Why do Guangzhou people like to drink morning tea in the morning?

Guangzhou people have always had the habit of drinking morning tea. It is said that when Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty went to Guangzhou from the south of the Yangtze River, he went to a teahouse to drink morning tea with his personal guards. Chengzhu Tower, Lianxiang Tower, Taotaoju Tower, Huiru Tower, Xiangzhen Tower, Tairu Tower, etc. are all century-old teahouses in Guangzhou. Teahouses, teahouses, and teahouses that were once known as "Erli Pavilions" were all over the streets and alleys of Yangcheng earlier. Guangzhou people call drinking morning tea "sighing tea", and there is still a popular saying of "sighing a cup of tea and two snacks" (that is, enjoying a cup of fragrant tea and two snacks). When you wake up early in the morning with astringent taste in your mouth, drink a cup of fragrant tea to cleanse your mouth, refresh your mind, and then eat snacks to appreciate the "beauty" of delicious food. Five Reasons to Drink Morning Tea Reason 1: Once you enter this country, you should follow this custom. If you don’t drink morning tea in Guangdong, wouldn’t you be a Lingnan native in vain? Reason two: Sitting around a table with relatives and friends, a pot of tea and a few beautiful snacks can enhance feelings. Reason three: Eating a hearty breakfast is a useful reward for yourself who is busy every day. Reason 4: If the whole family has morning tea, the per capita consumption is only 20 to 30 yuan. You can also have breakfast and lunch together, which is economical and enjoyable. Reason 5: There are so many delicious treats to enjoy. Morning tea culture in Guangzhou Drinking morning tea is a unique tea-drinking custom of Guangdong people. After getting up in the morning, before starting the day's work and business, a cup of famous tea and delicious snacks (breakfast), two pieces, not only solves the problem of breakfast, but also is a wonderful enjoyment. Refreshments are tea and snacks. Teas include black tea, green tea, oolong tea, scented tea, Yuanbao tea, etc., and there are even more types of snacks. The most common ones are various steamed buns, such as barbecued pork buns, crystal buns, steamed pork buns, shrimp steamed buns, and crab meat buns. Xiao Long Bao, as well as other types of dry steamed siomai, various shortbreads, as well as chicken porridge, beef porridge, fish porridge, chee cheong fun, shrimp powder, wontons, etc. Drinking tea is an indispensable part of Cantonese life. Here, nervous people begin to relax and talk leisurely about life, old friends, and stories; here, people relax and unwind in the light fragrance of tea, relaxing their mood. People brew a pot of good tea and order some delicious snacks in the teahouse. Some drink it by themselves, and some chat with their friends for a while. Isn't it leisurely? Teahouses are also an important place for people to make a living. All kinds of people were talking about stocks, the property market, Japanese electrical appliances, and American cars in the teahouse. Here, people exchange various economic and commodity information. If you don't have the ability to "make" teahouses, your chances of making a fortune will be much less. In the business world, if you don't enter a teahouse, you won't be able to integrate into Guangdong's business society. The leisurely and comfortable teahouse has become a place for business negotiations, making the teahouse no longer just a quiet place for people to chat and pass the time. There is a couplet in the "Miao Qixiang" teahouse in Guangzhou in the old days: Busy for fame, busy for profit, take a break from the busy and have a cup of tea; work hard, work hard, enjoy the hardship, bring a pot of wine. This is exactly the psychological portrayal of people drinking tea in a teahouse. Of course, the teahouse is not just for morning tea. There are always customers for tea from morning to night. Most teahouses open their doors at around 5 o'clock in the morning to welcome customers and don't close until midnight. "Three teas and two meals in a row".