黄河金岸 早茶飘香
Morning tea, characteristic culinary culture in Wuzhong City, NW China's Ningxia

9月24日，顾客在宁夏吴忠市一家早茶店品尝特色小吃和面点。在位于黄河之滨的宁夏吴忠市，八宝茶、拉面、牛肉、各式小吃和面点完美融合，逐渐形成以早茶为特色的餐饮文化。吴忠早茶集早茶消费、休闲旅游、商务交流、社交娱乐于一体，成为拉动当地经济发展的重点产业之一。吴忠市的早茶店从2000年的几十家发展到2024年的793家，直接从业人员达2万多人。今年国庆假期，第五届吴忠早茶美食文化节将在这座“早茶文化地标城市”举行，邀请各地游客共享美食嘉年华。[新华社记者 冯开华 摄]

People have meals at a morning tea restaurant in Wuzhong City, northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, Sept. 24, 2025. Blending tea, noodles, beef, snacks and pastry, morning tea is a characteristic culinary culture in Wuzhong City by the Yellow River. As an important local industry, the number of morning tea restaurants here has grown from dozens in 2000 to 793 in 2024, with more than 20,000 employees. The 5th edition of a morning tea festival will be held here during this year's National Day holiday. (Xinhua/Feng Kaihua)