[Tea party cooking. During the Muromachi era (14th century), the tea ceremony prevailed, so the tea banquet "Tea Party Cuisine" appeared. At first, tea party cooking was just an ornament of the tea ceremony, which was very simple. By the end of Muromachi, it became very luxurious. Later, Morino, the founder of the tea ceremony, also restored the original light and simple appearance of tea party cooking. Tea party cooking should try to save space and labor, and only three kinds of utensils are used for staple food-rice bowls, soup bowls and small plates. Sometimes there will be soup, dried plums, fruit, sometimes two or three kinds of delicacies, and finally tea.
[Zhuofu Cuisine]
This dish originated from the ancient Buddhist vegetarianism in China, and developed into a "general tea dish" (that is, a dish with tea instead of wine) by Zen master Yuan Yin. Because it is very popular in Nagasaki, it is also called "Nagasaki cuisine". Chefs used local aquatic meat in Buddhist vegetarian dishes, and they created "Zhuofu Cuisine". "Zhuofu Cuisine" dishes mainly include: shark fin clear soup, tea, large plate, medium plate, side dishes, stews, rice cakes, bean soup and fruits. Small dishes are divided into five dishes, seven dishes and nine dishes, with seven dishes being the majority. From the beginning, put all the side dishes on the table, while eating, put shark's fin clear soup and other dishes on the table.
[this dish]
It belongs to discussion cooking for weddings and funerals. Generally, there are three dishes and one soup, five dishes and two soups, and seven dishes and three soups. Pay attention to the harmony of color, fragrance and taste when cooking. It will also be made into some graphics to show good luck. Pay attention to the rules when eating, such as holding the bowl on the left with your left hand and putting the lid on the left with your right hand. Instead, lift the lid with your right hand. First of all, put your rice bowl in your hands, put down your right hand and hold chopsticks in your right hand. Every time you eat two mouthfuls of rice, you should put down the bowl, then hold the soup bowl in your hands and drink two mouthfuls before putting down the bowl. After that, in the same way, eat two bites of rice and take another dish.
Japan's flower path
In Japan with four distinct seasons, there are flowers in different seasons. People are not simply picking flowers for decoration, but trying to express an artistic concept, which produces the art of flower arrangement. This kind of art reproduces the natural scenery, or combines the material structure of flowers with the forms of heaven, earth and people. There are many schools that hold the concept of this flower pattern. According to the needs of the times, the art of flower arrangement has produced various forms, and today, it still maintains a strong vitality: vertical flower, raw flower, flower arrangement and flowering. There are 2,000-3,000 schools, the largest of which is Chifang. It is said that there are 65,438+0,000 disciples. Followed by small original flow, grass flow and so on. The decorative flowers in the niche of Ewha Academy were created by Chifang in Muromachi era. Pine, peach, bamboo, willow, red leaves, cypress, etc. They are all used, and the form of directly inserting water into the bottle mouth is called vertical flower. In the middle of the Edo period, flowers for entertaining guests were born, mainly in niches. Different from the investment method and the flower holding method, the instruments of flower arrangement symbolize the earth, mainly not expressing the beauty of grass and flowers, but the vitality of vegetation extension. The method of keeping the natural shape of flowers in a deep flowerpot is like throwing flowers at will, hence the name. There are three forms: hanging on a niche, hanging on a column, and placed under a niche. A water tray or basket for holding flowers and filling these containers with flowers, hence the name. At the end of Meiji, due to the planting of western flowers and the increase of western architecture, this flower arrangement method was not limited to niche decoration. There are schools in Liu Xiaoyuan and Anda. Blooming flowers can be said to be the mainstream of modern flower arrangement art.