In the past, Changsha people were embarrassed by the economy. When they hold a banquet, they usually have no more than five bowls of food, and the sixth bowl is fish. It is suggested that people stop stretching chopsticks and "fish stop drinking", and the banquet ends with joy. When you serve fish on the sixth course, it means driving away the guests.
There is also a saying that in Changsha dialect, "six" means "stupid" and "fish" is a homonym for "stupid". So whoever is slow-witted is called "fish out", which means "treasure comes out", and the fish in the sixth course is suspected of swearing. Up to now, the old Changsha people say that anyone who is stupid and who does things inappropriately will say that this yazi "makes fish out of six bowls of vegetables."
There are also some taboos: if you provide whole chicken, whole duck and other dishes, you can't point your head at the guests; You can't add eggs to the first course and the last course, nor can you add egg soup, which means it's over. You can't order five courses for two people. Legend has it that a landlord in Changsha invited a beggar to dinner one day. They ordered five courses, so eating five courses means entertaining beggars.
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Changsha, known as Tanzhou in ancient times or Star City, is the capital of Hunan Province, an important central city in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and the first batch of national historical and cultural cities. After 3,000 years, its name and site have not changed. It is called "Hometown of Qujia" and "Xiaoxiang Bamboo Silk". As one of the birthplaces of the Reform Movement, the old democratic revolution and the new democratic revolution? Celebrities, such as Zeng Guofan, Zuo, Tan Sitong, Huang Xing, Cai E,, and so on, were born and walked out one after another.
folk custom
Changsha celebrates all the festivals of the Han nationality, some of which have local characteristics, and on some days there are many unique folk customs. Taogong temple fair is a major feature of the temple fair. On the third day of the third lunar month, Changsha people have the custom of cooking eggs with local dishes. Long summer has the habit of eating Japanese rice since long summer. During the scare, the farmer lit a lamp in the dark and evacuated the house and damp and dark corners with lime. The children lit firecrackers and threw them under the wall in the corner, shouting, "Cold stings scare insects and ants straight." ?
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Hunan cuisine is the main food in Changsha with a long history. During the Warring States Period, Qu Yuan, a great patriotic poet, recorded many dishes in Hunan in his famous poem Evocation. During the Western Han Dynasty, there were 109 varieties of dishes in Hunan, and there were nine categories of cooking methods. After the Six Dynasties, Hunan's food culture was rich and active.
The Ming and Qing Dynasties are the golden period of Hunan cuisine development, and the unique style of Hunan cuisine is basically a foregone conclusion. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, there were two kinds of Hunan restaurants in Changsha: Xuanbang and Tangbang. In the early years of the Republic of China, the famous Dai School, Sheng School, School and School appeared, which laid the historical position of Hunan cuisine. After the founding of New China, especially since the reform and opening up, it has achieved good development. ?
Changsha snacks mainly include: tasty shrimp, Changsha stinky tofu, sugar and oil Baba, called Hua duck, An Deyu steamed stuffed bun, spicy chicken, Yang Yuxing and so on.
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Sanxiang City News The sixth course served fish, but the diners turned against each other and refused to pay the bill.