"Master" Li Qiang, a century -old teahouse: 1 yuan, a bowl of tea for 20 years, has not increased in 20 years 丨 city well

Cover reporter Qin Yi Luo Tianyi Lei Yuandong Photography Report

【Editor's Note】

The long lane of the city is a fireworks, and it is the world.

When we record the rapid development of the city, in addition to the grand narrative, the market figures and stories from the streets and alleys also have the same calm power, which constitute a warm background of a city.

In the "City Well", we will be aimed at ordinary people and ordinary things in the corner of the city, and record the tenacious and endless power in the city's life.

I have n’t been to Chengdu without drinking a bowl of tea.

In Chengdu, there is a century -old teahouse. The old stoves of boiling water and tea are full of honeycomb coal, lime's white wall mottled and falling off, and old objects with strong sense of age make people cross back to the last century ... On Malaysia Street, Pengzhen, Shuangliu, Guanyin Pavilion Old Old Old Old Old Old Old Old Old The teahouse is like a testimony of time, and still retains the ancient decoration style.

At 4 o'clock in the morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the old teahouse cut the silence in the early morning with the first strands of tea. At this moment, the tea guests are mostly locals: the sanitation workers who are ready to start, the vegetable farmers who catch up with the morning market ... They pay 1 yuan tea fee, and they can find a home -like place in Pengzhen in the early morning.

This is the rules of the boss Li Qiangding: the locals drink tea, only 1 yuan.

People in Chengdu love to drink tea, and drink the leisure and comfort in tea. Li Qiang is Chengdu, who grew up in tea. In this century -old teahouse, he spent most of his life.

In his spare time, Li Qiang will also make a bowl of tea in front of the teahouse, watch the water steam rising and the tea incense. Uncle Li's yelling sounded through the alley, and he was still full of breath; the forging sound of the artisans was not willing to show weakness, and rang intermittently next door ... The people in the teahouse were full of sound, and the hustle and bustle of the teahouse was lively.

Time flows, and things have changed stars. Li Qiang has been in the old teahouse for more than 26 years. In his time dimension, the death was condensed in every old object in the old teahouse yesterday, and tomorrow is still accompanying the teahouse and has not changed.

The old teahouse that spans the century has continued from the Republic of China

In mid -August, the weather in Chengdu was hot. It was located in the Guanyin Pavilion old teahouse on the Yangliu River on Pengzhen. Tea guests were still full. Thanks to the construction of the wooden structure, even in the old teahouse where only the fan cools down, it comes from time to time.

At noon, the sun was refracted from the door of the room on both sides of the teahouse, and the yellow lights in the house were reflected. On the stove, the kettle rose to the hot air ... The tea guests were in the world of the teahouse, leaning on a pan -pan -in -law On the yellow green bamboo chair, a celadon -covered bowl of tea is particularly slow.

According to legend, 150 years ago, Pengzhen suffered a fire and almost turned the entire town into ashes. Only here was spared that the locals thought that there was Guanyin blessing, so it was changed to Guanyin Pavilion. Later in the Republic of China, it turned into a tea shop and continued to this day.

"Boss, come to a bowl of tea." "Come!" The voice did not fall, and the teapot was placed neatly. The speaker is Li Qiang -the "master" of this century -old teahouse.

Li Qiang

Wearing a apron, a peaked cap, and a pair of headphones on his neck, Li Qiang's image would not make people think that he was 57 years old. While greeting tea guests and taking care of the teahouse, this day has passed for more than 26 years.

He has only received 1 yuan to the locals for 26 years

In 1995, as a public property in the town, the Guanyin Pavilion Old Tea House was preparing to contracted foreign. After learning the news, Li Qiang took over the operation. That year, he was 30 years old.

Li Qiang has an unforgettable memory for the teahouse. His mother has been mixed with tea at the teahouse at the age of 16. The aunt also runs a tea shop. It can be said that Li Qiang grew up in tea.

At that time, "Mahjong Tea House" began to be popular. However, Li Qiang took the old teahouse of the Guanyin Pavilion to continue the appearance of the teahouse in memory. "Some things still want to keep." He said, the neighborhood flow of flowing in the teahouse.

"When my aunt runs the tea shop, a cup of tea is sold to seven or eight hair. She has always insisted on selling only 3 cents." Li Qiang inherited this feeling. At the beginning of the Guanyin Pavilion old teahouse, Li Qiang also priced the price of tea to 3 cents, and did not rise to 1 yuan until 2003. The old teahouse only collects 1 yuan to the locals, and has not increased the price in 20 years

Today's Guanyin Pavilion Old Tea House has a sign hanging, saying: "Drink 10 yuan for tea, 10 yuan for photography; drinking tea and photography 10 yuan." However, the price is still 1 yuan for locals. "This is a tacit understanding between the teahouse and the old tea guest."

It is also because of the rules that never increases the price. The Guanyin Pavilion Old Tea House made the local elderly people in Pengzhen a home. Among the tea guests, there are those who live on the street, and there are those who live in seven or eight kilometers away. "It's better than watching TV at home! Drinking tea and putting up the dragon gate array, the time passes quickly, the family also rest assured." Li Qiang said.

There are also some tea customers, which are sanitation workers, security and vegetable farmers. Due to working hours, they often get up at 4 am and drink hot tea at the old teahouse, and the energy supplementation also rests.

More importantly, Li Qiang wanted to restore the fireworks in his memory. According to historical records, China's earliest old teahouse originated in Sichuan. As early as in the early days of the Republic of China, there were 454 old teahouses in Chengdu, the highest in Sichuan. "Before 1949, everyone came here to drink tea. Everyone gathered together, how lively." Li Qiang said that he also wanted to make this kind of excitement into a collective memory of Pengzhen people.

Self -learning photography records the old teahouse daily

From the day of taking over the old teahouse, Li Qiang was immersed in the fragrance of the tea, hoping that the teahouse could remain unchanged, just like the appearance when he first met. But some changes have also happened quietly.

Entering the old teahouse, the accent in the South China Sea was embraced. Most of them were photographers, and they went to Chengdu thousands of miles, just to pour into this "Time Tunnel", capture the light and warmth in the old teahouse, and feel the leisure and scenery of Chengdu a century ago.

"Old teahouses are famous in China, and their fame is also very famous." Li Qiang told reporters a little proudly that he often received tourists who came to sightseeing. At most, he could receive more than 20 groups a day. "They said, attracting attraction They are the humanistic colors here. "

It seems that the arrival of these visitors reminds Li Qiang and can do something for the old teahouse. So he began to study photography and recorded the daily life of the teahouse with the lens.

"Look at this photo." Li Qiang took out his mobile phone and opened a work he was quite proud. In the photo, the two old people who drink tea are playing chess, and they are dilemma. Not far away, the word "difficult" on the signboard seems to prove the situation. "Interesting!" "Shooting in the old teahouse, light and shadow are the most important, because people can shoot everywhere."

Under Li Qiang's lens, the old man has the most shooting objects. "I am hope, take more daily life of these old men, let them drink tea comfortably, and let more people know the story of our old teahouse."

Li Qiang records the old teahouse with the lens

In fact, Li Qiang also did it. In the second year of his studies, a photo taken in the old teahouse was awarded. In 2017, the movie "Old Seven", which was viewed in the old teahouse, also appeared at the 15th Moroccan Film Festival and won six awards. The old teahouse was also well known by more people.

Today, the old teahouse has been listed as the fifth batch of historical building protection list in Chengdu, and its story will continue.

There is no problem with the old teahouse to get older and do it for 20 years.

When the reporter visited the Guanyin Pavilion old teahouse, in the summer vacation, three or two children played in the corner and became a different scenery in the teahouse. These children are Li Qiang's family.

"People are living animals. Children cannot play games at home. They want to come out and play, deal with people, and come into contact with all kinds of people." Growing memories as a child, and now he began to recover on his juniors. Li Qiang said that the tea guests talked about the earth, and it was invisible to build an outside world for the children. As for how the children's life will write, it is another story.

In fact, not only the children in the family, but also Li Qiang's family who ran back and forth and helped to do it. His parents even lived in a teahouse and regarded here as a real home. "For so many years of business in teahouses, the most thanks for support."

"We do teahouses, not to make a lot of money, but to think about who to serve for, to make people feel comfortable, it is worth it." In the small teahouse, there is a person who flows in the small teahouse. Li Qiang insisted on only 1 yuan for the local people, and did not increase the price for 20 years: in this way, the soul of the old teahouse can be kept.

As for the future, Li Qiang did not make much plan, "Anyway, there is no problem to do it for another 20 years."

Growing up in the teahouse and growing old with the teahouse is Li Qiang's story and the cultural brand of a city.

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