Why do Cantonese people put breakfast in a small steamer? Any allusions?

Speaking of Guangdong's traditional culture, morning tea is one of the highlights. Every weekend or holiday, Cantonese people will help the old and take care of the young, or make an appointment with three or five friends to gather in the teahouse to "sigh for morning tea". "Sigh" means enjoyment in Cantonese, so it can be seen that drinking morning tea is a pleasant pastime in the eyes of Cantonese people, and it is no different from other entertainment activities in this respect.

Speaking of the origin of Guangdong morning tea, it can be traced back to the reign of Xianfeng Tongzhi. At that time, there was a restaurant named "Yili Pavilion" in Guangzhou. There is a wooden sign that says "tea party" hanging at the door, serving tea and cakes. The facilities are simple, with only a few wooden tables and benches for welcoming guests and chatting for passers-by. Later, the teahouse appeared, and the scale became larger and larger, and it became a teahouse. Since then, it has become a common practice for Cantonese people to drink morning tea in teahouses. Until today, the tea in Guangdong morning tea has become a supporting role, but the refreshments are more and more exquisite and diverse. With the rapid development of Guangdong's economy, this traditional culture has not disappeared, but has increasingly become a beautiful landscape in Guangdong's leisure life.

Since it is called "morning tea", tea is naturally an indispensable part of Guangdong morning tea. Black tea is the main tea of morning tea, which can warm the stomach and get rid of boredom, which is beneficial to digestion. There are common oolong tea, Tieguanyin tea and Pu 'er tea, and some people like to drink chrysanthemum tea, that is, adding chrysanthemum to Pu 'er tea to reduce fire. Black tea is dark red in color and the soup is thick and bitter. Although it is not as good as green tea in vision and taste, it is a perfect match with the rich refreshments in Guangdong morning tea.

Tea is more important in Guangdong morning tea. There are two kinds of snacks: dry snacks include jiaozi, dried fruits, steamed stuffed buns and shortbread, and wet snacks include porridge, meat, turtle sauce and tofu. Among them, the dry point is the most exquisite and sells well. For example, two or three fresh shrimps are wrapped in translucent crystal dumpling skin, which is the signature shrimp dumpling that every teahouse must make. Before lifting chopsticks, you can see a little reddish in the crystal. When you gently take a bite, the elasticity of crystal jiaozi Pitt and the natural sweetness and crispness of shrimp combine to produce a delicious taste, which is memorable. Another example is the bird's nest in some high-end teahouses, especially the crisp egg tarts. Several layers of golden crispy egg tarts with tender yellow silky bird's nest aroused people's appetite at first sight, not to mention the perfect combination of sweet and soft bird's nest and crispy powder after eating, which made people want to stop. There are also various kinds of porridge, such as the first porridge, preserved egg lean meat porridge, raw rolled fish porridge and so on. They are all made of soft and slippery porridge bottom, with different kinds of meat and fish eggs, supplemented by crispy shrimp slices and chopped green onion, and then sprinkled with a spoonful of pepper, which tastes sweet and delicious.

Speaking of this, the spectators may have been unable to hold back and want to taste the delicious Guangdong morning tea. But wait a minute, do you know the etiquette of Guangdong morning tea? It's not complicated. When others pour tea for themselves, Cantonese people are used to slightly bending the index finger and middle finger of their right hand and tapping the desktop to show their gratitude. This simple action originated from an interesting legend. It is said that when Emperor Qianlong went down to the south of the Yangtze River, he pretended to be a servant and poured tea for his followers who pretended to be masters. The entourage was flattered. If you are in the palace, you should bow down and kowtow to thank them for such treatment. However, this is outside the palace, and it is impossible to reveal the identity of the emperor of Qianlong. So we had a brainwave and invented the above gestures instead of bowing and kowtowing, which have been passed down to this day.