Chongqing is a city of hot pot, not only because of the smell of hot pot that permeates the streets, but also because the scenery here is as old as hot pot soup. In Mika, Chongqing people's personality is a bit as spicy as hot pot soup, wrapped in a little silk.

Chongqing Pictures: Yellowing photos in memory.

Chongqing in my memory is an old photo with a yellowed background: this is the Jialing River where I lived when I was a child. The cargo ship sailed past the Green River and blew a long whistle. In the distance, the majestic outline of Jialing River Bridge is clearly visible. My grandmother told me to go home for dinner at the end of the stone road, and the neighbor's house with blue bricks and gray tiles was already lit up, and the smoke rose.

Rows of tall buildings, bustling streets and avant-garde crowds are the status quo of this city. Standing on the streets of Chongqing, I will also lament the rapid progress of this city. It is estimated that few people remember the plum blossom in Nanshan, the Liangjiang Pavilion in Erling, the Yangtze River cableway on Xinhua Road and the bench surface of Shibanpo, flying kites at Coral Dam in spring and digging trouser legs to move crabs by the river in summer. On the last spring outing of primary school, the school organized a picnic to eat hot pot at Coral Dam. The hot pot meal was really simple, but when I meet my primary school classmates now, I occasionally mention the different experiences of facing the river wind and hot pot on the beach.

Chongqing Hotpot: This is what I want.

Chongqing people are addicted to eating hot pot. Calling friends, gathering in hot pot and drinking a case of beer are the daily life of Chongqing people.

Northerners call hot pot "shabu-shabu". A copper pot is filled with clear water, with a few slices of onion, ginger and medlar floating on it, and a few slices of mutton and beef are sandwiched with paper-thin chopsticks. Wrap it in sesame sauce and fermented bean curd before the entrance, and sprinkle a few cloves of sugar and garlic to make the food fresh and tender. The hot pot in Chongqing is bright red and shiny, and the foam is rolling. Put a plate of yellow throat hairy belly, pour a basket of bean sprouts and green bamboo shoots, order a large bottle of Wei Yidou milk, and open half a dozen beers with a shiny garlic dish. The important thing is to be bold and carefree.

Needless to say, the origin of hot pot is not as elegant as instant-boiled mutton or the emperor's hospitality to centenarians. To put it bluntly, this is a creative move by the dock boatmen to fill their hunger after work. Hometown people's obsession with hot pot is also because they eat and drink alike, and they are hearty and hearty when eating hot pot.

Chongqing's hot pot pays attention to old oil and old soup, old oil is boiled with butter, and old soup is slowly boiled with old hen soup. This old oil soup has been criticized for its hygiene in recent years, but it tastes better. There is no doubt that if you occasionally eat guests' "leftovers" at the dinner table, you should not be too serious.

Chongqing people are very talented in studying food. The old family used all the ingredients to rinse the hot pot, which is the most famous joke on the Internet. When something comes out, Chongqing people laugh: "Use it to rinse hot pot!" Although exaggerated, it also stems from the love of hot pot. Cann't get used to Chili? You can eat Yuanyang pot. Red soup pot is boring to eat, as well as fish hotpot, beef hotpot and rabbit hotpot.

You can eat hot pot in the open air and in rainy days, set up a table in the river ditch to eat hot pot, and it is unusual to open a "hole hot pot" in the air raid shelter, just like in the movie "Hot Pot Hero", with a wide greasy black bench, a white tile stove and an old shade tea. This is what you want.

Chongqing people: honest and frank Zhanyi brothers.

Some people say that the character of Chongqing people is like this boiling hot pot, burning, honest and frank, and full of enthusiasm. In Chongqing dialect, close friends are called "brothers". After drinking several glasses of beer and eating a hot pot, they got acquainted, met each other after a brief encounter, scrambled to pay the bill, and made an appointment to have a drink and dinner together next time. Chongqing people often say "non-existent" and "very flat", which is similar to "a piece of cake" and "can do it" in Mandarin. It shows the loyalty and heroism of Chongqing people and exudes a simple and heavy Jianghu atmosphere.

I used to think that the character of Chongqing people was deeply influenced by the dock culture, so I was informal and straightforward. However, I gradually found that my hometown people are optimistic, frank, open-minded and cheerful, and prefer this pot of hot pot rolled with red oil. It is warm and spicy, and this is the life we are familiar with. Therefore, we can be busy with the livelihood of oil, salt, sauce and vinegar and laugh at the helplessness of life; We laugh and tease our parents, but when we are in trouble with relatives and friends, we immediately let bygones be bygones. Afterwards, I shouted "Let's eat hot pot together", and then we made up.

Beijingers are always a little smelly and poor when joking, but Chongqing people are really humorous, and spicy "words" emerge one after another, making fun of life. "life malatang" and "Night Talk in Fog City" are the must-see foods for every household in Chongqing. I have been in this field for a long time, and I am also worried about gossiping about them in dialect.

Folklorists trace the personality of Chongqing people back to the tradition of Ba people's martial arts, honesty, frankness and pragmatism, and say that it is influenced by modern fashion and foreign culture. I regard the personality of my hometown party more poetically as two rivers at Chaotianmen Wharf, with the Jialing River surging and the Yangtze River gentle. However, thanks to the intersection of the two rivers, the weather of Tongqu Wharf is myriad. Therefore, whether it is a mixture of ancient and modern, internal and external shocks, it has nurtured the inclusive personality of the ancient family and made the city present such diverse charm.

I have been away from the mountain city for more than ten years. I have been to several cities and met some people. I occasionally call home and say that I want to eat hot pot recently, but I still can't say it. I am homesick.

Chongqing, reunion after a long separation, warm and festive. The son of filial piety in the Southern Song Dynasty sealed the king or emperor here, giving the city originally called "Duke of Zhou" various auras. What he didn't expect was that in the past thousand years, this quaint and fashionable city has become the concern of many wanderers, and it has also accepted and tolerated many strangers who came here. This kind of care and affection is the Chongqing complex, and they are the same as me. (End)