Tranquility : a theoretical deconstruction of the spiritual connotation elements of Chinese tea culture based on tea poems of the tang dynasty

Through the study of tea poetry in Tang dynasty, this paper aims at sorting out the connotation elements of Chinese tea culture spirit. First of all, based on the contemporary literature related to tea culture with high citation rate, we sorts out the concept words of spiritual connotation of tea culture, and concludes that “Qing, Jing, He, Jing, Yi, Zhen” are the high-frequency words in the core spirit of Chinese tea culture. Secondly, combining with the analysis of tea poetry in the Tang dynasty as a specific text context, the text analysis and statistics of the core spiritual connotation of tea culture are carried out to trace and deconstruct the core spiritual connotation of tea culture. Thirdly, taking the Huzhou poets group in the Tang dynasty as the case study, carries on the detailed poetry analysis. Finally, the conclusion is drawn that the Chinese tea culture in the Tang dynasty has the cultural and spiritual connotation of “tranquility”, which, together with the current pursuit of “respect and harmony” culture, forms the dual characteristics of Chinese tea culture, reflecting the different use values of “we” and “others” respectively. With the development of history, Chinese tea culture shows the differences of mainstream thoughts due to the demands of specific times or social groups.