Master descends to earth

Chapter 174 The Sense of Ceremony

"This is Chiba Temple?"

Su Yuan looked at the courtyard of the ancient temple. There were five groups of 15-yuan courtyard stones in white sand, covered with moss, and nothing else.The white sand has concentric ripples, implying that fish come out of the drizzle in the pond.

The flowers and branches outside the wall are blowing low, the cherry blossoms are falling inside and outside the wall in spring, and the shadows of flowers are dancing on the wall.Looking at the garden, no matter from which angle you look at it, there is always a garden stone hidden.Thousands of changes, like Zen.

"This is Karesanshui!"

Kojiro explained by his side: "Silver Beach and Minggetsudai are unique dry landscape gardens built in the middle of the Edo period. Conical gravel is placed on an open space covered with white sand. The white sand symbolizes the sea, and the gravel on the gravel creates a The texture represents the vast expanse of waves, forming an extremely abstract landscape painting.”

"On a moonlit night, the moonlight dyes the beach silvery white, which is more poetic, and the design of the gravel is said to reflect the moonlight into the pavilion on a full moon night. It is elegant and ingenious, and it is amazing."

Su Yuan nodded secretly, the highest state of the garden is nothing more than eight words:

change scene,

Don't be fooled!

Compared with island countries with less land and more people, the area of ​​temples cannot be compared with the tens of acres of ancient temples and famous mountains in China. They can only be ingenious, use small things to make big things happen, and use details to create a world.

Walking in with the little sandman, the main courtyard is themed with geese rising to the ocean, using black and white sand to form a wave pattern. The main stone symbolizes wild geese spreading their wings, which is lifelike.

Nine stones are placed in the water, a central stone, and the other eight stones are divided into two groups to form a chasing and fleeing formation, with different shapes and sizes, as if the two groups of children are playing and playing, which is full of fun.

Came to a meditation hall in the west, this is a tea room specially reserved for Longquan Hall.

I originally thought that the tea ceremony exhibition would be crowded with people, but it turned out that there were no more than 200 people eligible to participate. Excluding a few top brands and century-old names in the industry, everyone left was a senior collector and a very important person.

"Qianye Temple will use 28 meditation halls as tea rooms every year to entertain distinguished guests from all over the world. Today is the No. 18 year that Longquan Hall has participated."

Kojiro Kyouyama asked Su Yuan to sit down, and took Emi Yagyu to inspect the tea room carefully. Every corner was not spared, and he wiped it with clean water repeatedly with his own hands, three times before he was satisfied.

Then she personally hung the picture of Ma Yuan Qiushui in the middle, and Liu Shenghuimei took out a plum green vase, put it under the scroll, and inserted a plum blossom, which was just about to bloom, and the artistic conception was far away.

A set of exquisite tea sets is placed on the tea table, a three-legged incense burner is placed with hundreds of pieces of rubbish, and the top-grade sandalwood from Pinewood Hall is lit. The light smoke is faint and the fragrance is tangy.

Everything is ready, advocating the idea of ​​Zen Buddhism, removing all artificial decorations, and pursuing the most simple and plain taste.

This is the deep-rooted wabi-sabi aesthetics.

Withering can be compared to blooming, brokenness can be better than perfection.

Rough can be better than smooth, clumsy can be better than dexterous.

Simplicity can be more beautiful than gorgeous.

Su Yuan did as the Romans did, wearing a kimono and kneeling on the tatami.Emi Yagyu is proficient in the tea ceremony, and today she is a tea ceremony master, arranging tea tables for the guests, taking the stove, tea kettle, water injection, white charcoal and other utensils from the water house, and putting them all in place.

Prepare charcoal burning tools, clean the furnace, adjust the heat, remove charcoal ashes, add charcoal, and hold incense.The movements are smooth and flowing without any confusion. This is the charcoal ritual.

As the host, Kojiro Yuyama must first kneel down outside the movable lattice door of the tea room to welcome the guests. The first person to enter the tea room must be the chief guest among the guests, and the other guests will enter the room later.

Throughout the tea party, there are specific etiquettes for the host and guest to walk, stand, sit, send, receive tea bowls, drink tea, look at tea sets, wipe bowls, place objects and speak.

A tea ceremony usually lasts about two hours.After the ceremony, the host must kneel down outside the teahouse door to see off the guests and accept their farewell compliments.

Emi Yagyu wiped all kinds of tea sets carefully with a tea towel, took two or three spoons of tea powder from the tea pot with a tea spoon, put them in a tea bowl, poured boiling water, and stirred the tea in the bowl with a tea whisk until the tea soup foamed.

Everything is ready, waiting for the guests to arrive, Su Yuan closed his eyes and meditated, looking forward to who is the first batch of guests?
There were rustling footsteps at the door, Yu Shan stood up, ready to welcome the distinguished guests, those who are qualified to come are all masters, so don't neglect.

"Master Chiba..."

"There is also Master Quanshan..."

Seeing the two people who came in first, Yushan's expression was shocked, and he quickly threw himself on the ground, knelt down and said, "I didn't expect the two masters to come, it's a great honor!"

Su Yuan opened his eyes, only to see a hale and hearty old man, and a benevolent monk, and there were three other people standing behind him, with extraordinary style.

"Mr. Yushan, you don't have to be polite. If you have friends coming from afar, how can you pass through the door and not enter?"

Master Chiba smiled, turned around and said, "Today it's not just me, but also Master Izumi, Noritake's Honda, Narumi's Kawakami, and Nikko's Sakuragi. It's a rare opportunity to get together, so I won't disturb you!"

Yushan laughed loudly, invited everyone to the table, and introduced: "Today you are here just in time, Miss Yagyu Huimei personally presides over the tea banquet, this is a rare good fortune."

Huimei Liusheng did not expect to meet the most famous tea ceremony master in the country, Patriarch Chiba, and Zen monk Quanshan, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Huimei has met two masters."

Qianye waved his hand and said with a smile: "I heard that the Liusheng Xinyinliu is rising strongly. I haven't had time to congratulate your father. If you have the opportunity to visit the door in person, then you can appreciate the famous sword that the Liusheng family keeps secret."

After listening to Yu Shan, he smiled slightly, and said seriously: "Why bother to look far away? The owner of the famous sword is right in front of us today!"

Everyone was stunned, and their eyes all fell on the remaining young people who hadn't been introduced. A thought flashed in Honda's mind, and he asked tentatively, "Could it be that this is the legendary..."

Yushan Kojiro looked at Su Yuan, and introduced in Chinese: "Yes, this is Longquan Swordsmith Master, Master Su, Hirojiro's best friend."

very young!
As soon as these words came out, everyone showed surprise expressions. They didn't expect that the legendary master swordsmith who swept the world's five famous swords would be so young?
Su Yuan clasped his fists and saluted with a smile, and smiled without saying a word. Qianye said politely in fluent Chinese: "Since ancient times, heroes have been born as teenagers, and the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, good!"

Several other people also greeted each other in Chinese. Su Yuan said politely: "Su is new here, so please take care of me."

Monk Quanshan smiled, his eyes fell on the scroll in the middle of the tea room, and he said calmly: "It's a great fortune to see the authentic works of Ma Yuan in the Song Dynasty after a thousand years."

"what?"

"It's actually Song Mayuan!"

"National Treasure Level Cultural Relic!"

(End of this chapter)