Salty Tea Culture of Hailufeng in Salty Tea

China produces tea and develops it into a tea ceremony. Tea can cure diseases. It was called Cao Rui in ancient times and was used as a herbal medicine. Shennong said, "Bitter tea can benefit you." In the Tang Dynasty, Chen Zangqi said: "To quench thirst and eliminate epidemic diseases, tea is expensive, and tea is the medicine for all diseases." Li Shizhen in the Ming Dynasty said: "Tea makes people think good, lie down less, keep fit intellectually and improve their eyesight." The discussion and comments on tea by medical scientists in past dynasties have clarified the role and function of tea on human health.

In the Song Dynasty, influenced by Zongai tea, the literati in China began to fight for tea, also known as "fighting tea". "Fighting tea" refers to the quality of tea and evaluates the quality of tea. In the "tea war", the winning tea was designated as "tribute tea". Fan Zhongan's "Song of Fighting Tea" describes the grand occasion at that time: "Beiyuan gives the son of heaven at the right time, and the heroes under the forest compete for beauty first."

On June 22nd, 1988, reference news translated an article "Japan News China Tea Salon-Japan's Rock Tea House": "China tea is once again in vogue: this time, it is not out of the motivation to lose weight by drinking oolong tea or Pu 'er tea, but for entertainment or culture, that is, to enjoy the fun of drinking tea. "As early as the Tang Dynasty, Japan removed the tea classics from China and gradually transformed them into a unique tea ceremony in Japan. This is their strong point.

Tea ceremony, the most popular in Guangdong, can be said to be "drinking tea" in Guangzhou (even Hong Kong and Macao) and "kungfu tea" in Chaoshan. Guangzhou has long been a developed commercial port, and the pace of life of businessmen and workers is tense. In order to catch up with their work, they get up early and go to the porridge stalls and tea stalls on the street to eat something and have a cup of tea to drive away their drowsiness. Elf business experts, seeing this business opportunity, gradually opened teahouses and built large-scale "teahouses" with carved beams and carved buildings, resplendent and rich southern characteristics. Therefore, even residents are popular to drink morning tea. Old people get up early for a walk, buy a newspaper and go to the teahouse to "sigh". Housewives are also used to getting up early, carrying a basket, going to the park for morning exercises, going to the teahouse for "one move and two pieces" when they are full, and then going to the market to buy fish and vegetables. The tools for making Hailufeng salty tea-Leixian tea are a tea mallet and a tooth bowl. Tea mallets are made of hard materials, such as picking branches; Tooth bowl is a kind of wide-mouthed pottery, which is astringent inside (strip) and slippery outside. When smashing tea, put the tea (when there is really no time, you can choose overnight tea. )-put it in a dental bowl, slightly moisten it, grind it into paste with a tea hammer, add a little salt, and pour it into boiling water, which is very simple; But there are many ways to "eat salty tea".

Housewives make salty tea early, and then put it in a straw-woven "straw shed", which is tightly covered and tightly insulated, so that the family can always drink it for nothing to quench their thirst, which is called "boiling tea" or "tooth bowl tea". If you put it in a bowl and sprinkle it with fried sesame or fried rice (popcorn) or fried peanuts, you will get "sesame (sesame) tea", "fried rice tea" and "sweet bean (peanut) tea. If cooked rice and cooked beans are added, it is called "rice tea", which is mainly popular in Hakka mountainous areas.

There are two kinds of oil hemp tea: one is fried; A method for grinding raw oil and hemp into tea leaves in a dental bowl. There are also several kinds of fried rice tea: one is steamed with good oil-pointed rice, dried and fried; A white Toona sinensis is cooked in red valley, dried in the sun, peeled and fried, which is called "fried millet". These two kinds, the average family (especially farmers) will make them for later use after the winter harvest; The other is to temporarily soak rice in salt, drain the water and fry it instantly, which is called "fried rice" or "fried rice seeds". This is the last resort to get rid of the "tea addiction" from the staple food. Salty tea in Lufeng area also likes to add herbs, and Haifeng is relatively rare. Only "bitter thorn heart" (a plant growing on the hillside and beside the pit) is added, which is called "bitter thorn heart tea".

Hailufeng salty tea is run by women, and men don't intervene, but they also like to enjoy it. I usually eat salty tea twice a day, in the morning 10 and around 4 pm. A bamboo branch said, "When the meal is over, the tea is exhausted, and the teeth should ring;" Where do you see kindness? Look how many sesame seeds he has. "People are used to calling this time' tea', which is also a time image word commonly used when dating relatives and friends. Eating salty tea is regarded by women as a courtesy to respect guests. When the guests arrive, they will serve one bowl, two bowls, three bowls and four bowls of salty tea ... Hands and feet are like fighting, strongly urging you to put down your stomach. The more you eat, the happier your master will be. Since the reform and opening up, more and more women have entered the society. Whenever it's time for tea, they always make do with their tea addiction, just like doing exercises during recess, in order to "eliminate fatigue and cheer up" and then go to work.

In weddings, funerals and weddings, "making tea" (oil hemp tea, fried rice tea or vegetable tea, belonging to group tea culture activities) is also popular.

Every new house caught fire, the marriage ended, children were born, people came back from a long trip, celebrated holidays, treated diseases, avoided risks, avoided disasters, and even rehabilitated modern grievances, and their children and grandchildren were admitted to universities. Someone published an article saying, "Never invite people with salty tea when things are white." No! In fact, there are more salty teas in white matter: women eat salty teas in mourning, salty teas on the first seven days (Sunday), the last seven days (Sunday) and the last seven days (Sunday) of the deceased, "Cishan Tea" after going to the grave, "Ding You Tea" every ten nights for a hundred days, and "Chinese New Year" on the anniversary. Why do you think "Never invite people with salty tea"?

In a word, tea occupies a certain position in Shanwei people's minds, and it is regarded as a top-grade gift, and men and women should send tea when they are engaged; The bride will send tea when she goes through the door for three dynasties; Since the reform and opening up, people have to send tea to visit relatives in Hong Kong and Macao, and so on.

As the main body of the tea ceremony, Mr. Chen said: "salty tea has long been popular in the old district of Hailufeng and has developed into a characteristic culture, and women have contributed a lot." (See History of Xuanwu Mountain) I quite agree.

Traditional salty tea 20 10 industrialization, why did Jiaren Leicha Company take the lead in producing salty tea in the form of brewing and convenient drinking?