Report on Water for Brewing Tea
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Report on Water for Brewing Tea (Chinese: 煎茶水记; pinyin: Jiāncháshuǐjì) is a tea monograph by late Tang dynasty era author Zhang Youxin (Chinese: 张又新) from 814.[1] This book is the earliest monograph wholly devoted to the quality of water for brewing tea.[citation needed] In the 13th century, it was compiled alongside several other texts on tea from the same period into the Baichuan xuehai (Chinese: 百川學海).[2]
Content
[edit]The primary content of the work was a list of water sources and the quality of these sources. Parts included:
- A short list of water sources from seven locations, ranked from 1 to 7:
- Nanling of Yangtze river.
- Wuxi Hui Mountain Temple Spring
- Suzhou Tiger Hill Temple Spring
- Danyang Guanyin Temple
- Yangzhou Da Ming temple
- Wuzhong River
- Huai River
- Temple of Small Gods fountain.
- An anecdote about Lu Yu's marvellous ability as water connoisseur.
- A longer list of water quality ranking from twenty locations, with water from melting snow placed last.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Yu, Chen; Xiaoqin, D. U. (2024-09-15). "Cultural Connotation of Literati Tea in the Tang and Song Dynasties and Its Forming Process". Frontiers of History in China. 19 (3): 287–311. doi:10.3868/s020-013-024-0013-4. ISSN 1673-3401.
- ^ Zanini, Livio (2017-02-13). "Chinese Writings on Tea: Classifications and Compilations". Ming Qing Yanjiu. 21 (1): 44–57. doi:10.1163/24684791-12340013. ISSN 2468-4791.
- ^ Sen, Sōshitsu (2010). The Japanese way of tea: from its origins in China to Sen Rikyū. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 978-0-8248-1990-3.