In fact, the original name of Kung Pao Chicken was kung pao chicken, which originated from Shandong Governor Ding Baozhen. He was a supporter of the Reform Movement of 1898 and a well-known frontier official in the late Qing Dynasty!
Ding Baozhen was born in 1821 in Pingyuan, Guizhou Province. In the third year of Xianfeng (1853), at the age of 33, he was admitted to the Imperial Academy and changed to Jishi Shu. Since then, he has entered the official career. In 1863, at the age of 43, he was transferred from Changsha magistrate to Shandong provincial judge, and the next year he was transferred to Buzheng, and in March of 1867 he was promoted to Shandong governor. In October of 1876, he was promoted to the governor of Sichuan, and died in Chengdu in 1886. According to legend, Ding Baozhen is also a gourmet, and he likes to cook east and west. He often employs famous chefs at home and asks them to
study cooking techniques and be brave in innovation.
when Ding Baozhen treats guests at home, he often has a dish of "fried diced chicken", which is very popular among the guests. When Ding Baozhen returned to his hometown, friends and relatives gave a banquet for him. Ding Baozhen often said, "Don't spend too much money, as long as you have fried diced chicken." Friends and relatives see
Ding Baozhen likes to eat "fried diced chicken" so much that he calls this dish "kung pao chicken".
Ding Baozhen has been a governor in Shandong for nearly 11 years, being honest and upright for the officials. In particular, the fact that he had the right to kill An Dehai by intelligence shocked the ruling and opposition parties, and it is still widely legendary by the old Jinan people.
set up machinery bureau in the northern suburb of Jinan, the end of modern industry in Shandong
Ding Baozhen lived in the era of great changes in China's history. Facing the reality of "building a strong ship and gaining profits" outside, Ding Baozhen devoted himself to the westernization movement of "seeking wealth and strengthening itself". He looks at the world situation with an open eye and denounces those who "stick to the rules". It is believed that if China wants to strengthen itself, it must learn from the West, "strive for military readiness" and "imitate the ingenuity of foreign guns", so as to "abandon my shortcomings and seize the strengths of others".
in p>1875, with the approval of the Qing government, Ding Baozhen chose 311 mu of land in the new town in the northern suburb of Jinan, built the Shandong Machinery Bureau, introduced foreign machinery and equipment, manufactured gunpowder and martini guns, and became a model of "learning from foreigners to control foreigners".
the following year, Ding Baozhen was promoted to the position of governor of Sichuan, and learned from the experience of Shandong Machinery Bureau, and founded the first machinery manufacturing factory in modern Sichuan-Sichuan Machinery Bureau. The establishment of machinery bureau in Shandong and Sichuan became the beginning of modern industry in these two provinces.