TRANSPORT TEAHOUSE

Sit down slowly, order a cup of tea, and listen to the uncles chatting about their daily lives. You can feel the different flavors. If you come here just for taking photos, it’s a waste of time. Calm down and be focused. It feels great.

The small cans of tea used also restore the teahouse memories of Chongqing people. There are 4 kinds of tea to choose from: Gongfu black tea, Yongchuan Xiu Ya, Piao Xue Jasmine, Chongqing Xiao Tuo Tea. Not only can it be added to the bottom of the pot, but it can also be brewed on the spot and drunk as tea. So this is the secret of Chongqing people not getting angry when eating hot pot~

I was going to play at the Sichuan Fine Arts University Town Campus, but ended up going the other way. Since I was already here, I decided to visit the teahouse. The sign is very obvious. Once you go in, you will find that it is completely different from the outside. The decoration is old and has obviously not been repaired for many years. The opposite is slanted, and there is a single room. There is no air conditioning in the city, only ceiling fans. The roof is transparent and not completely closed. The second floor is a grocery store. There are photos of celebrities who have been here at the entrance. Many tourists come to check in and take pictures. There are also many tourists who sit down to rest. Most of them leave after taking pictures. There are more tourists, fewer locals. Only a few people sit at a table with their own cups to play poker. Most of them are tourists. Have a cup of tea, a bag of melon seeds, sit anywhere, and relax! The boss will give you a kettle. After drinking, add water yourself. The price is not expensive. Ten yuan a cup with unlimited refills. Now you can directly scan the QR code on the table to order online. Don't change seats at will after placing an order, because the order comes with a seat number. If you change seats at will after placing an order, your tea will become someone else's. There is also a sunken room in the middle of the house, which sells some Chongqing-style peripherals, such as maps, refrigerator magnets, etc. You can also order Chongqing-style Chongqing noodles and pea noodles in the teahouse Jiaotong Teahouse is a local old-fashioned teahouse. The disadvantage is that it is dirty and messy. If you have strong requirements for the environment and service of the teahouse, it is not recommended to go there. There is no need to go. If you want to watch the same style as Zhan Zhan, just punch in and leave.

Jiaotong Teahouse is located at No. 20 Huangjueping Main Street, Jiulongpo District, Chongqing, which is a street with famous graffiti on the Internet. We live in Jiefangbei and take Metro Line 2 to Yangjiaping Station. Walk 5 minutes from Exit B to Yangjiu Road Bus Station to transfer to Bus No. 223 or 441, 823, 244, get off at Huangjueping Station, and walk for 3 minutes. The teahouse is in a roadside shop and is not very conspicuous. It has a small narrow door, a simple wooden beam house, yellowed and damaged walls, a ceiling fan blackened by oil smoke, dim light bulbs, and a square table and long bench that have been polished to a shiny finish over the years. Neighbors often drink tea and chat here, play cards and chess, and drink and chat. It is so lively. This scene brings people back to that distant era 30 years ago, perfectly reproducing the market culture of old Chongqing. The teahouse is very affordable. A cup of tea with a gaiwan is 8 yuan. There are chrysanthemum and wolfberry tea, black tea, and scented tea. If you bring your own teacup, it's 2 yuan a cup. You can have unlimited refills. It's very pleasant to sit here for a day or half a day and slowly savor the tea. (It's a 5-minute walk from the teahouse to the old campus of Sichuan Fine Arts Institute)

The teahouse culture in Chengdu and Chongqing has a long history. No matter how busy or idle you are, you can sit in a teahouse for a while. If you meet acquaintances, you can chat and play chess. When you are alone, you can quietly taste tea. It's not that the tea in Chongqing is so good, it's just a culture that has been precipitated by the times. Born in Xi'an, I naturally didn't have the opportunity to try this culture, so I took the opportunity to travel to Chongqing and came to the famous teahouse here to experience it. Huangjueping and Yangjiaping are much more remote. At that time, the army of stickmen in this area was much more relaxed than in popular areas such as Chaotianmen, so the traffic teahouse was born. Here, there is no status symbol, you never know who is opposite you and what their identity is. It may be a professor of the Academy of Fine Arts, a well-known writer, or a migrant worker who came to the city to work. Here, there will be an inexplicable sense of ease and comfort, and the existence of this teahouse to this day is also its unique creation. The storefront is small, and if you don't look carefully, you will definitely miss it. There are only four words "Traffic Teahouse" on it, and there is no special doorplate, just like its own low-key connotation. It was a weekday when I came. Most of the people in the store were elderly. It is said that the teahouse opened at 6:30 in the morning. Here, the most expensive cup of tea is only 7 yuan. It is said that it has only increased by a few dimes over the years. I asked for a cup of chrysanthemum tea, put the flowers in the cup, poured hot water, and watched the flowers sink and float in the cup. While waiting for the tea, I can stroll around and hand over a cigarette. Strangers and familiar people can chat and chat freely, which is difficult to experience in other teahouses. With the development of society, the indifference and sense of distance of people's hearts have not affected this teahouse at all. There are painting students and young people holding cameras to take pictures here, and their targets are all old customers in these teahouses. In recent years, the modernization process has transformed the old city we are familiar with into an increasingly advanced and fashionable modern city. The spiritual territory and paradise that originally belonged to the common people have disappeared in the wave of urban transformation. From neighbors who once talked and cared for each other, they have now become strangers separated by security doors. People's hearts are increasingly separated. Coming here, I regained the warm memories of my childhood, when we were close to each other and played with each other. I also hope that this teahouse can continue for a long time.

It is considered a popular online attraction. After entering, you will feel a sense of vicissitudes and nostalgia as if everything happened yesterday, or seventy years ago. One advantage here is that you can sit here for a day, and even bring your own tea. Many people like to make a cup of tea and chat here. It is said that this store has been operating at a loss for more than 30 years since its opening. Judging from the price and store location alone, it is indeed possible, which is also what I am puzzled about.

This is the filming location of the movie "Crazy Stone", which has the original cultural color of Chongqing. When you walk in, it is often full of people of all ages, chatting, playing chess, playing cards, and watching chess. The mottled walls, old-fashioned square tables, long wooden benches, and covered tea bowls will instantly take you back to the 1980s. A cup of tea for 5 yuan can make you while away a lazy afternoon.

The atmosphere of life is rich and the accumulation of years is also cheap. The tea tastes good. Nearby residents often go there. Many tourists also come here because of its reputation. If you go late, there may be no seats. Drink tea, chat, play chess, cards, and mahjong. Choose what you like, it will make you relax and happy.