The origin of Zhang Fei's beef is: because its appearance is "black on the outside and bright red on the inside" which is similar to the image of the fierce general Zhang Fei, so it is called "Zhang Fei's beef".

True Origin:

The urban area of ??Langzhong is called Baoning Town. Local residents will make marinated beef (similar to cured pork) during the New Year and festivals. After it is cooked, it will prevent it from rotting , people smear pot soot on the surface of beef to preserve it. This kind of marinated beef is known as "Bonyeong dry beef" or "air-dried meat" and is a famous local snack. The biggest feature of this beef is that the surface is dark black, but the inside of the meat is brownish red after being cut, which is very beautiful.

Around the 1980s (about 1985), Wang Zhengqiu, the former director of the Langzhong County Beef and Mutton Processing Factory, the predecessor of Zhang Fei Beef Company, officially named him Zhang Fei because of his black face and red heart, which resembled Zhang Fei. Flying Beef. Therefore, the name was appropriate and quickly became familiar to people. Modern businessmen also make up some stories for "Zhang Fei Beef" to increase its selling points.

Allusions related to Zhang Fei's beef

Due to the spread of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the story of the Three Kingdoms has become a household name, and Zhang Fei's bravery and ruggedness have long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The love of the people of Langzhong for this ancient hero can be seen everywhere - at the intersection of the city, there is a statue of an erect horse with a spear and an angry look. After thousands of years and vicissitudes of life, the people of Langzhong still regard the flying general as this statue. The patron saint of the ancient city, Zhang Fei is already their totem.

Langzhong benefited so much from Zhang Fei that the people of Langzhong dare not forget it. Zhang Fei served as the prefect here for 9 years. The world only knows that Zhang Fei is brave and brave, but only people in Langzhong know that he loves the people like a son, governs well, encourages farming and develops production. When Zhang Taishou was in power, Langzhong entered the most prosperous stage it had ever seen. Therefore, why don’t Langzhong people love such parents and officials?

Only when you come to Langzhong and visit the Zhang Fei Temple in Langzhong can you fully feel the richness and variety of Zhang Fei's personality. He is by no means just a black-faced brave man on the old stage, but he is also a wise man and a benevolent person - with a black face and a red heart. So people named a local specialty beef "Zhangfei beef". This beef is black-skinned and red meat.

Buy a pack of Zhangfei beef, chew it with relish, and then go see Zhangfei Temple. Such a "tiger minister and good animal husbandry" was killed by two subordinates while drunk. Legend has it that after the two men killed Zhang Fei, they cut off his head and threw it into the river. The head drifted down along his footsteps when he entered Sichuan during the war. When he arrived in Yunyang, he was salvaged by a fisherman and buried on the bank of the Yangtze River. Therefore, Yunyang also built a temple to commemorate him.

Zhang Fei, whose body and head were in different places, had two tombs and two sacrificial halls built according to the tombs. The two Zhangfei Temples are national key cultural relics protection units. The Zhangfei Temple in Yunyang has been demolished due to the construction of the Three Gorges Dam, and the Zhangfei Temple in Langzhong has become the only authentic original version, and its cultural relic value is even more prominent.