tea

Mongolian people especially like to drink green brick tea and flower brick tea, and regard brick tea as the top quality of diet, and they can't live without tea for three meals a day. Tea is called "fairy grass panacea". Tea contains rich nutrients such as tannins, amino acids, essential oils, caffeine and vitamins C, D and B. It has medicinal functions such as strengthening the heart, diuresis, strengthening the spleen, hematopoiesis, bone formation, refreshing the brain and strengthening the blood vessel wall, dissolving fat and promoting digestion. Therefore, tea, especially brick tea, has gradually occupied an important position in the lives of Mongolian people. Among the brick teas that Mongolian people usually drink, the most popular one is the brick tea produced in Hubei with the symbol of "Chuan". They use brick tea to make tea, milk tea, butter tea and flour tea. These kinds of teas are unique in flavor, and it is really a special enjoyment to taste them carefully. There are many stresses in drinking tea in Hulunbeier area: after guests come home, they must serve tea, which is a courtesy to welcome guests. After the guests are seated, the host should stand up, hold the tea bowl with both hands and present it to the guests. When adding tea to the elderly or distinguished guests, you should take the tea bowl and add tea. You can't let the guests hold the bowl in their hands and let the host add tea. Every time you pour tea, you should offer tea in turn from the elders according to your age. After drinking half a bowl of tea, it is necessary to add tea to the guests. In Xilin Gol and other places, the host first offered a bowl of tea shovel to the guests, and then put the teapot in front of them, so that the guests could pour and drink at will. The choice of the tea bowl can't be ignored: the tea bowl can't be cracked, it must be intact, and it's unlucky to have a gap. When pouring tea into a bowl, be sure to hold the copper pot or spoon in your right hand and pour it into the tea bowl from the bottom. Don't pour the tea too full, and you can't just pour it half. When offering tea by hand, you can't dip your fingers into the tea, you can shake it a little, but you can't spill it. When pouring tea, the mouth or spoon head should be directed to the north, not to the south (toward the door), because the inward blessing comes from the inside and the outward blessing flows out.
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