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最“叹”英语阅读 广式早茶悠悠叹

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广州人把饮早茶称为“叹茶”(即享受之意)。至今仍流传着

“叹一盅两件”(即享受一盅香茶、两件点心之意)的口头禅，既解

决了早餐，也是一种绝妙享受。清早起来，口带涩味，饮杯香早

茶，清净口腔，提提精神，唤起食欲，再食点心，更能品尝到各款

点心的美味，确实是一种享受。

Guangdong people are famous for their passion for Yum

Cha(饮茶), a Cantonese term which literally means "drinking

tea."

And the tradition of drinking morning tea is the most

distinct characteristic of Guangdong's tea culture, and

also an important part of daily life for many locals.

Du Lijun takes you to a Guangdong tea restaurant to

taste the authentic Yum Cha morning tea.

It's seven o'clock in the morning. In the subway

station in Guangzhou, capital of south China's Guangdong

Province, muters are on their way to work or school. Some

are carrying their breakfast because they have no time to

eat at home.

But Tao Tao Ju(陶陶居) Restaurant in downtown Guangzhou

is full of grey-haired elderly people who are leisurely

enjoying their breakfast. They are sitting around tables,

chatting, drinking tea or reading a newspaper. Some people

will stay here for three to four hours.

The time-honored Tao Tao Ju restaurant is a four-story

building that's usually filled with customers every morning.

Sharing a table with strangers is mon for those who arrive

late.

A waitress at Tao Tao Ju says the restaurant starts

serving morning tea at 6:

"Some people e here at 5:30. They wait outside."

80-year-old Chen Changdi is a Guangzhou native. She es

to Tao Tao Ju to have morning tea almost everyday after her

morning exercises.

"I e here at ten past six. Having morning tea makes me

happy. It also helps clean my stomach."

Sitting beside Chen Changdi is her daughter Guan Yanji.

"She es here every day. But I can't aompany her every

morning because of my busy work schedule. If I can't e here,

my sisters will e with her."

Guangdong morning tea can be traced back to more than

150 years ago. There was a type of simple teashop, offering

tea and snacks for those seeking refreshment.

Later on, with the boom of merce in Guangdong, more and

more businessmen needed a place for social activities.

Teahouses soon began to emerge and developed gradually into

tea restaurants.

Since then, morning tea has bee a mon Cantonese

practice.

60-year-old Guangzhou native surnamed Cao is also a

regular customer at Tao Tao Ju Restaurant. Like many other

customers, he usually orders one pot of tea and two

portions of dim sum every morning.

"Having morning tea is my habit. It is a must in my

daily life. I started to have morning tea when I was a

teenager. I have maintained the habit for several decades."

Actually morning tea refers to dim sum aompanied by tea.

So having morning tea is also called "eating morning tea"

in Guangdong.

Dim sum(点心) is a Cantonese term referring to small

Chinese dishes. Classical Guangdong dim sums include buns,

dumplings and rice rolls in a variety of ingredients such

as beef, chicken, pork, shrimp or vegetable. They are

cooked by steaming, frying or boiling. In Guangdong, dim

sums are usually small and served as 3 or 4 pieces in one

portion. Each portion is served in a small steamer basket

or plate which is about the same size as the palm of an

adult.

Customers can choose whatever dim sums they like, but

there are rules in drinking the aompanied tea.

Cao says it is customary to pour tea for others first.

He says a custom unique to the Cantonese is to thank the

person pouring the tea by tapping the bent index and middle

fingers together on the table.

"It's a polite gesture which symbolizes 'bowing' to the

person who is pouring your tea. Also, you can not fill up

the cup. 80 percent is enough. Because there is an old

saying that goes, "it is impolite to fill one's cup with

tea while it's respectful to fill one's cup with wine."

Cao says many regular customers prefer sitting in the

same place every morning. He always sits at a round table

that can seat 10 people, and the waitresses will keep the

same seat for him everyday.

"I know most of the waiters and waitresses here because

I e here everyday. If the seat is vacant, the cup on the

table is upside down. But the waitress will turn the mouth

of the cup up for me before I arrive, which means the seat

is oupied. I have been using the same seat for about six to

seven years. I have seen many waiters and waitresses e and

go."

As many other Guangdong people who take drinking

morning tea as a kind of social activity to enhance

friendship or talk about business, Cao also make friends

with those who share the same table with him every day.

"If one of them has been absent for several days, I

will worry about them, wondering if he or she is sick. Some

old people who used to sit at the table have passed away."

He says as a carpenter, he often talks with his

business partners while drinking morning tea.

"If someone needs a carpenter to do woodwork or I need

some assistants to help me, we will meet here to talk about

the details."

Cao enjoys his morning tea everyday, which for him, has

not only bee a habit, but also an life style that he has

austomed with.

And this lifestyle, in his eyes, is loosing its

popularity among the young people in Guangdong.

"The young people's lifestyle is different from ours.

They like hamburgers, beer and fruit juice. Also, they

don't like getting up early. My children always say, "Hey

dad, you are out. But I don't care. I just want to do what

I like."

Actually many young people still enjoy the leisure time

of dringking tea and eating dim sums, they are just too

busy to enjoy them during the morning. So many restaurants

in Guangdong also began to serve afternoon and night tea,

which attracts numerous young customers everyday.

28-year-old Sun is one of them.

"I often e here at night. My friend has e to Guangzhou

for a tour. So today I will treat her with morning tea. But

I usually e here with my husband and son at to have

night tea. We are not used to going to bed early."

As time goes by, people's habits of Yum Cha is changing.

Teahouses and restaurants are working to adapt to the new

petitive environment. These changes may offer a glimpse

into the lives of the people of Guangdong.