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Introduction Lei Cha Chapter 25

Introduction Lei Cha Chapter 25

Shanwei Leicha is divided into oil tea and salty tea.

Shanwei Leicha usually has relatively few ingredients, just put some fine tea leaves (you can also use no tea leaves in some areas), peanuts and sesame seeds (which can be fried or raw). In addition, there are some rice Cheng, Mi Ding, fried rice or fried wheat specially prepared for Lei Cha. These rice seeds and wheat can be brewed in tea (if you like, you can also fry some vegetables for tea, such as beans, red beans, kale, lettuce, radish beans, green vegetables, etc.), this flavor is unmatched anywhere. Leicha is divided into different ways to eat: pure tea, 煠 (locally read sap, meaning boiled) tea, rice bone tea, rice seed tea, tea rice, etc.

Xinma

Shanwei Salted Tea is sweet and mellow, with the fragrance of tea leaves, the glycol of mint, the crispness of fried rice, the crispness of peanuts, and the fragrance of sesame seeds. Therefore, it has the effect of strengthening the spleen and stomach, and prolonging life. One of the most exquisite is the production of fried rice. Every autumn, women are busy with harvesting. What they are most enthusiastic about and concerned about is to select high-quality oil tip or red rice paddy. After soaking, steaming, drying, shelling, and frying, the paddy is made into white-flavored fried rice.

The main ingredients of salted tea are: tea leaves, salt, fried rice, sesame seeds, and peanuts.

In addition to tea, sesame seeds, and peanuts, Shanwei Leicha is the daily food that ordinary people use at home. In addition to these main raw materials, other auxiliary materials are often added according to different seasons and functions. Such as medicinal tea: in addition to tea, sesame, peanuts, etc. as the main raw materials, in spring and summer, use mugwort leaves and mint, etc.; in autumn, when the wind is dry, use honeysuckle or white chrysanthemum; in winter, use longan, bamboo leaf pepper, etc.; For sobering, add Pueraria lobata; for heatstroke prevention, add Houttuynia cordata, spinach, and dried tangerine peel; for clearing heat, add white spoon, licorice and so on.

According to “Shen Nong’s Materia Medica”: “Eating sesame can help the five internal organs, replenish energy, grow muscles, and fill the brain.” “Famous Doctors” believes that taking sesame can “invigorate the middle and nourish the qi and nourish the five internal organs.” Modern medicine Researches believe that sesame is sweet and flat, has the effect of moistening the intestines and laxatives, invigorating the middle and benefiting qi, helping the spleen longus muscle to pass through the blood vessels, and beautifying and beautifying the face.

Tea leaves can refresh the mind and refresh one’s mind, remove stagnation and digest food.

It can be seen that Lei tea is not only fragrant and delicious, but also has the effects of health, beauty, beauty, anti-aging and other effects. It is said that the longevity of women in Shanwei is related to the frequent consumption of this multivitamin-rich Lei tea. There is a folk song jokingly said: “What is the daughter of the township (that is, the daughter-in-law) fat snails (fat), if you don’t have to go to work, you should eat tea first, eat tea, and then (just now) fall into the field and compare your legs… “.

Camellia

The other is made of wild vegetables and green herbs called “oleifera”, also known as “raw tea”. The main ingredients are fresh mugwort leaves, mint leaves, raw tea leaves, maple buds, perilla leaves, fragrant incense, fragrant su, chicken feet thorns, rose buds, coriander and so on. Leicha has the functions of promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, preventing wind and dispelling cold, appetizing and strengthening the spleen, clearing away heat and detoxifying, and prolonging life. In 2011, it was selected into the list of intangible cultural heritage protection in Guangdong Province.

In the past, the Shanwei region was economically backward, lacking food for many years, and could not eat enough. In order to solve the problem of eating three meals a day and save food, Shanwei people usually make tea first, then stir-fry a large bowl of green vegetables, and stew rice with salt to make dry rice, which is soaked with tea and vegetables. big bowl. Or cut sweet potatoes and taro into large pieces and cook them on the wall of the rice pot, and you can eat very full with thin rice tea.

Leicha, with simple ingredients and convenient production, can satisfy hunger and quench thirst. It does not lose the taste of tea ceremony and is not troubled by economy, so it can be passed down in Shanwei area for a long time.