What must outsiders know about the custom of "teahouse" in northern Fujian?

In northern Fujian, whenever Tomb-Sweeping Day visits the grave, people will put a glass of wine and offer a cup of tea in front of their ancestors' graves, which means that it is a happy thing to have wine and tea. This custom has been inherited to this day. In the past, people used to set the tea table first, and then set the banquet, whether it was a wedding or a funeral. Tea table is to put a bowl of tea in front of each guest, and then put a piece of rock sugar, so that everyone can chat while drinking tea and wait until everyone arrives before setting up a banquet. It can be seen that tea plays an extremely important role in the traditional customs of people in northern Fujian.

"Worship the Mountain" ceremony has its uniqueness and profound prehistoric civilization in the tea custom etiquette in northern Fujian, but in the final analysis, this kind of tea drinking activity should be inextricably linked with the production and life of local people. In the long tea drinking activities of people in northern Fujian, the influence of tea on our production and life has accumulated over time, and the elements of tea culture have gradually integrated into our lives. Ancient transportation was underdeveloped. In order to get more information, we have nothing to do and often get together for tea and chat. Boil tea soup, hold a small dish of snacks such as peanuts, melon seeds and chestnuts, and comment or dictate things in the street or alley.

This shows that tea has the function of communicating information and connecting feelings in the process of integrating into our people's livelihood. At the same time, this influence is also reflected in our habits and expressions. For example, when Zhang San said "please come to my house for tea" to Li Si, his original intention was to invite Li Si to his house as a guest, and the contents of the guest's visit included talking about the land and connecting feelings. Not just drinking tea.

In our daily life, we pay great attention to tea ceremony etiquette when we taste tea. Tea ceremony etiquette is consistent with our cultural tradition as a whole, respecting the old first, then respecting the old, being humble first, growing first, then being young. Specifically, whether sitting down to drink tea or standing to worship tea, the cultural traditions of respecting the elderly, respecting the virtuous and respecting the elderly are all included in the category of tea ceremony etiquette in the order of tea tasting. Tea ceremony etiquette is not only influenced by local culture, but also by foreign culture. In modern times, some foreign cultures have also been integrated into tea ceremony etiquette, such as the foreign word "ladies first", which was not reflected in the past tea ceremony etiquette.