A Study On The Communication And Evolution Of The Tea Cultural In China And Korea-Centering On

The paper presented a sketch of the Tea Ceremony' s forming,development,and evolution,based on which,paid more attention to analysis of the similarities and differences of the Tea Ceremony Ideas between China and Korea.Meanwhile,the paper also probed into the influence of the two countries' Tea Ceremony Ideas which possess colorful humanistic spirit by taking the representative figures Su Dong-po,Li Kui-li' s thinking for examples.As friendly nations,China and Korea have extensive exchanges in the factors of politics,economy,and culture,among which,the Tea Culture can be regarded as representative item.Tea Culture has a long history in China.At the beginning,tea was used as medication,and then it was used in making food.From the Tang Dynasty to Qing,there were many different processes for making tea and drinking methods.Correspondingly,multiple proprieties and poems about tea began to take shape,as a result of this,every hierarchy including royalty,refined scholars,monks and commoners had their own characteristics.Namely,the Tea Culture in ancient China demonstrated multicultural feature and played an important role in people life.At the period of Baekje,tea was spread to Korea,after combining with local culture,the Xinluo tea ceremony,Koryo tea ceremony,and Korea tea ceremony successively formed.To some extent,The tea ceremony conforms humanity,because of this,people can toughen their cultivation through the practice of tea ceremony.For an example,in the Song Dynasty of China,we can detect great component of humanism.Besides,we also can explore the characteristics of Korean Buddhist thought by observing Korea tea ceremony.Generally speaking,as ceremonial countries,China and Korea both pay great attention to the spirits of benevolence,courtesy,respect,and harmony,and try to realize the harmonious development between man and nature.All of these can be accentuated in the two countries' Humanistic Tea Ceremony.Humanistic Tea Ceremony emphasizes the factors of "Dao" and virtue,which can be regarded as the most important characteristics of China and Korea.Taking into account of this factor,the Tea Culture of China and South Korea have much in common.However,they also have their own features in the form of expression.Specifically speaking,the performances of Tea Ceremony in China always present solemn and magnificent.Relatively,the performances of Tea Ceremony in South Korea often convey the worship to simple and honest of this nation's people.During comparative study of the ideas of Humanistic Tea Ceremony between Su Dong-po and Li Kui-bao,we can find that,the former had great pursuit of compatible thoughts of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism.However,Li Kui-bao's thinking presented distinctive features of Taoist philosophy.Above all,as the systematic presentation of etiquette,Tea Ceremony had an important impact on human life in ancient society,and plays an important role in terms of communication not only among people,but also between human and nature even in contemporary society,based on which,the Tea Ceremony' s spirits of China and South Korea can be regarded as coming down in one continuous line.