Lu Yu Memorial Hall

The memorial hall of Lu Yu, the tea sage, contains an introduction to Lu Yu's life and all kinds of tea knowledge.

Lu Yu Memorial Hall

Luyu memorial hall is located on the Bank of West Lake in Jingling District of Tianmen City. It was built to commemorate the "tea sage" Luyu more than 1260 years ago. It is a memorial museum with classical garden characteristics, which takes the life and achievements of historical and cultural celebrity Luyu as the theme. It was announced as the national patriotic education demonstration base in 2009. The museum is located in the original site of Xita temple, Lu Yu's hometown. It covers an area of 9900 square meters.

Lu Yu Memorial Hall

The museum consists of four parts: front hall (i.e. Lu Gong Temple), back hall (i.e. Da Xiong Hall), Hanbi hall, Donggang thatched cottage and service facilities. On October 8, 1988, QIANDIAN Mountain Gate and Guyan bridge were completed and opened to the outside world; in December 1992, houdian Mountain Gate and service facilities were successively completed to receive tourists.

The main building of Lu Yu memorial hall is located at the west end of Xisi road in Jingling city. The hall is of Xieshan style with exquisite structure, elegant shape and strong national style. There is a simple "Mountain Gate" in front of the hall. The five characters of "Lu Yu Memorial Hall" are written by he Jingzhi, former Vice Minister of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and famous poet. In the middle of the Lu Gong temple is a 26 meter high bronze statue of Lu Yu. A generation of "tea saints" sit down solemnly, holding a cup in their left hand, showing their meticulous taste of tea. On the display cabinets on both sides of the hall are Lu Yu's remains, relics, documents and photos; Chinese and foreign experts and scholars have studied Lu Yu's books, albums and evaluation articles, among which is the honorary professor of Tokyo Women's Medical University In May 1986, when attending the National Symposium on Lu Yu's study of wood in Tianmen, he returned the rare edition of the tea classic and the literature materials of the "Japan China tea classic research exchange meeting" in Kyoto, Japan.

In the east wall of Lu Gong temple, there are 24 illustrations of Lu Yu's life and nine rectangular "Lu Yu's tea classic" hanging on the west wall. In the middle of the hall, there are commemorative treasures, books and periodicals presented by Japan tea ceremony and South Korea Luyu Tea Classics Research Association. The hall is elegant and solemn, which vividly reflects Lu Yu's outstanding deeds of dedication, rigorous scholarship and erudition.

The back hall of the memorial hall is the main hall. It is a two-story double eaves building imitating the Tang Dynasty. It has a large scale and beautiful shape. On the first floor, there are more than 3000 historical relics, handed down antiquities and treasures of the city. The exhibits reproduce the long history and splendid culture of yitianmen, the hinterland of Jianghan Plain. Among them, the Neolithic Stone Age stone tools, pottery, bone ware and pottery crafts unearthed from Shijiahe, such as a pottery bird and pottery beast, have been exhibited in the Palace Museum of Beijing, and have been highly praised by the audience. On the second floor, there are many precious cultural relics left by he long, Li Xiannian, Chen Shaomin and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation when they engaged in revolutionary activities in Tianmen. They are valuable teaching materials for young people's revolutionary tradition and patriotism education.

Profile

Lu Yu (733-804), whose name is Hongjian, was born in Jingling (now Tianmen City, Hubei Province) of Fuzhou in the Tang Dynasty. He was a disease, whose name is jicuo. He was named jinglingzi, sangzhuweng and donggangzi, and also called "the censor of Chashan". He loved tea all his life and was good at tea ceremony. He was famous for his first monograph on tea, the classic of tea. He made outstanding contributions to the development of China's tea industry and the world's tea industry. He was known as the "tea Fairy", respected as the "saint of tea" and worshipped as the "God of tea". He is also good at writing poems, but there are not many of his poems left in the world. He has a strong interest in tea, long-term implementation of research, familiar with tea cultivation, breeding and processing technology, and good at tea. In 760 A.D., Lu Yu lived in seclusion all over the south of the Yangtze River. He wrote three volumes of the classic of tea and became the first tea book in the world. There is Lu Yu's autobiography in quantangwen.

According to the records in the new book of Tang Dynasty and the biography of Tang gifted scholars, Lu Yu became an abandoned child because of his ugly appearance. He was abandoned in 735 A.D., when Lu Yu was only 3 years old. He did not know who his parents were. Later, he was found by Zen master Zhiji, the abbot of Jingling longgai temple, on the shore of the West Lake. He was adopted by Zen master Jigong, a monk of longgai temple in Tianmen County, Hubei Province. Lu Wenxue autobiography is a biography written by Lu Yu at the age of 29, which has high credibility. In his autobiography, he wrote: "the character hung Chien, I don't know who, is Zhong Xuan and Meng Yang's humble appearance; Xiangru and Ziyun's stuttering." Ji Gong divined himself in the book of changes and named the child after him. He got the hexagram "Jian". The hexagram said, "when Hong Jian was on the land, his feathers can be used as a symbol.". Therefore, according to the hexagram words, he was given the surname "Lu" and the name "Yu" with the word "Hongjian"; or there is another way of saying that Lu Yu's name was also quite conscious. It is said that when he was older, Lu Yu got the hexagram of "Jian" by describing himself in the book of changes. The hexagram words said: "when Hongjian was in Lu, his feather could be used as an instrument and auspicious." It means that the geese fly in the sky, and the four directions are the thoroughfares. The two feathers move in a graceful and orderly manner. It is a good omen for us to follow. According to the meaning of this hexagram, Lu Yu, who had no name at that time, chose his surname as "Lu" and named it "Yu" after "Hongjian". This seems to tell: This is all humble, in fact, it is arrogant; from parents, it is like heaven. Lu Yu learned to read Chinese, recite Buddhist scriptures, and cook tea. Although Lu Yu lived in the pure land of Buddhism and heard Sanskrit sound every day, he did not want to convert to Buddhism and cut his hair to become a monk.

When he was nine years old, Zen master Zhiji once asked him to copy scriptures and recite Buddhism. However, Lu Yu asked, "there are no brothers in life and no heirs in death. Confucianism says that there are three ways to be unfilial. Can monks be called filial piety? "And openly said:" Yu will teach Kong Shengzhi. " When the abbot heard that he was very angry, he punished him with heavy "humble duties" and forced him to repent and turn back. Lu Yu was sent to "sweep the temple land, build a monk's toilet, build mud walls, build a house with tiles, and herd cattle 120 hooves.". Lu Yu did not give in because of this, but his desire for knowledge became stronger. He learned Chinese characters without paper. He wrote on the back of a cow with bamboo. He occasionally got Zhang Heng's Nandu Fu. Although he didn't know the characters, he sat on the scroll and recited some words. When Ji Gong knew about it, he was afraid that he would infect the foreign classics and lose his teaching. He closed him up in the temple, ordered him to cut flowers, and sent the elders to control him.

In the blink of an eye for three years, Lu Yu was 12 years old. He thought it was difficult to cross the sun and moon in the temple. Unexpectedly, he escaped from longgai temple and went to a troupe to learn acting and become an actor. Although he was not handsome and stuttered, he was humorous and witty. He was a very successful clown. Later, he wrote three volumes of jokes.

As the saying goes, lucky people have their own appearance, and Lu Yu is no exception. In the fifth year of Tang Tianbao, Li Qiwu, the governor of jingling, saw Lu Yu's outstanding performance during a gathering of Zhou people. He appreciated his talent and ambition very much. He immediately presented poems and books, and recommended him to study with Zou Fuzi, who lived in seclusion in huomen mountain. In 752 ad, Cui Guofu, the Minister of rites, was demoted as Sima of jingling. In the same year, Lu Yu bid farewell to Mr. Zou. Cui and Yu know each other. They often travel together, tasting tea, appreciating water, and discussing poetry and essays. In the 15th year of Tianbao, Lu Yu went to Bashan gorge to investigate tea business. Before his departure, Cui Guofu presented a letter to Bai Lu, Wu Li Niu and Wen Huai. Along the way, he stopped in the mountains to pick tea, and met the crystal water under the spring. He was too busy to see, to visit, to record, and to get rich brocade. In 758 A.D., Lu Yu came to Shengzhou (now Nanjing, Jiangsu Province) to study tea in Qixia Temple. The next year, he lived in Danyang. In 760 A.D., Lu Yu came to Tiaoxi (now Wuxing, Zhejiang Province) from the foot of Qixia mountain and lived in seclusion in the mountains. He wrote the book of tea in Fujian. During this period, he often wore gauze, short brown, and mushroom shoes. He walked alone in the wild, went deep into the farmhouse, picked tea, looked for springs, commented on tea and water, recited sutras and poems, struck trees with his staff, and made running water with his hands. He hesitated and wandered. Every day when the sun was dark, he came back weeping.

In the Tang Dynasty, Zong once ordered Baiyu to be the literature of the crown prince, and he was a disciple of Taichang temple.

Address: Xisi Road, Tianmen City, Hubei Province

Longitude: 113.161022

Latitude: 30.656483

Chinese PinYin : Lu Yu Ji Nian Guan