What kind of tea worship do Mongolians use to entertain guests?

In the etiquette of tea worship, the ancient Mongolians have their unique tea worship custom. In other words, since ancient times, Mongolians have used milk tea to offer sacrifices to Deji to Buddha and God every morning. In some families, women worship Buddha after drinking tea, and then take milk tea out of Mongolian yurts with larger spoons and offer them everywhere to show their worship to the gods of heaven, sea, earth and mountains and rivers. Some families still have the custom of offering sacrifices to stoves, but because of the taboo of pouring fire in Mongolian customs. Therefore, milk tea is sprinkled beside the stove to show sacrifice.

Whenever Mongolians go out on horseback and by car, they always sacrifice Deji with milk tea in the direction of going out, praying for the mountain gods to bless people and cars with a safe journey and everything goes well. Swimming and grazing people try their best to protect livestock from harm and wolf disaster. It is one of the important plots in daily life to sacrifice Deji, a narcissus, with milk tea every morning.

The etiquette of serving tea is one of the main contents of Mongolian diet. After many generations of nomadic life, a unique and civilized custom of serving tea has been formed. Whenever Mongolians drink any kind of tea, they will serve tea in the order of their elders or family members, that is, father, mother, son, daughter-in-law and children. Sometimes when a table is full of women, including a little boy, people will naturally say to the child, "Ah! There is a man here. " Then make tea for the children first to show their attention.

Drinking tea in public places such as wedding banquets and Nadam is called "milk taste". The order of tasting is also from the main guests and guests with professional status, from right to left in age order. For example, the central seat of the yurt (facing the central position of the yurt door) is called "Hemur" in Mongolian. There is an old man sitting on the table, so it will naturally start with that old man and fill it to the left. Or right. According to Mongolian custom, drinking tea at a large wedding banquet is symbolic. It is unreasonable to serve a bowl of tea less just for tasting.

While serving tea, put milk food (milk tofu, butter, milk skin, etc. ) put it on a plate and hand it to the guests in the order of serving tea. As a guest, it is also symbolic to pinch a piece of milk into your mouth to show your taste. When offering tea and milk, they both offer them with both hands. Putting milk when serving tea is the most basic hospitality etiquette for Mongolian women.