How much do you know about Manchu tea culture?

Drinking tea has a long history in China. In the process of the integration of Han nationality and multi-nationalities, tea, a special culture, has also been popularized. Therefore, different nationalities have their own unique tea culture. In Manchu culture, tea is also a very important part, and many people may be confused. Today we will increase our knowledge for everyone.

Manchu tea has a long history. As early as the Tang Dynasty, tea was introduced to the north as one of the trade products. Jurchen in Liao and Jin Dynasties had the habit of drinking tea. According to records, Jurchen men and women were free to go back and forth when they were in love, and then they went back to the woman's house to pay homage to their husbands, which was called "winning the lottery".

When the son-in-law comes to the door, the woman, big or small, sits on the kang, leaving the son-in-law to worship, which is called "male and female". However, the woman should be hospitable. Tea is essential in food, as well as wine, cheese and candied fruit. On the wedding day, after drinking wine, only the best guests are left to drink tea.

After entering the customs in Qing Dynasty, Manchu tea custom was influenced by China culture, and its connotation became richer. In particular, the palace tea banquet is exquisite and rich, and its scale exceeds that of previous dynasties. The Manchu tea drinking utensils are mainly porcelain. As for the Qing royal family, the jade tea set is even more useful. According to Qing Li Banknotes, "there is a cup of tea in the palace, with gold as the support and white jade as the cup".

Due to the different living environment and living standards, Manchu people have various ways of drinking tea in history. Milk tea: Because Manchu ancestors lived between the white mountains and black waters in the northeast for a long time, they belong to the animal husbandry and hunting nation. Therefore, traditional Manchu people like to drink horse milk, milk and goat milk.

Later, with the communication and integration with the Han nationality, milk tea began to appear after the introduction of tea. After the tea is brewed, add milk to drink. Scented tea: After the Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the Qing court set up the Imperial Tea Room and collected a variety of tea leaves. However, in court tea banquets and folk, in addition to traditional milk tea, scented tea is also one of the daily favorite varieties.

Various kinds of local teas: Due to the limitation of economic conditions, most Manchu rural people in history drank their own local teas. Specifically, there are the following kinds: willow bud tea, baked with tender willow buds in spring, is often used to entertain guests. Drinking it can clear fire and improve eyesight, and has a certain fitness effect. Paste rice tea, during the Jurchen period, people added boiled water to the rice paste to drink, which could nourish the stomach and help digestion.

Sour tea is fermented by Manchu people in Yilan and Shuangcheng with yellow wheat and soybean powder. It is sweet and sour when boiled and delicious. There is also a kind of earth tea, which is made of leaves of wild rose (occasionally with a small amount of flowers), astragalus root and Daphne odora (a kind of azalea) and is also very fragrant. In addition, it is said that Manchu people also drink grass, that is, dig out the roots of dandelion, dry them and slice them for tea. Some people also collect the leaves of Astragalus membranaceus and dry them for tea.

Manchu has made outstanding contributions to tea culture. First, organically combine the tea culture of clear drinking system with the tea culture of mixed drinking system, and promote the milk tea culture to a position that is almost neck and neck with clear drinking. The empress dowager loves dairy products, and milk tea is an important drink.

Manchu brought milk tea into court and court ceremony, which greatly improved the cultural status of drinking. Up to now, the typical big tea houses in Beijing are mostly combined with food, which is the product of the blending of clear drinking and mixed drinking. Adding floral fragrance to tea is a refreshing drinking system, but it is also contrary to the traditional tea ceremony. If it is not prejudice, it should be noted that drinking water systems are in great need. From this perspective, Manchu has made creative contributions to tea culture.

Secondly, the Qing court loved to drink scented tea, which made semi-fermented tea, a scented tea between red and green tea, develop rapidly. Although Hua Xun is despised in traditional tea art, it is very popular among the people. Semi-fermented tea further promoted the fickle Chinese tea art. Children of the Eight Banners in Qing Dynasty combined tea with flowers and created many famous works. Although it was a boring move by the leisure class at that time, it undoubtedly enriched the content of Chinese tea art.

Third, on tea sets, honest officials are welcomed by Gaiwancha. This is because Manchu people are located in the northern cold zone, so drinking tea needs heat preservation. Cover with a bowl of tea, which is warm and clean; Brew loose tea and stir leaves; Compared with drinking, it has many functions and is a great innovation in the art of tea set. As for Manchu people, it is even more unusual to sit at home and offer tea to guests. In a word, Manchu has played a great role in the blending and convergence of tea culture of all ethnic groups, and has also made many important developments in tea art and tea ceremony.