The legend of Guilin rice noodles has been told for many years, and no one has invited Chu, and few people have studied it. Legend has it that Qin Shihuang sent Shi Lu to lead migrant workers to dig the Lingqu, and the Lingqu was completed. Qin Shihuang was accompanied by Prime Minister Reese and toured Guilin's landscape incognito. His brother has a hobby. He likes to drink wine with carp whiskers and fish bellies. It's crispy. When I came to the Lijiang River, I saw, wow, the carp in the Lijiang River can be held up with my hands. I was so happy that he patted his ass and asked the boatman to get it quickly, and a lot of money was given. I don't know how many carp are needed for a meal to fry a sea bowl. Qin Shihuang spent half a month in the upper reaches of Lijiang River and killed thousands of carp. Magikarp jumped up in the Lijiang River and vowed to turn Qin Shihuang's cruise ship over and let him die! Hebo knew the warning, saying that things of emperors should not be messed around. You should find another way quickly. Magikarp used his quick wits to make fish whiskers (rice flour) and fish bellies (minced powder) from rice. Qin Shihuang ate it and was amazed. Since then, Guilin rice noodles have come out.
Later, Qin Shihuang's "burning books to bury Confucianism" became an eternal tyrant, and the people didn't like him. He simply changed the legendary content of Guilin rice noodles into a young man who ferried on taohuajiang and saved Magikarp of Lijiang River. Magikarp asked him what he wanted in return. The young man was a dutiful son, saying that his old mother was sick and had a bad appetite. Magikarp listened to him and taught him to learn the technology of making rice noodles. Once the old mother ate it, it was delicious and digested. Because the young man is a Yao, it is said that rice noodles were first made by Yao compatriots. Once upon a time, a wooden carp was always hung on the embossed lattice window of the rice noodle workshop, which was based on these legends.
legends belong to legends. Which one is Guilin rice noodles made from? It turned out that Ying Zheng, the king of Qin, sent Tu Sui to lead 5, troops to South Vietnam in order to unify China, and then sent Shi Lu to lead migrant workers to dig Lingqu to communicate with Xiangjiang River and Lijiang River and solve transportation problems. The ethnic minorities in South Vietnam are brave and tough and refuse to obey the king of Qin. Qin Jun couldn't get rid of armor for three years, and his weapon never left his hand, which shows the fierce battle. Because South Vietnam is located in the mountainous area, the traffic is inconvenient, Qin Jun is not acclimatized, and the food supply is difficult, a large number of soldiers often go hungry and get sick. These northwest soldiers were born to eat wheat flour and grew up. Northwest brushed noodles, Daoxiao Noodles and mutton chop suey soup with steamed buns are all their delicacies. Now they are far away from their homeland, fighting in the south, the mountains are high and the water is deep, and the food can't be shipped. It is impossible for people to March and fight on an empty stomach, so they have to levy food on the spot to solve the problem that food is the most important thing.
but the south is rich in rice, but it doesn't grow wheat, which is called one side of the soil and water to support one side.
How to turn rice into wheat flour for Qin Jun soldiers to accept? Shilu left the task to military cooks to complete. According to the principle of making noodles in the northwest, cooks first swell the rice, grind it into rice slurry, drain the water, and knead it into a dough. Then steam the dough half-cooked, then take it to a mortar for a while, and finally squeeze out the vermicelli by manpower, and directly drop it into a boiling pot to cook and eat it. The dough doesn't pan, but the rice flour dough passes through the pan, which makes the squeezed vermicelli more powerful. It is said that Guilin rice noodles won't break when they are hung from the second floor in the old days, and their strength can be imagined. Qin Jun Langzhong uses local Chinese herbal medicines and decocts them into epidemic prevention medicine soup for soldiers to take to solve the problem of acclimatization. For the sake of health care, but also because of the tension of war, soldiers often eat rice noodles and medicine soup together in three bites. Over time, it gradually formed the prototype of Guilin rice noodle brine. After the improvement and processing of the rice noodle master, it became Guilin rice noodle brine with unique flavor.
Why can bittern treat "acclimatized" diseases? It turns out that Guilin rice noodle brine is boiled with many herbs and spices, such as Amomum tsaoko, fennel, pepper, dried tangerine peel, betel nut, cinnamon, clove, cassia twig, pepper, fragrant leaves, licorice, galangal, star anise, etc. All these herbs are specially used to treat wrist and abdomen pain, indigestion, vomiting and diarrhea. It is no wonder that the elderly and longevity people in Guilin have a hobby of eating rice noodles.
After Qin Shihuang unified the south, Anxian County (the predecessor of Guilin City) was founded in the sixth year of Yuan Ding in Han Dynasty, and a large number of northern immigrants moved to Guilin abruptly, including many descendants of historical celebrities such as Zhuge Liang, Han Xin, Tao Yuanming, Zhou Dunyi, Li Shimin and Zhao Kuangyin. These northern immigrants came to Guilin and called rice noodles "rice noodles", which continued until the Great Evacuation of Guilin during the Anti-Japanese War.
Therefore, Guilin rice noodles have been produced and produced since the Qin Dynasty. That is to say, Guilin people have been eating rice noodles for 2,3 years.
the development of Guilin rice noodles
Guilin rice noodles originated in Qin dynasty, and there are many phenomena in Guilin rice noodle culture: the most primitive rice noodle press I saw in Guilin Rice Noodle Culture and Art Museum, the "clutch" on it is completely the image of the agricultural tool Lei in Qin dynasty; According to legend, in the past, vendors selling "rice noodles" all wore wooden shoes to the streets, and the noise made by wooden shoes on the slate road was like an audio advertisement for vendors calling "rice noodles, rice noodles". And wooden shoes are just a kind of shoes in Qin dynasty; Yao migrant workers who participated in the excavation of Lingqu in Xing 'an in those days recorded their own biographical habits, saying that rice noodles were made by Yao compatriots, which was intrinsically related to the historical facts made by cooks in Qin Jun in those days. Moreover, the horsehead hot pot cooked with horse meat rice noodles by Yao compatriots in those years was similar to the terracotta warriors and horses unearthed in Qin Dynasty today! Guilin rice noodles reached its peak during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.
In the Qing Dynasty, the fried powder in Xuanrongzhai of Guilin, the marinated powder in Huixianzhai and the soup powder in Yirongzhai each had their own unique skills, which attracted countless repeat customers. Sanzhai is not about tearing each other down, but encouraging each other and doing different things. You sell soup powder, I'll sell marinated powder. You sell marinated powder, I'll sell fried powder, which is fair competition, and both of them are full of brains and innovative designs. Therefore, the allusion of "three-lent beating" still makes it into Tianjin. During the Republic of China, especially during the Anti-Japanese War, Guilin rice noodles became famous, and the most impressive ones were "horse meat rice noodles" and "bear rice noodles". Speaking of Guilin horse meat rice noodles, in the words of Mr. Lan Kui, a famous performing artist of Guangxi Opera, "Don't talk in a hurry, you will drool when you talk." Indeed, eating horse meat rice noodles, the bowl is only as big as a teacup, and there is only one rice noodle in each bowl (so there is a saying in Guilin that "eating rice noodles can't find the head"), delicious horse bone soup with crispy preserved horse meat slices, plus leeks, peanuts and sesame oil, the fragrance goes straight to the heart, so why doesn't the saliva flow? The most interesting thing is that you have to eat 2 or 3 bowls of horse meat rice noodles to get full. You call the boss to pay the bill, and there are a lot of empty bowls on the table. Fortunately, there were not many people who could afford horse meat rice noodles at that time. If it is now, it is strange that you don't invite ten people to wash the dishes. The reason why the horse meat rice noodle is made of a small bowl and the next rice noodle is not unrelated to the influence of "Sanzhai Beating". Each has his own unique skills, which is the specialty of Guilin rice noodle boss. The horse meat rice noodle is in a small bowl. If you want to eat it, you can't stop the car. If you eat the first bowl, you want to eat two bowls. If you empty your purse, you still have to talk about it.
Guilin rice noodles were later derived from cold rice noodles, hot and sour rice noodles, three fresh rice noodles, beef brisket powder and so on, which injected infinite vitality into rice noodles. The tolerance of Guilin rice noodles to Liuzhou snail powder, Guangdong roll rice rolls, etc. enriches the heavy cornerstone of Guilin rice noodles. Guilin rice noodles have an endless topic for three days and six nights. The same name as horse meat rice noodles is "Dandan rice noodles". The so-called burden of rice noodles is to carry the burden, get up early and be greedy for the dark, and walk the streets to sell rice noodles. A wooden barrel in front is filled with rice flour, ingredients and peas, a pair of chopsticks is inserted in the bamboo tube, and a wooden barrel in the back is filled with rice. The vendor brought a few small benches with him, and the eater took a seat-"a bowl of rice noodles". It is no wonder that some people still think that "Guilin rice noodles have something to eat on the ground and on the street". He can't understand how fresh the board road of Guilin rice noodles is. Not to mention that when Li Zongren became acting president, he sent a special plane to Guilin to ask for rice noodles to be sent to Nanjing for relief. You can see that the old drunkard in Guilin asked for a bowl of rice noodles to send sanhua wine at eight o'clock in the morning and drank it until noon. As the old saying goes, "I want to be an immortal when I am an emperor." With rice noodles and sanhua wine, I don't want to be an immortal. Once upon a time, there was an old drunkard in Guilin Clocks and Watches Company, who went to Guilin to live in a Japanese ghost. Every morning when he goes to eat rice noodles, he always says "No meat, more beans". Over time, the old drunkard became famous in the whole street. While drinking three flowers, he ate rice noodles, with a "zi" and a drink; There is another "zi" sound, and a rice noodle enters the mouth. Eat a bowl of rice noodles, drink four or two or three flowers, and after one month, the salary will be spent. His wife and daughter hated him to death. When he died, cremation was just started in Guilin. Before people's ideas came around, his family burned him without saying anything, leaving a passage from the intersection of Guilin Plate Road. Rice noodle shops in Guilin are everywhere. Many people came to Guilin to sell snacks from other places, only when they came did they know Guilin people's attachment to rice noodles, so they had no choice but to switch to selling rice noodles. Some people don't know the secret of boiling brine, thinking that brine is soy sauce and monosodium glutamate. When Guilin people eat this rice flour, they spit every mouthful. In fact, it is not easy to be a real rice noodle chef. There are hundreds of cooking methods for China dishes, and the ingredients of Guilin rice noodles almost use all the techniques of Chinese food, which is very interesting. If Guilin rice noodles are a classic of cooking art, it is not a reputation at all.
unique flavor of Guilin rice noodles
Guilin rice noodles are famous for their unique flavor. Its workmanship is exquisite. First, the fine rice is ground into pulp, bagged and drained, stuffed into powder balls, cooked and pressed into round roots or sheets. The garden is called rice flour, and the flaky rice flour is called rice flour, which is characterized by white, tender, soft and refreshing. It can be eaten in a variety of ways. The production of brine is the most exquisite, and its technology is different from family to family. It is roughly made of pig, ox bone, Siraitia grosvenorii and various seasonings, and it has a strong flavor. Different materials and practices of brine have different flavors of rice noodles. Roughly, there are lettuce powder, beef brisket powder, three fresh powder, original soup powder, marinated vegetable powder, hot and sour powder, horse meat rice powder, and shoulder rice powder.
Stewed rice noodles are filtered to dry, and then mixed with pot-cooked pork and beef slices, braised beef ribs, beef liver, etc., and added with brine, pickles, sesame seeds, peanut oil, crisp soybeans or peppers and garlic, and stirred to taste. This kind of rice noodle tastes like a breeze, and it has a good taste.
soup powder: cut and seasoned pig and beef offal are cooked in a small iron pot, poured into a bowl filled with rice flour, and added with chopped green onion, monosodium glutamate, pepper and sesame oil. This kind of rice noodle tastes very delicious.
vinegar-soaked rice flour is a meat-free vegetarian flour, which is only mixed with sour vinegar, sour bean and sour pepper. It is economical and refreshing, especially for women, and it is the most popular in summer.
There are many kinds of horse meat rice noodles, and the most famous one is horse meat rice noodles. It uses special braised horse meat as ingredients, which is tender and delicious, strengthening yang and tonifying kidney. In the past, rice noodles with horse meat were mostly served in special saucers. The rice noodles were only for one basket, with a few thin pieces of horse meat on them, and a few fried peanuts mixed with Guilin hot sauce, which had a very good flavor. One person can eat twenty or thirty plates of powder with one bite and one plate. Now I have switched to a big bowl, and the taste remains the same. Horse meat rice noodle is the most famous one in the old shop "Youyixuan" in the city. It is said that it was opened in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty. The original equipment was insufficient and the store was not big, but the business was very prosperous. The shopkeeper limited the daily sales, so that later diners had to wait until early tomorrow morning. Now it's different. Customers are crowded day and night. In addition, there are rice noodles and rice noodle stalls in the streets and lanes of Guilin. It is a great pleasure for tourists to visit the beautiful landscape and eat a bowl of Guilin rice noodles to enjoy their eyes and mouths. In fact, you can eat all kinds of rice noodles in the streets and alleys of Guilin. Find a local shop, especially those small shops that look shabby, and often you can eat authentic Guilin rice noodles in those places.