水是生命之源。故水之于茶,有“水为茶之母”之说。古人选水十分重视水源,强调用活水。天水、泉水是煮茶首选。天落水,包括雨、雪、露、霜,被认为是灵水,当是煮茶首选。如《红楼梦》四十一回中,妙玉煮茶用“旧年蠲(juan,即洁义)的雨水”,“五年前收的梅花上的雪水,收在鬼脸青花瓮里,埋在地下”。林黛玉尝不出来,被讥为 Water is the source of life. Therefore, the water of tea, a “water for the mother of tea,” said. The ancients election water attaches great importance to water, emphasizing the use of living water. Tianshui, spring is the preferred tea. Sunset water, including rain, snow, dew, frost, is considered a spiritual water, when it is preferred to cook tea. Such as “Dream of Red Mansions” in forty-one back, Miaoyu tea with “old age (juan, that is, clean water)”, “five years ago received the plum blossom snow, underground”. Lin Daiyu can not taste, be ridiculed as