Tea drinking custom in tea custom

China has a vast territory, a large population and many nationalities, and its tea-drinking customs are diverse and elegant. As far as the tea drinking custom in Wuyishan is concerned, there have been forms of entertaining guests, making friends with tea and making friends with tea since ancient times. The custom of drinking tea inherited from ancient times can still be seen in some rural areas or teahouses. Formed a unique tea culture. A common tea custom in Wuyishan rural areas is "guests come to worship tea" and "leave a cup of fragrant tea for a while", which expresses Wuyishan people's greetings and respect for their guests. Guests come to worship tea, and tea friends reflect the virtues and traditional etiquette of Wuyishan people.

Since the Song Dynasty, Wuyishan has had the custom of "guests can't get too drunk when they come to tea". When guests arrive, they will greet each other with greetings and invite them to sit down. The host immediately washed the pot lamp, raised the fire to make tea, made tea water and offered a cup of fragrant teas.

The host pays attention to "end, pour, please"; Guests pay attention to the actions of "receiving, drinking and going up". The host held the bottom of the cup with his left hand, and the cup body with his right thumb, forefinger and middle finger, bowed to the tea and said with a smile, "Please have tea."

Tea drinkers should hold cups in both hands, say thank you, sip carefully, praise the host's good tea, and after drinking a cup of tea, exchange a few pleasantries. The host will fill the tea, but the host can't pour out Yuze after drinking it. The host can only clean the tea set after entertaining the guests in the afternoon. There is a popular custom of "drinking tea" in some villages in Wuyishan. Leicha is a necessary drink for farmers to entertain guests. Its raw materials are generally only made of tea, rice and orange peel.

Attention should also be paid to adding proper amount of traditional Chinese medicine Chen, licorice, Chuanxiong, cinnamon and so on. It is especially sweet to drink, and it is a good drink, especially in hot summer, which has the effect of cooling and relieving summer heat. While drinking tea, there are also some foods accompanying tea, such as peanuts, melon seeds, fried soybeans, popcorn, dried bamboo shoots, dried pumpkins, vegetables, etc., which have a strong local flavor.

When tea is served, the crisp, sweet and fragrant tea fragrance overflows from the tea bowl, which is really fascinating and a good treat for the guests. "Fucha" presents a cup of osmanthus kumquat tea and good wishes when the guests leave immediately.

Bride's tea drinking custom

If the son-in-law and tea girl are not married, many young people will come to visit. Therefore, girls should prepare tea and entertain the "future son-in-law" among the guests when they come.

On the third day after a mother's daughter gets married, both parents will visit her, which is called "looking at the DPRK". Parents should bring some tea, baked green beans, orange peel and wild sesame seeds when they look at the DPRK. This kind of tea is called "Popo Tea".

After the bride looks forward to tea, her mother-in-law will go to the bride's house and invite relatives, friends and elders to the bride's house for tea. The bride's family will drink "bride tea".

After the bride gets married, relatives, friends and good neighbors usually invite the bride to have tea at home. If you are a distant relative, you can invite the bride in the first month of the new year, or you can make it up when the bride visits her family for the first time.

According to the traditional custom of China, it is inevitable for relatives and friends to visit each other during the Spring Festival. When the guests arrive, the hostess usually brings a bowl of "sweet tea" to the guests first, and sends a blessing, such as: after eating this bowl of sweet tea, life will be as sweet as honey every year. Then take a bowl of salty tea with roasted green beans and shredded carrots, and then make a bowl of delicate and mellow green tea with some refreshments.

Some young sisters-in-law and elderly mother-in-law in the tea party village invite each other tea 3-5 times a year in the local village. Locals call it a "tea party". Usually make an appointment in advance where to have tea. On the afternoon of the appointment, the host chopped the firewood, cleaned the tea bowl and teapot for making tea, and waited for the arrival of the neighbors at home. As soon as the guests arrived, the host took out the excellent bud tea collected from lime jars, jars and cans at home, put a pinch in a tea bowl, added various seasonings, poured it into boiling water, and served it to the guests bowl by bowl with both hands. Colorful tea soup, while drinking tea, while pulling home. Some of them are dragging their children, some are holding their grandchildren's hands, and some are drinking tea while sewing. They are very lively and interesting.