Tea is a kind of food unique to Shouyang. It is round, with a diameter of more than inches and a thickness of three or four centimeters, such as crispy moon cakes, which are sweet and delicious. According to legend, during the reign of Tang Changqing, Han Yu, a great poet and assistant minister of punishments, was ordered by Zhao Zhenzhou to declare fu, which was in early spring and February, and it was already late at night when he arrived at Tai 'an Post. After a long journey, I was cold all the way, and I was hungry and thirsty when I entered the station, and I was eager to eat.
When the cooks saw the arrival of such a big Beijing official, they were in a hurry and used their quick wits. They wrapped the pancake noodles left at noon in sugar, cooked them with a pestle and immediately served them. Han Yu ate sweet and delicious food and asked Yi Cheng what kind of food it was. Yi Cheng improvised and said it was for adults to drink tea. Han Yu blurted out "tea food".
The word "tea and food" came from here, and after thousands of years of improvement, it has become what it is today. Shouyang people always cook and eat for themselves during the Spring Festival, and they also entertain guests for weddings and celebrations. At the same time, it is not only a gift of food, but also a sacrifice to ancestors and gods.
Shouyang tea is the best produced in Taian Yi Town. "Tai 'an Post" was originally a famous post station on Tongjing Avenue in ancient times, and Han Yu, a great writer, was welcomed in the Tang Dynasty. According to the story of famous food, in the second year of Tang Changqing (822), Han Yu, then assistant minister of the Ministry of War, went to Zhenzhou to comfort the chaotic army, and passed through Shouyang at night and rested at Tai 'an Post. After a long journey on the pommel horse, assistant minister Han was thirsty and eager to set the table. After serving tea, Yi Cheng had no new products, so he used his quick wits to use the noodles left over from the pancakes at noon, wrapped them with sugar stuffing, carefully baked them with a pestle, and served them immediately. Assistant minister Han asked Yi Cheng what kind of dim sum it was, and Yi Cheng improvised, saying that it was "specially made for adults to drink tea". After hearing this, Assistant Minister Han blurted out "Oh, tea food" and praised it greatly, leaving a poem "The scenery is moving away from Chang 'an, and it is especially cold when you go to the border town." "There are no flowers in the garden and willows in the lane. There is only a full moon before the horse. At present, there is still an inscription of this poem in the school of Tai 'anyi Town, Shouyang, with the inscription "Shouyang Inn in the second year of Chang 'an Changqing" ("Wen" by Han Yu and posthumous title, followed by a short stay). After eating tea and food, Han Yu rode alone, took risks, and made peace without a single soldier, calming down the chaos in the town and state, which is known in history as "winning the commander of the three armed forces." After Han Yu returned to Beijing, he was transferred to the position of assistant minister of the official department in September this year. He often thought that "tea food" was sweet, so he transferred the kitchen to Beijing and recommended food to the emperor and officials. Since then, "tea food" has become a tribute, and it has been offered every year. Shouyang has so far called this kind of bread with sugar stuffing "tea food". Tea is snacks such as candy, preserved bait and cakes that are eaten with tea, and now it is also called refreshments. Dim sum existed in the Tang Dynasty, and it was early morning meal. For example, "snacks are called dim sum" in Tufeng Record, and "Beiyuan Record" says: "After washing the comb, dim sum has arrived." And snacks can be divided into dry and water. "Dry snacks are called tea and food. See Yu Wenmao's Zhao Jinzhi." My husband worships the door in advance, and drinks three lines of wine, such as China's cold utensils and honey cakes. Everyone has a plate of tea and food. "(Looking back at Zhang Si's" Records of the Local Wind "), another example is" The Golden State Banquet is for the South. " In the divertimento of Play with Children written by Sui Xuanming in Yuan Dynasty, there are also "hundreds of different names and thousands of official teas." As can be seen from many documents, tea was used as a kind of hospitality in the north of the past dynasties.