Research Project "Etiquette in Teochew Kung Fu Tea

Talking about the etiquette of Teochew Kung Fu Tea

I am a Teochew, I love tea, especially Kung Fu Tea, so I have specially looked up some information on the Internet to talk about the etiquette of Kung Fu Tea with my personal understanding. Chaoshan people call tea "tea rice", tea is like rice in the mind of Chaoshan people, which is enough to show that Chaoshan people are addicted to tea as their life, tea and rice are inseparable. Kungfu tea is very popular in Chaoshan. The Teochew people like to meet friends with tea, in the slow sip, talk and laugh, people exchange information, deepen feelings. It is different from the general drinking tea, the difference between the two lies first of all in the non-generic drinking tea, as big mouths and big cups to drink, but a small cup small cups of taste, the meaning of tea rather than quenching the thirst, rather than in the taste of the tea, the fragrance of tea, tea in the tea to talk about the feelings; Secondly, Teochew Kung Fu Tea especially pay attention to the etiquette of the tea, to be the tea brewing, hosts and guests are always modestly, and then invited the elders, the first taste of the honored guest, the edge of the cup to catch the lips, the tea face to meet the nose, the aroma of the smell of the tea, and the tea. A sip and finish. Kung Fu tea this set of etiquette is the traditional Chinese "tea ceremony".

Boomers unique oolong tea. Previously favored Fujian Anxi Tieguanyin, Wuyi Rock Tea, and now to the tide of single-colony tea as a favorite.

The traditional Kung Fu tea tools are basically ceramic. A cover bowl, a punch can, three tea cups, a tea tray, a tea pool, a pot, a pot, a stove.

Cover bowl, is used to brew tea; three small tea cups, is used to drink tea, no matter how many people are drinking tea are three cups; tea plate and tea pool, one is used to put three small tea cups, one is placed under the tea plate used to put the cup of waste water. Pot, is used to store the water used to make tea; stove and pot, is used to boil water.

Wine has a wine way, tea has tea virtues, Chaoshan Kung Fu Tea also has its own unique kind of tea rules.

Kungfu tea is usually served to four but also more people, and the master personally operates the tea. First of all, light the fire to boil water, cleaning tea utensils to wait for the water to boil with boiling water to rinse and put the tea into the punch canister, tea can not be too much about seven points it, rushed into the punch canister after the cover foam. Brewing tea, along the inner edge of the mouth of the teapot into the boiling water, the water column can not be straight from the heart of the pot into, because that will "break the tea gall bladder", destroying the flavor of the tea. Punch tea should be like calligraphy, not hurry, not slow, all in one go, the distance between the kettle and the teapot to be relatively large, so that the punch down is called "high punch". It is said that "high punch" can make the heat directly through the bottom of the pot, so that the tea foam up, not only beautiful, but also make the tea flavor more fragrant. The first cup is not for people to drink to use it to pour the cup, the purpose is to cause the spirit of tea, the atmosphere of the tea inside and outside. It is called tea washing. After washing the tea, and then punch the second punch, at this time, the tea has been brewed, sex flavor all hair, you can pour tea.

Tea pouring also has to pay attention to: there are four words: low, fast, even, exhaustive.

Low, pouring tea should not be high, high is the loss of flavor, bubbles, indicating disrespect for the guests; "fast" is to make the flavor not lose, and keep the heat; "even" is to keep the tea cups uniformly bear the tea, which is known as "Guan Gong patrol city, Han Xin point troops", the so-called "Guan Gong patrol city, Han Xin point troops", in fact, is the tea cups together to let the tea cups take turns to sieve, can not sieve full of a cup and then go to sieve another cup, which will make the tea color is uneven, to show the same respect for the guests in the seat; The "end" is not to let the remaining water left in the pot, so that the next punch of tea will not have a bitter flavor.

How much tea is sifted into each cup is also quite delicate, if the tea is less than half, indicating that the host despises the guests, which is a kind of contemptuous code, in this case, please better go first as well. If the tea cups are sifted full, is that you stay too long, if this is not the master under the "expulsion order" please go back, the master does not want to make tea again. So the general sieve of tea are eight points appropriate, pay attention to the stop.

After the master sifted tea, they can not drink first, to wait until the others end of the cup before they can end the cup. This is the opposite of the Tao of wine "first dry as a toast". The master to "first dry as a toast" first cup on the drink, that is, Fan of Kung Fu tea taboo. The first cup of tea must be given to the first guest on the left hand, regardless of their status, regardless of their age, and regardless of gender. Drinking tea to take which a cup of it, it is also very delicate, generally along with the gesture first take a cup of tea next to the last person to take the middle of a cup of tea. If you do not know the rules, on both sides of the cup of tea before someone end away, the first take a cup in the middle, not only will be considered disrespectful to the host, but also to the other people in the seat of disrespect. If the host urges the guest to drink the tea, the host will tap the tea table with the fingers of his left hand, and extend his right palm upwards to make a "please" gesture. After each cup of tea is finished, the cup is washed once with boiling hot water, and then the hot cup is given to the next one to use. This custom is said to be a sign of solidarity, love and mutual humility.

After you've had a cup, you generally have to wait until everyone in the room has had a cup before you have a second round. If in the process of drinking tea, and came to the guests, then you have to remove the tea leaves to brew tea again. To show respect for the new guests.

Tea is also a great article, a small cup to be divided into three mouth, a sip, two mouth taste, three mouth aftertaste, no matter how you taste, can not be a drink down the belly, and let the tea tour tongue and turn, stimulate the tongue of each taste cells on the tea flavor of the "enthusiasm" to fully taste the tea flavor to be able to swallow the tea, it is not disrespectful. After drinking, but also to the master, "light cup bottom", a sincere acceptance of the host's friendship, and the second is to express the master's superb skills of praise.

The real tea, should be calm and relaxed, leisurely self tea - Chaoshan Kung Fu Tea of Kung Fu is the sublimation of this realm. A person sitting in front of the tea table, not sitting in a critical posture, but sitting casually, calm and relaxed, regardless of the collapse of Mount Tai in front, or the Yellow River in front of the water flood, to "taste" the main Chaoshan Kung Fu Tea culture. It shows elegance, expresses etiquette, sends affection, reflects quality, and expresses oneself. The tea program is delicate and thorough, organized, calm and harmonious atmosphere, etc., which shows the noble sentiment of the Chao people to "peace is precious".