First, Su Dongpo, a native of Meishan, was a famous writer and one of the most famous poets in the Northern Song Dynasty. In addition, Su Dongpo himself is a gourmet and especially likes to make all kinds of snacks. Many books have records of Su Dongpo inventing food, and Dongpo meat is one of them. Because Su Dongpo is from Meishan, Sichuan, everyone thinks that Dongpo meat comes from Meishan, Sichuan.
Second, it was founded in Xuzhou AD 1077, and Su Dongpo went to Xuzhou as a satrap. In July, the Yellow River flooded in Xuzhou, and Su Dongpo took various measures to fight the flood with the people of the whole city. After many days of hard work, he finally saved Xuzhou city. In order to thank Su Dongpo, people all over the city killed pigs one after another and brought a lot of pork to Su Dongpo's home to comfort him. Su Dongpo can't refuse. After accepting it, he personally instructed his family to cook braised pork and give back to the local people. After the people ate it, they all thought it was fat but not greasy and delicious, so it spread all over Xuzhou and called it ritual meat.
3. 1080 Su Dongpo, who became famous in Hangzhou, was demoted to Huangzhou as a Yong Lian assistant. He cultivated land here by himself, cooked a lot of Dongpo meat himself, and wrote his own experience in the book. 1089, Su Dongpo came to Hangzhou for the second time in a well-known capacity. Because Su Dongpo had experience in flood control in his early years, he once again fought floods for the people of Hangzhou. People in Hangzhou are very grateful to Su Dongpo. I heard that he liked pork when he was in Xuzhou, so everyone brought him a lot of pork. After Su Dongpo accepted it, he made Dongpo pork and gave it back to everyone. Everyone thinks it's particularly delicious after eating it, so it's called Dongpo meat.
Therefore, Dongpo pork originated in Sichuan and is famous in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, so it is considered as both Sichuan cuisine and Jiangsu and Zhejiang cuisine. Dear students, do you understand?