"Water mat" originated in Luoyang, which has a lot to do with its geographical climate. Luoyang is surrounded by mountains and located in a basin, with little rainfall and a dry and cold climate. The folk diet is mainly soup, and it likes hot and sour to resist dry and cold. People here are used to using locally produced starch, lotus seeds, yam, radish, cabbage and so on. Make an economical banquet with rich soup. Even princes and nobles are used to cooking the main and non-staple foods together. Over time, they gradually created Luoyang water mat with local characteristics, and gradually formed a flavor of "sour, spicy, delicious and refreshing". [Edit this paragraph] Features of the water mat Luoyang Water mat features: First, there are well-prepared vegetarian dishes with a wide selection of materials. Birds in the sky, animals in the ground, fish in the sea and vegetables in the ground can all sit. According to the economic situation of the seat, it can be simple and complicated, from rich to frugal. Second, there is soup and water, with diverse tastes, sour, spicy, sweet and salty, comfortable and delicious. Third, the order of serving is strictly regulated, with reasonable collocation, exquisite selection of materials and proper cooking. Luoyang water mat is divided into three grades: high, medium and low, which can be decided according to the situation, so it is widely welcomed by urban and rural people and lasts for a long time. Luoyang water mat has a long history and is famous in ancient and modern times. For thousands of years, it has been invincible for a long time. Weddings and funerals, entertaining guests, taking the lead. Luoyang water mat, from the folk, is a unique traditional food in Luoyang area. Hot and sour taste is different, refreshing and delicious. When Wu Zetian was in the Tang Dynasty, Luoyang water mat entered the palace, added delicacies, made a palace banquet and returned the people from the palace. Thereby forming a unique flavor. Because it imitates the production method of official banquet, it is also called official banquet. [Edit this paragraph] The meaning of water mat The so-called "water mat" has two meanings: First, all hot dishes have soup-soup and water; Second, after eating a hot dish, it was withdrawn and served again, constantly updated like running water. There are 24 dishes in the banquet, including 8 cold cuts, 4 big dishes, 8 Chinese dishes and 4 pressed dishes, which are cold and hot, well-known, sweet and salty, sour and spicy. The order of serving is elegant. First, serve eight cold dishes as appetizers, each dish is three meat dishes, one *** 16; Guests are invited to drink three rounds before serving hot dishes: four hot dishes are served first, and two Chinese dishes (also called tin foil dishes or seasoning dishes) are served on each hot dish, which is euphemistically called "serving food into the palace"; Finally, four dishes were served, including an egg soup, also called Fujian soup, to show the table was full. Hot dishes must be accompanied by soup and water. Chicken, duck, fish, fresh goods, fungi and seasonal vegetables are all delicious. Silk, chips, strips, blocks, diced fried, boiled and burned, changing endlessly. However, there are still many kinds of folk water mats. For example, some of the last dishes are sweet rice. [Edit this paragraph] Today's Luoyang Water Mat There are 24 dishes in Luoyang Water Mat today, which are eight cold cuts, four major items and four major dishes. Its serving procedure is as follows: put four meat, four vegetarian and eight cold dishes on the mat, and then serve four major dishes. Each big dish with two Chinese dishes is called "taking the court". The fourth course served beet sweet soup, followed by the staple food, followed by the four dishes on the table, and finally served a "farewell soup." Twenty-four dishes with soup, orderly and without disorder. Another feature of Mr. Right's fake bird's nest water cushion is that vegetarian dishes are made of meat, and fake is used instead of real. The famous "Luoyang Swallow Vegetable" and "Fake Sea Cucumber" in the water mat are common folk radishes and vermicelli, but after being cooked by the chef, they are thoroughly remoulded and have a unique flavor, such as wonderful flowers blooming, which is amazing. Speaking of Luoyang swallow dish, it is the first dish of Luoyang water mat, and it is the first dish of water mat. This dish is well cooked, sour, fragrant and fresh. It is said that during the reign of Wu Zetian in the Tang Dynasty, a radish weighing about 15000 grams grew in Dongguan Garden in Luoyang. People thought it was a symbol of harvest, so they dedicated it to the queen. Wu Zetian saw the joy and called the chef to do it. Radish was originally just a kind of civilian food. The court chef had no experience in making radish, but he was afraid of the imperial edict and finally made radish soup with shredded radish and delicacies. Wu Zetian praised it after using it, and named it "fake bird's nest" because of its bird's nest flavor. Since then, this ordinary folk dish has reached the elegant stage overnight and has become a banquet dish that royal ministers and ordinary people are scrambling to imitate. Because it can adapt to a variety of raw materials, it can be used as a rare delicacy, as well as as ordinary shredded pork, eggs and other ingredients. It tastes delicious and fragrant. With the changes of history and the hard work of famous chefs in past dynasties, the "fake bird's nest" is becoming more and more perfect in innovation and development. Because it started in Luoyang, it is called "Luoyang Chae Yeon". High, middle and low grades are different. Luoyang water mat is divided into high, medium and low grades. At present, high-grade water mats include sea cucumber mats, shark fin mats and wide belly mats; Mid-range water mats include chicken mats, fish mats and meat mats; Low-grade water seats are popular seats, mainly meat, vermicelli and vegetables. Because Luoyang water mat has a unique flavor, delicious taste, salty and sweet, sweet and sour, a dish is eaten blindly; From delicacies to vermicelli radish, one dish can be made, which can meet the needs of consumers at different levels. So Luoyang water mat has been enduring for thousands of years. Seafood, soft-shelled turtle, snake soup and other raw materials are added to spicy fish fillets, eight-treasure fried rice, sweet wine soaked mountain dregs, raw meatballs and other dishes, which greatly improves the grade of water mats. Luoyang Hotel boldly improved the water mat, selected representative dishes such as "Peony Swallow" and "Sliced Meat with Soup" from 24 dishes, and made an improved water mat with 16 dishes. Luoyang Gongxuanfu launched a peony water banquet. The cold dish Guo se Tian Xiang consists of six cold dishes. Red, green, yellow and white are vivid peony flowers, just like peony flowers on the dining table. Hot dishes are also peony flowers, and there are all kinds of "peony flowers" floating in the soup. If peony is in full bloom, you can also taste the water mat cooked by the chef with peony flowers.