“化作春泥更護茶”

“茶之為飲，發乎神農”，翻開當代的中國茶史，篆刻著一個個閃光的名字：吳覺農、莊晚芳、王澤農、張天福、陳宗懋……然而在茶文化領域，還有一個名字不能忽略，那就是88歲高齡的國際茶文化研究會名譽會長王家揚。

“我與茶的情緣還只是開始……”

王家揚，1918年出生于浙江寧海，1938年抗日從軍，成為一名新四軍戰士。南征北戰、粗茶淡飯，“在我作戰的歲月里，茶還只是解渴的飲料。”

走出戰場，王家揚投身政治工作。從江蘇省總工會主席到全國總工會書記處書記，從浙江省副省長到浙江省政協主席……在政治舞臺上，王家揚辛勤耕耘，殫精竭慮。“在機關工作后我開始喝茶，當時北京市委開會時，會議室門口就有賣小包裝龍井茶葉的，兩毛錢一包，我就經常掏錢泡上一杯。”“但是當時以機關工作為中心，并沒有把喝茶當作一項事業。”

“真正與茶結緣是在1990年后。”“茶可以清心，可以養性。閑暇之余，清泉素茗，品上一杯，即使是身處鬧境也會有一種‘塵心洗盡興難盡’的意境。”“茶不但是健康飲料、文化飲料，更是一種和諧飲料!現在我對茶的興趣還在加深，對茶的理解還在增進，我與茶的情緣還剛剛開始……”

中國的茶文化使者

從“武陽買荼”到“芳荼冠六清”，中國茶文化源遠流長。但正式成立茶文化國際組織，卻始于20世紀90年代的“絲茶之府——天堂杭州”。1990年為推進杭州“中國茶葉博物館”的建設，杭州茶界八家單位發起了“第一屆國際茶文化研討會”，會議由王家揚主持，在會議閉幕式上，中、日、韓等國和香港、臺灣地區的代表聯合提出“成立國際茶文化研討會固定組織”的提議，王家揚就是這一提議的牽頭人，他隨即被推選為籌備小組的組長。1993年“中國國際茶文化研究會”經國務院民政部正式批準成立，王家揚作為首屆會長制定研究會的章程、制度，并成功主持浙江杭州、湖南常德、云南昆明、韓國漢城、浙江杭州、廣東廣州前六屆國際茶文化研討會，茶界精英云集，各國政要助推，把茶文化的研究推向空前繁榮。

作為茶文化界的大師，王老認為“茶文化”應該是廣義的“文化”，它是包括詩畫、音樂、美食、旅游等在內的“大文化”。“弘揚茶文化，必須推動茶經濟”因為“文化是以經濟為依托的，文化的目的是為了推動產業的發展，不能為了文化而文化。”

曾經擔任國際文化交流協會理事長的王家揚深切感受到“天下茶人是一家”，“中國應該加強茶文化的國際交流與宣傳，通過宣傳使外國茶客在消費時不僅僅只是停留在看‘有機、綠色、無公害’這些單純的標簽上，而是以茶文化為依托，使茶葉成為一種意識。”

“弘揚茶文化從娃娃抓起……”

早在上個世紀90年代初，王家揚就已經開始了“茶為國飲”的倡導者。在1994年的“倡導茶為國飲研討會上”他提出：“茶為國飲，公家做起”，“把茶宴、茶會列入機關、事業和企業迎賓待客的禮遇。”

“我們的茶文化不但要走出去，還要延續下去，這就必須依靠茶文化教育”所以，“茶為國飲，要從娃娃抓起”。“一個人的行為意識是從小就養成的，所以學生的茶文化教育就顯得意義重大，我們應該專門開設茶文化的課程，把陸羽的《茶經》編到學生的課文里去。”

作為浙江樹人大學的創建人，王家揚獨具慧眼，在人文學院設立茶文化交流專業，這在全國高校中是唯一的、也是樹人大學的特色。他經常告誡該專業的學生：“茶文化不僅僅只是停留在簡單的道具上、書面的資格證書上；一個出色的演員表演時要真正地投入角色；一場正宗的茶文化表演也要真正地投入到茶文化博大的內涵中去，而不是為了表演而表演。”“幾天時間就想成為一名茶藝師、茶藝員是絕對不可能的，即使考出了證書，那也是缺乏含金量的。”

踏遍青山人未老

米壽之年的王老，雖是一頭銀發，卻神采奕奕、容光煥發。問及長壽秘訣，曰：“喝香茶、觀茶園也。”

從黃山毛峰到云南普洱，從福建武夷山到四川峨眉山，從山東日照到廣東潮州，從韓國濟州島再到寶城茶園……十幾年來，王老一路訪茶、品茶、評茶，足跡遍布大江南北、海外他鄉。“如若給王老繪制一張茶路圖，那將是一張以杭州為中心，覆蓋大半個地球的射線星狀圖。”跟隨王老多年的秘書如是說。

雖然王家揚表示，今后的茶事活動會少參加一些，但是接受完采訪后，剛從臨安回來的他，又往“安吉白茶”的方向奔去……

(作者系《農民日報·中國名茶專刊》記者)

Veteran Devotes to Tea Culture

By Zheng Yingying

The modern Chinese history of tea records events and names such as Wu Juenong， Zhang Tianfu， Zhuang Wanfang， and Chen Zhongmao， who have made contributions to the promotion of Chinese tea. Wang Jiayang is another name that goes down in history of the modern Chinese tea culture.

At age 88， Wang is honorary president of the China International Tea Culture Research Association. Born in 1918 in Ninghai， Zhejiang， Wang joined the Communist-led army in 1938 in the Resistance War Against Japanese Invasion. Wang remembers what role tea played in the combat years: \"Tea was merely a drink to quench thirst then.\"

When New China was founded， Wang began to work in the government. In his long career， Wang worked as President of Jiangsu Federation of Trade Unions， Secretary of All China Federation of Trade Unions， Vice Governor of Zhejiang Province， and President of Zhejiang CPPCC.

When reminiscing of his years in the government office， Wang says that tea became a must when he began to engage in administrative work. He recalled he sometimes spent 20 cents for a small bag of Dragon Well Tea at the entrance to a conference room in Beijing Municipal Government decades ago and then made a cup of tea for himself for a meeting there.

Wang became attached to tea in the 1990s. He agrees that purifies one's heart and cultivates one's moral character. He says， \"A cup of tea can keep one uncorrupted by the maddening world. Tea is more than a beverage for health and culture. It is a beverage also for people to strengthen ties with each other. My interest in tea is deepening， my understanding of it is increasing and my attachment to tea is just beginning.\"

Though the cultural dimensions of Chinese tea can trace back to ages ago， it was in the 1990s that China first had an international organization for tea aficionados and professionals. In 1990， eight units involved in tea undertakings in Hangzhou sponsored the 1st International Symposium on Tea Culture. Wang presided over the gathering. At the closing ceremony， representatives from China， Japan， Korea， China's Hong Kong and Taiwan came up with a proposal to set up an international organization. Wang was elected as leader of the preparatory committee. In 1993， the China International Tea Culture Research Association was officially set up. As president， Wang was in charge of formulating the association's constitution and rules. And he presided the first six international symposium sponsored by the association respectively in Hangzhou， Changde of Hunan Province， Kunming of Yunnan， Seoul of Korea， Guangzhou of Guangdong Province， and Hangzhou. The symposiums attracted tea professionals and aficionados， and government officials from all over the world， who helped boost research on tea culture to an unprecedented height.

\"Tea culture should be composed of a wide range of dimensions in poetry， painting， music， tourism， cuisines，\" Wang observes. He also points out， \"China should step up efforts to publicize tea as its cultural consumption. Labels such as \"green， organic and free of pollution\" should no longer be used. Tea is more than these labels. Tea should become life's consciousness based on tea culture.\"

Since the early 1990s， Wang Jiayang has been an advocate of making tea our national beverage. On a symposium held in 1994 on promoting tea as a national beverage， Wang said， \"Tea is our national beverage. The government should adopt it as the national beverage. Government offices， institutions and enterprises should use tea to entertain visitors.\"

As president of privately funded Shuren University， Wang made sure that the college of liberal arts offers an academic course in tea culture and issues academic degrees to graduates in this field.

At age 88， Wang looks very robust. When asked about his good health secret， he says， \"I drink tea and visit tea gardens.\" For more than 10 years， Wang has visited a lot of tea production bases. His secretary says that if a map is used to indicate his visits， there will be a Hangzhou-center radiating lines that cover almost half of the world.

(Translated by David)