Baoding's food culture has a long history, rich accumulation and a long history. It is the birthplace of China's ninth largest cuisine "Ji Cuisine". The cereal tools, cooked pottery unearthed from China, as well as the nobles of Shang Dynasty and the mutton soup of Zhongshan State at that time all confirm the history of Baoding's food. Because it is located in the vast central Hebei plain, it is rich in products and specialties, and there are many delicacies and aquatic products. Since the Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, Baoding has been a place of capital city, deeply influenced by Beijing cuisine and palace cuisine, coupled with the comings and goings of local officials, which makes local dishes more or less combined with Baoding's diet, thus determining that Baoding's diet has certain compatibility. Baoding has three treasures "iron ball, flour paste, spring is not old". Except for iron balls, which are traditional fitness products, the other two are traditional delicacies. Well-known specialties include the famous donkey meat fire and pickles.

The burning of donkey meat is said to have originated in the early Ming Dynasty. Zhu Di set out to Caohe, xushui county, Baoding Prefecture, and watched the soldiers and horses fatigue. The soldier had an idea that he should follow the example of the ancients and kill horses to eat. In fact, the so-called "donkey meat is fragrant, horse meat stinks, and you don't eat mule meat when you are killed". Horse meat is thicker and not particularly delicious. But hungry, I cooked the horse meat and ate it with a local fire. I didn't know it tasted good. So later, the local people also began to kill horses for "horse meat fire", and horse meat fire was famous because it had been eaten by the emperor. But it didn't take long. It didn't take long, because horses were needed to fight the Mongols. Kyle here is not a dead horse that is cooked and eaten by fire, but a living war horse. Horses have become strategic materials, of course, people can't cook horse meat and burn it, so there is a substitute-donkey meat burning, which is more delicate than horse meat and pure and thin.

Dacige pickles

Dacige pickles began in the third year of Chongde in Qing Dynasty (1638), and was founded by Xigun Wang, the first generation owner of Wang Manor in Yaoshan, Baoding. In the third year of Chongde, Xigun Wang began his life in Dourgen's army. Through his efforts, he quickly grew from an ordinary soldier to a senior general in the Qing Dynasty. No matter he was an ordinary soldier or a senior general in the future, he always maintained a frugal style. For the convenience of marching and carrying, Xigun Wang often pickled pickles for himself and his soldiers to eat. In the fourth year of Shunzhi, Xigun Wang was sealed and settled in Yaoshan. From then on, Xigun Wang led his people to start business. They founded the name "He" all over the country, and at the same time, they also sold their pickled pickles all over the country through the name "He". Because Xigun Wang is generous and well-versed in business, the business of "He" is in full swing, but Xigun Wang has always maintained a charitable and simple and frugal lifestyle. He is mainly vegetarian on weekdays and takes pickles as one of the main dishes for his meals every day. In the thirty years of Qianlong, Qianlong went on a tour to Baoding and went to the Wangshi Manor in Yaoshan to observe the cotton trip. Because of the hot and dry weather, the appetite was poor when the food was eaten, so the Wang people presented pickles and ate them. They were very happy, so they ordered pickles from Wang Manor as the royal food. When Qianlong went to Dacige to offer incense, he specially presented the pickles as vegetarian food to the monks. Since then, the pickles of Wang's manor have gained great fame, and the world has gradually called the pickles "Dacige pickles" and the sauce garden "Dacige pickles". The cotton map recorded in history was created by Fang Guancheng, the governor of Zhili at that time, with the planting, production, textile and processing of Wang Manor as the background.

Bai Yunzhang steamed stuffed bun

was named after himself in 1919. Bai Yunzhang steamed stuffed bun was once praised as a famous product alongside Tianjin Goubuli steamed stuffed bun, and was commended by provincial and municipal leaders with inscriptions and won a century-old brand. It is characterized by big stuffing and thin skin, good taste, exquisite materials and unique flavor, and is the representative of the old Baoding steamed stuffed bun. The old shop is opposite to "Lianchi" on Yuhua Road and has been demolished. Now outside the north gate of Baoding shopping mall.

braised chicken in Majialao chicken shop

braised chicken made in Majialao chicken shop in Baoding has been handed down for five generations, nearly 2 years, from the early years of Jiaqing in Qing Dynasty to now. According to legend, there was a Hui Mashi brother in Guoziwa Village, Hejian County in Qing Dynasty, who farmed when he was busy and cooked chickens for sale when he was free. Later, I moved to Baoding and opened Majia Old Chicken Shop. The shopkeeper put a lot of effort into the production technology. In addition, I know some medical skills. Every time I cook chicken, I often add all kinds of Chinese herbal medicines to help me improve my health and taste. Therefore, the braised chicken is fresh in color, beautiful in shape and delicious, and it is famous as Yanzhao. Now the east side of Baoding ancient lotus pond.

Yichun Building is burned with white meat cover

It is said that Yichun Building, formerly a butcher shop, began to operate cheap pig's head meat pot cover fire, which was very popular with poor working people. When Feng Yuxiang was a child, his family was poor. When he entered the city, he couldn't afford a big restaurant. He always went to Yichun Building to eat pig's head meat and set it on fire, and he had a good impression on the restaurant. After Feng Yuxiang became a general, every time he returned to Baoding, he would go to Yichun Building to eat the cover fire. Since then, the cover fire reputation of Yichun Building has greatly improved. Aisingiorro Pu Xinyu, uncle of Aisingiorro Puyi, the last emperor, personally wrote a plaque of "Authentic White Meat Cover on Fire" for famous food.

Gaobeidian bean curd silk

Gaobeidian bean curd silk has become a unique local famous food because of its rich flavor, milky color and well-proportioned strands. The unique spiced bean curd with phoenix flavor is a good accompaniment for all ages, and it has the reputation of "the first vegetarian meal". Because the spiced bean curd silk is flexible and elastic, it is known as "bean curd tendon", which is a nutritious, fragrant and delicious top grade in vegetarian food. The shredded tofu in Gaobeidian is made from tofu. Since the Han Dynasty, people in Gaobeidian area began to make and eat tofu. According to legend, after the Qing Dynasty built the Xiling in Yizhou (now Yixian), the emperors and princes went to the mausoleum to offer sacrifices, tasted this product, and if it was rare, it was named the imperial palace meal. The bean curd silk in Gaobeidian was once used as a precious dish for emperors and princes in the court of Qing Dynasty. For a long time, the bean curd silk of Gaobeidian has been tasted and eaten by merchants in the past and brought to all parts of the country.