茶文化是东方文化的重要组成部分,中国和日本对茶文化的形成和发展都起到关键的作用。中国的茶文化思想吸收了儒、道、佛三家的思想精华,其中儒家思想是主体。日本人在长期发展过程中吸收了中国禅宗的精髓,又结合本民族的特色形成东方独具魅力、体系完整的茶文化——茶道。日本茶道的思想背景是禅门思想,茶道体现了茶禅一味,其核心思想是禅。 Tea culture is an important part of oriental culture. China and Japan all play key roles in the formation and development of tea culture. China’s tea culture has absorbed the essence of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism, of which Confucianism is the main body. In the course of long-term development, the Japanese absorbed the essence of Chinese Zen and combined it with the characteristics of their own nation to form a tea culture with a unique charm and a complete system in the East - the tea ceremony. The ideological background of Japanese tea ceremony is Zen Buddhism, tea ceremony reflects the blind tea Zen, its core idea is Zen.