1. Decipher who was the first person to eat bird's nest in Chinese history. According to legend, the ocean-going fleet of Zheng He, the famous Chinese navigator, encountered a big storm at sea and was forced to anchor on a desert island in the Malay region.

Due to the severe shortage of food, he accidentally discovered bird's nests on the saltpeter wall, and ordered his subordinates to pick them, wash them, and stew them with water to satisfy their hunger.

Within a few days, the crew members were all rosy-cheeked and full of energy.

After returning to China, Zheng He donated it to Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Since then, bird's nest has become a delicacy and tonic that Chinese people cannot part with. Zheng He also became the first person to eat bird's nest in Chinese historical records.

Bird's nest has always been known as "rare and famous medicine" and "Oriental treasure".

Bird's nest nourishes yin and moisturizes the lungs without drying it out; nourishes the skin and makes the skin smooth, elastic and shiny; replenishes qi and nourishes the heart, promotes blood circulation, and enhances gastric digestion and intestinal absorption.

Therefore, bird's nest is also a hot product sought after by many women. It can treat lung yin deficiency, cough, night sweats, hemoptysis and other symptoms; it can treat stomach qi deficiency, nausea and retching caused by stomach yin deficiency; it can treat qi deficiency, excessive sweating, polyuria, etc.

disease.

As a natural nourishing food, bird's nest can be eaten by men, women, old and young.

In order to maintain their beautiful appearance and flawless skin, many female celebrities have also become bird's nest star-chasers.

2. The allusions and history of begging for bird's nests, and the comments of historical celebrities on bird's nests. Legend has it that the first person in China to eat bird's nests was Zheng He, the navigator of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng He's ocean-going fleet encountered a big storm at sea and was anchored on a desert island in the Malay Archipelago. There was a shortage of food.

He accidentally discovered a bird's nest that was deserted on a broken stone cliff, so he ordered his subordinates to pick it, wash it, and stew it with water to satisfy his hunger.

A few days later, the crew members all looked rosy and full of energy.

So when the fleet returned home, they brought some as tributes to Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty.

He was the third emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

The fourth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, was born in Yingtian. He conquered the current affairs and was named King of Yan. Later, he launched the Jingnan Campaign to attack his nephew Emperor Jianwen and seize the throne.

After his death, the original temple name was "Taizong". More than a hundred years later, it was changed to "Chengzu" by Zhu Houcong, Shizong of the Ming Dynasty. The reign of Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty was called "Yongle Shengshi".

} Since then, bird's nest has become a delicacy and tonic that Chinese people cannot part with. Zheng He also became the first person to eat bird's nest in Chinese historical records.

Bird's nest is the first of the eight treasures in history, including bird's nest, shark's fin, sea cucumber, fish bones, fish maw, bear's paw, deer tendon and clam mold. Malacca is the kingdom of bird's nest. During the Spring Festival, you can see people eating bird's nest in hotels and buying bird's nest in supermarkets as gifts.

A Chinese man in his seventies who was born in Malacca, Lin Jushen, told reporters that the first person in China to eat bird's nest was Zheng He, the navigator of the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Jushen is a senior expert on Zheng He in Malacca. He told reporters that Zheng He's ocean-going fleet encountered a big storm at sea and was anchored on a deserted island in the Malay Archipelago. Food was in short supply and he accidentally found a deserted island on a broken rock.

Bird's nests on the wall.

So Zheng He ordered his subordinates to pick them, wash them and stew them in water to satisfy their hunger.

A few days later, all the crew members had rosy faces and were full of energy.

When he returned home, Zheng He brought some bird's nests as a tribute to Ming Chengzu.

From then on, bird's nests became tributes to the emperor and important officials.

The coasts of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand that Zheng He visited were all the main producing areas of bird's nests.

Mr. Lim said that bird's nests are extremely valuable, and Malaysia strives to build "swallow's nests" by playing audio tapes of swallows' cries to attract swallows to build nests.

There are written records that can be verified. Bird's nests were imported into China around the late seventeenth century. Every year, 125,000 pounds of about 400 bird's nests were shipped to China from Batavia (now called Jakarta) in Java.

This is consistent with the countries and times that Zheng He passed during his seven voyages to the West.

Most historians believe that Zheng He had brought bird's nests and the Southeast Asian method of cooking bird's nests to the Central Plains at that time. To support the theory that Zheng He introduced bird's nests, there is also the bird's nest tariff in the 17th year of Wanli Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty (1589 AD).

According to records, the tax on bird's nests is one tael per hundred pounds for the best quality, seven yen for the medium-grade goods, and two yen for the low-quality goods.

It can be inferred from this that the bird's nest trading system at that time was quite mature.

Mr. Lin invited reporters to his home and was warmly entertained by his family. He introduced interesting anecdotes about Zheng He and bird's nests with great interest.

Bird's nest, also known as bird's nest, is a nest made of saliva or a mixture of small fish with saliva or down melted saliva. It is a kind of Asian golden silk nest.

The essence created by Yan's hard work is a nourishing product highly praised by people in Southeast Asia.

There is probably only one edible bird's nest in the world, the bird's nest.

Bird's nest is served as the first dish.

"Lingnan Miscellaneous Notes" says that bird's nests were introduced to the banquet no later than the Tang Dynasty.

Du Fu of the Tang Dynasty had a poem that said: "The petrels are miserable without a family, and they fight for the small white fish. But they are used for quarrying stones, and they are not able to live in peace... If a high official wants this thing, he should present it to Lin Shu early."

It can be seen that at that time, bird's nest was already the food of high officials.

Daguan, that is, Daguanling, is the official in charge of royal food.

Jia Ming, a 106-year-old Haining man who was born in the Southern Song Dynasty, grew up in the Yuan Dynasty and died in the early Ming Dynasty, wrote in the book "Dietary Instructions" dedicated to Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang, "Bird's nests are sweet and flat, and those that are yellow, black and moldy are poisonous."

, do not eat” records.

In this way, some people had eaten bird's nests before Zheng He's voyages to the West.