Su Shi in the Song Dynasty once tasted "Dongpo elbows", "Dongpo tofu", "Dongpo jade grits", "Dongpo legs", "Dongpo sprouts", "Dongpo black carp", "Dongpo cakes",

"Dongpo Crispy", "Dongpo Bean Curd", "Dongpo Pork" and so on.

Dongpo Rou is said to have been created by Su Shi, a poet in the Northern Song Dynasty (one theory is that it was created by Su Shi's concubine Chaoyun to improve his diet when Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou). The earliest place of origin is Meishan, Sichuan.

The prototype is Xuzhou's gift of meat, which is one of Xuzhou's "Four Dongpo delicacies".

According to legend, in April of the 10th year of Xining, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi was appointed magistrate of Xuzhou.

On July 7, the Yellow River burst, and on August 21, floods surrounded Xuzhou.

Su Shi died with his own life, and he and the people in the city fought against the flood and built embankments to protect the city.

After more than seventy days and nights of hard fighting, Xuzhou City was finally saved.

In order to express their gratitude to this good Zhizhou, they killed pigs and sheep one after another, and carried wine and vegetables to the mansion to show their condolences.

Su Shi couldn't refuse, so after accepting it, he personally instructed his family to make braised pork and gave it back to the people who participated in the flood fight.

After eating it, the people all felt that the meat was fat but not greasy, crispy and fragrant, so they unanimously called it reward meat.

On February 1, the third year of Yuanfeng, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou as deputy envoy of regiment training.

Su Shi opened up wasteland and farmed his own land, cooked braised pork himself and wrote his experience in "Pork Eating Poems".

On January 3, the fourth year of Emperor Zong Yuanyou of the Song Dynasty, Su Shi came to Hangzhou, where he had been away for fifteen years, to serve as magistrate.

In May and June of the fifth year of Yuanyou, heavy rains continued in western Zhejiang, Taihu Lake overflowed, and large areas of crops were flooded.

Thanks to Su Shi's early and effective measures, the people in western Zhejiang survived the most difficult period.

Su Shi organized migrant workers to dredge the West Lake, build embankments and bridges, and transform the old appearance of the West Lake into a new one.

The people in Hangzhou were very grateful to Su Shi for this good deed. Everyone praised Su Shi as a wise father-in-law.

I heard that Su Shi liked to eat pork the most when he was in Xuzhou and Huangzhou, so during the Chinese New Year, everyone would carry pigs and wine to pay Su Shi a New Year greeting.

After Su Shi received it, he instructed his family to cut the meat into cubes, cook it until it was red and crispy, and then distributed it to the migrant workers who participated in dredging the West Lake. Everyone was amazed after eating it, and they affectionately called the meat Su Shi sent

Dongpo meat.

Tracing back to its origins, Su Shi's braised pork was first created in Xuzhou, further improved in Huangzhou, and became famous throughout the country in Hangzhou.

Brief introduction to Su Shi Su Shi, also known as Zizhan and Hezhong, also known as Tieguan Taoist and Dongpo layman, is known as Su Dongpo, Suxian and Poxian in the world. He is a Han nationality and a native of Meishan, Meizhou. His ancestral home is Luancheng, Hebei. He was a writer and calligrapher in the Northern Song Dynasty.

, gourmet, painter, and historical water control celebrity.

Su Shi was a literary leader in the mid-Northern Song Dynasty and made great achievements in poetry, lyrics, prose, calligraphy, and painting.

His writing is bold and unbridled; his poems are broad in subject matter, fresh and vigorous, good at using exaggerated metaphors, and have a unique style. Together with Huang Tingjian, he is called Su Huang;

He was bold and unrestrained, and together with Ouyang Xiu, he was called Ou Su, and he was one of the eight great masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties.

Su Shi was good at calligraphy and one of the Four Masters of Song Dynasty. He was good at literati painting, especially ink bamboo, strange rocks, dead wood, etc.

His works include "Seven Collections of Dongpo", "The Yi Zhuan of Dongpo", "Dongpo Yuefu", "Pictures of Bamboo and Stone in Xiaoxiang", "Pictures of Dead Wood and Strange Rocks", etc.