We know that tea is a way to break through the urban concrete jungle and connect with nature, a medium for making life more从容 and healthy, and a manifestation of Chinese people's communication with the universe and nature. Isn't the character for tea (茶) written as 'human among plants'? Chinese tea drinking follows the changes of the four seasons, selecting different teas to regulate body and mind. Drinking tea is like returning to the countryside, a state of 'calmness to cultivate oneself, frugality to nurture virtue.'
Protecting, exploring, and inheriting the tea culture of Anxi Tieguanyin will have significant practical meaning for promoting the development of modern ecological agriculture, accelerating the construction of rural ecological civilization, improving the rural ecological environment, achieving sustainable development in rural economy and society, and building beautiful villages.
The Anxi Tieguanyin tea culture system explains the origin of Tieguanyin. Tieguanyin is both the name of the tea and the name of the tea plant variety, possessing unique and long-standing tea culture. Tieguanyin tea art carries strong southern Fujian life气息 and artistic sentiment, pursuing elegance and aspiring for harmony. In the interaction between people and tea, it conveys the tea ceremony spirit of 'purity, elegance, courtesy, and harmony.' Faced with modern fast-paced life, high pressure, and strong crisis感 in society, slowing down and calming down to enjoy a cup of Anxi Tieguanyin can bring joy through its fragrance, taste, and charm, and then quietly feel relaxation, softness, and从容, which is an excellent way to nurture the heart.
'People need to return, tea needs to return, the Chinese lifestyle needs to return.' Drinking more Anxi Tieguanyin allows tea drinking to重新回归 the simple lifestyle of 'firewood, rice, oil, and salt.' In the ritual of brewing and drinking tea, everyone can召回 the tranquility of the soul and the order of society, possessing a从容 and healthy good state.
Many people love drinking Anxi Tieguanyin because Tieguanyin is beautiful as a semi-fermented tea, having the freshness of unfermented tea and the sweet mellowness of fully fermented tea. It balances the energy of spring, summer, autumn, and winter, achieving harmony. The greatest benefit of drinking Tieguanyin is its balance, harmony, and non-extremeness! If you cannot calm your heart, you cannot understand Tieguanyin, nor taste its gentle orchid fragrance.