"When the world is at peace, you will want to eat something delicious. This is common sense in the world. " The Japanese documentary "Cooking in the Past: Old Recipes in the Edo Period" said.

As a Japanese, film director Kitano Takeshi wants to go back to the Edo era. "Sometimes, I feel like I was accidentally born in this untouchable area of postwar Tokyo. In fact, I should have lived in the Edo era of17th century."

As a native of Changsha, I want to travel to 100 years ago, when it was not peaceful, because the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China were the heyday of Changsha's gourmet industry.

Time-honored brand a hundred years ago

In Changsha, every time I go to the old street, I always want to follow the map to find the silk traces of those old brands-

Lou Yu in the east of Qingshiqiao, the natural terrace of Yutang Street, Qu Yuan in Zoumalou, and Xiaoxiang Pavilion in Yu Ying Street (now Yu Ying Street) ... always come back in a bad mood, leaving only a fire palace, which was a hawker's bazaar, juggling stronghold and fire league station before the 1938 fire, and is now located in Pozi Street.

At that time, the signboards of Changsha restaurants were generally named after pavilions, terraces, towers, pavilions and gardens, such as Natural Terrace, Shuang Yi Tower, Qizhen Pavilion, Quyuan, and of course, tea houses and western restaurants named after Chun.

The prosperity of the catering industry at that time can be known from the survey data of Changsha catering industry in Hunan National Daily 1934: "There are more than 0/00 local catering industries, among which Qizhen Pavilion, Yuloudong, Nature Terrace, Yiyuan, Quyuan, An Deyu, Yanqiongyuan, Xu Changxing and Dengyingtai Ma Yuan Tangyu Club are only/kloc-0. Business operators, although they have a long tail and the biggest consumption, started their business last year and are generally good. Ziggy has the most business, with a profit of more than 3,000 yuan; Although Qu Yuan's business is not as prosperous as the rare museum, there are many people who get married here, so the profit is more than 3,000 yuan. The natural station has a moderate location, fair value, rapid business development and the most profitable, followed by Yuloudong and Xu Changxing, with a profit of more than 1000 yuan; Yan Qiongyuan and An Deyu earned less than 1,000 yuan; Nanguo Hotel, newly opened, has no surplus. "