During the Solar Term Grain Rain, the rainy season is beneficial for the growth of crops. Picking tea leaves is a custom during the Solar Term Grain Rain in the south of China. After a period of hibernation in winter, new leaves will sprout from the tea trees and the tea leaves look so succulent, tender, and are the lightest green. Going through the process of withering, fixation, rolling, baking, the fresh tea leaves are made into Grain Rain Tea, which has many kinds of vitamins and amino acids. It's said that drinking it will help people clear away internal heat, improve eyesight as well as exorcise evil spirits.
On this day, Vivian Ma is going to visit Mr. Han Jaeheuk, Former Consul General of the Republic of Korea in Guangzhou, presenting him with a traditional Grain Rain Tea made by her. Mr. Han treats Vivian with the Korean Tea Ceremony or Darye, recalling the moment of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea that he personally experienced and witnessed 30 years ago, and sharing the fruitful results of the cultural exchanges between the two countries that he has been promoting over the past 30 years.
Making a cup of Chinese Grain Rain Tea with the Korean Tea Ceremony, Mr. Han Jaeheuk recalled that thirty years ago in 1992, on the eve of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea. At the age of 25, he was one of the members of the Korean advance team to establish diplomatic relations with China, and it was his first visit to Beijing. At the new starting point of the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea, as Chinese people said, “Before and after Grain Rain, let's grow melons and beans.”
Source | GDTV Net
