In the 17th year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1559), after Guangning established a county, several wonton shops were opened in the south street of the county. Wonton's cooking skills are becoming more and more exquisite, especially in the wonton shop next to the ancient post road at the foot of Tagang Mountain, where diners come from afar in an endless stream.
Tagangshan is named after Huang, the magistrate of Jian 'ou County, Fujian Province. From the third year of tomorrow (1623), he will be appointed as the magistrate of Guangning County and later promoted to Tongzhi in Fuzhou (now Linchuan City, Jiangxi Province). At that time, he thought that there were no scholars in Guangning because of "Wenfeng defect" and "poor feng shui", so he built a pen tower on the hill next to Du Xiang village in the southwest of the county. In the sixth year of Ming Dynasty (1626), after the completion of Wenbi Pagoda, Chen Zhiyuan, Zhou Diankang and other literati were born in Guangning, and the mountain was named Tagangshan.
At the foot of Tagang Mountain, there is an ancient official post road, which connects to the county seat in the north and reaches the customs port of Suijiang Ferry in Shi 'ao, Nantong (because Shangguan visited or the county magistrate took office, he went up to the river by official boat from the provincial capital and entered the city by sedan chair after landing, hence the name). When the ancients walked along the official road to the county seat, they would see the towering writing pagoda standing on the mountain with great momentum. In the middle of Qing Dynasty, the Wenbi Pagoda was abandoned, but the old wonton shop at the foot of Tagang Mountain is still in the same strain and its business is booming. In the past, diners were busy, seeking to taste the famous guangdong snacks. Guangning wanderers who go out for business and visit relatives and friends will also eat wonton, jiaozi and bamboo tube noodles when passing by the wonton restaurant in Tagangshan. Besides feeding his hunger, he doesn't know when he can return to his hometown. After eating wonton, I will think of the delicious food unique to my hometown and take it to other places to solve my homesickness.
Jin, a native of Longhai, Fujian, was appointed as the magistrate of Guangning County in the 23rd year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1684). When he went to his post, he took an official boat from the provincial capital Guangzhou, sailed against the Pearl River and Suijiang River, disembarked at the official pier, and followed him into the county seat in an official sedan chair. He had long heard that Guangning wonton was particularly delicious, so he told his followers to pay attention to the wonton shop all the way. After taking the ancient road for the first time, he felt even hungrier after drinking tea in Shi 'aoling. The owner of the tea stall told me that the wonton shop in Tagangshan, southwest of the county seat, has a cloud of diners, which is in short supply. The magistrate thanked the stall owner and hurried to lift the sedan chair. At the foot of Tagang Mountain, I saw that the wonton restaurant was full of diners and the aroma was overflowing. Go along this road to the counter. Ask the shopkeeper to make wonton for the master. The shopkeeper saw that the official was exhausted from the long journey, so he asked the diners to wait for a while and let the official eat something to satisfy his hunger first so as to continue his business trip. The shopkeeper quickly sent more people to the workshop behind the store, rushing to cook with the waiter, cooking in person and presenting wonton.
After tasting it, the magistrate of a county was full of praise, saying that he had never eaten such wonton with thin skin, thick and smooth meat and sweet soup, and went to the kitchen to watch the production process. The entourage wants to buy some more wonton and take it to the county government. The county magistrate said, "No! It is a very annoying thing for us to enjoy our hometown friends before eating them. How can I delay the guest's time? Come back another day. " They said, "My master's business is very important. I can wait for a while. " The magistrate asked his entourage to pay more money to thank the shopkeeper. After that, the group went north through Du Xiang Village, Qingyun Bridge, Qingyun Archway and Qingyun Lane, and arrived at the south gate to enter the county government.
Gold has been in Ningren county for many years, and I especially like to eat Tagangshan wonton. In your spare time, go to the store with your entourage or enjoy the exquisite Wonton Noodles alone. Many times, he and his family have Guangning wonton for dinner. Later, I simply invited the local family chef to learn from the teacher at Tagangshan Wonton Restaurant. The young chef in Quang Ninh is ingenious and has learned how to make wonton stunts, so that the magistrate of a county can also eat wonton, jiaozi and bamboo tube noodles with almost the same taste as Tagangshan Wonton Restaurant at home. Every trustee in the magistrate's county took Guangning wonton to the provincial capital to see off relatives and friends, and the reputation of Guangning wonton was widely circulated. He also gave his salary to shopkeepers and masters who made exquisite traditional handicrafts, so that the technological quality of authentic foods such as wonton, jiaozi and bamboo tube noodles in Guangning was continuously improved and passed down, making him famous in Lingnan.
In the 30th year of Kangxi in Qing Dynasty (169 1), the emperor was called to Beijing in recent years for his outstanding achievements in "stopping thieves and protecting the people, building a learning palace, establishing a school of righteousness and collecting folk music". Gold rose from "following orders" to Beijing officials, and Guangning was "greatly missed by scholars".
Gold hired his own chef from Quang Ninh. After having a satisfactory job and a stable life, let the chef buy the same ingredients as Guangning and make wonton, jiaozi and bamboo tube noodles in Tagangshan, Guangning. Dried bamboo shoots, fungus and mushrooms were all brought from Guangning. Gold is always enjoyed by colleagues, relatives and friends after business. After everyone ate it, the aftertaste was endless. It is said that Sansheng was lucky enough to taste such delicious Lingnan fairy products. It's been a long time. After the news spread in Beijing and the north, more people poured in. Fu Huang is full of people, only suffering from Fu Huang, especially the chefs in Quang Ninh.
Today's TV tower stands on Tagang Mountain with lush trees. Guangning Wonton Restaurant inherits the ancient craft, welcomes diners from all over the world with special wine, and returns home with a full load.