The Tang Dynasty, as the heyday of China's classical feudal era, reached a peak in politics, culture, economy and military affairs, and was at the forefront of the world's countries at the same time. As far as the food culture of the Tang Dynasty is concerned, it also showed a variety and eclecticism. Tang Dynasty people's food culture is the most favored is mutton, followed by beef, and then pork, in fact, the Tang Dynasty people for pork is a kind of contemptuous attitude, that pork eat more will be sick, and is not conducive to the health of people.

I, mutton? Tang officials monthly supply

In the "Tang six canon" in the record of the aristocrats need to supply the number of heads of sheep each month, the number of different grades of officials have the supply of sheep is not the same. The monthly supply of sheep for an official of the second rank was 20, and for an official of the fourth rank it was nine. In terms of dietary meat, the most important of the monthly offerings enjoyed by court officials was mutton, while beef and pork were quite rare.

There was a rumor that people would suffer retribution if they ate too much beef, and this was recorded in the Taiping Guangji (太平广记). Of course, these stories carry a kind of metaphysical color. According to Taiping Guangji, a county magistrate in the Tang Dynasty died after being tortured for more than 10 years by a disease that covered his body with poisonous sores as a result of eating beef for a long period of time.

Second, the Tang Dynasty lamb catering profile

1, the street lamb barbecue

In the Tang Dynasty society is popular with a love of lamb, for pork and beef is not very favorite. Tang Dynasty lamb has a variety of practices, and all have their own characteristics, which is loved by everyone is grilled lamb kebabs. The flavor of the popular Tang Dynasty kebabs was very delicious and popular among people from all walks of life. Our country to this day is still popular in the folk custom of grilled lamb kebabs snacks, which is handed down from the Tang Dynasty.

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The Tang Dynasty eat mutton in a variety of ways. Aristocrats and ordinary civilians have their own distinctive ways of eating. However, on the whole, in order to conform to the eating habits of the Tang people as well as their taste preferences, in order to nourish as well as strengthen their bodies, most of the beef was served hot in winter, with sauces in spring, and hot in summer, the best way to consume mutton in this period was to serve it cold.

The Tang Yulin records a delicious way of eating mutton in the Tang Dynasty, called Gulouzi, or what is commonly known as mutton dahu biscuits. According to the name, it can be roughly understood that this diet originated from ethnic minorities, and it was also popular among Han Chinese people, which also shows the cultural inclusiveness of the Tang Dynasty and the absorption of Western cultures.

Simply put, the lamb is used as the base filling, and the lamb is spread layer by layer on top of the huge hu biscuits, baked over a hot fire, and then sprinkled with very tasty seasonings, so that it can be eaten. Of course, in the Tang Dynasty, in addition to Gulouzi, there is another very popular mutton snacks, that is, mutton cakes, it is made of mutton and flour and made with ginger juice as a pancake accompaniment. The cakes are hollow, tasty and full of the fresh smell of lamb.

3, social zero star and coquettish sheep lung soup

The Tang Dynasty food culture and sacrificial culture is closely related, every large-scale festival, people often eat lamb to worship the gods, such as the social zero star this dish is the Tang Dynasty period of the common people used to worship the gods of the earth when eaten. Qiao Lamb Lung Soup is a very popular nutritional tonic among the Tang Dynasty folk, a good blend of the nutrients of mutton as well as the freshness of bean juice in the form of soup, which, according to Qingyi Records, was consumed by the people of the Tang Dynasty in the Dahan season.

Ten days and a half months before the Dahan festival, people began to prepare the ingredients, most notably lamb lungs and dried beans. Of course, there are many other nutritious ingredients and condiments in this dish, and at the time of the Dahan Festival, people start to gather and drink wine, and coiled sheep lung soup is a very attractive dish in the banquet.