Watching the owner burning charcoal is also one of the etiquettes of the tea ceremony.

It is said that during the Warring States Period, Koda Oribe, the founder of Oribe Ruo, the founder of Kobori Toyama, the ancestor of Kodo Shigeran and Senrikyu's most proud disciples, held a tea party.

At the tea party, Gu Tian Chongran put the charcoal into a very beautiful pattern in a charcoal bucket and prepared to add charcoal to the tea stove.

This was a very common procedure, but because he put the charcoal so beautifully, the guests said that they wanted him to put the charcoal bucket in the tea room to appreciate it and not add it to the furnace.

This shows that the strange habit of charcoal appreciation has existed since ancient times. However, the charcoal in the tea ceremony was originally exquisite and exquisite, and it looked like a work of art.

The round heads of the people around him looked around. Although he knew it was a requirement of etiquette, Qian Linya still couldn't help but want to laugh a little.

He held back his smile, stacked the charcoal and slowly lit it.

His technique is clean and neat, and the stacked charcoal fires are also beautifully shaped, which does not disappoint everyone's expectations.

After the charcoal was put into the tea pot, Qian Linya filled the tea pot with clear water and placed it on the breeze stove. After that, he moved his body and lit incense on the incense stove.

The incense he used was a reward given by the system, called [Ningshen Xiang]. The system said it was good for the body. Qian Linya couldn't feel the specific benefits, but it was really comfortable to calm the mind and help sleep.

After finishing all this, he turned around and went into the water house to prepare refreshments.

Liuriko bowed to everyone and said, "Please go to the tea court Xiaoli."

Everyone stood up and went to the tea court to admire the dry mountains and rivers.

This time, Qian Linya, who has the full-level tea ceremony skills, will no longer be able to prepare tea refreshments like before.

After preparing the refreshment, the guests returned to the tea room without losing interest, enjoyed the refreshment, and then started drinking strong tea.

Qian Linya made some adjustments and used plural tea bowls according to the number of people.

When a tea bowl is passed on, everyone will take a sip. For these famous families, they will definitely not object to the courtesy of etiquette, but Qian Linya does not want Liuliko to share a tea bowl with them.

After the serious strong tea, the atmosphere at the tea table became lively, and the guests finally could communicate with the pavilion owner.

According to the etiquette of tea tables, these guests cannot talk about secular topics such as politics and money, so the topics are concentrated on the tea party and Qian Linya personally.

The lady from the Nishiyuanji family was the first to speak out: "Teacher Qian, the tea room is beautifully built. I heard from Liuriko that all of them were designed from scratch. Is that true?"

Qian Linya was preparing for thin tea and replied: "Yes, but not exactly, the foundation of the tea room is Wuwai'an. I made some modifications on the basis."

"Is that so? I thought..." Miss Nishienji obviously thought Ryuriko exaggerated.

The old lady of Tokuji who was standing beside her spoke out, "Then the changes are really big."

Qian Linya turned to her: "Have you been to Wudiao'an?"

"Hoho, I've been there when I was a child. I think about it... It's still Showa's 45 or 46 years. It was your grandfather who received me."

Qian Linya said: "That's really a long time ago."

The old lady of the Tokudaji family continued: "The Wudai Temple is a single-family grass treasure, and this tea room is a monolithic courtyard. Have you changed it?"

"Yes, this is more suitable for the environment here."

"Hoho, you are such a modest little guy." said the old lady. "You can design such a tea room at a young age. When Kengo Kuma sees you, he will probably be surprised by your talent."

"I dare not take it wherever you are."

Kengo Kuma is an internationally renowned designer. He praised this too much, and even Qian Linya, who is very thick-skinned, can't stand it.

The lady from the Nishiyuanji family looked at Qian Linya in shock and blankly. If she didn't know that the old lady was very familiar with the architect, she would think that the old lady was joking.

"Speaking of this, the dry mountains and rivers in the yard are really a landscape that I have never seen before. Is there any explanation?" someone asked.

"Yes," said the lady Nishiyuanji. "When I saw it, although I didn't understand, there were layers of turmoil in my heart. Why is this?"

"No other tea court dares to use such a prominent Sumeru Mountain Stone, right?"

"I dare to borrow the building and Tokyo Tower from the view. I don't feel incongruent yet. I'm really bold!"

Qian Linya smiled and looked into the water temperature with his hands: "The name of this dry mountain is called 'Moving Mountain'."

"Don't move the mountain?"

In the tea room, several people repeated the name together.

Qian Linya started to order thin tea.

After pausing for a while, he continued: "When the sky is about to dawn and not yet clear, the strange peaks are always visible. However, a peak suddenly grows, and only then does it realize that it is the real mountain. This is a quatrain from Yang Wanli in the Song Dynasty."

"What does it mean?"

The person sitting in the tea room also has a deep literary foundation and explained: "The meaning is that among the mountains, only those that remain unmoved are real mountains. Those that can move are just illusions."

"It's not only about writing about mountain scenery, but also about what it means."

Hideshi Shikawa said weakly: "Is it a metaphor for rocks and the modern architecture behind it?"

"Yes, stick to tradition in the modern mortal world..."

"It's also about not shaking the determination in my heart, right?"

Everything you say is true, it sounds a bit reasonable.

However, after all, they are native Japanese and cannot guess what the real meaning is.

And he can't say what the real meaning is.

Qian Linya smiled and said, "No matter how you explain it, as long as it is reasonable, it is OK, because although truth is worth pursuing tirelessly, the attitude towards truth is more important to us. Relatively speaking, sometimes the correct answer is not that important. What is important is the process of pursuing the correct answer."

The lady from the Xiyuan Temple family bowed and said, "Teacher Qian, you have a very profound foundation in Chinese poetry. I heard from Liuriko that the name 'Yiwei' is also a classic of Chinese poetry?"

"The tea I ordered is also very flavorful, with the ancient Tang and Song dynasties." A lady next to her nodded and said.

"I think Teacher Qian's thin tea is white tea powder, which should be made in Fujian?" Mrs. Nijo asked.

"Yes." Qian Linya nodded with a smile, "Which tea ceremony genre do you two ladies study?"

"Did you notice it? I belong to the Richi Family, and she belongs to the Oh Qian Family." Mrs. Nijo covered her mouth and smiled.

In fact, most of the people here have learned tea ceremony, so their etiquette is also very particular, so that they can enjoy the guests and hosts.

"Teacher Qian reminded me of someone." said Mrs. Yi.

"I also think of one person, I don't know if we are thinking of the same one," said Mrs. Nijo.

"I am also proficient in Han and Tang culture, and also become famous at a young age. I am also a Jiayuan at a young age." said Mrs. Yi.

"Daoxianzhai where clear water flows!" the two of them said in unison.

This is Qian Linya’s knowledge blind spot.

Qingshuiliu had heard that the imperial tea heads of the Sendai vassal for generations have been the imperial tea heads of the Sendai vassal for generations, but I don’t know what it is going on in modern times.

He thought Qingshuiliu had fallen out like his own family.

"In the circle of tea people, Daoxianzhai is called the Han and Tang dynasties." Mrs. Nijo explained to him, "I have drunk her tea and are indeed very insightful about the way to make tea in the Tang and Song dynasties. Even the lost method of Taizi tea is restored."

Qian Linya nodded.

Mrs. Yi seemed to want to make the scene lively, and chuckled and said, "Teacher Qian, what do you think of Daoxianzhai, who is as amazing as you?"

"I have never met him, so I don't understand," Qian Linya said frankly, "but I think the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties is not just about ordering tea."

Hearing the title of "he", Yi and Mrs. Yi looked at each other, and a look flashed in their eyes, "It seems that he really doesn't know Daoxian."

"What do you think is the wind of the Han and Tang dynasties?" Yingsi Xiuhe, who was sitting behind, asked.

"In fact, Chinese civilization is a very strange civilization," said Qian Linya. "Although Japan has a Bushido and advocates living to death, the heroes praised by Japan have never been those who are generous in their lives. But almost every hero in Chinese civilization is 'seeking death'."

Hearing his words, the people below were immediately irritated.

Although they have the pride of being Japanese, they never dare to say "the strange Chinese civilization" as openly as Qian Linya.

Qian Linya continued: "Su Wu shepherds the sheep for the rest of his life, Du Fu is unable to support his family, Yue Fei is like a trap, Wen Tianxiang is like a dead person... No other civilization has ever been willing to leave so many places for these losers in history, and enjoy incense at a high place, most of them are successful people."

"In Chinese history, the glory of those successful people is far less than that of these losers. These people live in the hearts of living people, driving generations to learn from them, willing to become losers in life and pursue some illusory spirit."

"That was the result of Tan Sitong later, Wen Yiduo, Qian Xuesen... People even sincerely believe that the ultimate winners of life are not those who hold the greatest power and obtain the most wealth, but those who plead for the people and sacrifice their lives for justice."

"No other country does not have this cultural tradition, and this is the wonder of this civilization."

The quietness in the tea room can be heard.

The old lady from the Dedaji family was still squinting her eyes, her body was hunched, and she listened seriously.

The lady from the Nishiyuan Temple family looked dissatisfied, but she didn't know how to refute it.

The lady from the Kujo family sat upright slightly and was no longer as drowsy as before.

Hideshi Takashi looked at Daigo Liuriko, as if she wanted to tell from her face that these words were based on Liuriko's instructor or were purely Qian Linya's personal opinion.

But Qian Linya had no intention of stopping.

"China is the cultural adoptive mother of Japan. There are some subtle differences in the face of death. The Bushido spirit said that it is necessary to "death without any thought, death without any hesitation, death without any reason or not, to choose to die voluntarily."

"But the Chinese are different. The Chinese say, 'What I want for me to be born, and righteousness is what I want. Both cannot be obtained, and those who sacrifice their lives for righteousness.' If life is the lowest thing for Japanese samurai and can be abandoned at any time, then for Chinese, life is the most precious thing, but what is more precious than this most precious thing is 'benevolence and righteousness'."

"This subtle difference has led to completely different differences in the choice between life and death of the two countries; and completely different choices in value orientation."

"Tokugawa Ieyasu can become a great hero, but Sima Yi is not a hero, and is far from Zhuge Liang as a loser;"

"Toyotomi Hideyoshi was the first person to stand out, Zhu Yuanzhang, who won the world with a humble origin than his background, was called a tyrant because of his arbitrary behavior and a mixed reputation and criticism;"
To be continued...