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Jin Yong's hometown is in Haining, Zhejiang, which is very close to Suzhou. I studied at Soochow University when I was young. His grandmother is from Suzhou, and Jin Yong certainly knows Suzhou. Wu Nong's soft language and Gusu cuisine are therefore common in his works. In Jin Yong's novels, Suzhou and Su Cai wrote directly from 0755 to 79000. When Duan Yu first arrived in the south of the Yangtze River, he heard beautiful Suzhou dialect and ate delicious Suzhou food in Yanziwu, Gusu. Although for Suzhou people, Zhu and Abi only make some home-cooked snacks.
In Jin Yong's works, there are many "foodies". The first "foodie" was Hong Qigong. Hong Qigong's "eating goods" has become a delicious commodity. In his later years, he succeeded in becoming one of the first-class gourmets and chefs. The recipes used by Huang Rong to bribe Hong Qigong are mainly Jiangsu and Zhejiang dishes, which are light and delicious. The ingredients are all kinds of seafood and mushrooms, bamboo shoots, meat, vegetables and bean products. Who listens to the Jade Emperor's Plum Blossom Fragrance, Good Soup and Twenty-four Bridges on a Moonlit Night all left a deep impression on readers. On the one hand, their exquisite craftsmanship and unexpected selection of materials are staggering; On the other hand, the names of dishes are very artistic. Think about it, Jin Daxia always has a lot of meals, tastes all over the world, synthesizes the strengths of various factions, creates new tricks, and makes people salivate.
According to Jin Yong, the first heroine who can cook is Huang Rong. The sixth time, Miss Huang tried her hand for the first time: in Emei, she cut the cock's belly with a steel thorn, washed and stripped the internal organs, but did not pluck the hair. She wrapped the chicken in water and mud, and then made a fire to roast it. Bake for a while, and the mud will give off a fragrance. The wet mud is dry, peel it off and dry it. Chicken feathers will fall with the mud, and the chicken is white and tender with a strong aroma. The "foodies" who are familiar with Suzhou cuisine will know at a glance: Suzhou's famous dish is called Flower Chicken.
When it comes to eating places, Jin Yong will not be careless about what to eat and how to eat on any occasion. From the wasteland of Saibei to the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River, the colorful food in the Jianghu nourishes the body and mind of every warrior, and has been presented to readers for thousands of years, which is amazing.
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In the Jianghu, people often go in and out of inns and restaurants and stay in hotels. Besides Jianghu dishes, restaurants and restaurants are often involved in Jin Yong's novels. Song Lu is one of them.
Songlou has a history of more than 200 years, which is very old and famous. When Song Crane Tower is mentioned, Suzhou people will think of four words: Ganlong builds a city. In other words, Song Crane Tower was there as early as the Qianlong period. To be exact, the opening year of Songhe Tower was twenty-two years of Qianlong. As a story scene, Song Crane Tower appears in Jin Yong's martial arts novels:
Duan Yu paced up and down, suddenly smelled a fragrance, but caramel and soy sauce mixed with the taste of cooked meat. He hasn't eaten all day. He rowed for hours and he was hungry. Now he followed the smell and turned a corner. I saw the owner of a restaurant standing in the street with a golden sign saying "Songhelou". The signboard has been blackened by smoke for a long time, but three golden characters are shining, wine is pouring out of the restaurant, the chef's knife and spoon and the waiter's shout.
It is said that Qiao Feng and Duan Yu met in a restaurant. The name of this restaurant is "Songhelou".
It may be the reputation of Songhe Tower that Jin Yong had heard before. In the year of "Eight Dragons", Songhe Tower was mentioned many times. But at that time, Jin Yong had not been to Songhe Tower. It was not until 2007 that 84-year-old Jin Yong first stepped into the Song Crane Tower in Suzhou. While tasting the Subang cuisine, he realized that he had made a "common sense mistake" when writing The Legend of the Condor Heroes: the Suzhou song Crane Tower was wrongly installed in Wuxi.
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Songhe Tower was built in Qianlong period of Qing Dynasty. The background of Tianlong Babu is the Northern Song Dynasty, and the Song Crane Tower in that story is located in Wuxi. In the novel, the technique of "grafting flowers and trees" is also very common. It is not an exaggeration to put the names of things that appear in later generations in the former dynasty. For example, in the year of "Dragon Eight Branches", Duan Yu drank "Biluochun" in Yanziwu, Suzhou, and it didn't appear until 600 years later. Yanziwu is a fictional place name, which goes without saying. Biluochun, formerly known as "Jing Zhe Xiang", has been a treasure in tea since ancient times. It is said that it has been harvested 1300 years. In the thirty-eighth year of Qing Emperor Kangxi, Kangxi visited Taihu Lake in the south, and the governor offered this tea. Emperor Kangxi thought the name was too vulgar, so he changed "appalling fragrance" to "Biluochun". What Duan Yu should drink is "Jing Zhe Xiang". At that time, there would never be the title of "Biluochun". Zhu and Abby made "Biluochun" for Duan Yu, and the book went on to explain the name of tea. In 2002, it was mentioned in The Thief Catching in Taihu Lake, Lu Guanying that Jintou Ao was the Duke of Mo Lifeng. Mofeng, the main peak of Dongting Mountain in Taihu Lake, is the origin of Biluochun tea. This shows that Jin Yong is knowledgeable and rigorous, and meticulous in novel creation. In the TV series Dragon, Wang Po called his tea "Biluochun", which was a big mistake of the director.
Jin Yong's visit to Song Crane Tower left a deep impression on the Suzhou people present. The old man praised the vegetarian steamed stuffed bun for its delicious taste and couldn't wait to order another one, so he ate the one next to it. It's really the first class.