半榻茶烟养性灵--古典诗文、对联中的茶烟意象

Disposition and Intelligence Cultivaion Amidst Tea Smoke over Semi-Couch:the Smoke Imagery in Classical Poems,Couplets and Articles

烟景是中国文化中的一个奇特意象,在古典诗文、对联中,常见“茶烟”一词。“茶烟”可以是焙茶之烟火,也可以是一杯茶水升起的香雾,或曰茶垄如烟,一如烟柳。茶烟常常与鹤、与松竹梅兰相伴,构成山居图画。茶性尚俭,“半榻”喻谦,又使得“半榻茶烟”成为了固定图式。茶烟从林间袅袅升起,颇能契合中国古代士人渴望生命升华的意愿。

Smoke is a special literary imagery in Chinese culture,and"tea smoke"is often seen in ancient essays,poems and couplets.The"tea smoke"may be the smoke resulting from the fire for baking tea,or the vapor rising from the kettles.Tea smoke imagery is often accompanied by cranes,pines,bamboos and plum blossoms,forming mountain-dwelling pictures.Tea culture always values the spirit of thrift,while the"semi-couch"also represents the spirit of modesty,making"tea smoke over semi-couch"become a common phrase in literature.The scenery of tea smoke ascending from the forest,is quite in line with the desire of ancient Chinese scholars to sublimate their lives.