Stepping lightly across the roof, he crooned: " Cha, cha, cha." By now in his 60s and missing several teeth, he clacked his dentures when the camera began rolling.
This action of pouring hot water is called dian, hence the name dian cha, which was listed as an intangible cultural heritage of Runzhou district, Zhenjiang city, Jiangsu province, in 2019.
The course incorporates words and phrases used in daily life, from ordering yum cha, a traditional brunch with tea and dim sum, to shopping at a wet market, in the form of games.
After hundreds of years of variations to the preparation method, the standard became to heat tea, pack it into portable cakes, grind it into powder, mix with hot water, and create a beverage called muo cha, or matcha.