What is Chaoshan tea rice called in Mandarin?

Chaoshan tea rice is called tea in Mandarin.

"Tea" is called "tea rice" in Chaoshan dialect, which means that the dry tea leaves are like rice grains, which also means that Chaoshan people are addicted to tea. Tea is as good as rice, so tea is truly as important as firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar. Ordinary people are like this, let alone those who play chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry and wine. Chaoshan people's body and mind are immersed in tea soup and nourished by it.

Chaozhou dialect, also known as Chaoyu and Chaoshan dialect, is the language used by Chaoshan people in Guangdong. It is the mother tongue of Chaoshan people. It is one of the three major Chinese dialects in Guangdong and the oldest and oldest dialect in the country. One of the special dialects.

The eastern Guangdong region, also known as the Chaoshan region, includes the three cities of Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang. People in this region mainly speak Chaoshan dialect. There are about 10 million people in the Chaoshan area who speak Chaozhou dialect. Including those who go out, the number of Chaozhou dialect speakers is more than 25 million. Chaoshan dialect is a sub-dialect of the Min language family, one of the eight major Chinese dialect families. It is also the oldest and oldest dialect in the country. One of the special dialects.

The formation of Chaoshan dialect

From the Sui and Tang Dynasties to the Song Dynasty, the Chaozhou area began a large-scale feudal civilization, which caused the local dialect to be influenced by the Central Plains Chinese and evolve in the direction of Sinicization. The Min dialect during the Tang and Song Dynasties continued to absorb foreign language factors and gradually formed a unique dialect.

After the Song Dynasty, with the large-scale immigration and the economic development of the Chaozhou region, the culture continued to develop. The eastern Guangdong region centered on Chaozhou rivaled the southern Fujian region, accelerating the transformation of the Chaozhou dialect from the Min dialect. The pace of differentiation. After the Ming Dynasty, Chaozhou dialect completely differentiated from Min dialect and became an independent sub-dialect.