Chongqing’s tea culture has a long history. Zhang Henshui talked about it in a short article called “The Joy of Lying Down and Drinking in Tea Houses”: In a remote tea house in Chongqing, you can move a bamboo recliner and drink Tuo tea.
When drinking covered bowl of tea, the tea lid is gently scraped on the water, and the fragrance overflows. The tea water turns hot and cold, and the tea leaves floating in the mist are like all living beings, after experiencing the baptism of years, they have gained a moment of leisure and slowness. Slow settling.
Now let’s take a closer look at the teahouse in the collective memory of the older generation, and explore the other side of daily life in this bustling city through the remaining imprints.
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Nostalgic memories of old streets and alleys
Traffic Teahouse
Traffic Teahouse is known as the oldest teahouse in Chongqing. Its sense of age and history is partly due to the old-fashioned architecture and layout of the teahouse.
Whether it is the beams, tables and stools, old-fashioned utensils, tea bowls, or the tea guests, they all seem to be frozen in this corner. The chaos disappeared behind me, and time passed by to the last century. But there is no sense of sorrow and vicissitudes of life, there are just stories that span generations and regions.
There are retired old men, migrant worker brothers, Sichuan American teachers and students, as well as singers and labels, film directors, and there are also many foreign friends and literary young people who come here to visit.
Traffic Teahouse is not only a teahouse, it is also a living fossil of the development of culture and art in Chongqing. The cultural context of this city is deeply imprinted in this old teahouse.
Address: No. 20, Huangjueping Zheng Street, Jiulongpo District
Transportation: Take buses 223, 244a, 823, 233, and 277 to reach
Hanlin Teahouse
A quiet old teahouse hidden in Ciqikou Ancient Town, it has its own The flavor of history.
Although the owner of the courtyard is over seventy years old, he is still very enthusiastic. He prepares the most authentic bowl tea for every guest who comes, and talks and laughs about the years of the teahouse.
Here you can enjoy flowers, read calligraphy and paintings, taste tea, and listen to the boss telling the story of "Brother Pao". It is full of poetry and philistine sentiments, and can be enjoyed by both refined and popular people.
Address: Ciqikou Ancient Town, Shapingba District
Transportation: Take Metro Line 1 and get off at Ciqikou Station and walk to
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The customs and customs of the open-air garden
People's Park Baba Tea
In the bustling metropolis, this old teahouse is not It would seem out of place, but on the contrary, the environment here is pleasant and has the purest details of life.
Among the rows of high-rise buildings, the customs and customs of Chongqing 30 years ago are still preserved.
Address: Inside the People's Park, Xinhua Road, Jiefangbei, Yuzhong District
Transportation: Get off at Xiaoshizi Station on Line 1, exit from Exit 5A, and walk 350 meters
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Footprints of famous people in history
Sanmao's Former Residence Tea House
Walk through the narrow alley , Sanmao’s former residence comes into view, now transformed into a tea house. Although it has been renovated, it still has a sense of history.
With tea bowls, wooden seats, and home-cooked dishes, visitors seem to be able to think of Sanmao's childhood and understand the direction of Sanmao's heart and the distance of poetry.
Address: No. 145, Huangjue Yazheng Street
Transportation: Take bus No. 177, 346 , and 347 buses to reach
Changting Tea Garden
Changting Tea Garden is one of the oldest teahouses in Chongqing. It has been there since before liberation. A fully preserved old teahouse.
In tracing the traces of history in Changting Tea Garden, celebrities Guo Moruo, Lao She and Cao Yu all left their footprints here.
Address: Jiefangbei Xinhua Road, People's Park
Transportation: Metro Line 1, get off at Xiaoshizi Station, exit 5A, and walk 350 meters to People's Park.
The changes in the city are in the ascendant. Outside the teahouse are the turbulent rivers and lakes, and the teahouse is bitter. The bitter look back or the relief that thousands of sails have passed, are condensed into various aspects of life in an era along with the passers-by from south to north.
Life is not only about busyness and running around, but also about peace and calmness in life, just like in Chongqing, in addition to the heat of hot pot, there is also the calmness of tea.
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