论唐代社会对茶文化发展的促进作用

A Study On the Facility Role of Tang Dynasty On the Development of tea culture

茶文化是中华优秀传统文化的重要组成部分。它在唐代以前开始萌芽,在唐宋之际得以形成,在元明时期广泛传播。因此唐代是茶文化发展的一个关键期。唐代社会对茶文化发展的促进作用主要体现在经济、政治、文化三个方面。在经济上,茶叶贸易是唐代经济贸易的动脉所在,茶文化在贸易交往中得以流行化普及;在政治上,为满足宫廷用茶需要,唐政府颁布了一系列有利于茶发展的政令,故而茶文化得以制度化保障;在文化上,唐代文人的咏茶诗直接对茶文化进行雅化处理,因此茶文化获得巨大的精神内蕴支持,从而得以艺术化升华。把握唐代社会对茶文化发展所起的促进作用,对于综合理解唐代社会以及理清茶文化发展脉络有着重要意义。

Tea culture constitutes an essential part in Chinese traditional culture. It sprang up since Tang Dynasty, and formed betweenthe Tang and Song Dynasty,and gained wide spread during the Yuan and Ming Dynasty. In this case, Tang Dynasty is a key stage of the de- velopment of tea culture. The facility roles are mainly embodied in three aspects： economic role, political role and cultural role. Economi- cally, tea trade is the center of economy and trade, and it also became popular in Tang Dynasty. Politically, in order to meet the royal fam- ily＇ s needs of tea, the government has promulgated a series of policies which are conducive to the development of tea culture, which means that the tea culture get institutional guarantee. Culturally, men of letters at that time wrote lots of tea poems which endowed some- what elegance on tea culture, thus, it was supported by great implied mental implication and obtained sublimation. If we can understand the facility roles pf the Tang Dynasty on the development of tea culture, it will be easier for us to fully comprehend the society and devel- opment process of tea culture.