Punch: From third-rate anchor to top chef

Chapter 503 483. Chengdu Tea Culture

Stop and go, it took a full hour to reach the destination.

As the Three Kingdoms of Abundance, Bashu has a unique climate and hydrological environment, and it has been a land of fish and rice for thousands of years.

Of course, not only food is produced here, but it is also an important producing area of ​​tea.

At that time, more than 7% of the tea on the Silk Road had to pass through Chengdu.

As the saying goes: no tea, no Chengdu

Chengdu is a city moistened by water.

The rainfall is abundant, the water flow is abundant, and the tea drinking is abundant.

Chengdu's tea culture has always been at a very high level, both in terms of cultural precipitation and the basis of the people.

Old Chengdu had a population of over 40 in the 60s.

Among the population of more than 60, nearly 12 old Chengdu people are veritable "tea drinkers".

The earliest teahouse in the Han Dynasty originated in Sichuan.

At the beginning of the last century, there were 516 streets and alleys in Chengdu, and there were 454 teahouses.

Of course, with the development, these 454 companies have not decreased, but have become more and more.

There are more than 3 registered teahouses in Chengdu, and at least 2 are in normal operation.

From this exaggerated data, we can see that Chengdu people love tea.

They are addicted to tea, and they consume tens of thousands of tons of tea every year.

Today, the demand for tea by the old Chengdu people is still ranked among the top ten in the country.

Bamboo chairs, stone tables, and bowls of tea have formed a unique leisure life culture of old Chengdu people.

The place where Li Xiao appeared was an old alley in Chengdu, a gathering place of teahouses.

As soon as Li Xiao got out of the car, he could hear the noise coming from afar.

In the distance, seven or eight teahouses gathered together.

Most of these teahouses are open-air.

On the dark charcoal stoves, there are copper pots filled with water.

The water room is full of steam, like a fairyland.

The water boiler man in a vest that has been washed white, holding a copper pot that has been boiled one by one, adding water to the thermos.

Some aunts are selling melon seeds and peanuts around.

Under colorful parasols, under trees two or three stories high.

On each of the stone tables, there are messy thermos pots and all the covered bowls of tea.

Beside the stone table sat men and women in twos and threes.

Although most of them are old men and women, there are also young and middle-aged people among them.

Some just come for tea,
Some played cards while drinking tea,

Sitting under the shade of a tree, fanning a fan, closing your eyes and meditating,

There are people with flushed faces, excited voices, and people they know or don't know.

There are even those who are drinking tea, dancing in the square, dancing with swords, and dancing with fans.

Some were eating melon seeds, some were reading newspapers.

In a crowded place, the distance between tables and chairs may not allow people to pass normally.

But everyone enjoys their own world and their own fun.

Although it is noisy, they all enjoy themselves without interfering with each other.

The audience in the live broadcast room, seeing this scene, many people were sour.

"I have decided that I will settle in Chengdu after retirement!"

"This is simply my dream life, doing nothing, drinking tea with friends every day, bragging, playing cards."

"It's enviable to look at these days, it's too leisurely."

"For me, who commutes for more than 4 hours a day, I can't even imagine this kind of life!"

"Brother upstairs, don't try too hard!"

"At first glance, I knew it was a migrant worker in the capital. It took 4 hours. I guess he lived in the next province. It was hard work."

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There are many famous tea houses in Chengdu.

Heming Tea House in People's Park.

Yuelai Teahouse at Jinjiang Theater.

An old teahouse in Pengzhen.

The ginkgo forest teahouse at the back door.

Qingyang Tea House in Qingyang Palace.

And what Li Xiao is going to today is Heming Tea House, which has a long history.

There are many teahouses in Chengdu that have been around for a long time.

There are also many teahouses that are more than a century old.

But most century-old teahouses are small teahouses handed down from generation to generation, usually with only four or five operators.

Usually the whole family joins the battle.

The old man in the family serves tea, while the old mother sells melon seeds and tidies the table.

The son boils water and adds water, and the daughter-in-law greets guests at the door.

The Heming Tea House is somewhat different.

This tea house was already the first of the six major tea gardens in Chengdu 100 years ago.

Whether it is scale or influence, it can be ranked in the forefront in Chengdu.

As long as you are a Chengdu native, even if you have not been to Heming Tea House in person, you must have heard relatives and friends talking about it.

Li Xiao wants to go through these small teahouses surrounded by Heming Teahouse, which look like stars holding the moon.

The entrance is the antique archway.

The archway is not tall, only two stories high.

The silver word Heming on the plaque is full of freehand leisure.

Visible to the naked eye, there are almost no empty seats on the hundreds of tea tables.

The atmosphere here is more lively than the gathering of seven or eight teahouses just now.

It is worthy of being the teahouse that can firmly sit at the top of the teahouses in Chengdu, and it really has a bit of heritage.

I looked around, but there wasn't even a single vacant seat.

Li Xiao was a little helpless, and was looking for a shady place to wait for an empty seat.

He felt a light pat on the shoulder.

He turned his head to look, and a black folding fan appeared in sight.

He went down the broken line, and he was an old man in his 70s who had lost all his hair.

At this time, the old man looked at him with a smile while drinking a bowl of tea.

Seeing Li Xiao turn his head and the old man retracted the black folding fan, the folding fan pointed to the seat beside him.

The old man said softly:
"Alone? If you don't mind, sit next to the old man."

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While Li Xiao was wondering, the other two people at the tea table also invited:
"Boy, are you a tourist? It's a pity that there is a tight shortage of seats on Heming's side, or you should come here early to secure a good seat."

"Yeah, either come early, or just sit with the others, and that's how everyone sits."

Li Xiao didn't refuse either.

He had encountered this kind of table sharing situation when he was a child.

When I used to go out for morning tea with my uncle, I often encountered situations where the teahouse was very popular.

Teahouse halls usually use large round tables for more than a dozen people.

Therefore, guests who eat morning tea in twos and threes usually need to share a table in twos and threes.

With a smile on his face, he quietly pressed down the lens of the camera in his hand so as not to capture the three tea guests at the same table.

After all, not everyone wants to be in front of the camera.

At first, he stopped Li Xiao's old man with a folding fan.

Although he is very old, his eyes are surprisingly good.

He saw the small movements of Li Xiao's hands, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Don't worry, we are all used to it, no one minds at all."

The two people next to him also followed suit.

"Yes, yes, we are a tourist city, so take pictures as you like."

"This teahouse, just pay attention to doing whatever you want, just treat it as your own home!"

Seeing that the three of them were so hospitable, Li Xiao stopped delaying and sat down while thanking the three of them.

　"The Best Actor in the Cook" [Entertainment + Relaxation] Zhuang Cheng originally only wanted to be a cook, but unexpectedly he became the best actor
　　
　
(End of this chapter)