Tea fighting, that is, the advantages and disadvantages of the competition tea, it is said that this kind of entertainment of tea fighting, began with the Tang Dynasty, and developed to the peak in the Song Dynasty, it is a kind of elegant play for the rich and idle people in ancient times, that is to say, it can only be played by the upper class, but it is no wonder. Ordinary people are busy living every day, who has the time to do that with Yaxing?

According to legend, people who fight tea, after making an appointment together, will take out the good tea they have collected for many years, take turns to be the east, and taste the quality of their respective teas.

Most of the ancient tea leaves were dried and made into large tea cakes, which is conducive to storage and carrying, after all, in ancient times, unlike us, there were refrigerators and fresh-keeping warehouses, so at that time in the preservation of tea, it was also a very troublesome thing.

But this kind of tea fighting has basically disappeared now, and even some ordinary people have not heard of it, at least I have experienced so much, and it is the first time I have heard of this word!

Of course, because there is a huge difference between modern society and ancient society, the content of tea fighting has already undergone earth-shaking changes.

In the past, when fighting tea, it was a few people who worked together to compare whose tea leaves were better, more fragrant and sweet, and how many times they soaked in water, they could still retain the aroma.

But the current tea fight has derived a complete chain of interests.

The tea fight that I went to see with Mr. Huang was a relatively elegant gamble.

This gambling game is basically composed of some bigwigs in society, and the things involved in the gambling are also strange, some are betting on a teapot, and some are reading some more famous cultural relics or old wood.

These social bigwigs are not short of money, so they don't bother to make money on the project of tea fighting, so it is not a gamble, but a more elegant interaction.

And what we went to see this time is a very old golden silk nan wood, the market is estimated to be worth tens of millions, it is said that a rich man on the southeast coast, due to the rupture of the capital chain, so he was forced to take out the wood, I hope everyone can fight with the tea in this way, to help him carry out capital turnover.

These social bigwigs basically have no concept of money, they are even more rare is their high quality of life, as well as these precious cultural relics, and this time to participate in the tea fight this piece of old wood, it is said to have a history of thousands of years, and Beijing is a place where all kinds of big coffee gather, naturally quickly attracted many people to come to watch.

There is basically only one table of people, about ten at most, but the entrance fee is already close to one million.

Excluding the banker's basic commission, the ten people who are qualified to come to the table alone can earn millions of dollars for the owner of the wood.

What's more, except for the people participating in the tea fight at the middle table, just like the concert, all the seats around the onlookers, each seat starts at 100,000 yuan, and the more you go in, the more money you make.

When I arrived, I roughly estimated that there were at least nearly 100 chairs among the onlookers, which means that this came out again, tens of millions of interests, this piece of wood has been sold for nearly 20 million, of course, its market value is estimated to be about the same as this reality.

But because those carpenter knew that the businessman's capital chain was broken, he naturally refused to give him a high price, but would desperately lower the price, so the businessman thought of this method of fighting tea, and chose the location in Beijing.

This tea fight was led by Mr. Huang, we bought a total of two seats, and these two seats are relatively close to the middle, see more real, the entrance fee, it is estimated that there are hundreds of thousands, think about it I feel distressed, there are these hundreds of thousands are enough to buy a hardcover house in my hometown!

And the dozen or so bigwigs at the most central table also arranged one person to sit at the table, and the dealer arranged someone to hold the pot, so that these dozen people took turns to drink water.

Of course, the tea they drink is naturally very valuable, and the cost of tea is also borne by the merchant and the dealer.

As for the rules of tea fighting, everyone must drink this pot of water within the specified time, and after drinking, the tea fighting person who will leave a merchant to arrange for him to continue drinking.

When someone really can't drink it, they can get up and leave, and leaving means being out!

Seriously, I've never seen this way of drinking tea, and I've never seen anyone drink so much water, these people who look very normal on the surface, just like this, pot after pot, keep drinking tea, even if the tea is delicious, it can't stand such a large amount, I roughly estimated that each person drank at least 20 pots of tea, which is still in just one or two hours.

In this process, the whole scene is silent, only everyone's gasping and the sound of drinking water, as well as the sound of pouring tea, this scene looks indescribably weird, and the atmosphere is very tense, although it doesn't seem to be as warm as those gamblers on TV, but every pot of water represents tens of millions of interests, as well as the golden silk nanmu behind the tea!

Every time I drink a pot of water, it means that I am taking a step towards that old material, and even if I have never seen such a big battle, I can't help but feel extremely excited.

But it turns out that it's not about how big your stomach is, you can drink as much water as you want, and there's another word, I don't know if this group of people has forgotten, or in the face of profit, they have completely forgotten their physical health.

Water intoxication!

After drinking too much water, it will also be poisoned, so in the end, some people really can't help it, and even there are many side effects, but all these dealers seem to have been expected, and soon there are medical staff who carry the poor tea fighter down and send him to the hospital in time.

In this way, about two hours later, after the last person fell, the only remaining tea fighter was helped up by the dealer, but this help also made him spit water on the spot, and then he collapsed on the ground and couldn't get up.

This tea fight ended in this oppressive atmosphere, and on the way back, I was still thinking about it.

I can't imagine that these high-end people like to use this routine now, but I have to admit that it is quite exciting to watch.

Of course, this model does not belong to gambling, but is a way similar to the auction, except that the auction is not reflected in money, the money is just similar to the entrance fee at the auction, you must have that value, you can enter the tea house for auction, and the auction model is more than who drinks water!

Since reading these and learning about tea culture, I have a little more respect for the tea saint Lu Yu.