Changsha people used to be embarrassed by the economy. When they hold a banquet, there are usually no more than five bowls of dishes, and the fish is served in the sixth bowl, suggesting that people should stop stretching chopsticks and "stop drinking fish", and the banquet ends with joy. Fish on the sixth course means to drive away the guests.
There is also a saying that in Changsha dialect, "six" means "stupid" and "fish" is a homonym for "stupid". So whoever is slow-witted is called "fish out", which means "treasure out", and the fish in the sixth course is suspected of swearing. Up to now, the old Changsha people say that whoever is stupid and who is not suitable for doing things will say that this son is "six bowls of vegetables to make fish."
There are also some taboos: if you serve whole chicken, whole duck and other dishes, you can't point your head at the guests; The first course and the last course can't be served with eggs, and neither can the egg soup, which means it's over and gone. You can't order five dishes for two people. Legend has it that there was a landlord in Changsha who invited a beggar to dinner one day. They ordered five dishes, so eating five dishes means entertaining beggars.
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Changsha, known as Tanzhou in ancient times, also known as Xingcheng, is the capital of Hunan Province, an important central city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, and the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. After three thousand years, its name and address have not changed, and it is known as "hometown of Qujia" and "Xiaoxiang bamboo silk". As one of the cradles and cradles of the Reform Movement, the old democratic revolution and the new democratic revolution? Celebrities, such as Zeng Guofan, Zuo, Tan Sitong, Huang Xing, Cai E,, and so on, were born and walked out one after another.
folk custom
Changsha celebrated all the festivals of the Han nationality, some of which have local characteristics, and some days have many unique folk customs. Taogong temple fair is a major feature of the temple fair. On the third day of the third lunar month, Changsha people have the custom of cooking eggs with local dishes. Chang Xia has the habit of eating Japanese food from Chang Xia. Frightened, the farmer lit a lamp in the dark and evacuated the house and damp and dark corners with lime. The children lit firecrackers and threw them under the wall in the corner, shouting "cold stings frighten insects and ants to jump straight." ?
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Hunan cuisine is the main food in Changsha with a long history. During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet, recorded many dishes in Hunan in his famous poem Evocation. During the Western Han Dynasty, there were 109 varieties of dishes in Hunan, and there were nine categories of cooking methods. After the Six Dynasties, Hunan's food culture was rich and active.
The Ming and Qing Dynasties are the golden period of Hunan cuisine development, and the unique style of Hunan cuisine is basically a foregone conclusion. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, two kinds of Hunan restaurants, Xuanbang and Tangbang, appeared in Changsha. In the early years of the Republic of China, the famous Dai school, Sheng school, Pai school and Hehe school appeared, which laid the historical position of Hunan cuisine. After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, it has achieved good development. ?
Changsha snacks mainly include: tasty shrimp, Changsha stinky tofu, sugar and oil Baba, duck barking, An Deyu steamed stuffed bun, spicy chicken, Yang Yuxing and so on.
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Sanxiang Metropolis Daily-The sixth course served fish, but the diners turned against each other and refused to pay the bill.