Tea art (Chaozhou Gongfu tea art)

Name of China's national intangible cultural heritage: Tea Art (Chaozhou Gongfu tea art)

Applicant: Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Project No.: 1014

Project No.: Ⅹ - 107

Time of publication: 2008 (second batch)

Category: folk customs

Region: Guangdong Province

Type: new item

Applicant: Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Protection unit: Chaozhou Cultural Center (Chaozhou Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection Center)

Introduction to tea art (Chaozhou Gongfu tea art)

Applicant: Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province

Chaozhou Gongfu tea is a kind of tea brewing skill which is popular in Chaoshan area of Guangdong Province. It began in Song Dynasty and became popular in the middle of Qing Dynasty. It even spread to Southeast Asia. Chaozhou Gongfu tea has a certain brewing procedure, which is mainly composed of tea set presentation, tea master's hand cleaning, clay stove fire making, shayao (water boiling apparatus) water fetching, olive charcoal boiling, boiling water hot pot, rewarming tea cup, tea tipping plain paper, teapot Na oolong, Ganquan tea washing, Tiyao gaochong, teapot lid scraping, pouring hot, hot cup rolling, low sprinkling tea soup, Guan Gong City tour, Han Xin ordering soldiers, please taste first It is composed of many links, such as smelling tea fragrance, sipping tea harmoniously, smelling the bottom of the cup three times, and melting auspicious Qi. In addition to the unique brewing, Chaozhou Gongfu tea has another prominent feature, that is, oolong tea is the main tea.

Chaozhou Gongfu tea art is an important part of Chaozhou traditional culture, which has the research value of folklore, chaoology, social life history and so on. With the development of society, the pace of people's life is accelerating. Most young people don't know much about Gongfu tea. The traditional Chaozhou Gongfu tea technique is replaced by the simplified brewing procedure. Chaozhou Gongfu tea technique shows a declining trend and needs to be protected.