Since ancient times, Chongqing has been said to have "many city gates, many temple towns, and many teahouses". Nowadays, modern life is full of life, and Gaiwan tea has gradually left us. Today, the editor will look for traces of those old teahouses, be the most beautiful lonely patient in the bustling city, and look for the most authentic Chongqing.
Traffic Teahouse
Huangjueping Main Street Old Teahouse
The teahouse is small, with an old-fashioned wooden frame structure and uneven beams, revealing its unique sense of age. The atmosphere is dark and lazy, with old-fashioned benches and square old wooden tables, which makes people feel Feel the most authentic cultural color of Chongqing.
Business hours: 6:30 am to 11:00 pm
Tea types: ordinary green tea, chrysanthemum tea, jasmine tea, Tuocha tea, Biluochun.
Price: Ordinary tea (green tea, Tuocha, etc.) is generally 2 yuan per cup, scented tea (chrysanthemum, jasmine) is 3 yuan per cup, with a cap of 3 yuan and unlimited refills.
Features: The best-preserved old teahouse in Chongqing can be called the "No. 1 Old Teahouse in Chongqing". It is a popular place for literary and artistic young people and is favored by film directors.
Hanlin Tea Garden
Ciqikou Old Teahouse
The teahouse owner has loved drinking tea since he was a child. He can chat with tea guests about everything from astronomy, geography, society and humanities. Here you can also learn the "tangkou code" from the boss. Put the tea lid upright next to the tea bowl, which is called "Lengqi". It means that when you invite someone to drink tea, you forget to bring tea money. In order to avoid embarrassment, He signaled to the boss that the tea money was on credit today and would be repaid another day.
Business hours: 9 am to 8 pm
Tea types: ordinary green tea, black tea, Tuo tea, Bamboo Leaf Green, Biluochun, and various scented teas.
Price: Ordinary tea (green tea, Tuocha, etc.) is generally 10 yuan a cup, scented tea (chrysanthemum, jasmine) is 10 yuan a cup, and fine tea ranges from 15 yuan to 25 yuan. Features of
: You can enjoy flowers while drinking tea, you can recite poems and paint, and you can also listen to the boss telling the story of "Brother Pao".
People's Park Baba Tea
People's Park Old Teahouse
An open-air teahouse with a pleasant environment. You can drink tea, read newspapers, watch people gathering and dispersing, and smell the birds singing and the fragrance of tea. Sitting here for a whole day will give you the purest feeling. leisure life.
Business hours: 8 am to 9 pm
Tea types: Tuocha, various scented teas, ordinary green tea, black tea, Tieguanyin, etc.
Price: 3 yuan for stool if you bring your own tea; 5 yuan for a cup of tea; 8-10 yuan for scented tea and green tea.
features: an open-air teahouse with green trees, constant singing of birds, and pleasant environment.
Fairy Teahouse
Houchi Street Old Teahouse
The teahouse is very small, and there are not many tea customers, most of whom are old neighbors from the surrounding area. The owner of the Fairy Teahouse is an elderly lady. Due to her advanced age, everyone who comes to drink tea takes the initiative to serve tea and move tables and chairs to find a seat. Come here and sit for a while, and the old neighbors of Shibati will be able to show you the most ordinary Chongqing life.
Business hours: 9 am to 5 pm
Tea types: Tuocha, various scented teas, ordinary green tea, black tea.
Price: Tuocha 1.5 yuan per cup; green tea, scented tea, etc. 2 yuan per cup.
features: The most traditional Gaiwan tea, following the traditional teahouse style, only drinking tea and chatting, not drinking and playing cards.
Changting Tea Garden
Park Old Teahouse
Changting Tea Garden is one of the few old teahouses that has been preserved since before liberation. Celebrities such as Guo Moruo, Lao She, and Cao Yu also left their footprints here. The tree-lined, mountain-encircling roads and stone steps are winding and criss-crossing.
Tea types: Tuocha, ordinary green tea, black tea.
features: one of the oldest. There is something special about drinking tea and admiring the scenery.
The Eighteen Staircase Old Teahouse
Collection of the teahouse
It began as a teahouse in the Qing Dynasty. It used to be a teahouse for porters to drink and rest. The four-story tea house is built against the mountain and has the characteristics of stilted houses in the Bayu area. It houses many tea sets, old furniture, calligraphy and paintings. You can look directly at the Yangtze River from upstairs, and look out of the window at the stacks of old tile-backed houses below, and your mind will wander back to the old mountain city that is gradually fading away with the scent of tea. There is also a Liyuan Tea House under the bridge of the 18th Staircase. Here, you can make a cup of strong tea for a few yuan, watch old neighbors play chess, and listen to a few Sichuan operas. The echo of the bridge adds to the sonic effect.The teahouse has now disappeared.
Qixiangju Teahouse
Open-air Teahouse
Located at the intersection of Chongqing Old Stadium, there are many teahouses, book stalls and small restaurants along the street where you can hang out, sit, and eat. Among them, the most popular one is the open-air Qixiangju Teahouse. Order a cup of sour plum soup, order a bowl of tofu pudding, and set up a dragon gate formation under the old tree, and the time will pass by slowly. Now the teahouse has disappeared with the reconstruction of the old city.
When traveling to Chongqing, if you want to experience the most authentic and urban life in a mountain city, the old teahouse is a must-visit. Maybe old teahouses will eventually become part of our memories after many years, but with the current time, let us go to those teahouses that have not disappeared to experience the wasted time.
(part of the content comes from "I Love Chongqing")
