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China is a big country with traditional cuisine, especially when the country is unified, the economy is prosperous and people's lives are relatively stable, the food culture is more colorful. During the Han and Tang Dynasties, Tang Bing was one of the most popular foods in China, which was widely popular in northern China. Its production methods are varied and have rich cultural significance.

' soup' in' soup cake' refers to hot water; Cake, and, uh, noodles. Soup cake is a kind of pasta made of boiled flour. In the Han dynasty, what was cooked in the oven was called Hu cake, and what was cooked was called Tang cake. Hu Sansheng said in his annotation "As a Mirror": "Soup cakes are made by grinding wheat into flour, making cakes with flour, and then boiling. The same is true of Huang Tingjian's so-called "sesame seed cake pouring soup". Therefore, soup cake is a general term for pasta cooked with soup, such as noodle soup, noodle soup and pimple.

Since the appearance of Tang Bing in Han Dynasty, Tang Bing has always enjoyed a high status, and it is a delicacy that the upper class aristocrats can often enjoy. Said,' The emperor can still talk, saying,' After eating boiled cakes, my stomach is stuffy today, and the water can still live'. It can be seen that the emperor often eats soup cakes. According to the records in the Biography of Li Gu in the Later Han Dynasty, there was a special "Tang Guan" in the palace of the Han Dynasty, whose duty was to make soup cakes for the emperor. It can be seen that the status and popularity of soup cakes at that time were high.

There is a story in the newspaper that Yanhe, a famous writer in the Three Kingdoms period, was a famous handsome man. He was born with extremely white skin. Wei Mingdi always suspected that Yanhe was painted with white powder, so he thought of a way to invite Yanhe to eat soup cakes in the dog days of June to test whether Yanhe was painted. After eating the soup cake, Yan and I broke out in a sweat. He kept wiping his sweat with a towel, but he still looked pale. Wei Mingdi smiled, believing that peace was not powdered, but that he was born with fair skin.

boren

in the northern and southern dynasties, the types of soup cakes were more detailed, and there were different types such as drinking water and cooking. There are detailed records of these two practices:' sift the noodles with fine threads, mix the gravy and simmer in cold. As soon as the water is pulled, it is as big as chopsticks, and the food is flooded when you step on it. Cook and rub like a big finger, two inches off, rub very finely, and cook urgently. They are all straight, white, lovely and beautiful. As can be seen from the above records,' Shuiyin' is similar to today's noodles, and' Boren' is similar to today's noodles or acne. Different from today's practice,' drinking with water' and' cooking with pork' need to be rubbed with gravy. Modern people seldom use this method of kneading dough.

in the Tang dynasty, soup cakes were often active in people's daily lives, and a new practice' cold scouring' appeared. The main difference between it and the traditional soup cake is the temperature. The specific method is to put ice cubes or ice water into vessels such as jade pots and pots, and then put the cooked noodles into them to cool. It tastes like' ice teeth', especially in summer, which makes people feel refreshed. At that time, my favorite cold noodles were made of locust leaf juice. Du Fu described this kind of soup cake in detail in his poem "Han Shu-Baiguan Gongqing Table":' The green and tall Sophora leaves are picked and paid by the chef in China. When you first arrived in this city, the juice was flowing. Wan Li Lou Han Tang opened an ice-clearing jade pot. This smell is also necessary when a king enjoys a cool night.

Lengtao

Tang Dynasty soup cakes have also become richer in condiments, such as vinegar, sesame, sauce, ginger, onion, cinnamon, cinnamon, pepper and salt. Can be added to them. The production methods are also complicated, including kneading, cutting, pulling, pulling and boiling. The popularity of such delicious noodles can be imagined.

In addition, Tang people also used soup cakes for dietotherapy. Yin's Shi Shuo Xin Yu recorded the method of making this soup cake:' Four sides, four eggs, eggs with noodles as cakes, and cooked with soy sauce in the middle seat can cure spleen and stomach weakness, vomiting after eating, and thinness and weakness'.

There are also many poems about soup cakes in Tang poetry, such as Xin Li's "Chrysanthemum drives away evil wine, and soup cakes are fragrant in dogwood" and Meng Jiao's "Chicken keeps dew, soup cakes are hot, smoke in the wind pool is warm, and letters are written", which are all reflections of Tang people's love for soup cakes. At that time, from emperors and princes to ordinary people, they all liked and often ate soup cakes. Even the breakfast of princesses in the Tang Dynasty is often composed of porridge and soup cakes, but these soup cakes are carefully processed.

dietotherapy soup cake

There were many locust trees in Chang 'an in the Tang Dynasty, and even neat roadside locust trees were planted on both sides of Chengtianmen Street in the imperial city. Therefore, princesses in the Tang Dynasty like to make soup cakes with locust leaves and flour. After cooking, they put them in cold water to cool. They taste cool and delicious, and have a unique flavor. Sophora japonica leaves are cool and rich in plant protein, which can clear the heart and dissipate heat. Although the taste is bitter, after boiling with boiling water and stirring with cold water, the bitterness is greatly reduced, but there will be a delicious taste. The soup cake made by this method is green in color, fragrant and refreshing, which is very suitable for girls. It is not surprising to appear on the breakfast table of princesses.

Soup cakes can be eaten all year round, especially in winter, and hot soup cakes have become the first choice for people at the bottom to drive away the cold. Therefore, there is a folk saying that' the dark winter is very cold, and tears freeze the nose; Soup cake is the best way to solve the war. Winter in northern China is long and cold, and there was no heating and air conditioning in ancient times. Soup cakes can be eaten with soup and cakes. Hot soup can help people drive away the cold. Therefore, in northern China in the Tang Dynasty, people ate soup cakes on the first day of the first month. At that time, in Hebei and Shaanxi provinces, after the Chinese New Year, the whole family, old and young, ate New Year's Eve dinner together, with soup cakes on the table, which was called' a delicious meal in winter'. There is a delicious meal in the middle of the night, and people become Zhong Kui at dawn' is a common folk custom in the northern region at that time.

longevity noodles

there is another custom in the Tang dynasty. People usually hold a' soup cake party' on the third day after giving birth, and invite relatives and friends to attend. At this kind of banquet, the "water" in the soup cake is indispensable. Because' water drink' is similar to modern noodles, it is slender in shape and homophonic for' longevity', which is a blessing to newborn babies. Similarly, soup cakes are also indispensable for the birthday party of the elderly, and its moral is to wish the elderly a long life over the South Mountain. This custom has been preserved to this day. Most modern people eat a bowl of longevity noodles on their birthdays. This custom has become an important part of China's food culture.

There are also many areas that have the custom of eating soup cakes on June 6th. The soup cake I ate this day is called' elf cake'. Because the sixth day of June is a high temperature in summer, many people are greedy for cold and easy to catch a cold, while soup cakes are hot food. Eating it in midsummer makes people sweat easily, and colds are often cured, thus achieving the effects of eliminating plague, evil spirits and avoiding disasters.

There is also the custom of eating soup cakes on the summer solstice in the Tang Dynasty. There is a folk saying called' winter solstice wonton noodles, summer solstice noodles'. On this day, the furniture at home eats cold noodles. This is because the shape of the soup cake is slender, which refers to the length of a day during the summer solstice. Eating soup cakes on this day also entrusted the people with the desire to eliminate disasters and live a long and safe life.

dongzhi wonton

many cakes with original patterns appeared in the Tang dynasty, which is the embodiment of the creativity of ancient working people. There was a master in Luoyang in the Tang Dynasty, nicknamed "Zhao Dabing". He was good at drinking and making big cakes. One of the three sides of the sea is bigger than several houses. Or a grand banquet, or a grand family dinner, all the above are gifts from all the guests. More than enough. Although you are very close, you don't know how to get it, so you got the name of pie. Master Zhao is a wonderful flower in the cake industry. He can make a big cake from three barrels of noodles and several houses. A cake is enough for several people. Today, it is estimated that he

still has some restaurants that are good at making a kind of "pancake". Its preparation method is to cook the meat in oil, mix it with salt, wine and seasoning, and put it in an urn for curing. This kind of rice soup cake is not boiled in a pot, but steamed in a steamer, and then mixed with bacon, which is a special practice of Chuanpai.

in the late Tang dynasty, with the development of agricultural production, wheat was widely popularized in the south. With the popularization of raw materials, southern soup cakes, which were originally only eaten by nobles, have also become popular. On the seventh day of July in the south, that is, the Begging Festival, girls in the south will tidy up their yards, put fresh fruits and cakes cooked with two red eggs in the yard, sprinkle with fragrant powder, and invite the cowherd and the Weaver Girl to enjoy them together. At that time, in southern customs, morning glory was a symbol of men's cultivation and harvest, while Vega represented women's ingenuity. This practice of offering sacrifices to the cowherd and the weaver girl with soup cakes and fresh fruits expresses the ancient people's affirmation of men's farming and women's weaving lifestyles, as well as the yearning of boys and girls for love.

Plum blossom cake

In the development process, the shapes and styles of soup cakes are becoming more and more colorful, such as plum blossom soup cakes, duck flower soup cakes, soup-free cakes, etc., and the production methods are becoming more and more complicated and diverse. For example, plum blossom soup cake, it is necessary to collect the snow on plum blossoms in advance, turn it into snow water and bury it underground. When making, take this kind of snow water and flour to make the crust of the cake.' For each stack, if the pattern of Bai Mei is chiseled with nickel iron, it will be chiseled. It's too clear in chicken juice when cooking, and each customer only needs more than 211 flowers. The making method of this soup cake is to make the soup cake made of plum-shaped snow water and noodles into plum shape with a plum-shaped mold, and then add clear soup to cook. The shapes and colors are good, and the taste is delicious, as you can imagine. Therefore, it is very popular among the nobles who pay attention to' never tire of eating'.

Tang Bing is also an important member of the army. When Tang Jun goes to war, every soldier will bring a kind of soup cake called' Gu Lou Zi', which is a kind of cake pasta developed from Hu Cake. The specific method is to slice a catty of mutton, put it in pancakes in layers, sprinkle pepper and lobster sauce every once in a while, then coat it with ghee and bake it in the oven. This kind of Hu cake is fragrant, crisp and easy to carry, which is very popular with officers. Soldiers'' Gu Lou Zi'' mutton has a small amount, but the production method is basically the same. It is an important supplement for soldiers to supplement their physical strength during the battle in Shatang.

Purple Drum Tower

After the Song Dynasty, "Tang Bing" became the general name of all cooked pasta without stuffing. Zhang of Song Dynasty said in his book Qi Min Yao Shu-Cake Method, "Now boiled noodles are soup cakes, but so are butterfly noodles, handmade noodles, water-slippery noodles, Daoxiao Noodles, dried noodles, wonton and cold scouring." Tang Bing has gradually become people's daily routine and is widely loved by the public.

After the Jing Rebellion, a large number of northerners went south, and the eating habits of the north and the south gradually merged. According to "Cold Scouring of Sophora Leaves",' Xiang Zhe Bianjing opened a noodle restaurant in the south and distributed rice and tea in preparation for the doctor's southern tour, saying that it was inconvenient for him to eat in the north. "After crossing the south for more than 211 years, the soil and water are used to it, and the diet is chaotic, and there is no difference between the north and the south." It can be seen that noodle restaurants in the Southern Song Dynasty were very common in Lin 'an, and people who ate were not limited to northerners. Tang Bing was widely welcomed. And a large number of people in the north moved to the south, which also made wheat widely promoted and planted in the south. Since then, soup cakes and various kinds of pasta developed from soup cakes have become indispensable delicacies in China people's daily life, and have nurtured generations of Chinese sons and daughters.