摘要
THE Wanshou Zen Temple in Jingshan Mountains,Hangzhou City,east China’s Zhejiang Province,is known for its distinctive tea ceremony.It is a tea drinking ceremony combining Zen philosophy and tea culture to honor distinguished guests.The ceremony originated in the middle of the Tang Dynasty (618-907),flourished in the Song (960-1279)and Yuan (1271-1368) dynasties,and was later introduced to Japan where it became the origin of the Japanese tea ceremony.The beautiful Jingshan District has always been renowned for tea.The "Sage of Tea" Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty used to stay here,and the place was also the inspiration of his monumental work,The Classic of Tea,the first known book in the world featuring the cultivation,preparation,and drinking of tea.
