"The noodles are as wide as a trouser belt." Pulling noodles is also called Bingbing (pronounced biang--biang, the original word is: one point flies up to the sky, the Yellow River bends on both sides; the eight-character mouth is wide open, the words go in, one twist to the left, one twist to the right; one long to the west, one long to the east, Add a horse king in the middle; leave a hook to hang sesame candy at the bottom of the word "heart" and next to the word "month"; push the cart to go to Xianyang) noodles, the authentic Bingbing noodles made by Guanzhong people are still the same as the pulled noodles commonly eaten by city people. There is a certain difference. Authentic Bingbing noodles, a noodle can be two to three inches wide and about 1 meter long. When thick, it is about the same as a coin, but when thin, it is like a cicada wing. One noodle is enough for a meal, and for Guanzhong people with big appetites, it is easy to eat 8 taels or 1 catty in one meal.

When eating noodles, Guanzhong people like to knead the noodles into a soft texture, roll them thickly, and cut them wide. After this kind of noodles is cooked, it is scooped into a bowl and tastes smooth, soft, hot and chewy, whether it is poured with soy sauce or spicy oil. Both delicious and hunger-resistant. People stretched their necks, snored and swallowed. They were bloated after eating, and when they burped, they were suddenly full of strength. They pulled carts and carried rocks up the mountain. They didn't feel hungry even if they didn't eat or drink for five or six hours.

Two monsters, pot helmets like pot lids

It is said that when the Qianling Mausoleum was being built in the Tang Dynasty, because there were too many soldiers and craftsmen serving, they often delayed the construction progress just to eat, and were punished. So, a soldier in a hurry put dough into his helmet, put the helmet in the fire to bake, and baked it into cakes. Now it seems that pot helmets have a history of thousands of years in Shaanxi.

To make Guokui, the dough needs to be very hard, so hard that you can’t knead it with your hands. You need to use a wooden pole to press it, and then bake it slowly in a large pot with a diameter of more than 2 feet. become. In this way, the baked Guokui is crispy on the outside, fragrant and delicious, and will not change in flavor even after being stored for ten or eight days. The best Guokui is "Qianzhou (now Qian County) Guokui".

Three strange things and spicy food are delicacies

As for spicy food, most people think that people from Hunan and Sichuan can eat chili peppers. In fact, Sichuan people only regard spicy food as a seasoning, but in Shaanxi "youpo spicy food" is a serious dish. Even every house in Xi'an is hung with strings of delightful red peppers.

"You Po La Zi" looks red, smells fragrant, and tastes spicy. It can be used to make noodles and eat steamed buns. People often say, "It's so good to eat spicy noodles with oil and ice."

It's hard to separate the bowls and bowls from the four strange things

Shaanxi people (old Shaanxi) like to eat with A nearly 1-foot-long white porcelain blue and white bowl produced in Yaozhou is called "Old Bowl" by the locals. This kind of old bowl is even bigger than the small basin, so it is often difficult to distinguish between the bowl and the basin.

In the rural areas of Guanzhong, every time it is time to eat, at the village head, in front of the village, or under the trees, men will carry big old bowls (a bowl of soup and rice plus two pieces of steamed buns are six or seven taels), squatting Together, eating and chatting with gusto, this is the famous "Old Bowl Party".

In rural areas, people have high labor intensity, work hard, and eat a lot, so it is enough to just use an old bowl to serve food when going out. There is no need to go home to serve food, which saves a lot of trouble.

Five Monsters and Papas on their heads

In the past, in "western movies" that reflected the lives of Shaanxi people, we often saw old men wearing sheep's belly towels and double-breasted jackets. and elderly women all wear (carry) a black or white papa (handkerchief) on their heads. If you are lucky enough to visit the rural areas of Guanzhong, the appearance here will be exactly the same as what you saw in the movie.

It turns out that Shaanxi is rich in cotton, and local people are accustomed to wearing cotton handkerchiefs on their heads. It can protect against dust, rain and sun, and can also be used to wipe hands and wrap things. It’s really It can be said to be economical, affordable and convenient.

Six strange things, houses built on one side

Whether it is in Xi'an or in rural areas of Guanzhong, houses "built on one side" can be seen everywhere. Why one side cover? The roofs of ordinary houses are in the shape of a herringbone, but the houses in Guanzhong are shaped like a herringbone. It is said that because Guanzhong is dry and there is little rain in the early years, the houses built on this side can allow all the rainwater from Zhen Teng to flow into their own fields. As the saying goes, "the rich water does not flow into other people's fields."

Furthermore, in the past hundred years, Guanzhong's agriculture has developed slowly, but its population has increased rapidly. Families who used to live together in rural areas had a limited land area and a large population, so there was a shortage of housing, so there was a history of "half-building" houses.

It is also said that that dynasty had a rafter head tax (that is, counting the rafter heads facing out from the eaves), so there was half a house

Seven weirdos and benches Squat instead of sitting down

When people in Shaanxi eat, they like to hold a big bowl and squat down to eat. In Guanzhong, you often see people holding a bowl of rice and squatting on a stool. You just give them a toast. They would also take off their shoes and squat on a stool or chair.

Eight monsters, singing opera and roaring

Singing opera refers to Qin opera. It is characterized by high excitement, strong and rapid. Especially when Hua Lian sings, he shouts at the top of his lungs. The locals call it "breaking the head." Outsiders joke: "When singing Qin Opera, firstly, the stage must be strong to avoid being shaken to pieces; secondly, the actors must be in good health to avoid falling apart." I'm tired and sick; thirdly, the audience should be brave to avoid being frightened."

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