Why do future generations call Lu Yu "Tea Sage"?

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As we all know, there are poems such as Li Bai and Saint Du Fu. Similarly, there is tea in tea, there is tea ancestor in tea, Lu Yu is the first person in the world to specialize in tea classic work "Tea Classic", the significance of "Tea Classic" is extraordinary, which not only reflects the prosperity and prosperity of tea culture at that time, but also reflects the economy and culture of the Tang Dynasty period...

Why is Lu Yu called "Tea Sage"?

A Brief History of Tea Culture:

Before the Tang Dynasty, there was no large-scale tea book, and the records of tea were basically scattered.

Tea is used medicinally before spring and autumn

Tea has been recorded in the Warring States period

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Bao "Wuyang sold tea, and the primary trade of tea has been formed.

The pre-Qin, Wei, And Jin dynasties' understanding of tea drinking was limited to medicinal use, thirst quenching, wine quenching, meal accompaniment, sacrifice, health maintenance, etc., and the tendency of tea drinking to become a certain spirit gradually sprouted

Tea was simply processed during the Qin and Han dynasties.

The Significance of the Tea Sutra:

Lu Yu's "Tea Classic" is the first time to comprehensively study and summarize the history of Chinese tea, tea science and tea culture in the form of a book, and initially establish a tea science system. For the first time, it comprehensively summarized the experience of tea in various aspects before the Tang Dynasty, and had a far-reaching impact on tea production, tea ceremony popularization, and tea research in later generations. For the first time, the production and consumption of tea was elevated to the spiritual level.

So we all know "Tang frying Song point", tea is happy in Tang, sheng in Song.

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