: this tea is longer than the cliff top behind Wannian Temple. The monks in the temple picked a bud and a leaf three or five days before Tomb-Sweeping Day, or Shuang Ye, and then cultivated it in a characteristic way, calling it "it"

Marshal Chen Yi saw that "this tea is shaped like bamboo leaves with tiny leaves, but once it is brewed with water, the color of the soup is clear, so why not call it' Bamboo Leaf Green'". Since then, this kind of monk tea has added a very Zen name: "Bamboo Leaf Green".

In fact, it is not always dust-free, just like bamboo leaves, which have tiny leaves and are not absolutely shiny. However, the mountain wind blew away the scale garden overnight, and the leaves were put into the lamp for brewing in the morning, so the garden was clear and the leaves were clear.

Hong Yurun's Mao Feng

Toona sinensis refers to Toona sinensis Ping on the mountainside of Mount Emei. It is a big temple named after the ancient Toona sinensis trees planted in the temple. As for the rain in Mao Mao, it is a natural phenomenon, neither smoke nor fog, nor rain. This scene often happens between spring and summer, when the weather is cool at night and warm at day. The temperature difference between day and night leads to the long-term existence of evaporated water vapor, which can wet people's clothes like rain.

Mao Feng, a flower of Emei Mountain, is produced in Emei Mountain. It is made of high-quality Maofeng leaves in early spring as raw materials, supplemented by jasmine, and brewed by a special cellar storage method. Mao Feng is generally classified as fresh unfermented green tea, but Mao Feng in Emei Mountain has turned it into scented tea in a unique way. Its fragrance is half floral and half tea. The fragrance of tea is accompanied by the rich fragrance of flowers, and the fragrance of flowers is fresh with tea.

I know that Red Toona sinensis and Drizzle seems unreal and unreal, and it is a symbol of ethereal situation, but what is the meaning of ethereal? Hearing this, the abbot of the temple smiled. First, he made me a pot of Emei Mountain flower Mao Feng tea. The taste was strange. He asked, Is this pot fragrant, floral or tea?

The monk smiled without a word, but told me a story about watermelon. Once upon a time, there was a man who liked to argue with others. A man gave him a difficult problem. Why are watermelons round instead of square? The man's testimony could not be solved, and he was finally depressed.

I laughed after listening: watermelon is watermelon, watermelon is round. After hearing this, the monk immediately laughed: Yes, that tea is tea, and fragrance is fragrance. Why are you so persistent?

"Green tea" is lined with green smoke.

In front of the old Lingyan Temple in Emei Mountain, looking north, from near to far, from low to high, I saw clumps of green and clumps of clothes, which seemed to extend to the horizon. This is the famous "Lingyan Diecui". Nowadays, the old Lingyan Temple in Emei Mountain has collapsed into ruins and evaporated without a trace. The scene of Lingyan Temple is even more a mystery.

A kind of tea that people in Emei Mountain often drink is called green tea (also called fried green and grass green). This kind of tea is more common, and it can be seen everywhere in tea shops on the mountain, and the price is also very cheap.

The first time I tasted grass green was in the' Big Buddha Temple' in Emei Mountain. The abbot gave me three words: "I read Buddhism", saying that it contained profound Buddhism and told me to try to understand it myself, and then I drifted away. I'm confused. The host monk made me a pot of tea and told me that this is the grass green that Master asked me to make for you. He also told me with great interest the origin of the name change of the grass green. I suddenly realized, "I miss Buddha, and Buddha misses me." Isn't it what Buddhism calls "introspection"?

Baishui autumn wind blows "Erie"

The white water autumn wind in Emei Mountain is named after the "white pool" (also known as "Yuemingchi") of Emei Mountain. There are many maple leaf shrubs around the white pool, which are very beautiful every autumn. Legend has it that Li Bai once heard a monk named Guang Jun play the piano here. Ruth wrote a poem "Listen to the Monks Playing the Pipa in Shu": "Monks in Shu carry the blue silk lute box and go down to Emei Mountain in the west. When I hear the sound of Matsutani, I wave my hand at will. I heard him in the clear stream, I heard him in the cold bell. I don't think there has been any change, although the mountains have darkened and cloudy autumn has piled up the sky. "

The core of Emei Mountain is located on the precipice behind Heishui Temple in Emei Mountain. This kind of tea is said to have lived in a place called "Errui Valley" in Emei Mountain earlier. The nun planted a fairy tree. One day, a tea farmer accidentally broke into the place where the nun lived, and the alarmed nun leaked the secret, so the nun became a tea seedling. Tea farmers took this tea seedling back and carefully cultivated it, and then Errui was born. Its leaves are slightly rolled up, like petals, and the fragrance is emitted from it, just like the stamens wrapped in petals are emitting fragrance.

Some people say that poetry and Zen are the closest art, and poetry, like Zen, contains many graceful things, which cannot be understood literally, but depends on the realm of body and mind. Li Bai's listening is graceful and Zen, so is Mount Emei. The only way to interpret them is to integrate them first, which is exactly what Buddhists call the realm of "harmony between man and nature".

Bitan Snow in Shui Sheng Pavilion

The original name of Shui Sheng Pavilion in Emei Mountain is Shui Sheng Temple, and the water here refers to the "Shenshuitan" at the entrance. This pool is very strange, the running water does not dry up all the year round, and it is still cold in the hottest dog days. In fact, this shrine plays a vigilant role in Zen. The cold spring water reminds monks and Buddhists that no matter how the surrounding environment changes, their hearts should remain unchanged forever, which is the "great determination" in Zen.

The snowdrift of Bitan Lake in Emei Mountain is the most elegant tea in Emei Mountain. It is made by picking tea from the high mountain of Emei Mountain and storing jasmine petals. It's similar to "Flower Mao Feng", but the quality is better. Tea leaves and petals are the top and bottom. Therefore, the brewed tea is green, the bottom is faint, and the white petals float on it, and the layering is very obvious.

People who pass by here will have a habit of washing their faces with water from Shenchi, and drinking more will make them feel refreshed. Making tea with this kind of water is considered to be the best choice, which not only pursues the quality of tea, but also plays the role of "drinking".

Jinding Pioneer Cover "Cloud"

The most enlightened Zen position in Emei Mountain is in Jinding, Emei. Here, you can see the rare "Buddha's light" and "holy lamp", but in Jinding, a bitter and cold place, the ice and snow hardly melt all year round. Even in dog days, you need cotton-padded clothes and a stove. When the traffic was inconvenient in the early years, the monks in Jinding Temple lived a very hard life.

Wuyun tea in Emei Mountain is a kind of tea that is shrouded by mountains and clouds all the year round. Absorbed the essence of heaven, earth, sun and moon, and the taste is very pure. So it is also called Jinding pure bud, which belongs to unfermented green tea. More authentic, very sweet and cold, just like the Jinding of Emei Mountain. People who insist on drinking this cold and bitter tea all the year round must have a strong forbearance character. This kind of character can't be forced, and it naturally needs to be "fully understood."

In the early years, my friends and I lived in Jinding, Emei Mountain. Originally, I agreed to live in a temple, but because I was afraid that I couldn't stand extreme poverty, I finally chose to rest in the hotel in Jinding. In Jinding Huazang Temple, Emei Mountain, a friend specially invited a monk from that temple to teach him. Monks are getting older and thinner, and their faces are as haggard as ever, and they can't see the joys and sorrows. He waved lightly and said, if you can't bear it, you don't have to force it. Naturally, I understand.

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