Samurai of the Takeda Family

Daimyo or samurai who pay attention to tea ceremony in Japan will have a special tea room to hold tea parties. The standard tea room is generally four-fold (tatami) and half the size.

　　 There happened to be such a tea room in the castle tower of Gaoyuan Castle, which was left by Mr. Shiyou Akiyama, the predecessor of the castle. The tea room is exactly four-and-a-halffold, with tatami mats on the floor, and a calligraphy and painting on the wall in the middle, with the word'youxuan' written on it.

　　Youxuan is derived from the aesthetic consciousness of Zen Buddhism. Japanese Buddhist scriptures mentions the word Yuxuan many times, which expresses a hidden, soft and profound, indescribable mood. Zen is used in various fields in Japan. For example, the word Youxuan is also used in chess. In the animation "Soul of the Go", the protagonist Shinto Hikaru and Toya Hiroko, the new preliminary match for the first time, the chess room where they are located is the room of the mysterious.

　　As a military commander's tea room, in addition to these calligraphy and paintings that play with his knowledge level, he often displays a famous sword. The sword is placed on a special mounting frame, with the tip of the knife up, the handle down, and the winger inward.

　　As a display, the handle of the knife must be placed to the left. On the one hand, the left side is the front of the knife, and on the other hand, it means that it is non-threatening.

　　 And in the middle of the tea room is a small fire pond, on the fire pond stands a tea pot gushing with water. The tea room is surrounded by walls on three sides, and outside the sliding door, is a Japanese-style courtyard with a cloister and pond.

　　 A bamboo tube is placed next to the pond in the courtyard, followed by spring water, but when the bamboo tube is almost full, the bamboo tube will be turned upside down and poured into the small stone pool, returning to its original position to continue to store water, and so on.

　　 When the bamboo tube pours water, the bottom of the stone will be pounded with a thud, which is particularly crisp and elegant in this quiet courtyard.

　　 This kind of bamboo water intake device is called ‘adding water’, and it is often seen in Japanese manga.

　　 All kinds of elaborate decorations above are all to create the atmosphere of drinking tea in the tea party. The Japanese tea ceremony was introduced to Japan by the monks studying abroad during the Song Dynasty of China. It was first popular among the monks who had nothing to eat and work all day, and then spread to the courts and the martial arts.

　　 It is said that the reason why monks love to drink tea is because they can experience the bitterness of life from the bitter taste of tea, which is uniquely helpful to comprehend a certain mysterious artistic conception. I don't know if this is true or not, but to Japan at that time, tea was an imported product. It was imported from China across Haiti, and it was super expensive.

　　 The monk uses such expensive tea and drinks tea to experience Zen. This excuse, in Li Xiao's view, is a bit like elementary school students in the past asking their parents for money to buy a Xiaobawang learning machine, saying that it was to practice typing and study hard.

　　 As the owner, Takeda Katsuyoshi wants to boil water and clean the tea bowl, and his every action must be in accordance with etiquette. In this waiting process, the Takeda brothers, the Baoke brothers, and the Sanada Masao could not whisper. They can either watch the calligraphy and painting on the wall, or appreciate the Taito, or overlook the courtyard, and then they can listen carefully to the boiling sound of the water in the tea pot, and occasionally it is accompanied by the occasional sound of adding water to the ground. ring.

Whether they are doing superficial work or really immersing in it, they are all a posture that can realize a certain Zen state from this tea party. Even if they don’t realize it, they must pretend to be a posture that the realm of thought has been sublimated. On the spiritual level, everyone is together, otherwise they will be despised by others.

　　 As they gradually merged into this realm, they reached a level of spiritual communication, just like in Taige 5, using that elegant and lonely heart card, everyone can get the effect of increasing friendship together.

Relatively speaking, Li Xiao didn’t show face so much. He yawned and yawned. Although he didn’t act too much, he still showed little interest. This kind of pretending Japanese tea party was a bit of interest to him. No, he would rather everyone get together to fight the landlord, so the atmosphere is more harmonious.

　　The water was finally boiled. Takeda Katsuyori first poured a bag of tea powder into the tea bowl, then poured the boiled water into the tea bowl with the tea cup, and waited quietly for the tea powder to completely blend with the water. At this time, Japanese people still drink matcha tea, which is to grind the tea leaves into powder and then brew them.

This was also the way of drinking tea during the Song and Tang Dynasties in China, but they replaced it with tea bricks or tea cakes. In the Ming Dynasty, the way of drinking tea pursued the unity of nature and man, returning to innocence, putting the pursuit of the true fragrance of tea in the first place. It was changed to the way of making tea and it has been passed down to the present.

Takeda Katsuyori handed the brewed tea bowl to Takeda Nobuyoshi on the right. Takeda Nobuyoshi respectfully handed it over. After expressing his gratitude to the host for the warm hospitality, he slowly turned the cup three times to watch the tea color and smell the tea. Fragrant, took a closer look at the tea set, and finally took a sip, and passed the tea bowl to his younger brother Mochizuki Shinnaga.

　　 Yes, this is the drinking method invented by Qian Lizong, that is, no matter how many people in the tea party, they can only drink tea in the same tea bowl. It is said that this allows the attendees to have a cup of tea together, and it also allows the emotions of others to blend together. UU Reading www.uukahnshu.cOM

　　 Seeing here, Li Xiao can only pray secretly, don't let the so-and-so get AIDS, gonorrhea, sars, etc., so that all the tea-drinking people behind him will die.

　　 After Mochizuki Nobuyuki finished drinking and brought the tea bowl to Li Xiao, Li Xiao pretended to touch this bowl of extremely bitter tea with a slight touch on his lips, and then passed the tea bowl to the next Sanada Masao that he had finished drinking.

　　 passed on one by one, after everyone had finished drinking, Takeda Katsurai brewed another pot and drank it for another round. Then everyone picked up the tea bowl, including the tea set, to appreciate it. At that time, the Japanese Warring States period was obsessed with tea ceremony, and it had reached a kind of madness.

This includes the collection and pursuit of tea sets. For example, the Demon King of the Oda family is not only a tea ceremony lover, but also likes to collect all kinds of tea sets. They call them famous utensils, such as his famous'Ninety-nine-fat eggplant. '.

　　 Demon King not only likes tea ceremony himself, but also develops his own generals like him. The most famous is the later Taige. Taige is not only obsessed with tea ceremony, but also his collection of tea sets to the point of madness. It is said that his most funny thing is that he once obtained a piece of Nanban product. Because it looked like a kettle, he regarded it as the top. Waiting for the tea set to entertain the guests, it was later discovered that this was a chamber pot used by the Nanban people.

　　 It can be seen that there is no culture that kills people.

After everyone praised the tea set collected by Takeda Katsuras, the appreciation of the tea set was completed, and then some tea desserts were served one after another, a few pieces of roasted eel per person, a small dish of pickled radish, a few glutinous rice balls, and a few pieces of seaweed , A bowl of miso soup. These together are only enough for Li Xiao to eat half a full meal, but after drinking so much bitter tea, these dim sums tasted exceptionally delicious in the eyes of Takeda Katsurai and the others.

　　The tea party is over at this time, and everyone can finally chat and fight without scruples.