Delicacies and seafood can be divided into upper eight treasures, middle eight treasures and lower eight treasures.
Shangbazhen: Scarlet Lip, Hump, Hericium erinaceus, Bear's Paw, Bird's Nest, Preserved Bread, Deer Tendon and Yellow Lip Gum.
Eight treasures: shark's fin, tremella, shad, tripe, civet, hash, fish lips and skirt.
The next eight treasures: sea cucumber, Gracilaria lemaneiformis, Tricholoma giganteum, Sichuan bamboo shoots, red phosphorus fish, scallops, oyster yellow and mullet eggs.
fable
Legend has it that there was a Yang Hanlin in the Ming Dynasty who was tired of watching the ups and downs of the official career, resigned and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion. It happened that the imperial court insisted that he be an official, and sent an imperial envoy to call him back to Beijing.
Yang Hanlin was not tempted by the court's "esteem" and politely declined. The imperial envoy was puzzled and asked, "Hanlin doesn't want to enjoy the splendor, but wants to be a village man in the mountains. What is there to lust after in this backcountry?" "Yang Hanlin just laughed, took a pen and paper, and wrote a pair of couplets: I swallowed the rice with gold and twisted silver every day and drank the soup with dragon's beard and tiger's eyes at night.
The imperial envoy was not happy when he saw it, and said, "So you eat delicacies all day, no wonder you don't want to be an official! Since there is such delicious food, why not treat me? "Yang Hanlin said," If adults want to eat, I'll go down to the kitchen and do it myself. "
After a while, Yang Hanlin brought out a bowl of white rice with corn flour and a bowl of seaweed snail soup, saying, "This is the delicacy written in my couplet, please, my Lord!" "The imperial minister was so embarrassed that he had to eat it reluctantly because of his face. After a few commonplaces, I hurried back to Beijing to report to me.