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Whenever we add tea to our guests, they will tap the table with their fingers several times. This is a finger tapping ceremony. What's so particular about this?

/My popular science time/

Liu Hui Liu Hui

Chief shape lecturer and shape trainer, who developed the course "A Lady's Journey of Quality and Elegance", once served as a volunteer etiquette training lecturer in Guangzhou Asian Games, a judge in Guangzhou "Beauty of Flower City" Miss Guangzhou Competition, and a etiquette training lecturer in large state-owned enterprises, and was praised as the most beautiful shape lecturer in the industry.

According to legend, when Ganlong traveled incognito, he poured tea for his subordinates while drinking tea in the teahouse. Since then, the kowtow ceremony has spread among the people. The early finger tapping ceremony was more exquisite, with the wrist bent and the knuckles tapped. Over time, it gradually evolved into a bent hand and tapped the desktop with a few fingers to show gratitude.

Use "hand" instead of "head", both of which are homonyms. In this way, "kowtowing" is replaced by "knocking hands", with three fingers bent to mean "three kneeling" and nine fingers tapped to mean "nine knocking". So far, this ceremony has been held in many places and in Hong Kong and Macao. Whenever the host invites sugar to pour tea, the guests express their thanks by high-fiving.

Three kinds of tapping ceremony in the teahouse:

First, the younger generation to the elders.

Five fingers together into a fist, fist heart down, five fingers hit the table at the same time, equivalent to collapse. Usually knock three times.

Second, between peers.

The index finger and middle finger are close together, and hitting the desktop is equivalent to making a fist and bowing with both hands. Knock three times to show respect.

Third, the elders to the younger generation.

Tap the desktop with your index finger or middle finger, which is equivalent to nodding your head. If you appreciate the younger generation, you can knock three times.

Origin of tea culture: China is the hometown of tea and the birthplace of tea culture. The discovery and utilization of China tea has a history of 4,000 to 5,000 years, with a long history and spread all over the world.

Tea is the national drink of the Chinese nation. Originated in Shennong, heard in Duke Zhou of Lu, flourished in Tang, flourished in Song and flourished in Ming and Qing Dynasties. The tea culture in China is a unique combination of Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism, and it is a wonderful flower in China culture!

China's tea areas are vast, and tea can be divided into three levels, namely, first-class tea areas (taking southwest and Jiangnan areas as the table), second-class tea areas (taking northwest and Jiangbei areas as the table) and third-class tea areas (taking South China as the representative). At the same time, tea has become the most popular, popular and healthy green drink in the world. Tea integrates heaven and earth, and advocates "a family of tea people in the world".

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