Then, let's look at its food culture from the perspective of Hebei culture with me!
First, the budding period
More than 7,800 years ago, many stone tools such as pottery and hats, as well as a large number of fixed grain storage caves were unearthed at the Cishan site in Wu 'an. The use of agricultural production tools and grain processing tools in the site and the accumulation of a large amount of grain proved that Hebei had developed agriculture and handicrafts at that time. The development of agriculture provides material conditions for raising livestock, which is also confirmed by the bones of pigs, sheep and other livestock unearthed in the site.
Among the bones found, there are chicken bones, which is the earliest domestic chicken found so far. The increase of dietary raw materials has enriched people's lives. In addition, according to archaeological evidence, Hebei ancestors have mastered the original brewing technology and created the corresponding ceramic wine vessels. This is the first important milestone in the history of Hebei food culture.
Four or five thousand years ago, in the era of the Yellow Emperor, cooking techniques began to appear in Hebei. "The History of Ancient Textual Research": The emperor began to make cauldrons, and the way of fire and food was achieved. Since then, the people of Hebei have ended hundreds of thousands of years of baking and stone cooking, and began to move forward to cooking and steaming with water as the heat conduction.
Second, the formation period.
From the Xia Dynasty to the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Hebei's food culture was formed. During this period, Hebei's food culture was initially formed, the range of cooking materials was further expanded, and the use of cooking materials was more extensive. Cooking utensils and tableware are no longer dominated by primitive pottery. Cooking utensils and utensils made of bronze have become the mainstream of the upper class, and cooking methods have made unprecedented achievements.
In the Xia Dynasty, due to the attention of the rulers, a compound economic form dominated by agriculture appeared in Hebei, and agricultural production developed greatly. By the Shang Dynasty more than 3,000 years ago, China had entered the slave society, resulting in slave owners and inequality between the rich and the poor. At that time, the slave owners' eating and drinking life was very luxurious. As far as the whole country is concerned, Hebei was one of the more civilized areas at that time, and the towns were quite large.
In Shang dynasty, some areas in Hebei plain had mastered the advanced technology of brewing grain wine (similar to yellow rice wine) with artificial koji. The ruins of commercial workshops and distiller's yeast unearthed in Taixi, Gaocheng are important milestones in the history of Hebei wine-making culture.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, agriculture and nomadic industry developed greatly in Hebei. Numerous natural resources and various cookers have enriched the content of Hebei's food culture. The flourishing fruit was recorded in the Book of Rites at that time, and ancient books once praised Yanji as a thousand Li millet, surpassing Wan Huhou. According to the Biography of Su Qin, Su Qin personally went to the State of Yan to tell Yan that Jieshi Yanmen was in the south and Zizyphus jujuba was in the north. Although people didn't share their crops, they were very satisfied with Xiaomi. This is called abundance.