Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1455
History has many aspects, and if any small field can be explored from small to large, it can bring out a magnificent history of evolution.

Diet is the same.Food is the most important thing for the people, and the evolution of eating customs is no different than the human customs and customs of Zhuxia and Shenzhou shown by the joys and sorrows of emperors and generals.

The regional fragmentation shown by food customs, Shen Zhezi is more impressed by a story, that is, Wang Dao, the representative of the northern aristocratic family, invited Jiangdong Lu Wan to a banquet at the beginning of his journey to the south. The letter said: "Although the servant is from Wu, he is almost a ghost."

Such an anecdote is nothing more than a joke about incompatibility in food and drink for future generations. However, under the historical background of Nandu, it reflects the barriers and contradictions between the North and the South, and the incompatibility in every aspect.Under such a background, how can the North and the South be able to achieve closeness and cooperation with each other, and the Northern Expedition to kill Hu?
Shen Zhezi is also very clear that the most basic premise for him to become the leader of the Northern Expedition recognized by both the Northern and Southern Dynasties does not lie in the amount of achievements he has made, but in the fact that he was recognized by Su Zu as a native of the South and became a leader of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The emperor's son-in-law.It has been recognized by the upper class of the northern aristocratic family, and it has a solid foundation of public opinion in Jiangdong.

Even in the face of all kinds of difficulties back then, he used almost everything to make himself a symbol of the true convergence of the north and the south. This is Shen Zhezi's greatest advantage.

Talking about food, rice, rice, soup and fish, this is the basic diet structure of southerners summarized by Sima Qian in "Historical Records", even after thousands of years.China is a fertile land with vast land and abundant resources, and each region has its own different eating habits. Even in the era of real material abundance in later generations, various eating habits are still deeply ingrained and hard to change.

However, tea can get rid of geographical restrictions and become one of the few truly national drinks.The diffusion and development of tea, to some extent, can be said to represent the fusion process between different regions in the land of China.

The tea maker, the Jiamu in the south, was born in Bashu, Qin got Shu, and the world knew it. "Erya" and "Guangya" each recorded their names, and Sima Xiangru chanted them. During the Qin and Han Dynasties, tea entered Hanzhong from Bashu, and then entered Guanzhong, and flowed down the river to Jingxiang.

Whenever Sun Hao, the Lord of Wu, feasted his ministers, Wei Yao couldn't drink well, so he substituted tea for wine.Jiang Tong of the Central and Northern Dynasties satirized the pregnant prince Sima Yuxiyuan to sell groceries, which was a loss to the country, and tea was among the goods.Therefore, Liu Kun, Sikong, suffered from ulcers and depression in his body, and often admired real tea for medicinal purposes.

As a drink, tea is really popular in the north and south. It started in the Tang Dynasty. The tea ceremony was very popular, and all the princes and courtiers drank it.In the Song Dynasty, daily necessities were daily necessities, such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, and tea. The custom of drinking tea has spread to the market.

Shen Zhezi, as the person in power in the Southern Kingdom, has been trying to eliminate the barriers between the north and the south, the east and the west, and even himself is trying to get closer to this. Naturally, he will not miss tea, a drink that has the potential to be popularized by the whole people.

Externally, he hopes to make tea a strategic commodity.Internally, it is hoped that the custom of drinking tea can be carried forward to the north and south, and raised to a cultural level, becoming an indispensable and important element in Zhuxia culture.

People may live in Bashu, Lingnan, Guanlong, and Youyan, and their sounds cannot be connected, and their tastes cannot be similar. Only the taste of tea can't be given up.Of course, tea alone cannot unify the people of the north and the south, but it can provide a bond and opportunity. This is a completely beneficial and cost-effective attempt.

After several years of sparing no effort to promote, tea drinking has become a common practice between Jiangdong and Heluo, and a certain etiquette and culture have been formed.And now to promote it to Hebei is not only the spread of food customs, but also the export of culture.

When Shen Zhezi said that he wanted to treat guests with tea, the Hebei villagers present were at a loss for a while, but Gu Chang was already overjoyed, and he turned to everyone and introduced: "Heluo Shangcha, there are many famous tea servants. The general tea artisan Exquisite Daxuan, a national player for a while. He has heard of his name for a long time, but it is a pity that he can't see it. Unexpectedly, this time he can benefit all the sages in the village and excel in profound skills."

When everyone in the banquet heard this, although they were still at a loss, seeing Gu Chang so excited, they couldn't help being curious for a while.Some of them have heard of the name of tea, but they lack a deep understanding of it. They don't know what is so charming about this southern drink, which makes General Shen work hard, and this new envoy Jun is even more famous.

Without waiting for everyone to ask questions, Gu Chang had already got up and said: "Most of the sages present here lack knowledge of this skill, please serve me as a servant with a humble job..."

Shen Zhezi nodded after hearing the words, and motioned Gu Chang to sit at his seat. After Gu Chang took the seat, he explained to everyone: "If there is no game, there will be no tea. The game of tea has its own variety. The host and guest are different when entering the game. The game is different, please move your seats to enter the game..."

As a concept, the tea bureau draws on the style of casual conversation that was prevalent in Jiangdong in the old years. As the host of the tea bureau, it is naturally the core of the bureau, usually served by the host, and the guests are divided into host and guest, guests, and so on. Bureau and the like.The fighting game has a very distinct competitive color. The host and guest put forward the concept of tea taste and chanted it with poems, while the host appreciates the meaning and expresses it with different teas.

These Hebei villagers present have never seen the prevailing tea art in Heluo, because even if there is a game, it can only be a relatively simple tasting game, without the restrictions of those tricks, just taste it with your mouth.

Of course, even if it is a real taste game, the guests who enter the game must dedicate their skills to repay the host after tasting, whether it is poetry or fu or song or dance, or even dancing swords, controlling horses and fighting arrows. Praise is worthy of the hospitality of the host.

With the idea of ​​broadening their horizons, the people of Hebei Township moved their seats into the game under Gu Chang's arrangement. The seats are distributed in a random order, which is a relatively common flower formation. The general's position is also an all-round display of the tea server's skills. Although the situation is simple, not everyone has the courage to face this test.

After that, all kinds of tea-making utensils were sent up one by one. The styles and purposes of the utensils were different, and the materials were mainly bamboo and porcelain.The so-called nourishing honesty with tea, utensils are not precious, bamboo is simple, porcelain is brittle, simple and elegant, brittleness needs to be cautious, tea art is the first thing to cultivate the heart, if the bamboo utensils used are crude, and the porcelain jingles in the process of serving tea, then Naturally, it made the Fang family laugh.

The general washed his hands and cleansed his face, and returned to the table. Before he could make a move, just seeing the dazzling array of utensils on the tea table, everyone present was dazzled. A sense of self-vulgarity, of self-ashamed embarrassment.

After Shen Zhezi took the seat, he noticed the change in the atmosphere and couldn't help smiling.Although the concept of the so-called tea ceremony was proposed by him, it was those elegant scholars from Jiangdong to Heluo who really enriched it.

Taking people away with utensils, just displaying these utensils will give people a feeling of ignorance.Just like the complicated Zhou etiquette, it is purely thought out by the nobles who are too idle to torture people. The so-called etiquette is not inferior to the common people. Who really has the energy to ponder those extremely complicated etiquettes, but it does not hinder the feeling that this It's a high-profile affair.

"wash."

After entering the table, Shen Zhezi glanced sideways at Gu Chang on the left seat. Gu Chang looked dignified, and raised his hand to hold up a porcelain urn. It was just a gesture of pouring water, but because of his solemn demeanor, the audience couldn't help but pay attention to it. Concentrate on the water flow, the tea table has its own sink to rinse the utensils, and the flushing technique is also particular, first sprinkle and then pour, then flush and then cover.

Against the green background of the washing pool, Gu Chang exerted force with his wrists, and the clear water in the urn drifted and fell according to the inertia. , No obvious water droplets can be left on the utensils, but they must all be soaked by water color.

In this link, the strength of the wrist is tested, and it is closely related to the strength of the calligraphy brush. The thick ink is lightly rendered, which seems to be there or not. What can be appreciated is the color change brought about by the gradual moistening of the water color of the utensils, from light to deep, and the level changes. The clearer it is, the more brilliant it is.Wang Xizhi of Langya is known as the holy hand of washing utensils. It is said that just looking at his washing utensils, there are as many as ten changes, such as Zhongshan's dimming, Kuaiji's new moistening, lingering rainy season, and Qiantang tidal surge.

Gu Chang was worried that his skills were not good enough to cooperate with the great general's techniques to show many changes, and he had to be distracted to tell the audience about the infiltration level of the utensils. When the sprinkler was completed, a quarter of an hour had passed.

Under Gu Chang's narration, everyone also experienced the changes in the levels of Caishi Jiangwu, Longmen Baicui, etc., especially at the end. It made Gu Chang's face flushed with excitement, and he felt a little bit disappointed in his heart. If this scene is seen by those famous Heluo tea ceremony masters, it will be praised for a long time and will be admired by others.Although the Hebei natives who were present at the scene also took it seriously, they obviously couldn't fully appreciate the subtleties of this subtlety.

However, although the natives of Yedi who were present at the scene failed Gu Chang's extraordinary performance, the changes he narrated fell on everyone's ears, and combined with the changes in the infiltration of the utensils that he saw just now, they echoed each other, and they also responded to the unprecedented The Jiangdong Caishiji and Luoyang Longmen have a little longing and anticipation, and they are even more curious about whether Lantian Meiyu is really as emerald-covered, lively and lovely as I saw just now?
Holding the porcelain urn in his hands for such a long time, Gu Chang's arms were also sore and unbearable, and the next shower was handled by the general himself.The focus of this link is not to watch, but to listen. The bamboo bucket is poured, and the water drops fall on the utensils. The thin-walled sink has a sound effect of resonance. Different utensils are made of different materials and shapes, and the sounds are different. Only those who enter the tranquility can get the fun.

There is "Midnight and Autumn Song" in Luoyang, which is composed of the old sounds of the general's shower, played by the harp, and Sun Chuo from Xinshiguan. , You must sing when you return late.And Gu Chang has no time to tell everyone about the sound at this moment, he just listens quietly, unconsciously moved by emotion, and forgets himself leisurely.

(End of this chapter)