In ancient times, after Liu An invented tofu, Li Shiceng made tofu rush out of Asia to the world. What happened? The following is my careful recommendation for everyone, hoping to answer your questions.
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Tofu is an authentic national quintessence of China. Some people say that tofu should be regarded as the fifth invention of China. Interestingly, the other four inventions, as well as the country, are competing with us, and this tofu is not even controversial.
Recently, animal protectionism and vegetarianism have become popular in the western world, and it is advocated to replace animal protein with plant protein. Tofu in China has become an example, which makes westerners admire it in a big mess. When Chinese people come to the west, if there is no better job opportunity at the moment, as long as they have the skills to make tofu, they can make a living. I have met more than one domestic professor, who makes a good living by making tofu in the United States or Canada. That kind of trick to turn a soybean into a white * * tender cube, in the eyes of white people, is similar to magic, and only China people can play it. Now the Japanese can cook tofu, but the so-called Japanese tofu, unlike tofu, is more like a failed version of China's egg soup, which is tasteless to eat and a pity to discard. Therefore, to eat tofu, we have to rely on China people.
It is said that the inventor of tofu was Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty. There are many legends about him, including an alchemist and a gourmet. The invention of tofu belongs to the latter. The Western Han Dynasty advocated simplicity, and nobles were not allowed to use metal utensils, so everyone worked hard to eat. From the excavation of Mawangdui, we can see how much those nobles love eating. If modern people have the ability to keep fresh, those rich and delicious unearthed foods will definitely surprise the world. From this, it is reasonable that Liu An invented tofu. The inventor of tofu was an aristocrat, and it was also a noble family who made tofu rush out of Asia and go to the world. After that, this person was named Li Shiceng.
Li Shiceng is the son of Li Hongzao. Li Hongzao was an important official in the late Qing Dynasty and a leader of the clean stream. He was a bit conservative when he was alive, and he always had a hard time with westerners. However, his son, who was born in his later years, was very trendy and had no interest in Chinese studies. He didn't make any progress in the imperial examination, but he went to France to study early. What Li Shiceng learned is not clear, but what people know is that he, as a noble son, opened a tofu company in Paris, which showed foreigners the appearance and taste of China tofu in a relatively large scale.
Li Shiceng has been overseas for many years, but he has never been able to learn how to look like a foreigner. He wears a suit, but he has to wear a Chinese-style belt and walk with it protruding in front, which is very eye-catching. It is said that the bank in Paris once refused to let him in because of his dress. Li Shiceng likes garlic again. In the pocket above his suit, garlic cloves are packed instead of handkerchiefs. It's natural for such a combination of Chinese and Western characters to sell China's quintessence in the West. In order to make the quintessence of Chinese culture very quintessential, all the masters and coolies of Li Shiceng Tofu Company are brought from China. Qi Rushan, who later helped Mei Lanfang reform Peking Opera, brought him dozens.
In this way, foreigners tasted authentic China tofu, and the tofu company in Li Shiceng also made a fortune. Li Shiceng, who made a fortune, was politically restless. Because of his good friend Zhang Jingjiang, he began to support Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary party. It is said that as long as Sun Yat-sen has no money to spend, send a telegram with letters such as ABC written on it. The word A stands for 1,, the word B stands for 2,, and the word C stands for 3,. The French side understood at a glance that the money came from Paris. The dynasty to which Li Shiceng's father was loyal was overthrown, which was partly due to his efforts. It's a pity that "the people are still alive, and the country is still alive", so Li Shiceng had to keep busy.
From the later results, it also had a lot to do with the revolution, that is, organizing young people from China to study in France. Thousands of aspiring young people came to France and Europe. We don't know what they have learned, except that a large number of * * * people poured out among them. And some of the funds that these people stay in France come from tofu.
After China's tofu was sold abroad, it had a little unusual relationship with both revolutions in China.
Brief introduction of Liu An:
Liu An * * * 179 BC-122 BC * * *, grandson of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang and son of Huainan Liwang Liu Chang. In the eighth year of Emperor Wendi, in 172 BC, Liu Chang was deposed from the throne and died of hunger strike during his journey. In the 16th year of Emperor Wendi's reign, in 164 BC, Emperor Wendi divided the original Huainan country into three letters and gave them to the Liu An brothers. Liu An was named King Huainan as the eldest son at the age of sixteen.
Liu An is quick-witted, fond of reading, good at writing, and willing to play the drums. He was a well-known thinker and writer in the Western Han Dynasty. Li Sao Style, written at the behest of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was China's earliest work that highly praised Qu Yuan and his Li Sao. He once "attracted thousands of guests" and collectively wrote Lie Hong, which was called Huainan Lie Hong or Huainanzi. This schoolbag, Luo Yongzhen, has both historical and literary value.
Liu An was the first practitioner in the world who tried to take off a hot air balloon. He drained the eggs and burned them with moxa to get hot air, so that the eggshells floated.
Liu An is the founder of tofu and soybean milk in China. On September 15th, 199, the first "China Tofu Culture Festival" was held in Huainan City to solemnly commemorate the birth of Liu An, the founder of China Tofu, and the 21th anniversary of his invention.
According to records, Liu An was the inventor of tofu and many ways to keep healthy. It is said that Liu An used soaked soybeans to grind into soybean milk for her mother to drink every day during her mother's illness, and Liu's illness gradually improved, and soybean milk was introduced to the people. As for the origin of tofu, ancient books have recorded that Liu An accidentally mixed gypsum into soybean milk when he was making an alchemy on Bagong Mountain in Huainan, and it became tofu through physical changes. At this point, both soybean milk and tofu originated from China, and Huainan, Anhui Province has a good reputation as the hometown of tofu in China.