论植茶始祖塑造

On Characterization of Tea Ancester

神农氏是中华民族农神崇拜的化身,是中华民族的人文始祖之一,尊神农氏为茶祖,是宏观意义上的文化认同,是尊重人们对茶业历史的认识过程。对茶功用的再认识,利用方式的创新和改进者不宜称为"祖"。茶树人工栽植的方法,是一个地区长期利用、认识、经验累积形成的,不是某一个人的发明,滥塑"茶祖"不利于茶文化健康发展。

Shennongshi is the idol of Chinese admiration to agricultural god, and also one of the beginners of Chinese culture. To respect Shennongshi as tea ancestor is an overall cultural identity and agreement with the tea history. The later ones who recognized the function of tea or reutilized the tea resource or developed the processing of tea can not be respected as ancestor. The tea planting in one area is based on the accumulation of experience and knowledge by generations and not the invention by a single man. The messy characterization of tea ancestor will damage the development of tea culture.