Tea Houses, Chengdu

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We had a lovely night at this teahouse. OK it was a bit touristy but the show was a great overview to the local cultural activities - it is especially good if you are unable to visit any full culture shows.

We saw snatches of Sichuan Opera, shadow dancing and several other folk dancing and singing acts.

You do have to book as it is a hot spot especially for Chinese tourists.

A nice evening - the tea was OK too. AFter the show we wandered up and down Qintai Road which has been recreated as an ancient street.

FUBGUS TO EAT: One of the best meals I had was in a restaurant not far from the teahouse. Unfortunately I didn't keep a card but they served fungi - about 34 varieties from memory. We tried about 20 and loved the whole experience. It is a well know place so you may be able to find it by asking for the fungi restaurant.

We had a lovely night at this teahouse. OK it was a bit touristy but the show was a great overview to the local cultural activities - it is especially good if you are unable to visit any full culture shows.

We saw snatches of Sichuan Opera, shadow dancing and several other folk dancing and singing acts.

You do have to book as it is a hot spot especially for Chinese tourists.

A nice evening - the tea was OK too

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While in Chengdu you will notice the amount of tea houses that are literally everywhere. It is not as simple as sitting down for a quiet cup of tea though! The tea ceremony that the waiter will often go through is quite elaborate and time consuming and just when you thought that he had poured you your first cup of tea…he throws it out! (Apparently the first cup is often bitter.)
At some larger and more elaborate tea houses you can sit and enjoy a sample of Chinese opera or other form of entertainment.

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Drinking tea is a nationwide institution, but Chengdu has always been famous for its numerous teahouses. In days gone by there were a place to meet and finalise deals, hold meetings or relax at the end of a hard day's work listening to storytellers or watching troupes of performers.

The teahouses took a battering during the years of the Cultural Revolution when such elegance was labelled a "bourgeois" but they have subsequently been revived.

Today you'll find most tea houses in parks, temple grounds and theatres.

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I like the Sichuanese. They really seem to know how to enjoy life, namely, sit around all day, drink tea and chat. That seems right to me. On the other hand, you have to wonder what these people do for a living that they can sit around all day and natter in the middle of the week, but I am nothing if not envious.

Renmin Park has everything; bonsai gardens, a bizarre theme park, qi gong, latin dancing, carp ponds, hideous sculptures and loquat sellers but best of all is its tea house; huge, bustling, and shady, you can either get your ears cleaned, have a shoulder massage, drink a bottomless cup of stone-flower tea for Y10, chat to your friends, or, like most of the people around me, do all four things simultaneously.

If you're a white Western female by yourself, it won't be long before someone adopts you, feeds you pumpkin seeds and tea, and tells you "what a fat, pretty face you have!" Awwww.

Nothing better than to sit down in a teagarden on a hot summer afternoon. Buy a cup of tea and they will add hot water untill the tea has no taste what so ever. But the mean reason to come here is social, drink some tea with your friends, or just chat with the people sitting next to you. The problem is most of them don't speak english (never mention dutch.....) and our chinese is limited to ni hao (hello).
After half an hour a teacher arived and talked to us in very good english, it was a pleasant conversation. When we left we saw him being bombarded with questions of the other people around us. Probably asking from where we came and that sort of things.

A great place to get away from the hustle and
bustle of the city.

Relax at the park and have some tea. If you have kids, send them to the amusement section where there are plenty of rides and diversions.