The first story:

The earliest legend of sweet and sour pork ribs is the most interesting, which is related to the origin, perhaps the birthplace of this dish. It is said that there is a famous dish in Wuxi called "Meat Bone", which was first created in the Song Dynasty. At that time, it was not called sweet and sour pork ribs, but later evolved from meat bones.

The story happened at this juncture. One day, a monk came to the best restaurant in Wuxi, shaking a broken cattail leaf fan and dressed in rags. The shopkeeper was stingy and unwilling to give it. He handed a large piece of meat and bones, thinking that you would be a monk and not eat meat. I didn't expect people to chew it with it, and I had to wipe my mouth after three bites. This monk is Jigong.

The shopkeeper is distressed, don't give it again. Jigong said, I won't owe you such a good person. He rubbed a clay ball out of his body, tore off a broken cattail leaf fan and put it on. When he wasn't looking, he threw it into the pot where the meat was boiled and left. Get up early in the middle of the night the next day, the shopkeeper opened a cauldron of cook the meat. I was surprised when I saw it. I saw that the ribs in the cauldron were full of fragrance, and the sweet and sour taste I had never seen before only made my mouth water. Thinking of the promise made by the monk during the day, I know that it is the blessing of the monk's virtue. From then on, according to this taste, with sweet and sour pork ribs, it soon became famous all over the world.

The second story:

The reliable evidence of the life experience of sweet and sour pork ribs is not in Jigong period, but in the previous Tang Dynasty. The prosperity of the Tang Dynasty was embodied in Chang 'an City, and the extravagance was manifested in eating, drinking and having fun. In the normal welcoming ceremony, special banquets have been popular since then, and there are special banquets to celebrate various happy events. The most commonly used banquet is called "Shao Wei Banquet", which belongs to the official cuisine of Shaanxi cuisine, as evidenced by "Shao Wei Banquet Menu".

Historical Records was invented by Wei Juyuan, the prime minister of Tang Zhongzong, and first appeared in his home where he hosted Emperor Zhongzong. There are sweet and sour dishes in the menu, such as Jushengnu is honey juice, chicken with onion vinegar and milk fish, all of which use sugar and vinegar, but there is no name of "sweet and sour ribs". I don't think even if there was this dish at that time, it wouldn't be called like this.

The third story:

There is also a legend in the Tang Dynasty that sweet and sour pork ribs were invented by a famous chef at that time. Her name is Sun Zu, and she is the chef of Prime Minister Duan Wenchang. The most powerful foodies in history were in the Tang Dynasty, because they had money. There is a comparison between Duan Wenchang and Wei Juyuan. Wei Juyuan served as three prime ministers, and Duan Wenchang served as four prime ministers of Xianzong, Mu Zong, Jing Zong and Wenzong. His own kitchen has its own trick, called soup. When he was on a business trip, he took a full set of cooking buddies and the original crew, and used the emperor's palace as a template to call the temporary kitchen Hang Guan Zhen.

His chef is the chef. This woman is amazing. She not only cooks well, but also compiles a cookbook called The Book of Songs. With the same temper as Lu Yu at the same time, he was confident enough to compare himself with a saint, and all his articles were "classics" in the name of "classics".