Quanzhou Hou cheng gu CuO tea house

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It seems to be still in the ancient teahouse in the back city of Licheng District, Quanzhou. As soon as I entered the yard, I walked through the wings on both sides, facing the slender eaves of the hall, leaning against the four-legged bamboo chair in the right corner, and looking at the early summer sunshine sprinkled by the square patio.

The chair is low enough for me, who was born in the north but has the figure of a little woman in the south, to feel extremely comfortable.

This is a teahouse in the traditional architectural style of southern Fujian in the Qing Dynasty. It is a three-step house with swallowtail ridge, black tiles, red bricks and carved windows, which conforms to the most suitable time and environment for drinking tea described in Xu Cishu's Tea Sparse in Ming Dynasty: when drinking, the mind and hands are relaxed, singing, listening to songs, playing drums and looking at pictures are very tired, the windows are bright and clean, and the guests and the host are generous.

The pure music of the tea ceremony continues to play softly in the ear. There are several paintings and calligraphy of Quanzhou local literati hanging on the square glass window. As soon as you enter the door, there is the word "Qing Qi Shen" inscribed by Mr. Wang Meng, a writer, and the word "Gucuo Teahouse" inscribed by Qiu Jie, an old man of Quanzhou culture, for tea drinkers to enjoy tea after tea.

The windows of the teahouse are bright and clean, with thin bamboo dotted in the corner of the courtyard, and occasionally birds chirp. The flowers in the yard are shaken by fans hanging on both sides of the wing, greeting the customers with their eyes.

The light hit the female tea drinker at the round table in the bright place in the hospital. I watched her from the first cup of tea to the waiter who asked for a cattail leaf fan and shook it while drinking hot tea.

The base supporting the glass table top is a stone round water tank. I guess there should be more than a dozen little koi fish playing in it.

A female tea drinker's youngest daughter, six or seven years old, dressed in a white gauze Hanfu, looked at every place in the teahouse strangely, crossed the threshold of Sanjin compound back and forth, found a place that excited her, and ran back to her mother to describe:

"Mom, I was scared by rhubarb dog in the middle room. When I took a closer look, it was fake! I even touched its head! "

"Mom, there is a big stage in the innermost room."

Although it was early May, two days before the long summer, the warm wind at noon blew on my face, not very hot, but very comfortable.

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Quanzhou, as an ancient city, is generally reunited with new friends I met eight years ago. On weekdays, I always mention to my husband the scenes of Quanzhou cuisine, Kaiyuan Temple, Qingyuan Mountain, Chongwu Ancient City and Hui 'an Old Street in my memory. We should go through that old street again, but we haven't seen enough. We should eat those from little seafood again, which is not enough; There is a feeling of being attached to the customs of Quanzhou, which can't be forgotten for a long time. Reason came to the south in this May Day holiday just to savor the unique taste of Quanzhou.

When we finished a dream plan, we found the scenery along the southern Fujian, the unpredictable weather along the coast and the feelings of the local people. After softening the trivial things of life, we were just in front of us, so that we could cross the foggy expressway and come to the seaside to see the rising sun. Walking along the coast in the rain, enjoying the joy of flowers and trees on the roadside being brushed by drizzle; In the teahouse in the back street of the old city, I enjoyed the inner warmth after being warmly greeted by the boss.

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On that day, we arrived at Kaiyuan Temple early, just to stagger the peak period of tourists, and slowed down from the central axis, passing the Shanmen (Heavenly King Hall), Daxiong Hall (also known as Ziyun Hall, with the words "Sanglian Dharma Bound" engraved on the front eaves and double eaves) and the Sutra Pavilion. And then visited the Hony Master Memorial Hall and the east wing of Zhenguo Building (East Tower). The second time, I passed the ancient banyan tree in front of the Ursa Major Hall, walked to the Qilin Bi and Renshou Tower (West Tower) in the west wing, and looked up at their figures.

I visited Kaiyuan Temple eight years ago. Under the big banyan tree in the temple, we took photos with our children as a souvenir. At that time, I didn't have time to stay in the food culture west street next to me. This time I strolled from the street to the end of the street and took pictures of the iconic bell tower.

The snacks in the food street next to the scenic spot are full of fast food cultural characteristics, attracting all young people. If you want to taste the local specialty food, you need to plunge into the streets and lanes, stop and go, follow our footsteps, look for it, and treat yourself as a real local, so that you can see Quanzhou's lively street customs.

It's almost noon, my husband decided to find a famous ancient teahouse in Quanzhou, rest his feet, drink the tea thoroughly, and then go to lunch.

Follow the navigation instructions all the way to the back city of Licheng District, pass the Quanzhou Confucian Temple, visit and stay for a while, browse the antique street, and find the local seafood restaurant we once ate eight years ago. Two old houses are still there, but we have just started the tour group meal business. Two rows of private rooms were vertically expanded in the store, and the locals who ate at the small square table disappeared. The big round table was full of tourists who had participated in the group meal, and we saw steamed sea fish on the table where the guests had not moved their chopsticks.

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When we arrived at the teahouse, my husband went in to find a good seat. I took photos outside the yard and sat down in the teahouse. The waiter brought bamboo slips for the guests to choose from.

Drink oolong tea and green tea in summer to dispel the heart fire. The most famous local is Anxi Tieguanyin, and we are from the northern city. On weekdays, we are used to drinking jasmine tea, white tea and other relatively neutral teas. My husband entrusted me with the choice of tea products. Glancing at the tea list, I chose the rock tea set meal without hesitation. There are three bags of black tea varieties in this package, namely Zhengshan, Minnan Narcissus and Dahongpao. The price is not expensive, and the guests who entered the store also ordered the rock tea set meal.

Sensible people don't know much about the characteristics of rock tea series, such as bud shape, tea fragrance and tea soup color, and feel that the fragrance of daffodil tea is the lightest among the three varieties. Because I sweated a lot when I walked over at noon, I need strong tea to refresh myself, care and replenish my spirit!

While waiting for the waiter to serve tea, the owner of the teahouse asked her husband if he had ordered tea. When you get a reply, greet us with a smile, please wait patiently, and then ask another waiter to serve us some refreshments.

The round basket contains plates of snacks, such as peanuts, kidney beans, dried plums, kway teow, dried hawthorn, dark plum and dried bean curd. Salty and sweet are chosen according to personal preference, and we choose one salty and one sweet.

Speaking of making tea, I am not familiar with the rules of stylization. What should I do if I am willful once? So, Zhixiang put up the orchid finger with dignity, picked up the teapot, scalded the teacup and washed the tea, which opened the first bubble of Zhengshan race.

"Masayama is smoked with pine needles or pine wood, and the fragrance is very strong. Because of smoking, the tea leaves are grayish black, but the tea soup is dark amber. "

"Minnan daffodils are as fat as dragonfly heads; The leaves are green, yellow-green, oily and shiny; Endoplasmic aroma is rich and long, and the characteristics of rock rhyme are obvious. After brewing, the soup is orange-yellow, deep and bright, and has a strong and mellow taste. It has the characteristics of refreshing and sweet, tender and clean leaves, and green and reddish leaves, which is very beautiful. "

"Dahongpao is very resistant to bubbles, and it still smells after being soaked for seven or eight times. The color is green, brown and fresh, and the soup is orange and bright after brewing. The most outstanding quality is rich and fragrant, with high and lasting fragrance and obvious rock rhyme. "

There was a thin layer of tea oil floating on the teacup, and the rational gesture gave way to her husband, "You have! The first bubble in zhengshan race! Try something fresh. "

As soon as the hot tea came in, my husband smiled and asked, "What happened? Is it worthwhile to find tea in Quanzhou? "

The sensible face suddenly glowed pink. "It feels so good. This trip is really worth it! The road didn't go in vain, tea and soup were in my stomach, and I was tired from the journey in recent days, so I left. In order to express my gratitude, I will plan to write an article to taste tea for your heart! "

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During making tea, I took time out of my busy schedule, took my mobile phone and went in and out of the teahouse three times, looking for scenery and taking pictures as a souvenir. Seeing that there are three bamboo bookshelves in the second room, I chose two local magazines, Erythrina, and put them at hand, reading them while drinking tea.

When you travel rationally, you will not only visit famous scenic spots, but also visit local museums, celebrity memorial halls and celebrities' former residences, and pay attention to how literati describe local homesickness.

I have been to Nanxun Town, Huzhou, Zhejiang Province, which is the hometown of the writer Mr. Xu Chi, who is a student of the famous writer Mr. Gu Sui. After I returned to Beijing, I immediately ordered ten volumes of Collected Works of Xu Chi online to replenish my brain and make my short trip more colorful.

I have also been to Chaozhou, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Shaoxing, Nanchang and other places, and more or less brought back some works and materials with personal preferences, such as The First Time of Chaoshan, The Old House of Chaoshan and The Old Taste of Shanghai. After I come back, I will deepen my understanding and expand my knowledge reserve by reading books, and then I will write some short articles to consolidate new knowledge and store them in my mind.

In old Shanghai, teahouse was a small society with habits. Tea drinkers sit down and have their own kung fu stalls. If they want tea, they won't ask. They use gestures to show that the index finger is green tea, the index finger is black tea, the five fingers are slightly bent, it is chrysanthemum, the fist is tortoise shell, and the little finger is stretched out, it is boiling water. " (Shen Jialu's "Shanghai Old Taste Sequel")

In the old days, the teahouse was a place where three religions and nine streams met. In addition to tea drinkers and storytellers, there are businessmen who are good at coping with the situation, brokers who are curious and sell antique calligraphy and paintings, and "iron mouths" or "fortunetellers" who predict the stars, including poor singers and vendors selling melon seeds and cigarettes. " (Shen Jialu's "Shanghai Old Taste Sequel")

Teahouses and restaurants in the traditional sense have long since withdrawn from the historical stage. In the past, when you were drinking tea and talking about business, you had to listen to books and tell the past, so the teahouse was a good place for excitement.

Gucuo Teahouse still retains the cultural heritage of telling stories to the elderly, listening to books and drinking tea for free, and also embodies the noble feelings of the boss in being a man and doing business.

During this trip to Quanzhou, sensible didn't find any books with local cultural characteristics in the teahouse.

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"When you have leisure, we will come here for a cup of tea and be in a daze. Quanzhou Gucuo Teahouse, also an online celebrity shop, has a profound cultural background and has been in business for more than 20 years. At two o'clock in the afternoon, the store invited a professional old man to tell stories about the past, and also provided free tea for the local elderly. It is near the Confucian Temple, surrounded by an antique calligraphy and painting street similar to Beijing Liulichang, just behind Kaiyuan Temple and West Street. " I sent an invitation to my friend on WeChat.

Good tea will have a aftertaste. If friends who can really talk about everything gather here, hear her sweet voice and see her gestures, leaving a memorable conversation, I believe we will cherish it in our hearts for a long time.

In this way, if you meet like-minded friends on WeChat, you must come to Gucuo Teahouse again, have tea and have a heart-to-heart talk, and realize today's life.

"Gucuo Teahouse is also a small distribution center of Quanzhou local culture. Poetry parties, art exhibitions, art salons and other exchange activities are often held. His boss is also a local celebrity. " Continue to chat with friends on WeChat.

At the back of the hall, there is a plaque that says "respect for the elderly". Mr. Liang Shiqiu mentioned in the book "Life is like sending" that "the old man has gone through many vicissitudes and has no dispute with others. They just want to eat a bowl of rice in peace and contentment. " "Respect for the elderly and respect for the virtuous are often used together ... Only when you are old and virtuous, you are truly worthy of respect."

After listening to the guidebook, my husband reminded me that this teahouse has been open for more than 20 years, and it is almost well known in Quanzhou that it allows the elderly to listen to books and provide tea for free every afternoon.

"We even made three bags of rock tea here, feeling comfortable all over, leaning on the bamboo chair under the eaves and blowing a breeze across the hall. Reading magazines describing local customs, time really passes slowly, but it is fleeting. I feel a little nervous because my sense of smell, hearing and vision are not enough to look around for fresh breath. Talking and laughing, I spit out the joke between the two. I laughed my head off for a while, and then I looked at the patio. Both of them were silent. "

I quickly described my mood in words and handed it to my friend.

Just after drinking tea, he had the old brain of a tea bug and no stomach of a tea bug, and said to his husband, "I'm going to take a walk at my wife's house, so Xianggong won't go." My husband looked me up and down and said, "You can go in, too!" ! Not everyone can get in and out of there. I'll bypass you later! "(The signs of men's and women's toilets in other teahouses are Mrs. and" xianggong ". My little girl has a rich imagination! )

"A good word is not enough to describe the scene I saw and the delicate description of Wen Zhi. This is really a good place to go. The tranquility, scenery and environment here complement the local customs of Quanzhou, providing tea for the old people free of charge, which is a profound cultural heritage and refreshing through peacetime. Although Jingsheng, the humanistic spirit has a subtle influence on people. No matter where you go, the most important thing is to integrate and absorb all the intelligence that has entered this place and feel it! " My best friend in Nanchang sent me a short message.

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On a busy day, when I realized that every minute was quietly passing by, in this dream of life, I came to Quanzhou as a passer-by in a boat on the river of eternal time. I really want to thank my husband for his strong recommendation, so that I finally found a place where I can calm down.

"Life is harsh, and a warm heart is not enough to cope with the environment. Enthusiasm must be combined with wisdom and courage to avoid damaging the environment. Courage is the product of understanding life. One and two, two and one, a person who fully understands life can be brave. Wisdom is worthless if it can't make you brave. Wisdom suppresses our ambitions, frees us from the swindlers of this world, and gives us courage both ideologically and in life. " (Lin Yutang, The Art of Life)

This trip made me feel a lot. People who enjoy a leisurely life with wisdom also have the feelings of poets. The use of leisure time not only broadens the horizon of our free space, but also easily leaves the temptation of ambition and fame and fortune behind.

Rational drinking hot tea, see her husband's face showed a tolerant and gentle expression.

Every trip in Zhi Zhi is completely free of any distractions. When he left, he took an empty bag. After arriving at the destination, he experienced it step by step, met it with his eyes, tasted it with food, recorded it with photos and communicated with language. Before coming back, he will fill it with his back, and then take it out of his bag one by one when he is free, savoring it carefully and enjoying it!

I believe that most people will be like rational thinking. When we do things, we will certainly find a self-balanced life state, which should be an instinctive reaction to pursue perfection with laziness and persist in achieving our goals in the process of laziness.

In Quanzhou, the harvest is full, because the husband's careful planning and guidance, reason will have such a rich feeling.

Reality plus dreams plus humor equals wisdom! Reason gives my dear husband this high evaluation!

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Back in Beijing, the bookcase is full of books, involving poetry appreciation, food culture, celebrity biographies, mental health, prose novels and so on. I am always ready to read extensively and exchange reading experience with my girlfriends, but I will not become an expert in any field.

A sensible girlfriend can play the piano. Although she is not a professional, she can play the fifth movement of piano music for my bosom friend in the waiting hall where our plane is late and entertain herself with the skills she has learned!

People inevitably have a heart that likes the new and hates the old, and are often attracted by new things. Is this not good? Go back to the familiar place and get familiar with yourself. "Proud by the south window, judge the ease of your knees." By the south window, I trust my pride and know that this small place is easy to reassure me. (Tao Yuanming's "Reduced Words"

"The clouds come out of the hole unintentionally, and the birds are tired of flying." White clouds naturally float out of the mountain peaks, and tired birds know to fly back to their nests. (Tao Yuanming's "Reduced Words"

If you don't go near the old street in the old city, you won't wait in line with the locals to eat a bowl of noodles for four yuan, meat buns for six yuan and fish soup for ten yuan for high school students.

Sensible people like painting, photography, writing, reading and music. When you are full of interest, drag a cloud as a pillow and hold a clear stream as tea. I am grateful to meet new friends and associate with old friends during my trip. Thanks for all the meetings!

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When we walked out of the gate of Gucuo Teahouse, we saw the boss waving goodbye to us through the window of the wing.

I still miss the prose works of Quanzhou literati, so I pushed open the door of the wing again and asked him to recommend the names of several local writers' prose works so that I could buy them online.

He happened to have no such books on the bookshelf, so he asked me to add his WeChat and push the electronic articles of Quanzhou writers, and promised to deliver them to me as soon as he found them.

Rich experience, contempt for money, simple lifestyle, knowing how to give back to the society, respecting the old and loving the young, these are the impressions I left on the Internet after drinking tea in the teahouse and watching an exclusive interview with Zhuang Jianfeng, the owner of Gucuo teahouse, on WeChat, in Little Red Book.

A person's persistence in not serving fame and wealth for twenty years is worth learning!

After returning to Beijing, the news that the prose collection had been found and was ready to be sent to Beijing soon came from WeChat.

This is a collection of essays by Cai Feiyue, a native writer in Quanzhou. He is currently the vice chairman of Quanzhou Writers Association and the chairman of Quanzhou Fengze Writers Association. Mr Zhuang also sent an autographed photo of Mr Cai.

The book sent to me is on the way, and my words have been freshly baked before they arrive. I had tea in Gucuo Teahouse for less than two hours, but I was impressed. There are still many places in Quanzhou that I want to explore again. I will go to Quanzhou for the third time with my best friend at some point to fulfill this little wish.

Borrow a little poem written by reason as the conclusion of this article:

Boiling old tea, oily stars, and a ladle have brought two people closer.

Deliberate, make friends, and quietly cook fragrant teas.

Heart to heart, meaning is still unfinished, and the scene is deep.

2021May 8th The reason was written in Beijing.