Why do you rarely see young people drinking morning tea in Guangdong? The answer is actually very simple

Every place has distinctive food customs due to its different regions. For example, Hunan likes to eat hot and sour food, Sichuan likes spicy food, Guangdong likes light food, and Jianghuai likes sweet food. These customs have been stubbornly adhered to for hundreds or even thousands of years. They have not only become the dietary characteristics of a place, but also a kind of diet. culture.

When traveling to Guangdong on business, I always drink morning tea as the locals do. In fact, the hotels where I stay usually have breakfast, but in order to experience the food culture of Guangdong, especially the smell of fireworks in the streets of Guangdong, I gave up the same breakfast in the hotel and went out to have morning tea instead.

The first time I went to Guangdong was when I was working. A fellow villager took me to have morning tea. I thought I was just going to a teahouse to drink tea. I said I had to have breakfast before going, but it turned out to be a joke. Later I learned that morning tea = breakfast, but compared to ordinary breakfast, the content of morning tea is much richer.

For Cantonese people, morning tea is not only a five-flavor experience, but also a solemn ritual. It has long been integrated into their blood and has become an indispensable part of Cantonese people's daily life.

Drinking morning tea is called "sighing morning tea" in Guangdong. I didn't understand it at first, but later I learned that "sighing" in Cantonese means enjoying. I have to sigh at the profound and profound connotation of Chinese characters. In this way, for Cantonese people, drinking morning tea is a kind of enjoyment.

However, we have also discovered a phenomenon. In Guangdong, those who drink morning tea are basically older people, and there are relatively few young people. Why is this? Later, I slowly figured out that in a place like Guangdong that values ??time and efficiency, young people working hard for a living would definitely not spend a few hours going to a teahouse. Only those who are old and have no worries, as well as successful businessmen, will go to teahouses. In their view, the experience of satisfying the five tastes should just be an instinct, and more importantly, enjoying such a leisurely process.

I am still a little surprised by the richness of Cantonese morning tea. Rice rolls, pastries, steamed buns, porridge, etc. are too numerous to mention. But to be honest, after several experiences, as a Hunanese, maybe because I am used to eating rice noodles, these rich breakfasts are still not used to my taste. Some people may say that I don’t understand life, but what I want to say is that this may be the difference in food culture caused by the region. There is no way to change it.