The old teahouse of Guanyin Pavilion is located on the bank of the Yangliu River in Peng Town, Shuangliu County, and was originally a teahouse owned by the supply and marketing cooperative. After the owner Li Qiang, who grew up here, contracted to preserve the original appearance of the teahouse, continued to use traditional tea utensils, did not set up other commercial services such as catering and Sichuan opera, and charged low prices to local elderly tea customers, it was the main place for local residents to drink tea. With the rare and original old teahouse style and simple cultural environment, the Guanyin Pavilion Teahouse is famous, and there is an endless stream of tourists and photography enthusiasts. Old tea drinkers who drink tea leisurely, tourists who are curious to observe, and photographers with long guns and short guns on their backs gather in the Guanyin Pavilion teahouse almost every day.
The old teahouse of Guanyin Pavilion is an old-fashioned bucket house in western Sichuan with a brick and wood structure, which is covered with water blue tiles, the beams and pillars have been a little crooked, and the old dragon pattern cornices can be vaguely seen on the eaves. The floor of the teahouse is brick-topped, and the wet mud with the soles of the shoes gradually turns into uneven mud bags, and after stepping on it thousands of times, the floor of the teahouse is pressed into a pit and a little bit of "thousand-foot mud", which is regarded as a highlight by some tea customers who like the traditional old-fashioned tea house environment. The decoration of the teahouse has a unique style from the 50s and 60s of the last century, and some people think that the boss is too rigid to maintain the original appearance, while others admire his nostalgia. Old objects such as abacus and weighing rods are no longer useful and are often used as props for shooting. The teahouse has a small number of light bulbs, and the skylights and doors let in some natural light, making the room look dim, and customers who like to be bright can sit outside. In the summer, there is no air conditioning or fan in the teahouse, so the tea drinkers have to use a fan to cool down.
In addition to the traditional utensils standard in old teahouses, such as bamboo chairs, square wooden tables, tiger stoves, copper kettles, and thermos flasks, the teahouse also uses honeycomb coal to burn the fire, and also uses spring water from the deep well in the store. Guanyin Pavilion mainly offers flower tea and Mao Feng, two of the most common teas in Chengdu, and charges 1 yuan for locals and 10 yuan for tourists and photographers, which is below the market price and can be refilled. Although the price is not high, the tea leaves used in the store are not high-end, and customers who are looking for high quality tea may be disappointed. Tea customers are mainly men over the age of 50, and the elderly drink tea and chat, play mahjong, play cards, smoke leaf cigarettes, and occasionally act as models for photographers and chat with passing tourists. After a number of media reports, the Guanyin Pavilion teahouse is very lively, it is difficult to find one on holidays, and the influx of tourists will more or less affect the original tea drinking environment, and customers who prefer clean are recommended to visit on non-holidays.
With the development of the city, the old teahouses have either been demolished or transformed into modern teahouses, only history, but no old appearance, crowded with tourists, but not the real life of Chengdu. Emerging boutique teahouses can sometimes show nostalgia, but the decoration is deliberate, and it is always a little less tasteful. Pengzhen Guanyin Pavilion Teahouse retains the appearance and connotation of Chengdu's old teahouse to the greatest extent, revealing a strong atmosphere of life, which is not only a popular attraction, but also a part of the life of the locals, which is really rare. However, the Guanyin Pavilion Teahouse is located in a remote location, there is a certain distance from Chengdu City, the sanitary conditions are general, the tea is ordinary, it is not recommended that the customers who attach importance to the tea go to it, and the customers who are interested in the traditional old teahouse style, the Guanyin Pavilion Teahouse is worth visiting.