The tea ceremony is also called "kneeling fingers", and there is such an allusion. According to legend, Emperor Qianlong passed a teahouse when he was experiencing the people's feelings in Guangzhou, where he drank tea. At that time, he made an amazing move. The emperor personally poured tea for the ministers, and the ministers were flattered to see the emperor's actions.
According to the rules of the palace, they should kneel on the ground to thank the Lord for his kindness, but because the emperor wears casual clothes, it is not convenient to attract attention. So the ministers came up with the shape of bowing with their fingers, and knocking on the table was equivalent to thanking the Lord for his kindness. Later, this habit was continued.
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Other ways to taste tea:
1. Neither the host nor the guests should gulp tea or drink loudly. You should taste it slowly and carefully. When you meet tea leaves floating on the water, you can brush them off with a teacup cover or gently blow them away. Never take your hand out of the cup and throw it on the ground, and don't drink tea.
In the west, tea party is often used as a form of entertaining guests. Tea party usually starts around 4 pm in the living room. Just prepare the seat and coffee table, there is no need to arrange the seating. Besides drinking tea, you can also serve some snacks or flavor snacks at the tea party. At present, China sometimes entertains foreign guests with tea parties.
3. In the past, China used to remind guests to leave, so remind everyone to pay attention when entertaining the elderly or overseas Chinese, and don't persuade them to have tea again and again.
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