Tea and wine culture Tea is a specialty of Xixiang, and it is also a must-have for every household in Xixiang. When guests come, they must first pour tea. In the past, people usually boiled water to make tea after guests arrived. Now, thermoses are available and tea can be made at any time. But people are used to boiling water to make tea, and the host accompanies guests to drink tea, smoke, and discuss matters. In ancient times, the most prosperous place in Xixiang was the teahouse. People went to the market town to do business, sit in the teahouse to wait for business, discuss business, and bargain prices to kill time. People in remote rural areas would make a bowl of tea to refresh themselves after finishing their work, and the elderly who had nothing to do were frequent visitors to the teahouse to listen to books and drink tea. In fact, every home in Xixiang is now a small teahouse. People in Xixiang are very particular about serving tea. They hold the cup with both hands and put it down gently when serving tea to guests, and they pay attention to tea etiquette. Drinking tea while watching TV at home at night can prevent radiation and refresh the mind and relieve fatigue. Many families pay attention to the medical tea tips when drinking tea, and drink tea according to their own physical conditions. "Ginger tea can cure dysentery, sugar tea can soothe the stomach, chrysanthemum tea can improve eyesight, hot tea can hurt the five internal organs, tea after drinking can help digestion, tea after drinking can relieve drunkenness, afternoon tea can make you energetic, evening tea can make you hard to fall asleep, tea on an empty stomach can make you feel uneasy, overnight tea can hurt your spleen and stomach, reasonable use of tea can help you lose weight, excessive tea can make you yellow and thin, and light tea can make you live a hundred years old." Xixiang does not entertain guests without wine, tea at the door, wine at the table. Friends and relatives love to make a fuss about the word "wine" when they get together. Originally, wine was mostly used during festivals and happy occasions to increase the atmosphere of joy. But today, with reform and opening up, regardless of time and occasion, weddings, funerals, and red and white weddings are naturally held, and drinking is inevitable. Drinking is required when building a house, moving into a new house, longevity wine is required for the elderly’s birthday, full-month wine is required for children, and “farewell wine” is required for funerals; mourning wine is drunk on anniversaries, gathering wine is drunk when relatives and friends gather, farewell wine is prepared when relatives leave, celebration wine is drunk when opening a business, promotion, military service, transfer, and further study are required, and wine is drunk for every event, and drunkenness is required to show the sincerity of the host. Wine etiquette and wine rules distinguish between guests and hosts, and talk about superiors and subordinates. Toasting starts from elders to peers, and then from superiors to inferiors. When friends gather, they talk about age and seniority. Those who persuade people to drink must move people with courtesy, persuade people with words, and sometimes force people with force. The host’s hospitality is shown only when the guests are forced to drink the wine.