China is the homeland of tea, tea culture, the same strain inside information rich, deep and tenacious roots. Chinese tea culture fusion of Confucianism, Taoism and Buddhism all the ideological essence of home, especially the Confucian sober, philosophical, passionate, and with the inclusive pro-performance head. And with the earth for thousands of years of civilization's Sichuan Chinese tea culture will evolve into a unique ---- Sichuan tea culture. Tea Culture in Chengdu, Sichuan has been turned into a unique characteristic of "tea culture." The proverb says: Sichuan, "sunny little head, eyes and more tea."
Chengdu people love into the tea, because Sichuanese like "chat", that is bustling into teahouses, while drinking Gaiwan Cha, while brighter future, and leisure, combined with the tea snacks and folk art performances, laughing, in fact, to the music of life .
Tea in addition to leisure, it is also an important social place, a teahouse and become a mirror of social life.
Both the old society tea also mediate the functions of social disputes. Friends if there disputes between neighbors, the two sides agreed to a teahouse, "judge." Where the teahouse who dispute resolution by the parties to come forward and ask local bigwigs mediation, both sides in the debate after the war of words after some competitors, the mediator of arbitration. Is the so-called "four legs on a table that Detuo to go off." If the parties have not, will each pay half of the tea money; so one wrong, they should throw in the towel apologize, including pay tea money.
Tea or socio-cultural entertainment. Evening tea with Sichuan Opera "play" Friends sit singing, commonly known as "playing around drum." In addition, some tea with Sichuan dulcimer, storytelling, voiceless, money, board and other performances. People can sit side drinking tea, while appreciated with strong local characteristics of folk art program.
In addition to selling tea tea, but also sell candy, cigarettes, melon seeds, peanuts and other snacks. The teahouse also increased after the liberation of playing cards, chess, reading newspapers, flowers game birds, and even sing karaoke OK, watch video programs. Content more trendy and new. But the tea as a social venue folk function remained unchanged.
Chengdu's tea houses, mostly bamboo shed, filled with bamboo table, bamboo chair. Breeze, filled with tea. Used mostly jasmine tea tea, Longjing, Biluochun based. The tea is used in North luxurious Gaiwan Cha. The tea bowls, tea boat, tea cover Trinity, each with unique features. Ship that is entrusted bowl of tea saucer, tea cup boat care, not only will not scorch the desktop, and easy to serve tea; bubble tea is helpful to cover the tea, they can scrape floating foam, easy to read tea, tea news , tea; tea cover upside down, it is a herbal tea, tea container facilities. Compact Gaiwan Cha with, that is practical, and beautiful, constitute a group of works of art.
Dr. Tea's a tea skill, it is an old tea house a unique landscape. Water column from the sky overhead, spilled into the teacup, billowing sound; even for a moment between a halt just and Wankou flush tea bowl no small drop. This is a stunt, it is an art of enjoyment.
Chengdu teahouse has been very prosperous. Both scenic place, or being busy street, full of local color can be seen everywhere folk tea. The tea house low-cost, good service, the customer is often a cup of tea, a plate of snacks can sit half a day. Talked freely about being with family and friends, Sichuan tea culture, the earth was reflected most vividly.