Another feature of vegetarianism is its variety of colors and exquisite production. The cooking skills of vegetarian dishes mainly lie in color, aroma and taste, not in shape. Because the best vegetarian food lies in its own characteristics, without its inherent characteristics, it will not be a delicacy.
The schools of Gongguan Temple Cuisine are: Gongguan Temple Cuisine generally refers to vegetarian dishes cooked by Taoist and Buddhist temples. After the Han and Jin Dynasties, Taoist and Buddhist temples were everywhere, among which there were many chefs and melons, fruits and vegetables. From the Song and Yuan Dynasties to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were vegetarian dishes, such as vegetarian chicken and duck. At present, the Jade Buddha Temple in Shanghai, daming temple in Yangzhou and other places still have different flavors of Gongguan temple dishes.
The main body of temple cuisine is vegetarian, not vegetarian, and temple cuisine also has meat. Historically, there have been stories about how to cook meat based on the knowledge of deficiency, such as Fo Yin monks cooking pigs to entertain Su Shi, and Hill monks burning saddles with eels, all of which say that monks are ruthless. The cooking characteristics of Gongguan Temple cuisine are as follows: using local materials, cooking vegetables well, and supporting meat with vegetarian dishes.
The late senior chef Kongdao was born in 1920s, and she cooked three seats in Suhai for the wife of Beiyang warlord Wu Peifu. The six dishes around the table are four meat dishes and eight hot dishes. During the Six Dynasties in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu, the 80 Temple in the Southern Dynasties, monks gathered. Xiao Yan, a devout Buddhist in Liang Wudi, promoted Buddhism, respected monks and nuns, developed Buddhist temples, stayed vegetarian and invented gluten. Once advocated by the emperor, all localities followed suit, and the wind of vegetarianism prevailed all over the country.
The difference between Buddhist cuisine and Taoist cuisine lies in that Buddhist cuisine focuses on eight precepts, with more negative prevention and prohibition, while Taoist cuisine focuses on longevity and more active health preservation. The same point is that they are mainly vegetarian.
Jiangsu temple vegetarian dishes can be divided into two categories by flavor. One kind is natural vegetable, which keeps the basic taste of raw materials. The second category is imitation meat dishes. Imitation meat dishes were originally eaten by laity donors when they burned incense in the temple, and also by those who used to eat meat and then fasted.
Jiangsu imitation meat dishes have always been the same, and vegetarian dishes have the same reputation. In particular, it was originally because the meat eater had long stopped eating meat, his mouth was tasteless, and he was anorexic (one of the reasons why Lu Zhishen was drunk in Water Margin).
Jiangsu temple cuisine can be divided into two categories: vegan and impure. Vegetarian dishes, also known as fasting dishes. Non-pure vegetarian dishes are vegetarian dishes. However, some monasteries also have meat dishes, such as the rotten pig head in fahai temple, Yangzhou. The birthplace of Zen. It has a history of 1300 years. The traditional famous dishes in the temple, Sanchun Yilian (fried spring rolls, scalded spring buds, roasted spring mushrooms and Bailian soup), are eagerly sought for food. It is not difficult to imagine that Wuzu Temple vegetarian dishes are flourishing in history.
Unique:
First, it has a long history and deep roots, and is deeply influenced by Zen teachings.
2. Deeply influenced by the cooking skills of Chu Township, it maintains a strong local flavor of eastern Hubei.
Third, exquisite technology, simple materials, attention to the original taste, simple and surprising. Baoguang Temple is a Buddhist temple in Sichuan. The vegetarian dishes in Baoguang Temple have a long history, which has experienced a development process from single to diverse, from vegan to imitation meat, and from inside to outside the temple.
At first, the temple used arhat dishes for monks and lay people to eat. At that time, military and political dignitaries and wealthy businessmen made a special trip to Baoguang Temple to taste vegetarian dishes, which was a pleasure. The vegetarian dishes in Baoguang Temple are pure and beautiful, with the unique flavor of Sichuan cuisine. Nanputuo Temple is located under the Five Old Lingxiao, one of the eight scenic spots in Xiamen.
Nanputuo Temple's vegetarian dishes, which are not obscene or adulterated, completely give up the idea of murder, and create a brand-new style of vegetarian dishes, vegetarian dishes and vegetarian dishes, which is unique at home and abroad.
The vegetarian dishes in Nanputuo Temple are pure and beautiful in texture, and all of them are beautiful in color, fragrance, shape and utensils. Their names are elegant and beautiful. When Guo Moruo tasted vegetarian dishes, he wrote: I am from Zhoushan, and Putuo is Putuo. Half a month sinks to the bottom of the river, and a thousand peaks enter the eye socket. Sinking into the river for half a month points out the wonderful image of Danggui Gluten Soup, hence the name of this dish.
Zhao Puchu, president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, also slightly changed the name of Siyu Mushroom Cloud, and replaced the mushroom with homophonic word to make the name of the dish more poetic. In a word, the vegetarian dishes in Nanputuo Temple are amazing for their exquisite production, exquisite shape, strange and charming flavor and poetic name, which gives people spiritual and material enjoyment. Lingyin Temple has a history of more than 600 years. When it was founded, it didn't quit meat. In order to cater to the special cooking stoves, the Spring Festival and Autumn Festival are busier every year. Fasting food is not priced and sold clearly, but actually it is just the hospitality and appreciation of the temple to the giver.
The vegetarian dishes in Lingyin Zhaitang inherit the vegetarian tradition of the temple and are characterized by:
First, pay attention to material selection;
Second, the cooking is exquisite and the knife work is fine;
Third, the seasoning is unique.
Lingyin Zhaitang caters for vegetarian food, and can cook more than 300 different styles of vegetarian food and exquisite vegetarian food. In addition, all kinds of soups and cold dishes are also unique. Wudang Mountain is the birthplace of Quanzhen Sect. Taoists abstain from killing animals in food and drink, pay attention to vegetarianism, don't eat meat and fishy food, and avoid five spices. On both sides of the Zhenwu statue in Zixiao Hall, there are articles about avoiding meat and wine and fasting in the altar.