The De'ang people are an ancient ethnic group with very special national characteristics. They are also famous for growing and making tea. They are called "ancient tea farmers". Drinking tea has been a tradition of the De'ang people since very early times. A habit and hobby, they have also passed down this culture to this day. So, how much do you know about the tea culture of the Deang people? De’ang culture below brings you more content.
The De'ang people have a long history of worshiping and loving tea. They are praised by other ethnic groups as "the nation of tea" and "ancient tea farmers". Tea symbolizes honesty and trust in the morality of the De'ang people. Tea is a token and messenger, and all sincerity is in the sweet and bitter aftertaste of tea.
The De’ang people have many methods of making tea and drinking tea, the most distinctive one is the De’ang sour tea. There are two techniques: one is the pit method. Before humans invented the use of pottery, after picking fresh tea leaves and bringing them home, they wrapped the tea leaves with fresh banana leaves and buried them in a deep pit dug in advance for about 7 days. Then they took out the tea leaves, rubbed them in the sun and dried them for 2 days. When it is dry, wrap it and put it back into the pit for 3 days. Then take it out and dry it in the sun for brewing and drinking.
Use boiling water when drinking. It tastes sour and bitter, has the effects of cleaning the mouth, clearing away heat and relieving heat. It is an original green health drink. The sauerkraut used for cooking should be kept for a few more days during the second step. After being taken out, it should be crushed in a mortar and dried in the sun. When eaten, it is soaked in water and served cold. Its taste is sour and has a sour aftertaste, which increases people's appetite. The second is the pottery method. After the pottery was made, the sour tea was directly used to pickle the pottery.
De’ang people have been singing this ancient song for generations: Tea is the lifeblood of De’ang, and where there is De’ang, there are tea mountains. The magical legend has been passed down to this day, and the fragrance of tea leaves still lingers on the De'ang people. When the earth is in chaos, the sky is extremely beautiful. There are lush tea trees everywhere. Tea trees are the ancestors of all things. The sun, moon and stars in the sky are all transformed from the elves of tea leaves. Seeing the desolation of the earth, these tea elves asked the Almighty God Padaran: Why can't we grow on the earth? Padaran replied: There is darkness in the world, and there are disasters everywhere. You will suffer a lot when you come down to earth, and you will never be able to return to heaven again.
But the tea tree is willing to suffer on the ground in order to keep the earth evergreen. Padaran also wanted to create a prosperous world. He tried old tea trees and small tea trees. Seeing that they were both willing to come down to earth, the Almighty God set off a strong wind and tore the body of the small tea tree into pieces, causing one hundred and two leaves to float down to earth. . These leaves underwent wonderful changes in the strong wind and turned into men and women: odd-numbered leaves turned into fifty-one capable young men, and even-numbered leaves turned into twenty-five and a half pairs of beautiful girls.
Later, demons appeared on the earth. They were tyrannical and destructive to all living beings. Tea fought against the four demons for ninety thousand years and finally destroyed them. The brothers and sisters of the tea leaves cut off their own skin and flesh, crushed them and turned them into trees and flowers on the earth, and sprinkled their fairy colors on the white flowers. The tea leaves themselves only left ordinary colors: green receptacles, bright yellow stamens and white flowers. petals. From then on, these girls and boys lived on the earth and multiplied the human race.