A tea pouring performance in Beijing Garden of the Qingdao 2014 World Horticultural Expo brought back memories of childhood for many visitors. Enjoying tea served in large cups was a popular pastime in Beijing before liberation. During the tea pouring performance, servers poured boiling water into a teacup 50 centimeters away using a teapot with an extremely long spout. In the past, servers would use the teapots to refill drinks without interrupting conversations. The tea pouring ceremony has become a unique part of Beijing's tea culture.

If Paris’s Left Bank Cafe is a cradle for artists, the teahouses in old Beijing were undoubtedly the liveliest cultural platform in North China.