Ask Guangzhou and Harbin.

Drinking herbal tea is also a perennial habit of Guangzhou people. The so-called herbal tea refers to the Chinese herbal medicine which is cold in nature and can eliminate internal heat. After boiling, it is used as a drink to eliminate the sore throat caused by summer heat or winter dryness in the human body. Guangzhou has a long history of herbal tea, and there are many kinds of herbal tea, including Wang Laoji herbal tea, Sanhutang herbal tea, herbal tea, loud male herbal tea, herbal tea, 24-flavor herbal tea, cucurbit tea, healthy herbal tea, honeysuckle flower tea and ancient melon herbal tea. There are even turtle ling paste soup, sashimi and cabbage soup, carrots and bamboo cane water. It has become a traditional old-fashioned herbal tea that Guangzhou people love. Wang Lao Ji's most famous herbal tea has always been admired by Guangzhou people. After 1980s, various kinds of herbal tea granules and soft-packed herbal tea came into being. Shennong herbal tea and Xiasangju tea have become fashionable drinks for many families in summer. People in Guangzhou love to drink tea, especially morning tea. When we meet in the morning, we often greet each other with "Have you had tea" (meaning "Have you had tea"), which shows our preference for tea. Drinking tea is a life custom of Guangzhou people. There is a folk proverb that "a pot of tea in the morning does not need a doctor". When people in Guangzhou say drinking tea, they actually mean drinking tea in a teahouse (formerly called teahouse). Not only drink morning tea, but also eat snacks (as breakfast); Drink not only morning tea, but also afternoon tea and evening tea; Not only can you fill your stomach, but you can also spread news, talk about friendship and negotiate business. It can be seen that drinking tea in Guangzhou is actually a social way. This is also the important and fundamental reason why the teahouse industry in Guangzhou has been enduring for a hundred years. Among the time-honored restaurants in Guangzhou, quite a few were teahouses and teahouses of that year. People who drink tea in Guangzhou can be roughly divided into two categories: one is regular customers who must go to a fixed teahouse every morning, usually "one cup" (ribs rice) and "two pieces" (snacks), and most of these people are retired people; The other is drinking "tea worship", that is, drinking tea on rest days is not limited to "one cup or two", but calmly tasting various snacks and "sighing tea". There are three tea markets in Guangzhou every day: morning, noon and evening, among which the morning tea market is the most prosperous, and it is often crowded from early morning to eleven noon. Drinking tea at night is becoming more and more prosperous, especially in midsummer. While drinking tea, listen to opera singing and enjoy air conditioning. Morning tea in Guangzhou usually opens at 4 am, and evening tea doesn't close until 1-2 am the next morning.

Harbin:

Harbin residents are mainly Han people, most of whom are immigrants from Shandong and Hebei provinces. In Harbin in the past, foreigners accounted for a large proportion, of which Russians accounted for the majority. The lifestyle and customs of foreigners have a certain influence on Harbin people's culture and eating customs. People in Harbin used to eat big cakes (tortillas) as their staple food. It turns out that local residents like to eat big prickly heat, small rice and stew; Shandong people like to eat pasta and fish; People in Hebei like rice and sorghum rice porridge. Influenced by the dietary customs of ethnic minorities, Harbin people like to eat sticky cakes and sticky bean bags, "Leba" (a kind of big bread), sausages and so on. And I like to drink "Su" wine.

Influenced by the tradition of nomadic people in the north in history, as early as the 1990s, Harbin had the custom of outing. After liberation, the wind of outing became more and more popular. Many units organize employees to go out for outings in spring, summer and autumn, and some take family outings as units. With the improvement of people's material and cultural living standards, Harbin people's outbound tourism is developing into a larger-scale tourism activity and an important content of cultural entertainment in life.

Picnic in Harbin, any organization or outing is inseparable from picnics. The picnic in Harbin has a historical origin. Influenced by the eating habits of northern minorities and the lifestyle of European immigrants in the later period, Harbin people gradually formed the custom of picnicking from the 1990s.

Drinking Beer Harbin has already produced beer as early as the early 20th century, and Harbin Brewery has a history of one hundred years. Harbin's annual beer consumption is more than 300,000 tons, and the per capita beer consumption ranks first in the country. The main brands are "Harbin" and "New Samsung". People in Harbin like beer very much. Many people regard beer as an ordinary drink, and some people use drinking to show the heroism and enthusiasm of northerners.

Yangko Dance originated in the northern rural area of China more than 200 years ago and is a traditional folk dance of Han nationality. In the 1990s, it became a mass fitness activity for self-entertainment.

Winter swimming is a sports activity with its own cultural characteristics in Harbin, which shows the strong physique and strong will of Harbin people who are not afraid of the cold. In winter, the outdoor temperature in Harbin drops to MINUS ten or twenty degrees. Winter swimmers cut ice on the Songhua River and built an ice swimming pool. The launching time of winter swimming is mostly around 5-6 o'clock before sunrise, and the performance time of winter swimming is between 10- 14 o'clock.

Seeing Ice Lantern The ice lantern in Harbin began in the early 1960s and was developed on the basis of traditional folk art forms. It relies on garden art, takes architecture and sculpture art as the expression method, and takes electric light as the light source to make all kinds of ice scenes. In the second half of last century, ice lanterns gradually developed into a representative ice and snow culture and art in Harbin. The annual Ice and Snow Festival and Ice Lantern Expo have become a grand view garden of ice lantern art, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign tourists to visit.

Ice wedding Ice wedding is a favorite wedding form for young people in Harbin. The wedding on ice is hosted by Harbin Youth Palace and held collectively, becoming an integral part of Harbin's annual ice and snow festival.

Ice and Snow Banquet 1985 The first ice and snow festival, Jiangnan Spring Hotel held the first ice and snow dish technology competition, which opened the prelude to the ice and snow food culture. The novel, exquisite and exquisite ice and snow meal art shows the exquisite skills of ice city chefs. The guests tasted the unique cultural characteristics of Harbin in the ice and snow feast with distinctive regional characteristics.