1 Since ancient times, people in China have been paying attention to "harmony between man and nature" and "harmony is precious", as well as the characteristics of food to express meaning and things to express feelings, which makes the traditional food in China "have a door to eat". For example, Yi Yin, a native of Heyang, ruled the country by taste. He combined the "color, fragrance, taste and shape" of diet with governing the country, and then put forward the theory that "governing a big country is like cooking small fresh food". Confucius' The Analects of Confucius states that "two are not tired, three are moderate, and ten do not eat". It still has a very high theoretical guiding significance. Lu Yu of the Tang Dynasty believed that tea culture was almost equal to wine culture in China. He visited famous tea producing areas all over the world, recommended tasting and studied spring tasting. Yuan Mei's Menu with Garden in Qing Dynasty is a masterpiece of his life experience for more than 50 years, which is an important reference for China's food culture.
Shaanxi has a high position in the whole country in history. Xi 'an cuisine is the leader of cooking skills and the founder of food culture. 1200 has occupied the peak of the whole country and even the whole world for more than 200 years. Harmony, courtesy and elegance are the basis and connotation of our Shaanxi food culture. China is the only country in the world that believes that culture begins with diet. "Li Yun" clearly wrote: "The beginning of a husband's ceremony is the beginning of eating." The "ceremony" of China culture has roughly the same meaning as the "culture" we are talking about today. The ancients have long recognized that diet is the origin of China culture. "Xunzi Book of Rites" also said that "people are born with desires, and if they want but can't, they have to fight. The first king hated his chaos, so he established etiquette. " The ancients used "rites" to promote civilization and assimilate backward nationalities. This is the process of cultural growth in China. Later, Confucius also said that "harmony is the most important thing." This "harmony" is the essence of China's cooking, even a synonym. In Guoyu Zhengzheng, there is a saying that "the other equals the other". In addition, the Shaanxi diet centered on xi 'an also embodies elegance, which is a sublimation from the material level to the spiritual level, and obtains an aesthetic enjoyment in Tang poetry and Song poetry, singing and dancing, and the agitation of bells.
The wisdom of the ancients lies in comparing the cooking theory with the way of governing the country, seeing the big from the small, and raising the diet to the cultural level. All these understandings were formed in the era when Shaanxi was the political, economic and cultural center, so we can say with certainty that the food in xi 'an and even Shaanxi is the most cultured in the history of China.
Shaanxi, centered on xi 'an, has a certain influence on the food culture of some Asian countries, especially Japan, and embodies the functions of "harmony, courtesy and elegance" everywhere. During the more than 260 years from the fourth year of Zhenguan to the eighth year of Zhaozong, Japan sent a 16 mission to China, and a large number of Japanese students and monks came to study in China, including a "tasting monk" who specializes in cooking. China also sent envoys and monks to Japan for cultural exchange and missionary work many times, especially to teach Jian Zhen and monks the food and cooking methods they brought when they crossed to Japan. According to the Biography of the Great Monk in the Tang Dynasty, Jian Zhen not only brought red and green rice, noodles, tea, cakes, biscuits and pancakes, but also brought many monks and nuns who were good at cooking and taught their cooking skills to the Japanese people. The book Two Thousand Years of Japan and China says that in Japan, "people who make tofu regard monk Jian Zhen as their ancestor and have great respect for him". According to Japan's Collection of Famous Japanese Banknotes, during the Heian period in Japan, an empty sea monk who came to Qingliu Temple in Chang 'an with Tang envoys and returned to China as a teacher also learned the noodle-making technology in the process of learning the law. After returning to Japan, he taught the noodle-making technology to his hometown-Zanqi people. Chopsticks, the tableware corresponding to noodles, were also brought back to Japan from Chang 'an. Since 1992, Zanqi Pasta Culture Research Association, the hometown of Konghai, has sent people to Xi 'an Qingliu Temple to present their faces as a souvenir almost every year. As for sashimi, which is popular in Japan now, it is said that it was also a "taste monk" sent by Japan to Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty, which evolved from the famous dish "Carp" in the Qin Dynasty.
This example illustrates the external influence of "harmony, courtesy and elegance" in Shaanxi food culture, which, in the present words, embodies "the power of Shaanxi cuisine". Shaanxi is developing, and Shaanxi cuisine is progressing in inheritance and development. Shaanxi cuisine and Shaanxi cuisine will shine again with the help of cultural forces, and the concept of "harmony, courtesy and elegance" will be immersed in every dish, so that the world can taste the true taste of Shaanxi cuisine.
Shaanxi is a magical land, which is related to Hua Xushi, Emperor Yanhuang, Xia, Shang, Zhou, Qin, Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties. The food here is also unforgettable.
When you talk about Shaanxi, you may think of xi 'an, the ancient capital. This summer, my parents took me to Xi. Xi is a place with a long history and culture, which perfectly combines modernization with history and culture. The whole city is filled with an antique flavor, as well as the delicious food fragrance floating from the streets.
Shaanxi snacks also have a long history. Especially all kinds of pasta, that is called a must. For example, the famous belt surface, also known as Biangbiang surface. The word Biang cannot be entered into the computer, and there are 57 paintings in total. There is also a formula for the writing of this word: a little fly to the sky, the two sides of the Yellow River bend; The eight-character mouth is wide open, the words go in and twist left and right; The west is long, the east is long, and there is a horse king in the middle; At the bottom of my heart, beside the moon, leave a hook to hang hemp sugar; Push the car to Xianyang. Authentic Biangbiang noodles are particularly fragrant, and the width is almost the length of a finger. All the flavors are perfectly matched with the strength of noodles, and the oil will sizzle when serving. After being splashed with oil, the fragrance of garlic and the unique aroma of Chili noodles are completely integrated, which makes people's appetite open, and they want another bowl after eating a bowl!
Besides Biangbiang noodles, we also ate minced meat noodles. Noodles with minced meat-pork noodles, as the name suggests, are not that simple. The characteristics of minced meat noodles are that the noodles are slender and uniform in thickness, the minced meat is delicious, the noodle soup is ruddy in luster, fresh and fragrant, and the side dishes are tofu and eggs. It is delicious and delicious.
Among Xi's famous snacks, mutton bread in soup is also one of them. In the streets of Xi 'an, mutton soup kitchens can be seen everywhere, and there are countless famous ones. The smell of wine is not afraid of the depth of the alley, and you will find a good shop along the smell. It's well cooked, every piece of meat is well cooked, the ingredients are thick and mellow, the rotten soup is thick, fat but not greasy, and it has an endless aftertaste after eating. Mutton paomo is very famous. There is an interesting legend about Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin, which is very famous in history. Now it has become the "general representative" of Shaanxi cuisine and an intangible cultural heritage.
"A pot helmet is like a pot cover, and its surface is like a belt. Chili peppers are vegetables, regardless of bowls and pots. You don't sit or squat, you slap your head, and the roof is on one side, and the Qin cavity is cooing." Five of the eight eccentrics in Shaanxi are about food, and you can't feel the beauty without experiencing and tasting it yourself! It's almost four months since I came back from Xi 'an. We think of Ma Lao's most unforgettable mutton bread in soup at the foot of Huashan Mountain, and the mutton in the iron pot of Fumaoyuan in northern Shaanxi next to Datang Furong Garden, and our mouths are still watering.
Shaanxi cuisine is waiting for you to explore!
The diet composition of Shaanxi is that Shaanxi is ruled by Qin, so it is called "Qin" for short. On this basis, the ancient and young food flavor that originated and grew up is called "Qin food culture", which takes Shaanxi as the center and its geographical location can be extended to the whole. Historically, due to the development of politics, economy, culture and trade at that time, especially in Shaanxi, many scenic spots and historical sites were formed, and internal and external exchanges were quite frequent, which also brought about the progress and development of Shaanxi's diet.
The representative cuisines of "Qin cuisine culture" are mainly composed of yamen cuisine, merchant cuisine, local cuisine, folk cuisine and pure cuisine. Yamen cuisine, also known as official cuisine, has a long history and is elegant and heavy, such as "using elbows" and "using fat heads". Merchants' dishes, such as "money to send vegetables" and "bergamot shark's fin", win by your price. Restaurants in the city mainly serve dishes from famous buildings and famous shops in important town centers, attracting customers, and the competition is fierce, such as "Four Happiness in Ming Dynasty", "Fish in Milk Soup Pot", "Shredded Squid" and "Three Fresh Meat". Folk dishes are economical and full of local flavor, such as "sliced pork with bald head", "roasted eggplant with shredded pork" and "gourd head". After the development of Ming and Qing dynasties, Muslim food has begun to take shape, such as the well-known "mutton bread in soup" and "whole sheep mat".
Shaanxi's catering and catering culture retains the legacy of more than ten dynasties, such as Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, with exquisite characteristics and beautiful scenery. Using the advantages of history and ancient capital, Shaanxi catering absorbs the essence, absorbs the exotic flavor of all ethnic groups, integrates the strengths of both inside and outside, and excavates and inherits the palace skills of past dynasties. It is famous for its variety, peculiar colors, rich national characteristics, different local flavors and long ancient rhyme.
However, the early development of catering industry in Shaanxi was relatively slow. Since 1930s, with the opening of traffic and the rise of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Shaanxi has become the rear area of China, and the population who moved to other places has increased sharply, and various kinds of restaurants have also settled in xi 'an, so the catering industry in Shaanxi has flourished. Later, since the 1980s, Xi 'an has gradually become a tourist attraction, and domestic and international exchanges have become increasingly frequent and close, which has promoted the leap-forward development of catering industry in Shaanxi. With the excavation of classic banquets such as Dumpling Banquet, Snack Banquet, Imitation Tang Banquet and Palace Banquet, a number of innovative dishes have emerged to meet the needs of tourists from all over the world, further enhancing the popularity of Shaanxi catering.
Status quo-striving for flow, winning and being colorful.
As early as the Tang Dynasty, Xi 'an (called Chang 'an in ancient times) was the largest and most open city in China, and it was also the center of catering and catering culture in China. The great poet of the Tang Dynasty said, "Sesame cakes are like Kyoto, and crispy noodles are baked now. I gave it to Ambassador Hungry and Yang Hungry. It seems to be a poem that "helps the prosperous times". In fact, the "sesame seed cake" in the poem is what we eat today.
Zhang is a famous food with a long history. All kinds of snacks circulating in Shaanxi, whether imperial or folk, are huge in quantity and fine in workmanship, and are deeply loved by Chinese and foreign people. While excavating, sorting out and retaining these traditional restaurants, Shaanxi people have added new connotations to them. For example, traditional jiaozi and snacks are combined into an eye-opening dumpling banquet, snack banquet, imitation Tang banquet, court banquet and so on. Here, people eat not only a few dishes, but also taste culture and tradition, and feel the historical context and ethnic customs.
Qingzhen cuisine also occupies a very important position in China cuisine. In recent years, Muslim catering represented by beef and mutton in paomo has dominated in Shaanxi, while Laosunjia and Tongshengxiang in xi 'an are well-known food shops, which have become the favorite places for tourists from all over the world.
The catering industry is a multi-faceted luminous mirror, which not only can bring the most direct consumption, but also has great significance for stimulating agriculture, food processing industry and solving social problems such as employment. Therefore, vigorously developing the catering industry and promoting the "Qin food culture" have become a highlight and feature of Shaanxi's economic development and tourism promotion.