The Legend And Custom Of Tea In Huizhou Between The Ming Dynasty And The Qing Dynasty

Chinese traditional culture is broad and profound, the tea culture is one of the most important part of it. If we say, cultural differences can be used "different styles within ten miles, different custom within hundreds of miles" to divide, then the world will not be similar or identical with any two culture. However, it is not. The world is so a kind of culture, it is sufficient to close the distance between the world, no doubt, this is the great culture--tea culture.As we all know, China is the birthplace of tea and tea culture originated from the Tang Dynasty. Begin with the tea is a country drink, tea began to export, has won world acclaim. Nowadays, everywhere around the world have Chinese tea footprint, the world no matter where, tea or tea with Chinese there are similarities, most similar country is Japan. Although the Japanese tea ceremony is well known in the world, but it is also originated from china. In the period of Ming and Qing Dynasties, China tea develops very quickly, the world tea market has great influence in Huizhou, and it also created and produced the history of tea, to the rapid development of local economy and cultural exchanges frequent brought positive influence.China is a country with a time-honored civilization and a land of ceremony and decorum. Whenever guests visit, it is necessary to make and serve tea to them. Tea is China’s personal guests of the elegant entertainment and social activities. Snacks, sweets and other dishes may be served at tea time to complement the fragrance of the tea and to allay one’s hunger. In Huizhou, so it is.In this paper, the research is about at Huizhou area of tea cultivation, production, picking, drinking customs such as preliminary investigation, and it is under the background with the rapid development of tea during Ming and Qing Dynasties. Huizhou is the tea production area, and people’s life is inseparable from the tea."People can’t live a day without tea" in Ming Dynasty. Huizhou people love tea, also understand tea, drinking in the process of the formation of a relatively fixed drinking customs, but also for the later emergence of tea, tea and laid a solid foundation.In this paper, firstly, the tea history, stories and legends of Huizhou tea were collected about Taiping Houkui tea, Mount Huangshan Mao Feng tea, Songluo tea, Keemun black tea and other tea; Secondly, Huizhou tea was introduced briefly, the content tea Proverbs, folk songs, including tea songs, and tea customs; Thirdly, this also for the Huizhou area important ceremony and ritual aspects of tea were carried out using lists and research, for example, life etiquette (birth ceremony, weddings and funerals), sacrifice and other important ceremony of tea, of which the Huizhou region the most the most detailed records and records is the wedding tea appear, such as "three lots of tea and six presents(marry someone with the proper ceremonies)", which fully shows the people of Huizhou tea "non-portable" understanding and true to the core desire, also shows that tea is Huizhou people wedding played irreplaceable items; Finally, as the national intangible cultural heritage project list are introduced simply, and explains how the region of Huizhou, some tea non material cultural heritage and protection, on how to ensure that the Huizhou area green tea, tea production technology extension raised a point of thinking. In conclusion, this article is opposite on the whole in Huizhou during Ming and Qing Dynasties tea has carried on the simple elaboration and the research.