As the saying goes, "food is in Chaoshan", which shows that Chaoshan cuisine is famous. It is unique and famous for its clear and light style. The folk food customs in Chaoshan are influenced by the Central Plains and Fujian and Vietnam. Tracing back to the origin of this dietary custom, we can spy out the influence of Central Plains culture and other regional cultures on Chaoshan culture from one angle.
When Han Yu, a great writer in the Tang Dynasty, was banished to Chaozhou for remonstrating the Buddhist bones, he wrote a poem titled "Eighteen Laws of Eating in the South at the Beginning of the Year", which described the food customs in Chaoshan in detail. From this poem, we can know that the Chaoshan food customs at this time are very different from those in the Central Plains, and most of them are influenced by Fujian and Vietnam.
According to Guang Zhi Yi written by Wang Shixing in the Ming Dynasty, in the pre-Qin period, "Chaozhou Prefecture was Fujian and Vietnam, and Qin Shihuang belonged to Nanhai County, and was transferred to Guangdong, so he followed the customs." At that time, more people lived on aquatic products. Ruhua's Natural History. Five people said, "People in Southeast China who eat products ... products, turtles, mussels and snails think it is rare, but they are not ashamed." From the poem: What surprised Han Yu was the food customs in Fujian and Vietnam.
The folk food customs in Chaoshan are influenced by the Central Plains and Fujian and Vietnam. Tracing back to the origin of this dietary custom, we can spy out the influence of Central Plains culture and other regional cultures on Chaoshan culture from one angle. Today, some dietary customs in Chaoshan have been influenced by Fujian and Vietnam. For example, "eating raw fish" means cutting raw fish into thin slices, and adding some fishy condiments such as Jiang Mo and Gouhao, it tastes delicious.
According to Cantonese. The scale language "Raw Fish" says: "Cantonese customs love raw fish, with perch as fish, white grass as fish, yellow croaker as fish, snow fish as fish and pomfret as top grade. Pomfret is also topped by white pomfret. Take the man who splashed water at the beginning, take off his sword and wash his blood clean. It's thin and thin, red and white. It can be blown lightly, as thin as cicada wings. In contrast, it is very sweet to use old mash and pepper branches. " It shows that this diet custom has a long history.