目前文化界、茶学界等多个学科和领域都对“禅”、“禅茶”以及“禅茶文化”产生了浓厚的兴趣。根据笔者对河南和浙江茶文化与经济等多方面的了解,加之近年来对佛学的学习,就灵隐寺和少林寺在茶事活动、禅茶文化传播、信众信仰、知识产权保护等方面做了调研,据此分析两寺在禅茶文化方面所作贡献的相同与差异,并作简要归纳与总结。

Nowadays, there is great interest to culture and tea academics in studying Chan, Chan tea and its culture. The paper is based on the knowledge of tea culture and economy of Henan and Zhejiang province and the great interest in studying Buddhism for years. By surveying the tea culture activities and its spreading, the believers and protection of knowledge and so on, the author does a comparative study of the contribution to Chan tea culture in the two temples.