Essay about Guangzhou food culture

Guangdong Herbal Tea

Guangzhou has a subtropical monsoon climate. At the same time, Guangzhou people love to eat and know how to eat. Sometimes if they eat too much fried food, they will inevitably get angry, so they drink herbal tea. It has also become a perennial living habit of Guangzhou people.

The so-called herbal tea refers to the decoction of Chinese herbal medicine with cold properties and the ability to relieve internal heat as a drink to eliminate the heat in the body in summer or sore throat and other diseases caused by dryness in winter. Guangzhou has a long history of herbal tea, and there are many varieties of herbal tea, including Wanglaoji herbal tea, Sanhutang herbal tea, Huang Zhenlong herbal tea, Daodaggong herbal tea, Shiqi herbal tea, 24-flavor herbal tea, gourd tea, healthy herbal tea, honeysuckle five-flower tea, dried bitter melon herbal tea, etc. Even Guiling paste soup, raw fish and kudzu soup, carrot and bamboo cane water, etc. have become traditional and old-fashioned herbal teas loved by Guangzhou people.

The most famous Wanglaoji herbal tea has always been highly praised by Guangzhou people. After entering the 1980s, various herbal tea granules and soft-packaged herbal teas emerged at the historic moment, such as Shennong herbal tea, Xia Sangju tea, etc., which have become a fashionable summer drink for many families.

Drinking Morning Tea

Guangzhou people love drinking tea, especially morning tea. When we meet in the morning, we often greet people with "Have you had tea?" (meaning "Have you had tea?"), which shows your preference for tea. Drinking tea is a life custom of Guangzhou people. There is a popular proverb among the people that "a pot of tea in the morning will save you from seeing a doctor".

What Guangzhou people call drinking tea actually refers to drinking tea in a tea house (customarily called a tea house). Not only tea, but also snacks (as breakfast); not only morning tea, but also afternoon tea and night tea; not only to fill the belly, but also to spread news, talk about friendship, and discuss business. It can be seen that Guangzhou people’s tea drinking is actually a way of social communication. ?

This is also an important and fundamental reason why Guangzhou’s tea house industry has been prosperous for hundreds of years. Among the time-honored restaurants in Guangzhou, a considerable number are tea houses and tea houses from back then.

Guangzhou’s tea customers can be roughly divided into two categories: one is regular customers, who must go to a fixed teahouse every morning, usually serving “one cup” (pork ribs rice) and “two pieces” (dim sum) , this type of people are mostly retired elderly people; the other type drinks "week tea", that is, drinking tea on rest days, not limited to "one cup or two", but tasting a variety of snacks and calmly "sighing tea".

Guangzhou's tea market has three markets every day: morning, afternoon and evening. Among them, the morning tea market is the most prosperous. From early morning to about 11 noon, the seats are often packed. Drinking night tea is also becoming more and more popular, especially in midsummer. Drinking tea while listening to opera performances and enjoying the air-conditioning. Morning tea in Guangzhou usually opens at 4 a.m., and evening tea doesn’t close until 1-2 a.m. the next day.

Drinking "Kung Fu Tea"

Guangzhou people enjoy drinking "Kung Fu Tea" in their spare time. Drinking "Kung Fu Tea" was originally popular in Chaoshan area, but now it is very popular in Guangzhou City. "Kung Fu Tea" is very particular about tea sets, tea leaves, water quality, tea making, tea pouring and tea drinking. The Kung Fu teapot is very small, only as big as a fist, with thin porcelain, and the tea leaves inside the pot are faintly visible. The cup is only half a table tennis ball. The Chaozhou Municipal Government Procurement Center of Guangdong Province and Jilin University staff went to Canada for special training on official duties. Guangzhou Food Culture Drinks Herbal Tea Guangzhou has a subtropical monsoon ocean climate. At the same time, Guangzhou people love to eat and know how to eat. Sometimes If you eat too much fried food, you will inevitably get angry, so drinking herbal tea has become a year-round lifestyle habit for Guangzhou people. The so-called herbal tea refers to the decoction of Chinese herbal medicines with cold properties and the ability to relieve internal heat as a drink to eliminate the heat in the human body in summer or sore throat and other diseases caused by dryness in winter. Guangzhou has a long history of herbal tea, and there are many varieties of herbal tea, including Wanglaoji herbal tea, Sanhutang herbal tea, Huang Zhenlong herbal tea, Daodaggong herbal tea, Shiqi herbal tea, 24-flavor herbal tea, gourd tea, healthy herbal tea, honeysuckle five-flower tea, dried bitter melon herbal tea, etc. Even Guiling paste soup, raw fish and kudzu soup, carrot and bamboo cane water, etc. have become traditional and old-fashioned herbal teas loved by Guangzhou people.

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