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When the nancy of the workstation next to you returns to "Zhang Cuifen",
Peter returns to become "Lee Dog Egg",
When the gray-green dirty braids are untied and dyed black,
When the stud boots are replaced with snow cotton,
When fashion's Chinese-English mix is covered with a rich rural tone,
You should know:
It's really going to be the New Year
In the Spring Festival, such a family reunion moment,
Everyone got together to chat and drink tea.
It's beautiful.
But although it is all tea,
There are also differences between places,
Some areas of tea customs are very exquisite,
There are also some areas where tea customs are very interesting.
Let's take a look at these chic regional tea customs!
Hangzhou, Zhejiang: Yuanbao tea
Zhejiang is rich in green tea, and every household especially likes to drink new green, so this tea custom must be inseparable from green tea.
Yuanbao tea in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, generally adds two kumquats or olives to the green tea soup, and the combination of turquoise + orange yellow is pleasing and auspicious.
Yuanbao tea is generally the drink after getting up on the morning of the first day of the New Year every year, with the meaning of "drinking bowl of Yuanbao tea, yuanbaolai all year round".
Zhenjiang, Jiangsu: Three teas
Although the Spring Festival is a holiday, it always feels busier than usual, but in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu Province, it is a little different.
Zhenjiang's New Year's Day can be late, it is said that in order to cover the "wealth" in the bed, until the family has finished washing, it is time to start serving tea.
The first course: round tea. Symbolizes family reunion and full life;
The second course: jujube tea. This tea can not be eaten in its entirety, there must be a few dates left, some leftovers, more than one year;
The third way: Eight treasure tea. Green tea is filled with goji berries, raisins and chrysanthemums, symbolizing the great prosperity of the New Year.
After drinking these three teas, you must open the door of the house to prepare for the New Year!
Yixian County, Anhui: Xi Gezi tea
The tin lattice is a tin utensil that holds traditional refreshments and is also the imprint of tea in the hearts of many locals in Yi (yī) County. On the first day of the Chinese New Year, see "tin" and see "joy", which is quite auspicious.
Early in the morning of the New Year, a cup of sugar tea and a cup of fragrant tea are placed in front of you, which means that life is sweet and alive.
When drinking, you must first drink fragrant tea, and then drink sweet tea, that is, "first bitter and then sweet, better days are still to come." After the tea is drunk, eat two spiced tea eggs, which means that good things are in pairs.
Guangdong: Sigh tea & eat tea
The Canton area is popular for "sighing tea" (that is, drinking tea).
There are many tea houses in the Canton area, and they are suitable for all ages. Elderly people can drink tea and chat here, and the various snacks in the tea house are the favorite of children.
Every New Year's Festival, people in Guangdong always ask to meet three or five friends or a big family to sit in the tea house together. Therefore, "sighing tea" can be said to be very popular and quite grounded in the Canton area.
As we all know, on tea-related issues, the Chaoshan people in Guangdong have always had their own ideas.
During the Spring Festival, "eating tea" is mainly concentrated in the tea customs of the Chaoshan region.
The kung fu tea here is drunk from early morning to night. The family members who eat tea and the relatives and friends who come to the home to worship the New Year are collectively called "glue their own people", lively and lively, taking turns to drink tea, and the fun is unlimited.
Fujian Ningde: three teas and six wines
Every spring festival in Fujian Province, three teas and six wines are used to sacrifice ancestors and gods.
Chinese New Year's Eve to provide "tea rice water" (the Min people call tea rice, so tea rice water is tea water), the first day of the first month of the new month to provide new year tea (the Spring Festival is called "making the year" in the local area), to drink rock sugar tea for the New Year...
These sweet teas with spices added contain the beautiful meaning of "everyone can drink it all year round sweetheart sweetness".
In addition, some rural areas have retained the custom of telling tea to ancestors at the beginning of the first lunar month, placing a cup of tea in front of each ancestor's tablet, and then worshipping (most of the more traditional and complex gestures and prayers used during worship).
Taiwan: Chinese New Year Irori Tea Party
The irori tea party, as the name suggests, is a tea party opened around the stove, which sounds a little romantic
Taiwan's irori tea party is to put a brazier under the tea table, put a few coins in a circle around the New Year, in order to seek auspicious fortune, and then invite friends to sit in the hearth group and taste tea together.
The charcoal in the brazier is red, the hot incense in the teacup is fragrant, and the crowd is talking and laughing.
Nowadays, not only taiwan has an irori tea party, but many other regions, especially those who do tea business, will also invite old customers and friends to taste tea and gossip at the New Year, also known as "New Year Tea Party".
What are the interesting tea customs in your hometown during the Spring Festival? Come to the comments section and leave your wonderful comments~