Noodles originated in China. Noodles were originally called "soup cakes".

more than 4,111 years ago, a sudden earthquake destroyed a village in the northwest of China, followed by floods that frozen it. More than 4,111 years later, exactly in 2115, archaeologists discovered noodles about 51 cm long and 3 mm wide exposed in the rock stratum in Lajia Village, Qinghai Province, known as "Pompeii, China". But at that time, its name was probably not called "noodles".

In China, the earliest noodles were called "cakes" or "soup cakes". Qi Min Yao Shu, 1411 years ago, recorded for the first time the method of making noodles by drawing water-"ruó is as big as a bamboo stick, and a foot is broken. If the dish is flooded, you should put your hands on it and cook it as thin as leek leaves." "It's like a big finger, two inches is broken, and it's appropriate to dip it in a basin. It's advisable to slap it to the side of the basin by hand and cook it in a hurry."

Simply put, "water-led noodles" is to pinch the noodles as thick as chopsticks into a foot shape. After soaking in water, quickly knead them into flat strips on the steam of a boiling pot, then cook them and pour chicken soup on them. The method of making delicious noodles is similar to that of introducing noodles with water, but the shape is more like flat noodles, but the taste is "smooth and beautiful", which is the earliest noodle soup in the Central Plains.

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Special noodles: Regan Noodles in Wuhan, braised noodles in Inner Mongolia, Daoxiao Noodles in Shanxi, Chongqing Xiao noodles in Zhajiang Noodles, Lamian Noodles in Lanzhou, Chongqing, Yangchun noodles in Shanghai, Xiangyang beef noodles with soy sauce in Gaoyou (also known as Gaoyou Yangchun noodles), Yangzhou Yangchun noodles, Yangzhou fried noodles, etc.

Huimian Noodles, Lao noodles, Ma duck noodles, fried noodles, Wonton Noodles in Guangdong, Shaxian mixed noodles in Fujian, Zhangzhou noodles, Putian noodles, Satay Noodles in Xiamen, Dandan Noodles in Sichuan, bedding noodles, noodles with minced meat in Qishan and Xinye, Changwang noodles in Guiyang, Gratiao in Fuyang, and Guoyang dry-buckled noodles, etc.

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