How does the custom of canned tea reflect Tujia folk customs?

Huang Jinshan

Tujia people living in Tuanbao, Lichuan and Baiyang like to drink a kind of "canned tea". This "canned tea" is also called "people's tea" and "people's tea". Because of its rich fragrance, low price and simple production, it is deeply loved by Tujia farmers.

The production of "canned tea" is generally like this: light a raging knot in one's heart on a fire pit, fill a black and shiny copper teapot with clear spring water, while boiling water, heat a small pot with a small mouth and a round waist with firewood, then put the fried green tea made by yourself into a small teapot, roast it and shake it until the tea leaves turn brown, and then pour the boiled water into the copper teapot. Suddenly, with a bang, tea splashed, tea foam gushed out from the altar mouth, and a fragrant tea fragrance filled the room, and the fragrance persisted for a long time. Tujia people have a saying that "a cup of tea every morning is a kind of prestige", which vividly shows that Tujia people like to drink this kind of "canned tea".

In fact, Tujia people like to drink pot of tea, and most of them drink a charm, a courtesy and an atmosphere. When the guests arrive at home, cover a pot of tea, surround the stove, talk about the weather, talk about the right and wrong on earth, talk about the ups and downs of life, replace wine with tea, express love with tea, drink a pot of tea dry, and then add water; Tea tastes weak, bake another pot; I'll drink it if you drink it. The more you drink it, the more refreshed you become. Drink and drink, and finally drink the Tujia proverb "tea can nourish sex."

Tujia people are addicted to "canned tea" and Tujia people are addicted to "canned tea".