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Introduction Lei Cha Chapter 8

Introduction Lei Cha Chapter 8

In Jianglechengguan, Fujian, there is a custom of drinking Leicha. According to the old people, the local people drink Lei tea, and the legend is related to a Taoist woman surnamed Wu.

In the Jiangle area of ​​Fujian, there is a very special drink called Leicha, which is made by putting tea, sesame, peanuts and other ingredients into a mortar and smashing it into pieces and brewing it with boiling water. In the local area, Lei Cha has become an important form of Hakka culture, and even nursery rhymes sing: “Go to the East, join the West, drink Lei Cha, play haha, come and go to get married.” The reason why people love to drink Lei Cha, It is related to this Taoist woman surnamed Wu.

Jiangle was formerly known as Gu Yongzhou. According to legend, there was a Taoist temple in ancient Yongzhou called “Changchang Temple”. The site was originally a large bamboo forest. After splitting the bamboo to build the temple, the bamboo whip will not die. When spring comes, the front and rear of the temple are full of thin bamboos and fluffy bamboo shoots. Bamboo whip even passed through the wall to transfer the house, swooped out from the cracks in the bricks inside the temple, and looked out.

The Taoist priest of this “Changchang View” is a Taoist woman surnamed Wu, who taught people to spread sesame seeds and rotten bamboo whips. A few years later, the bamboo whip was rotted, but the sesame seeds grew all over the Taoist temple. One year, during the season of sesame seeds, there was a severe drought in ancient Yongzhou, and even an old tea tree behind the “Changchang View” was withered and yellowed.

One year, there was a severe drought in the city of Lecheng. During the disaster year, there were many hungry people, and there were often people who died of starvation on the road. At this time, the plague spread again. Dao Po Wu was merciful and brought all the food in the Taoist temple to help the victims. In the end, there was only a small bag of sesame seeds left. what to do?

Wu Daopo saw it in her eyes and was anxious in her heart. She had the intention to save the victims, but she also suffered from the lack of extra food in the view. Wu Daopo looked at the baskets of sesame seeds she had just received and thought to herself that if they were fried and put away for relief, it would be of no avail. How could they save money and save more victims?

Wu Daopo looked at the crowd of hungry people at the entrance of the Taoist Temple, and asked Daotong to pick some dry tea stems, grab some sesame seeds, mix them with tea stems, grind them into a fine powder, and then brew them with boiling water. More than a dozen cylinders of sesame tea, distributed to everyone. For several days, until the next crop is harvested.

This was a solution she thought about for a long time and finally came up with it. Just try to dissolve the sesame seeds as much as possible. First, grab some sesame seeds and raw rice, then add dry tea stems and tea leaves, put them into a beating bowl, grind them into fine powder, and then brew them with boiling water to make a jar of tea for the nearby victims to drink. The hungry victims were dizzy and dizzy at first, but once they drank this kind of tea, they not only relieved their hunger, but also quenched their thirst and refreshed their minds.

For several days in a row, Dao Po Wu poured tea every day for disaster relief until the next crop was harvested. Unexpectedly, some people drank Wu Daopo’s Lei Cha and became addicted to it. If they didn’t drink it for a day, they felt restless, so they often grinded Lei tea to drink.

Now the “Changchang View” has long since fallen, but Wu Daopo’s Leicha has been handed down. Later generations added some new condiments and improved them into different flavors such as Tangleicha, Qingshui Leicha, Wuwei Leicha, Qibao Leicha and so on.

In Jiangle Chengguan, Fujian, Leicha is made locally, and the ingredients are very particular. In addition to sesame seeds, some are ground with peanuts to make them taste good. Some are mixed with drugs to play a role in preventing and curing diseases. In the middle of summer, people add light bamboo leaves and honeysuckle, and drink it to cool off the heat and reduce fire.