~ Show: 'Night of West Lake' 西湖之夜 ~

Hangzhou Art Festival: The performance held from September 2005 - April 2006.
The performance is based on Hangzhou West Lake culture and stories, eg: LiangSanBo & ZhuYingTai, etc.
Not only pay attention on the performance but also the background changing, eg: West Lake lotuses, MeiJiaWu, etc.


The show was about 1 hour which required RMB200.

~ MeiJiaWu Longjing Tea Plantation 龙井之乡梅家乌 ~

Hangzhou is said to produce the finest green tea in all of China.
Longjing means dragon well, a well which contains relatively dense water, and after rain the lighter rain-water floating on its surface sometimes exhibits a twisting boundary with the well-water that resembles the movement of a traditional Chinese dragon.
金墉在杭州西湖设立了‘金墉书院’。里面收集了很多草稿，楼上是书院，楼下是茶楼。
在金墉书院内品尝一杯茶的价格相当贵，可是还是有很多人到来。金墉：“湖用半饮龙井，人在天上行。”

 Longjing (龙井) or Dragon's Well tea is still baked by hand. 中国国茶：西湖龙井。
春天采茶最好是在4月5日之前(姑娘茶)，4月5日至4月20日(媳妇茶)，5月底(婆婆茶)。
The tea is full of Vitamin C and tea leaves can be eaten as well. 杭州人喝茶不叫“喝茶”，杭州人是“吃茶”。
全世界有两种茶是属于碱性的：中国龙井及斯里兰卡的红茶。它们是以白沙土种的，可以空腹喝下而不伤胃。
小毛：“最多人喝绿茶第一是在日本，第二是中国，第三是英国”、“茶水非常适合刷牙”

梅家坞：大多数的村民都姓梅，坞是村的意识。乾隆来杭州六次，六次都去过。也称中国长寿村，有103户人家，少过1000人。
MeiJiaWu was the HK drama(ChaShiGuXiangNong 茶是故乡农)'s shooting place.
Thank You Culture: 用手指在桌上敲三下 = 谢谢你(杭州人说：“Jiă Jiā 你”) vs ‘够了够了，不要再添了’(四川)。
Hangzhou Chicken Soup: 杭州人煲鸡汤是不去皮的，鸡皮营养最丰富。他们把茶叶塞到母鸡里，让茶叶吸取鸡油，让鸡汤不油腻。