It is worth mentioning that the food videos published on these foreign media platforms have not added foreign subtitles, which means that Li has captured the hearts of a large number of foreign friends just with the lens.
What kind of masterpiece has achieved such results?
In Li's own words, but? The temperature of firewood, the porridge cooked by grandma, the wild cranes by the field, the old wine in the cellar? That's all.
Is it rural poverty or oriental food culture?
Some people say that life in the country is not as beautiful as that taken by Li, and that is not a real state of life.
What's more, how can this one-sided content become the cultural output of China?
Of course, neither rural areas nor farming can fully show today's China, but we cannot deny that China has been dominated by farming civilization for thousands of years, and it is on this basis that an unbreakable Chinese civilization has been precipitated for thousands of years.
Although not comprehensive, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar tea is still a part of China culture, and it is also the endless source of China culture.
A pair of chopsticks and a teacup, culture is everywhere. From the cooking and seasoning of a dish to the various flavors of eight major cuisines, just like China on the tip of the tongue, every detail and every step is worth savoring.
Confucius once said:? Every now and then, no food? The classic work of traditional Chinese medicine Huangdi Neijing also said? Gourmet Valley? . Different from western scientific and strict food production norms, oriental diet is more casual.
The same dish will vary from time to time, from place to place and from person to person. And more importantly, China's food comes first? Gas? , followed by? Smell? This is what we often say about seasonal dishes.
Only food that grows mature and conforms to the season can obtain the essence of heaven and earth. In addition, the identity of the diner, dining environment and other factors will make a dish have different practices.
As the saying goes, medicine and food are of the same origin, so is Chinese medicine which has been passed down for thousands of years. Traditional Chinese medicine has always prescribed different prescriptions for different constitutions, different symptoms and different degrees. Unlike western medicine, no matter how serious a disease is, it depends on one equation.
It is this intention and spirituality that makes the style and taste of China cuisine flexible. Is this what happened to Li He? Cold comes and summer goes, autumn harvest and winter storage? Tradition:
Peach blossoms bloom in March, and they are picked to brew peach blossom wine, recalling the fragrant days.
In April, loquat ripens and makes loquat wine, which is fragrant and sweet.
During the cherry ripening season in May, we began to brew cherry wine, simmer cherry sauce, bake dried cherries and make cherry lime drinks. I had a drink with three or five friends.
On the seventh day of July, I made seven clever cakes with purple potatoes, begging for wisdom and skills.
Mid-Autumn Festival in August, make Soviet-style fresh meat moon cakes, and enjoy the moon by drinking.
The osmanthus wine brewed in September is rich and fragrant.
Persimmons that are red in October fall all over the wall, but you can't be greedy.
In winter, bacon, sausages and fish are preserved all over the yard.
These are skills that we think are idle and have nothing to learn, but for Li Lai, they are instinct for survival.
Just like these beautiful things, in our view, they may be carefully planned performances, but in the years thousands of years ago, they were the daily life of our ancestors.
Because of nature, it is beautiful.
For example, thousands of years ago, our ancestors learned to mix fresh milk with cooked glutinous rice, and then buried this glutinous rice milk paste in the snow to cool down and let it solidify. Isn't this the predecessor of glutinous rice paste today? There is such a delicious and beautiful artistic conception hidden in the snow.
There is also a plum blossom soup cake, which is made by cleaning plum blossoms and cutting them into powder, taking sandalwood soup, mixing it with plum blossom powder and flour, rolling it into dough, chiseling plum blossom-shaped slices on the dough with a plum blossom mold, and finally cooking it in chicken soup. Maybe you don't like the smell of sandalwood, but plum blossoms and noodles are elegant enough to make people appetite.
Wait, there are many more:
Tang Plum Blossom: After 10, take the plum blossom that is about to open with a bamboo knife, dip it in beeswax and put it in a honeypot. When I arrived in Xia Yue, I soaked it in hot water in a teacup, and the stamens gradually bloomed, giving off a fragrance, which was very lovely.
Sophora japonica leaf scouring: In midsummer, green Sophora japonica leaves are picked from high places and mashed with juice to make thin strips. Boil in water, soak in cold water, take out and mix with soy sauce and vinegar. It's really cool, said the poet Du Fuzan. Is menstruation colder than snow? .
Crab-stuffed orange: Remove the top (chrysanthemum-shaped) of the yellow-cooked orange, leave some juice, fill it with crab meat, put it on the top cover, put it in a basin and steam it with wine and vinegar, then add vinegar and salt to serve. Isn't it beautiful to have wine, chrysanthemum, orange and crab?
Simple meals are elegant and interesting because of literati. Rain, snow, wind, frost, flowers and trees can be eaten. Wine is brewed with flowers, and tea can be cooked with snow, which is simple and warm.
When we sigh when we can control our own life, Li has seen the gift that nature has given us. When we fantasize about wealth and freedom, Li already owns the whole world.
Besides cooking good food for grandma, riding a horse, ploughing, embroidery, dyeing and weaving, making paper, breeding, building a house and building a yard are almost inseparable from Li.
Perhaps the most touching thing is not the classical beauty portrayed in Li's video, but her persistence, persistence and love for life. Whether it's Shu embroidery, pen and ink, or a bowl of authentic Lanzhou Lamian Noodles, which one doesn't need time to accumulate and be tempered? If it weren't for love, what else could make her so persistent?
Compared with modern life, traditional things are slow, clumsy and even redundant. But why do they still exist after thousands of years? Why do we have to talk about inheritance?
Before answering this question, let's talk about another thing.
Friends who know a little about Chinese studies must be familiar with Zhou Li, which is a Confucian classic and the foundation of governing the country in the Zhou Dynasty.
Li Zhou was divided into six codes: celestial officials were in charge of the imperial court, local officials were in charge of civil affairs, Guan Chun was in charge of clans, Xiaguan was in charge of military affairs, Qiu Guan was in charge of criminal law, and late winter officials were in charge of construction, that is, taking an examination of Gong Ji.
It's like at a national high-level meeting, in addition to the head in charge of the country's politics and economy, there is also a carpenter who builds cars and houses.
How can these folk crafts of logging, casting, tanning, weaving and dyeing be juxtaposed with other good-looking lectures?
Because we are used to the source of culture. From carpentry to musical instruments, from flower farmers to four gentlemen in flowers, from street folk songs to poems and songs, from pots full of rice and water to today's ceramic art, these are the footprints followed by cultural growth.
We envy Li, but we don't have to be her.
Romain rolland said: There is only one kind of heroism in life, and that is to love life after recognizing the truth of life.
So, just looking at Li, you can feel that life is so beautiful, right?
The countryside under Li's lens is really desirable, but we all know that it is a highlight moment in life, and the hardships and pains behind it are all preserved by Li silently, together with her past.
Not everyone has the ability and opportunity to be the next Lee, but are we right? There are flowers in spring, moons in autumn, cool breeze in summer and snow in winter. Life is still obsessed.
What is infatuation?
Seeing Li's hands turn into futons and clothes hangers, even the leftover grape skins can be used by her to make a fairy-tale dress. What we envy is that she is really creating her own life.
Even without money and internet, she can still live happily from bamboo forests and vegetable gardens. And our food, clothing, housing and transportation, which is not forced to accept?
We envy Li, but we don't have to be her.
Compared to dreaming Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence? Maybe we can choose to quit the takeaway software and calm down and enjoy cooking once, even if it is not delicious;
Instead of questioning whether this girl really knows everything, maybe we can choose to look away from that small square screen and feel the long-lost touch in life with our heart, just like Li, understand what is most important to us and try our best to protect it.
And when we express our inner love for this life with temperature, we can be calm, warm, beautiful and bold.
Three thousand dreams are floating, and poetry and wine are exhausted. It is better to go back to China early than to give up your ideals.
When we gamble all our strength and courage, do something full of expectation and love, and spare no effort to complete it, this is the best thing in this life.