Chapter 140 Fierce Debate
Su Xing clicked on the video and started playing it. As she expected, it was the scene on May 5 when she corrected the boy with pigtails and others about the country of origin of tea and demonstrated to them how to brew black tea...
In fact, she did see some tourists holding their mobile phones towards her, but she just glanced at the people around her at that time, not caring about their reactions or the embarrassment.
But now, looking back at her performance from the perspective of a bystander, she felt simply... overwhelmed with shame!
She watched for a while, and couldn't help but lie on the bed and scratch the sheets...
After scratching a few times, I continued to watch...
After watching this video several times, I finally finished it...
The video has been edited, but it's still quite long...
The original blogger uploaded the video online on the evening of May 5. In fact, there was more than one tourist who filmed and posted the video online that day, but this blogger's filming and editing were the best and most complete, so his video attracted the most traffic.
On May 5, the official Weibo account of the "China Tea Society" reposted this video and made a concise comment.
V from the Chinese Tea Society: "Well said. Although tea is just a small leaf, it has been a part of our country's history. I hope there will be more young people like this in our country who will pay attention to our tea culture and value our various traditional cultures."
Although the China Tea Society does not have many fans, many tea circle bigwigs and tea culture enthusiasts follow this account.
Many accounts with a good number of followers also reposted the video and commented on it.
Gradually, the traffic of this video increased, and finally it was on the hot search list...
After the video went viral, the comments section also gradually went awry!
At first, it was just some tea lovers and netizens who loved drinking tea who affirmed Su Xing’s statement about the “country of origin of tea” and commented on her tea-brewing skills. Later, the debate in the comment section became heated!
Su Xing casually scrolled through the comments section, and the more he read, the more complicated his mood became...
"Wow! That's right, beautiful lady! The way she makes tea is so pretty! After watching the video, I also want to place an order to buy some tea leaves and tea sets!"
"I always thought that the redder the black tea, the better. It turns out that I have been brewing it wrong all these years. No wonder I always think black tea is bitter..."
"What's wrong with this braid? He actually said that the country of origin of tea is India? All good tea is from foreign countries? Japanese tea ceremony is better?? I am speechless, I am speechless!"
"I'm ashamed. If I hadn't watched this video, I wouldn't have known that my country is the origin of tea, nor that Japan's tea-making originated from my country..."
"I was so focused on looking at the pretty girl that I didn't understand what she said. Let me watch it again... (Expression: Covering face)"
"This person is a typical example of forgetting one's roots!"
"Has he been kneeling for so long that he can't stand up? Then let him continue kneeling!"
“‘We discard it like worn-out shoes, but others pick it up as if it were pearls and jade’, it is so well said! Many traditional cultures are not valued, and some of them are even lost. It is really sad to think about it…”
Some comments are very disdainful of the set of sayings and practices of waking up.
For example, there is a comment that has a lot of likes and replies, and it is pushed to the hot comment position.
"What's the point of arguing about who is the country of origin of tea? Can this title promote economic development? There are still many so-called traditional cultures. What era is it now? I think there is no need to continue some meaningless so-called heritages. It's not a pity to discard them. If you have time to deal with those outdated things, you might as well learn more from those developed countries and improve the economy, which is the most practical!"
There are many comments echoing his comments below this hot review:
"That's right! I'm tired from carrying bricks all day. I just want to drink some beer after work. Who has time to make tea?"
"Tea ceremony, incense ceremony, calligraphy and all that crap, those are all high-end arts played by the rich and free, we ordinary people struggling to make a living can't afford those things!"
"My eldest child is about to go to high school, and my second child is about to go to elementary school. Every day I think about how to make more money. How can I afford to buy tea?"
"Although I drink tea, I think the so-called tea ceremony culture is just a gimmick. When it comes to drinking tea, it's best to keep it simple. Ordering tea is really meaningless and a waste of time!"
"I have enrolled my child in piano and ballet classes. I want to cultivate a child with temperament and artistic talent. I can't let her learn old-fashioned things like erhu and suona, right? Let alone tea ceremony! Aren't tea artists just waiters who make tea?"
Many netizens also posted rebuttal comments. The debate was very intense, and the topic was no longer just about tea.
"How can the title of the origin of tea not promote economic development? It is obviously better to take the path of specialized origin! To say that it is meaningless without economic benefits shows the lack of thinking!"
"Isn't it that Japan relies on cultural exports to boost its economy and tourism?"
“Didn’t the girl in the video say that tea can be “music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and tea”, or it can be “firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea”. Who says that drinking tea must be a “high art” for rich people??”
"No one would really care about the Tang and Song dynasties when drinking tea. If you find it troublesome, you can use a quick cup or a tea-water separation cup. But this is not a reason to ignore the true history of tea and spread wrong ideas. Just like it is impossible to regress to the feudal society in the modern era, history should still be taken seriously and respected!"
"Who the hell said that a tea artist is a waiter who makes tea?! There are five levels of tea artist examinations! What they issue is a professional qualification certificate recognized by the state. You know nothing! How can an ignorant parent like you raise a child with temperament and artistic talent?"
"Some people only recognize money, but they don't know that the words, phrases, idioms, allusions, and paper they use now, as well as the wine and tea they drink, are all culture! They disdain culture, but hope that their descendants will have culture. Hahahaha, how ridiculous!"
"Chinese culture is the foundation of the Chinese nation's unshakable existence for thousands of years! "Observe the humanities and transform the world." If we abandon our own culture, we will be submerged in the world of nations! Our lives are now filled with movies, music, sports, clothing, etc. from Europe and the United States. This is their influence on our culture. The long-term infiltration of foreign culture is terrible. We must be vigilant! We need to have more confidence in our own culture!"
“Not all traditional cultures can directly generate economic output, but cultural confidence is a value that cannot be measured by economics!”
"Economy and culture are both indispensable. It may only take a few decades for a civilization to catch up economically, but it will take several generations to successfully shape a new culture. The primary productive force driving the economy is technology, and what drives technology is culture."