There are now fewer and fewer dam seats in Chongqing. Dams with flowing water seats can only be seen in rural areas of districts, counties and counties.

In the past, if any family held a full-moon party, married a wife, or married a daughter, they would usually put borrowed tables and benches in front of their own dam, and then invite some neighbors to help, so as to fully demonstrate the strong neighborliness.

To list the most lively collective activities in Chongqing's rural areas, Ba Ba Xi will definitely be selected with high votes.

"Let's go have a drink with the old man tomorrow!" When I was a child, I would definitely not be able to sleep at night when I heard this sentence. I was looking forward to following the elders in the family to eat baba mats tomorrow!

I am from Chongqing, and I was lucky enough to attend a wedding in a rural area some time ago. Their banquet was a banquet held in front of their home.

No matter how many young people nowadays sneer at the Baba Banquet, I still like the nine big bowls. The table full of special dishes always has a magic that makes me go back to the past in a second.

After ten o'clock in the morning, I arrived at today's destination. Before I walked in, I saw crowds of people in the distance, and I could faintly feel that the folks from the countryside were coming to help. Those who set up the stove, those who washed the vegetables, those who put the food on the table.

The Dragon Gate Formation is a lively scene.

The table set up in Bazi has long been occupied by old people, waiting for the first round of banquets. When eating a Baba banquet in the countryside, you have to be active in serving the table. People who are not active may not take their turn after several rounds.

Not to you.

In the corner of the dam, a temporary kitchen was built with something like a mat. There was a large panel in the temporary kitchen for placing vegetables, and today's meals were all cooked here.

Around 11 o'clock, cooking was already going on in the kitchen. The kitchen was not big, and three women with nimble hands and feet supported the banquet.

Inside this super large wooden product is the rice steamer. The steamed rice has clear and plump grains.

If you look carefully below, you can see that it is still a meal cooked with firewood.

The first thing you notice here is that it looks like Shao Bai. This dish is one of Chongqing people’s favorite side dishes, and it’s also an indispensable steamed dish for every meal!

This big dustpan is a must-have kitchen tool for rural families. A dustpan can wash meals for more than a dozen people, and can hold dishes and chopsticks for several tables... The dishes in the kitchen are being cooked in an orderly manner, and outside the banquet

, everything is going on in an orderly manner.

The plastic benches borrowed from the surrounding neighbors are also a must-have item at the Baba banquet.

Laoyin tea is packed in a thermal bucket. When guests come, they are served the first cup of tea on a heavy wooden tea tray, and the subsequent refills are done by themselves.

Before there were electric stoves, everyone used this kind of brazier to warm up the fire. Once the fire was good, everyone would sit together and start setting up the dragon gate array. Once you sit down, it would be difficult if someone calls you to get up.

The temporary kitchen in Bazi did not have a faucet, so a water pipe was moved in. The water used for cooking and washing dishes was scooped from a bucket.

At 11:30, the table began to be laid, with a very eye-catching disposable red cloth. The tablecloth was changed once a table was finished, and the garbage on the tablecloth was thrown away together.

There are also drinks, beer, and liquor on a table.

The drink I drank the most in my memory was Orange Duo, and later on, there were all kinds of peanut milk and other drinks.

As twelve o'clock approaches, the banquet is ready.

The women in the kitchen took out the cold dishes that did not need to be heated from the big bags and put them on plates one by one.

The chef in the kitchen began to fry some quick-cooking dishes.

The firewood in rural areas is very powerful, and it will be cooked in a few times after being put into the pot.

After frying, put it into a small pot like this.

When sitting at a table, smart people generally don't sit at the food delivery port, otherwise they will spend most of the time turning around to receive the food.

For things like dam banquets and flowing water mats, there are always rows of wheels. Those who sit down first eat first, and those who come after them can only watch others finish their meal and then go to themselves.

Because I was slow, I didn't even get in line for the second round. In the third round, it was finally my turn.

After sitting at the table, the first thing that came out were cold dishes and a pot with a small stove. The pickled radish in the pot was so good for rice. I could make a bowl of rice with just this pickled radish.

Then there is the hard dish of hooves, which is more popular among the elderly. The main reason is that the meat is very smooth and soft, so it is easy to eat.

There are many types of chickens, either one is stewed for each table, or the chickens are slaughtered and made into big dishes.

Wherever there is chicken, there is fish. The way to cook fish is to braise and steam it. One whole fish per table means having more than enough every year.

Xisha Pork is the dish that many people stare at most closely at the table. Although it looks very greasy, when you eat it, you can only feel the soft, glutinous and sweet taste of the bean paste and meat chewed together.

There is no specific limit on the number of dishes in the Baba Banquet. Each place has its own rules. In some places, it is 4 cold, 8 hot, 6 steaming bowls and 2 soups, which is 24 dishes per meal, and in some places it is more than a dozen dishes.

The only thing in common is that there are too many dishes to fit on the table... At the Baba banquet, no matter what big shot you are or a dignitary, everyone is crowded together, sitting at a big round table, chatting about everyday things, without even realizing it.

The delicious food was eliminated in China.

Of course, every time you go to a banquet, some money is indispensable.