Mengzi, the capital of Honghe Prefecture, is a good place to avoid the cold in winter, full of rich life breath and profound cultural and historical background. It is a livable place that you don't want to go when you come.
Mengzi county has a history of more than 265,438+000 years. I didn't expect Mengzi to have such a thick history before I came here. It is not only called "the hometown of rice noodles crossing the bridge in China" and "the hometown of pomegranate in China", but also the first customs, the first telegraph office, the first post office, the first foreign bank, the first private railway and the first consulate in Yunnan. These have all become history. I almost forgot that there are three things that people remember most about Mengzi now. First, it is the birthplace of crossing the bridge rice noodles in Yunnan. Second, the grammar school of National Southwest Associated University moved here. Thirdly, it used to be the location of Xiaogang Feng's film Youth, with a box office of 654.38+02 billion, which really made Mengzi a hit when it was released.
Speaking of crossing the bridge rice noodles, there is an allusion here.
In the early days of Mengzi, a scholar hid in an island in the lake and studied hard to become famous. The islands in the lake are connected with the shore by a long dike bridge. His wife has to walk on the dike bridge to deliver food to the scholar every day. Because the embankment bridge is too long, the food is already cold when it is delivered every day, and my wife feels guilty. Until one day, his wife found that the cooked chicken soup was covered with a thick layer of chicken oil, which was not hot enough. It was still hot, so his wife had a brainwave and put rice noodles in chicken soup. The chicken soup sent to the scholar's hand is still as hot as freshly cooked, and the rice noodles are floating like silver lines, which makes the scholar's appetite big. Later, when the scholar became famous and returned to China, he remembered the days when he studied hard, so he gave the chicken soup rice noodles a name-crossing the bridge rice noodles.
Mengzi crossing the bridge rice noodles can be called "a feast for one person". The shopkeeper brought a sea bowl the size of a washbasin, plus a dozen or twenty small plates filled with ingredients. Before eating, I already felt the unique pleasure in the world.
Mengzi crossing the bridge rice noodles are divided into three parts: rice noodles, soup and platter. Here, rice flour is the foundation, broth is the soul, and assorted accessories are the life of rice flour.
The golden and shiny old soup in the bowl tastes mellow. This soup is the soul of crossing the bridge rice noodles. The reason why crossing the bridge rice noodles are delicious and unique lies in the raw materials, just as Moutai can only be brewed with water from Chishui River. High-quality rice from Caoba, Mengzi, is selected for crossing the bridge rice noodles. Rice noodles are soft and long, with bones and muscles, smooth and delicate, and have excellent taste. They can also be dried and stored for a long time, and they are not brittle or broken. After being cooked, it still has its own special charm. It is precisely because of the differences in raw materials that authentic Mengzi rice noodles have not been made in other places.
Today, the production of Mengzi rice noodles still maintains its own tradition, without adding any additives, paying attention to the choice of water and rice. Foreigners can produce rice noodles or buy rice from Mengzi to make rice noodles, but they can't make authentic rice noodles crossing the bridge in Mengzi, even if they are transported by water in Mengzi, because there is no temperature and air in Mengzi in other places, which may be what is usually said.
You must eat this chrysanthemum rice noodle when you go to Mengzi.
When you come to Xin 'an, you will find that Mengzi cuisine not only has rice noodles crossing the bridge.
Xin 'an Suo Town is located in the southeast of mengzi city, the state capital. It is an ancient town established by Zheng De in the third year of Ming Dynasty (1508), 7.5 kilometers away from the urban area, and is known as the "Millennium Ancient Town" and "Pomegranate Town of China".
The steamed meat here is a kind of traditional food with good color and flavor, and has the reputation of "steaming meat with a hundred years of fragrance".
Mengzi's famous snacks, roasted tofu and kebabs, range from the taste of roasting to how to eat. It is authentic in Xin 'an, especially when eating roasted tofu in front of barbecue stalls. When diners eat a piece of baked tofu, they will consciously put a corn on the table. Finally, according to the number of corn kernels, they calculated how much baked tofu they ate. The boss never cares whether the diners put less corn kernels, so that the diners can feel the simple local folk customs.
Stir-fried rice noodles with local flavor and rice rolls dipped in water are the most popular local specialties, which will be more refreshing with a cup of old popsicle papaya cold water.
When you come to Mengzi, there is one place you can't help but go, and that is Nanhu Park, which is the place where scholars study and the birthplace of crossing the bridge rice noodles in Yunnan.
There are three islands in the middle of Nanhu Lake, all of which were piled up in the Ming Dynasty. These three islands all have nice names, namely, abbot, Penglai and Yingzhou. In ancient times, it was a fairy mountain on the sea. Walking by the lake and looking at the brightly lit islands in the lake, it makes you forget the noise of the world and immerse yourself in the tranquility of nature.
Address: No.7 Hunan South Road, Mengzi, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture
Admission: free.
This is a railway station on the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway, which has passed through a hundred years. It has prospered and experienced blood and war.
19 10 With the completion of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway in March, Bisecun Station became the core hub of the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway. For the next 30 years, Bisecun Station has been the largest station along the Yunnan-Vietnam Railway and one of the oldest railway stations in China. In recent years, the films "Fanghua" and "No Questions, East and West" have been filmed here.
The station still retains its original appearance, the old house is well preserved, the French railway house, cowshed, stationmaster's room, staff canteen and bar still stand there quietly, the clock on the wall of the station is mottled and old, and the English word Paris on the dial is clearly visible.
In the self-defense counterattack against Vietnam, it is an important dressing place for the troops and an important channel for transporting the wounded and sick.
Address: 50m east of Mengkai Line, mengzi city, Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture.
Admission: free.
1937 After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, Beiping and Tianjin successively fell, and Tsinghua, Peking University and Nankai moved to Yunnan to form the National Southwest Associated University.
However, due to the shortage of school buildings in Kunming during the war, some schools and research institutes that moved south moved to Lizhuang, Yibin, and the Law and Business School of the General Association moved to Mengzi, where a branch of the General Association was established.
There is a Yunnan-Vietnam railway connecting Kunming, with convenient transportation and many idle houses.
Wen Yiduo, Zhu Ziqing, Chen Yinque and other masters got off the bus and gathered.
This used to be the place where Zhu Ziqing, Jin, Feng Youlan and other masters strolled and talked, and their thoughts collided. Through many old sites and ancient buildings, we can still trace back to the historical memory of Mengzi Branch of National Southwest Associated University.
Address: Gebushi Foreign Firm, South Hubei Road, Mengzi, Honghe Prefecture, Yunnan Province
Admission: free.
130 years ago, French colonists provoked the Sino-French war, forcing the Qing government to sign an unequal treaty and designate Mengzi as a foreign trade place.
It is the first pass in Yunnan, known as "the first pass in Yunnan", and also one of the 2 1 passes in modern China.
Address: southeast corner of Nanhu Lake, Mengzi County.
Admission: free.