For over 300 days a year, 65-year-old Ma Jun starts his day at a restaurant serving morning tea, a local tradition similar to Cantonese dim sum or Western brunch. Morning tea is a ritual for many locals in Wuzhong, a city situated in the middle part of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. "Local ethnic minorities have been boiling tea …
A restaurant employee prepares babao cha in Wuzhong, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region. Morning tea is a ritual for many locals in Wuzhong, a city situated in the middle of Northwest China's Ningxia Hui autonomous region. "Local ethnic groups have been boiling tea leaves with red dates, wolfberries and dried fruit since the Tang Dynasty," says Jing Hongjun, secretary-general of …
