In 1923, a businessman named Gong surnamed Gong from Dayi County, Sichuan went to Shaocheng Park (now People's Park) to enjoy the flowers and go out to the green, surrounded by streams,
tree-lined place
A glimpse of its geographical scenery is very good.
Then I started to build a pavilion-style hall building with western Sichuan folk style.
Dougong cornices
red lacquer pillars,
It is a good place to have a tea break. According to legend,
Gong's dream of returning home
I dreamed that this place was surrounded by purple light,
A few white cranes stand in the pond and play
Neck growling. Hence the nickname
Discuss prosperity and good luck.
• All kinds of superb tea making time and skills make tea customers sigh. Its movements are neat and tidy,
Success, often attracts applause.
By "selecting talents"
Fighting for the name:
Come here to enjoy the inscription,
"Heming
The Eryu banner was handwritten by calligrapher Wang Jiazhen in 1940. It was demolished in 1952 for maintenance of the park. 1988
In June, Mr. Wang Jiazhen will be invited again to give a new topic.
After several repairs and refurbishments,
, This old house with a long history and mottled face has a new look.
February 2012,
crane
Ming Tea House, as the existing teahouse in Chengdu and the oldest in the country, was selected as one of the first batch of historical buildings listed for protection in Chengdu.
Chengdu People
singing) for the teahouse as a token of prosperity and
The business of the teahouse was booming for its specialty.
The water and tea leaves were carerully
chosen: the water was drawn from the Jinjlang River in
the south of the city, and the tea leaves were all delicately
scented
infusing the fragrance of jasmine flowers into the tea leaves. The bamboo chairs were stable :
and tim.
and or appropriate height. The saucers,
cups and lids bearing the name of the teahouse were all tailor-made in
Jingdezhen, one of China
Those days, the majority of the guests were teachers and alumni of schools in Chengdu.
When every
summer and winter
vacation came, teachers have to compete fiercely for a job to support their family because of
the scarcitv of teaching iobs and the lack of basic social security at that time. The teahouse was a silent witness to
all the struggles, helplessness and sorrow.
After the founding
but Heming has survived to this day with its
Republic of China
, Yang Shangkun, former President of China,
was handwritten
torn down in 1952 when the park was being repaired. Mr. Wang
to re-inscribe it in June 1988.
After several repairs and renovations, the old building with a long history put on a new look. In February
ZotZings therhniest, oxisting teahouse in Chengdu, Heming Teahouse was listed as one of the first historie
As one of the most famed traditional teahouses in Chengdu, the Singing Crane Teahouse has a history of over 90 years since its establishment in 1923. Undergone several warfares throughout the 9 decades, it has persisted in operation till today. Established by a Mr. Gong from the Dayi County, the teahouse was named after the Heming Mountain in Dayi, which was the cradle of Taoism and the place where Zhang Daoling became immortal, as well as the producing area of the Heming Tea. In the early 1920s, Mr. Gong leased a plot of land in the park and built a pavilion for the teahouse. Its name ‘Heming’ on the plaque was inscribed by calligrapher Wang Jiaxiang. The mixture of Chinese style architecture, lakeside corridor, low tables, bamboo chairs, tea served in covered bowls, long-spout pots, ear-picking and fortune-telling services formed the unique charm of the Singing Crane Teahouse. During the Republican period, clients of the teahouse were mostly school faculty and staff, as well as civil servants who had unstable jobs and frequently came together to share information. During the vacations of lunar June and December, civil servants and teachers who faced the risk of unemployment and competed for the positions came to the Singing Crane Teahouse everyday waiting for their offers. This phenomena was derided ‘Battles in Lunar June and December’ by the old generation of Chengdu citizens. The core building of the teahouse is a two-storey Chinese style structure. Its interior walls are decorated with reliefs that record the historical changes of the teahouse. The teahouse accommodates 3000 clients at most, even today when upscale teahouses have sprung up in great numbers, the Singing Crane Teahouse stands out with its unique flavor of western Sichuan folk customs, and transmits the special taste of Chengdu to its clients. In 2012, the Singing Crane Teahouse was listed among the 1st batch of Protected Historic Buildings in Chengdu, as an extant long-standing teahouse nationwide.
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