Yangzhou and Huai'an.

In Huaiyang Cuisine, "Yang" means Yang Cuisine, the Yangtze River basin represented by the area of Yangzhou, and "Huai" means Huai Cuisine, the Huai River basin represented by the area of Huai'an.

Yangzhou and Huai'an are national historical and cultural cities. Huaiyang cuisine refers to the regional cuisine of Huaiyang centered on Yangzhou and Huai'an provinces, formed in Yangzhou and Huai'an.

Huaiyang Cuisine began in the Spring and Autumn Period, flourished in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties, and has been known as "the first flavor of the Southeast, the most beautiful in the world". Huaiyang Cuisine is characterized by rigorous selection of ingredients, skillful use of materials, fine production, elegant style, and the pursuit of the original flavor, freshness and calmness.

Expanded Information:

1, Song Dynasty

Song Qingli eight years in the spring of the generation of literature Ouyang Xiu, a literary giant, brought the gospel to the Yangzhou food industry, the drunken man often with guests held a banquet at the Pingshan Hall, the article too, waving ten thousand words, Zunzhong see to take the food text; thereafter, Su Li and know Yangzhou, and the four bachelors of the Flying Snow heap plate braised fish belly, the Pearl on the fight boiled chicken head, the pioneers of the Huaiyang cuisine injected literature into the fresh blood of the first river.

Since then, the court away from the Yang Yang, Yangzhou has become the Song and Jin regime stage of the crossroads. Between the north and south food culture both confrontation and docking, Yangzhou city, wine and food prosperity, specializing in "Goryeo Pavilion", and according to the court in Lin'an feast Jin people make system, set up a feast of nine dishes.

2, Yuan Dynasty

Yuan Dynasty, the direct description of Huai'an food text is not much, however, some information still has a certain reference value.

There is an extremely rich production of salt here, which not only supplies the city's consumption, but also sells to places near and far." It goes without saying that such an important "distribution center for large quantities of goods" must have had a thriving food and beverage industry.

3, Ming Dynasty

Ming Wanli years, "Huai'an Province" records: "Huai'an food and drink lavish, sophisticated system, the city of a hundred products, boasts of the river table." This "system", including the specifications and rules of the banquet.

Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang on the Huaiyang cuisine, drink order Yang chef specializing in internal meals; this is the official record of Huaiyang cuisine into the Beijing roots; Zhengde Emperor's southern tour of Yangzhou, the Dragon and the Phoenix, of course, did not forget the Huaiyang delicacies, the blessing of the mouth, one can not be missing. Their favorite food is Yangzhou around the river specialties anchovies, swordfish, catfish, known as the Yangtze River three fresh.

4, the Qing Dynasty

The intervention of the literati is the catalyst for the mid-Qing Dynasty Huaiyang cuisine on the peak. Now we can appreciate the Qing people Wing food history, Wing material, Wing dishes, Wing banquet, Wing kitchen, Wing restaurant, Wing food customs, Wing drinking words of the poem at least in more than 200, so that the Huaiyang Cuisine style more elegant, greatly enhancing the cultural taste.

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