The origin of Dongpo meat Dongpo meat is a famous dish in Zhejiang urban and rural areas, which is related to Su Shi, a great writer in the Song Dynasty. It has been circulated for nearly a thousand years and the story is quite interesting. Su Shi (1037-1kloc-0/01), a great writer in the Northern Song Dynasty, is a famous childe named Dongpo Jushi, so people call him Su Dongpo. As a local official in Hangzhou twice, Su Dongpo's deeds have been widely circulated among the people in Zhejiang. People still call the embankment of the West Lake "Su Causeway", and it is said that the spread of Dongpo meat is also related to the construction of "Su Causeway". Su Dongpo was an official in the capital of the Northern Song Dynasty in his early years. Because of his different political views from Wang Anshi, an innovator at that time, he was automatically transferred to a local official. 107 1 year to be a judge in Hangzhou, and later to be a magistrate in Mizhou, Xuzhou and Huzhou. 1079 was impeached for the so-called "Wutai Poetry Case" and was arrested and imprisoned. A few months later, he was demoted to Huangzhou (now Huanggang, Hubei) and became a small official in the name of "Yong Lian's Deputy History", which was essentially exile. During this period, Su Dongpo's mood was sad, his family was cold and his life was miserable, which is self-evident. But at that time, pork in Huanggang was cheaper. Su Dongpo often cooks pork himself in poor environment and shares the same taste with his friends. He once wrote a poem about his experience in cooking pork, saying, "The pork in Huangzhou is as cheap as dirt, the rich refuse to eat it, and the poor don't cook it fresh. Slow fire, less water, good-looking when the fire is enough. " It can be seen that the research work of "Dongpo Meat" began when he lived in Huangzhou. 1085 Song Zhezong ascended the throne and Sima Guang regained power. The following year, Su Dongpo was transferred back to Bianjing as an official. But at this time, he and conservatives had different views on the positive significance of Wang Anshi's new law, so he was demoted to a local official. 1090, once again became a local official in Hangzhou. At that time, Su Dongpo mobilized tens of thousands of migrant workers in Hangzhou to dredge the West Lake and build dikes to build water conservancy projects. To thank the satrap, the people gave Su Dongpo pork and Shaoxing wine (yellow rice wine). Su Dongpo ordered his family to send pork and yellow wine to the construction site to comfort the migrant workers. Who knows that the family mistakenly thought that pork and yellow wine were cooked together, which produced an unexpected result: the stewed meat was particularly mellow and delicious, and it had a unique flavor! The story spread like wildfire, and people praised Su Dongpo's advantages and imitated his cooking skills. Since then, "Dongpo Meat" has become a traditional dish in Hangzhou, famous all over the world.