China News Service, Fuzhou, October 19 (Ye Qiuyun) "Jasmine tea smells fragrant, and people speak Fuzhou accent." On October 18, the "Nanxian Tea Stand" on Gaoqiao Branch Road, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, was once again full Citizens who came to have tea "Chang Chuan (the meaning of gossip in Fuzhou dialect)" tasted jasmine tea while enjoying "intangible cultural heritage" and cultural performances.

　　On the same day, the "2020 Social Science Popularization Week "Talking about Jasmine Tea"" sponsored by the Fuzhou Social Science Federation and undertaken by the Mindu Township Learning Training Center and Nanxian Jasmine was held here. The Fuzhou Social Science Popular Reader "Talking about Jasmine" Tea is released for the first time.

　　It is reported that this reading is written by Weng Wenfeng, the seventh-generation heir of the “Ten Drunk Nine Star Scenting Flower Formation” of Nanxian, the national intangible cultural heritage "Fuzhou Jasmine Tea Making Skills," and the person in charge of the "Nanxian Tea Stall" in Fuzhou. Tea history and traditional techniques, among them, interspersed with the origin of Fuzhou Jasmine and the story of old tea stalls.

Weng Wenfeng is introducing "Talking about Jasmine Tea".

Photo by Ye Qiuyun

　　"Bathrooms, bookstores, and tea stalls" were once known as the "three treasures of leisure" in Fuzhou.

With the passage of time, there are more and more leisure methods, and traditional leisure methods are becoming weaker and weaker.

In 2009, Weng Wenfeng and Mr. Fang Binggui, an outstanding inheritor of Fujian folk culture (deceased), restored the "Nanxian Tea Stand" with the characteristics of Fuzhou folk culture, and carried out public welfare activities to protect Fuzhou's jasmine culture.

Since then, the "Nanxian Tea Stall" has become a good place for the "broken pan" in old Fuzhou.

　　"The people who come to the tea stalls are old Fuzhou people. They like to talk about it, and I want to'stay' these stories." Weng Wenfeng said that he has been engaged in the production of jasmine tea for more than 30 years and he adheres to the inheritance. Practicing techniques, this reader also includes his decades of tea-making experience.

　　Jasmine came from the West more than two thousand years ago, and then took root in Fuzhou and became the flower of Fuzhou.

There is a famous proverb in Fuzhou: "Jasmine fragrant on both sides of the Min River, and white egrets in the autumn water stand on sand banks", which describes the scene of jasmine fragrant on both sides of the Min River in Fuzhou.

　　Weng Wenfeng told reporters that jasmine tea is the nostalgic taste of the older generation and the taste pursued by the new generation. This taste has been lingering in the hearts of the people of Fuzhou. Therefore, "the taste of jasmine is the best in the world." "Fragrant" reputation.

　　In November 2014, the traditional scenting process of Fuzhou jasmine tea, as an important part of the Fuzhou jasmine tea cultural system, was included in the National Intangible Cultural Heritage Protection List.

As the inheritor, Weng Wenfeng stated that the "Nanxian Tea Stall" is a time-honored protection unit of Fuzhou jasmine tea, which has inherited the "Fuzhou jasmine tea making skills" from generation to generation.

　　The reporter learned that the "Ten Drunk and Nine Stars Scenting Flower Formation" is a unique technique of making jasmine tea that has been passed down from generation to generation in Nanxian.

This technique was created in 1766, using Fuzhou single-petal jasmine and high mountain tea buds as raw materials. It took more than 180 days and was made through 201 processes.

"Lion Head" jasmine tea was once famous in Kyoto and became Emperor Qianlong's imperial tea.

　　Why has the ancient method been used to make jasmine tea?

Weng Wenfeng said that it would be better to have less. A good cup of tea is brewed with heart and time.

The jasmine tea made by ancient methods has a mellow taste, blooms at the bottom of the cup, and leaves the fragrance on the cheeks. Although the process of fusion and refining takes a long time, it is also worthwhile.

　　Prior to this, no one passed on the ancient techniques so that Weng Wenfeng was very troubled.

Weng Wenfeng revealed that his son has become interested in this in the past two years.

"In the past, I urged him to do things. Now, he has changed his mind and likes the job."

　　On the same day, in the "Nanxian Tea Stand" of dozens of square meters, more than 30 elderly people in sixties sat together, sipping jasmine tea, flipping through the "Talking about Jasmine Tea" reading book, chatting occasionally, and enjoying themselves.

　　As one of the founders of the Fuzhou Mindu Cultural Volunteer Team, Xiang Xianghong, vice chairman of the Fuzhou Folk Artists Association, is also reading the book "Talking about Jasmine Tea".

　　She said that most popular science books were written by experts and scholars with profound literary and theoretical foundations, but "Talking about Jasmine Tea" is different. It was written by workers on the front line of production and the content described his work in the production process. Experience and mental journey, "As a popular social science reader, it has very important value."

　　The fragrance of yo-yo tea lingers in the "Nanxian Tea Stand".

Affected by the new crown pneumonia, the once-a-week tea stall only resumed on October 11 after a lapse of more than nine months.

Weng Wenfeng said that at the tea stand, everyone is like a "family", and they will miss each other if they don't meet each other. As soon as they meet, they start to talk about the past and the present, and interact with each other.

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