In my opinion, Mao Zedong's poem "I can't forget drinking tea in Guangdong" should include drinking tea and chatting. Do as Romans do in Rome. Since Mao Zedong is in Guangdong, of course, he will respect the local customs and adopt Cantonese tea drinking. However, when Mao Zedong is drinking tea, he will talk with his friends, especially about state affairs, revolutionary ideals and work struggles, so as to understand the situation, enhance friendship and make friends. As for simple and boring gossip, I'm afraid it's not what Mao Zedong wants. In other words, Mao Zedong will accept the Cantonese style of his friends when drinking tea, and he also wants to chat. But they didn't talk for a long time. He doesn't want to do that kind of small talk to kill time by drinking tea.

Guangzhou tea culture

"Drinking tea" is called "drinking tea" in Cantonese, and Mao Zedong has a poem "I can't forget drinking tea in Guangdong". People in Guangzhou love "drinking tea", and tea culture is both a folk culture and a food culture. In Guangzhou, it has become a courtesy for people to treat each other with tea. If the guests arrive, the first thing to do is to offer a cup of "beautiful tea", and the first sentence is "please have tea" to show the host's enthusiasm, friendliness and courtesy. Due to the value orientation of "attaching importance to business" in Lingnan since ancient times, "drinking tea" has also moved from family to market, which makes Guangzhou's tea culture have strong characteristics of commodity economy. In Guangzhou, people get together for tea earlier, such as teahouses, teahouses, teahouses and so on. , there are various names and forms. In the Qing Dynasty, the tea market in Guangzhou gradually flourished, and a number of teahouses with distinctive characteristics appeared. During the Republic of China, the prosperity of Guangzhou tea market continued unabated.

"Drinking morning tea" is the most distinctive and important content of Guangzhou tea culture. All walks of life have the habit of drinking morning tea, from dignitaries to drivers "coolies"; There are tea drinking places all over the town, and there are as many teahouses in Guangzhou as in the whole country.