Dong people like to drink a kind of camellia oleifera, which is similar to vegetables. They think that drinking Camellia oleifera can satisfy hunger, keep fit, eliminate pathogenic factors and dampness, stimulate appetite and promote fluid production, and prevent colds. Camellia oleifera is really a health drink for ethnic groups who have lived in mountainous areas for a long time.

Making Camellia oleifera is called Camellia oleifera locally. Camellia oleifera generally goes through four procedures. The first is to choose tea. There are usually two kinds of tea that can be used first, one is specially roasted tea; Second, the buds just picked from the tea tree can be determined according to everyone's taste.

Followed by ingredients. Camellia oleifera is usually made of peanuts, popcorn, soybeans, sesame seeds, glutinous rice cakes and dried bamboo shoots.

The third is making tea. If camellia oleifera is used for celebrations or banquets, the fourth process, namely preparing tea, must be carried out. Preparing tea means frying the food prepared in advance and putting it in a tea bowl for later use. Then, the boiled tea leaves are fried in oil, the tea residues are taken out, and they are poured into a bowl with food while it is hot for the guests to eat tea.

Followed by tea. When a housewife wants to play camellia oleifera, the host will entertain guests around the table. Because there are many dishes in the bowl when drinking camellia oleifera, you have to use chopsticks to help, so drinking camellia oleifera is actually eating camellia oleifera. When eating Camellia oleifera, guests always take a sip and chew it, and make a "tut-tut" sound in their mouths to show their hospitality and praise the delicacy of Camellia oleifera and its master's extraordinary craftsmanship.

Because there are many ingredients in Camellia oleifera and the operation is complicated, every time a VIP comes in, some families ask the village to be a Camellia oleifera master.

The most interesting thing is the word "eating camellia oleifera", which is also synonymous with unmarried Dong youths proposing marriage to girls. If the matchmaker enters the girl's house, he will say, "So-and-so asked me to come to your house and ask the girl for a bowl of camellia oleifera." Once the woman's parents agree, the marriage of young men and women is settled. Therefore, the word "eating camellia oleifera" does not simply refer to drinking tea.