Dongpo pork is said to have been created by Su Shi, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty (it was created by Wang Chaoyun, the concubine of Su Shi, to improve his diet when he was exiled to Huangzhou), and its earliest birthplace was Meishan, Sichuan. The prototype is Xuzhou Hui meat, which is one of the four treasures of Dongpo in Xuzhou.
According to legend, in April of the tenth year of Xining in Song Shenzong, Su Shi went to Xuzhou as the magistrate. On July 7th, the Yellow River burst, and on August 2nd1day, the flood besieged Xuzhou. Su Shi killed himself, and the people of the whole city fought floods and built dikes to protect the city. After more than 70 days and nights of hard work, Xuzhou City was finally saved.
In order to thank this well-known country, they slaughtered pigs and sheep one after another and took wine and vegetables to the government to comfort them. Su Shi can't refuse. After accepting it, he personally instructed his family to cook braised pork and gave it back to those who participated in the flood control. After eating, the people all think that this meat is fat but not greasy, crispy and delicious, and it is unanimously called ritual meat.
On February 1st, the third year of Yuanfeng, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou as assistant minister. Su Shi cultivated his own land, cooked his own braised pork and wrote poems about his experience of eating pork.
On January 3rd, 4th year of Song Zhezong, Su Shi came to Hangzhou where he had been away for fifteen years. During May and June of five years in Yuan You, heavy rain fell in western Zhejiang, Taihu Lake flooded and a large area of crops were flooded. Because Su Shi took effective measures as early as possible, the people in western Zhejiang passed through the most difficult period. Su Shi organized migrant workers to dredge the West Lake and build dikes and bridges to make the West Lake look brand-new.
The people of Hangzhou are very grateful to Su Shi for this kind act. Everyone praised Su Shi as a wise official. It is said that Su Shi likes to eat pork best when he is in Xuzhou and Huangzhou, so during the Chinese New Year, everyone carries pigs and drinks to pay a New Year call to Su Shi. After receiving it, Su Shi instructed his family to cut the meat into cubes, burn it red and crisp, and then distribute it to the migrant workers involved in dredging the West Lake. Everyone was surprised after eating it. The meat sent by Su Shi was affectionately called Dongpo Meat.
Tracing back to the source, Su Shi's braised pork was first created in Xuzhou, further improved in Huangzhou, and became famous throughout the country in Hangzhou.
Brief introduction of Su Shi
Su Shi, with the word Zi Zhan and the word He Zhong, is known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo Jushi, and is known as Su Dongpo, Su Xian, Poxian, Han nationality, Meishan, Meizhou, whose ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei Province, a writer, calligrapher, gourmet, painter in the Northern Song Dynasty, and a historical water control celebrity.
Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty, and made great achievements in poetry, ci, writing, calligraphy and painting. Vertical and horizontal text; Poetry has a wide range of themes, fresh and healthy, uses exaggerated metaphors and has a unique style. Su Huang with Huang Tingjian. Ci is an uninhibited school, and Xin Qiji is the representative of the uninhibited school, also known as Su Xin; Prose writing is rich and unrestrained, and he is also called Ou Su with Ouyang Xiu, one of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties. Su Shi's good book, one of Song Sijia; He is good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange stones and dead wood.
His works include Seven Chapters of Dongpo, Dongpo Yi Zhuan, Dongpo Yuefu, Xiaoxiang Bamboo Stone Map, Strange Stone Map of Dead Trees, etc.