Diet and snacks

Shandong cuisine is also called Shandong cuisine. It has a long history and wide influence. It is an important part of Chinese food culture and has become the first of the four major Chinese cuisines, but it is the most unknown cuisine. It is famous at home and abroad for its fresh, salty, crisp and tender taste, unique flavor and exquisite production. Shandong cuisine originated from the Qi State and the Lu State (today's Shandong Province) during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and was formed during the Qin and Han Dynasties. After the Song Dynasty, Shandong cuisine became one of the representatives of "Northern Food". From Qilu to Gyeonggi, from inside the Pass to outside the Pass, its influence has reached the Yellow River Basin and the Northeast, and it has a broad base of food people. Shandong cuisine is one of the most widespread local flavor cuisines in my country, covering Beijing, Tianjin, Tangshan and the three northeastern provinces.

The geographical differences in Shandong Province are large, resulting in the formation of three major systems: coastal Jiaodong cuisine (mainly seafood), inland Jinan cuisine, and self-contained Confucius cuisine.

Shandong cuisine pays attention to pure seasoning, and the taste is salty and fresh, with the characteristics of fresh, tender, fragrant and crispy. They pay great attention to the preparation of clear soup and milk soup. The clear soup is clear and fresh in color, and the milk soup is white and mellow in color.

There are more than 30 cooking techniques commonly used in Shandong cuisine, especially the frying and grilling techniques which are unique and specialized. The frying method emphasizes rapid fire and quick frying; the grilling technique is unique to Shandong cuisine. The raw materials are pickled and sticky, and the two sides are fried to brown, and the juice is absorbed slowly over slow fire; the grilled finished product is neatly formed, with strong flavor and rotten texture, and the juice is tight and thick.

Shandong’s specialty snacks mainly include: Mengyin braised rabbit head, Yishui fried mountain beef, Guangrao donkey meat, Yishui fried ginger sprouts with soybean oil, Linyi fried cicada turtle, Yishui large Pot whole lamb, Yishui pancakes, Yishui pancakes, Yishui fried white-scaled fish, clear oil pancakes, oil spinners, eight batches of fruits, rose sugar fried cakes, five-nut buns, spring cakes, shredded chicken wontons, long Qingda vegetarian buns, people's pan-fried buns, silver rolls, fried chicken spring rolls, Jinan rice noodles, Jinan sweet foam, Fushan ramen (stretch noodles), Jingzhi golden noodles, Shanxian and Zaozhuang mutton soup, egg crisp fried noodles, fish Dumplings, bean juice porridge, shredded chicken Yifu noodles, chicken soup glutinous rice dumplings, Linyi glutinous rice dumplings, Zaozhuang glutinous rice dumplings, Chaotian hot pot, lotus leaf porridge, Zaozhuang vegetable pancakes, Babao tea soup, Guada, stone swirl cakes, hexagonal swirl cakes, sugar cakes Gangzitou Shaoyue, Taishan Tofu Noodles, Penglai Noodles, Pear Balls, Dragon and Phoenix Fried Rice, Longkou Meat Box, Furong Shaomai, Weifang Shaoba, Chicken and Duck Hele, Chaotian Hotpot. Dezhou Braised Chicken, Yucheng Braised Chicken, Baodian Donkey Meat, Leling Golden Jujube, Laiwu Fanghuo Hot Tofu, Laiwu Sausage, Boshan Crispy Pot, etc.

[Edit this paragraph] Opera culture

Shandong is one of the earliest regions in my country to have drama activities. The birth of its dramatic art can be traced back to the Qilu kingdoms more than 2,000 years ago.

In the Sui Dynasty, the Qi Dynasty became famous throughout the country, and in the Tang Dynasty, the drama of joining the army became popular in Shandong. It can be said that the long-term popular singing, dancing, opera, and actor activities are indispensable and important processes for the development of Shandong opera. After the formation of Song Zaju, it also spread to Shandong. At the end of the Jin Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, a form of opera sung with Northern Opera emerged, that is, Yuan Zaju. Shandong was one of the main popular areas. Zhong Sicheng of the Yuan Dynasty wrote "Gui Gu Bu" and Jia Zhongming's "Gui Gu Bu" in the early Ming Dynasty. There are 28 opera writers from Shandong recorded in "Sequel", 4 of whom are good at singing. The most prosperous place for opera is Dongping. There are 10 Yuan opera writers from Dongping, including Gao Wenxiu and Zhang Shiqi. The most outstanding one is Gao Wenxiu, whose work "Black Tornado with Two Heads" is deeply loved by the people.

Shandong opera entered a period of vigorous development during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Li Kaixian's "The Story of the Sword" and Kong Shangren's "The Peach Blossom Fan" have outstanding achievements and have the greatest influence. In terms of performances, there are more professional theater troupes and frequent activities.

By the middle of the Qing Dynasty, dozens of different opera types were active in Shandong at the same time. It can be roughly divided into bangzi tune, xiansuo tune, elbow drum tune, etc.

There are now more than 30 types of operas popular in Shandong, which can be roughly divided into Bangzi tune system, Xiansuo tune system, Elbow tune system and folk songs, dances and raps. type.

The popular types of Bangzi Opera in Shandong include Yu Opera (ie Henan Bangzi), Shandong Bangzi, Laiwu Bangzi, Zao Bangzi, Liangjiaxian, Donglu Bangzi, Hebei Bangzi and so on. Popular areas include Heze, Jining, Linyi, Zaozhuang, Tai'an, Jinan, Liaocheng, Dezhou, Laiwu, Binzhou and more than ten cities. Henan Opera actors Zhang Lan, Zhu Guiqin, and Li Xinhua who won the Plum Blossom Award are also active on stages across Shandong.

Xiansuo tune originated from the popular folk song Xiaoling, passed through the stage of Xiansuo acapella, and then developed into an opera tune.

Due to differences in spreading regions and accompaniment instruments, as well as the influence of other arts, Xiansuo tune has formed different types of operas with different styles. The main ones popular in Shandong include Liuzi Opera, Daxianzi Opera and Luozi Opera. Liuzi Opera, known as "Dongliu", is one of the most widely spread and influential types of Xiansuo opera. Representative plays include "Li Yaxian Misses Her Husband", "Diao Chan Misses Her Husband", "Yingying Misses Her Husband", "Li Sanniang Misses Her Husband" and other "Top Ten Missing Husband Plays".

Elbow drum tune is an opera tune that gradually evolved based on the popular folk flower drum yangko, with "sissy tune" as its main tune. The opera types included include Liuqin Opera, Wuyin Opera, Mao Opera, Liu Opera, Deng Opera, Donglu Elbow Drum Opera, etc.

The types of opera developed from rap include: Lu Opera, Zhui Opera, Yugu Opera, Eight Immortals Opera, Languan Opera, etc.

[Edit this paragraph] Festival exhibitions

Cultural and economic festivals and exhibitions in various places in Shandong are compiled based on data from Shandong Tourism Information Network and other websites

Festival exhibition activities Name Date

Yantai Yuhuangding Temple Fair February 16th to 22nd

Qingdao Haiyun'an Sugar Ball Festival February 28th to March 3rd

China Linyi Shusheng Cultural Festival in September

Jining Liangshan International Water Margin Cultural Festival in April

Taian Dongyuehui Temple Fair from April 1st to 3rd

Taian Feicheng Peach Blossom Festival from April 5th to 15th

Zibo International Ceramics and Glaze Art Festival from April 16th to 22nd

Yantai Kunyu Mountain Spring Festival from April 16th to 28th< /p>

Yantai Longkou International Xufu Cultural Festival April 18-20

Yantai Laiyang Pear Blossom Festival April 20

China Linyi Zhuge Liang Cultural Festival May

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Qingdao International Marathon April 20

Qingdao Cherry Blossom Festival mid-to-late April

Weifang International Kite Fair April 20-25

Linyi China Mall Convention and Exhibition Center in September

Weifang Shouguang International Vegetable Science and Technology Expo from April 20 to May 20th

Heze International Peony Fair from April 22 to 28

Rizhao "Spring of Five Lotuses" Rhododendron Festival from April 24 to May 6

Yantai Moushi Manor Folk Custom Tour April 28 to May 8

Liaocheng Jiangbei Water City Cultural Tourism Festival April 30 to May 8

Zibo International Liaozhai Cultural Tourism Festival from April 30 to May 8

Binzhou Boxing International Small Opera Art Festival from May 1 to 10

Yantai Colorful Food Festival from May 4 to 8th

Yantai Changdao "Yujiale" Folk Culture Tourism Festival May 5th to 7th

Yantai Laizhou Rose Flower Festival May 25th

Dongying Kenli Yellow River Estuary Cultural Tourism Festival September 2

China Guangrao Sunzi International Cultural Festival September

(Dongying) Yellow River International Forum September

Jinan International Art concert held once a month from May to October

Shandong Business Conference from June 6 to 8

Jinan Minghu Lotus Festival from June 30 to August 20

Qingdao Ocean Festival July 12 to 20

Laiwu Fangqian Ecological Tourism Festival July to August

Qingdao Golden Beach Cultural Tourism Festival August 3 to the 11th

Qingdao International Beer Festival from August 17 to September 1

Yantai Penglai "Ode to Peace" International Youth Culture and Art Festival from August 20 to 25

Qingdao Daze Mountain Grape Festival from September 1st to 3rd

Taishan International Mountaineering Festival from September 6th to 10th

Qingdao Fashion Week from September 6th to 10th

Yantai Changyu International Wine Festival from September 7th to 10th

Laiwu Steel Expo in September and October

Tengzhou Wetland Red Lotus Festival

Wenshang Prince Spirit Trace Cultural Festival