It is said that when Changshan Zhao Zilong won the battle, he often entertained soldiers with four bowls of meat dishes and some vegetarian dishes. Zhao Zilong chefs and some soldiers retired and returned to their hometown, bringing Zhao Zilong's practice of rewarding soldiers and entertaining friends back to Zhengding, and constantly improving it. With the evolution of history, people's ideas began to advocate the word "eight". To celebrate their good luck, they changed the square table into the square table, sat eight guests and ate eight dishes (eight cold dishes and eight big bowls of dishes). This form of four bowls of meat dishes and four bowls of vegetarian dishes was stereotyped as "eight bowls" in the Tang Dynasty and was widely popular.

Majia pot-stewed chicken

Majia braised chicken originated in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties and has a history of more than 300 years. In the eighth year of Tongzhi in Qing Dynasty (1869), the first recorded Houma Luofa named the ancestral braised chicken Majia Braised Chicken, and opened Majia Laoji Store in Zhengding, which was quite famous. Since 190 1 Empress Dowager Cixi tasted it, Majia braised chicken once became a tribute and became famous. In the past hundred years, Ma's braised chicken has been passed down from generation to generation, and now Ma Xuezhong, the legal representative, is the sixth generation. It not only maintains the traditional technology, but also independently innovates a series of products such as braised chicken wings, braised chicken feet and red-cooked chicken gizzards, and develops a series of soft packaging products by adopting advanced sterilization and vacuum multi-layer composite preservation technology.

Chang Shanjun longs for the ball.

Zhengding, known as Changshan in ancient times, is a national historical and cultural city. A long history and culture have given birth to a wide variety of traditional cuisines, among which Changshan County longs for meatballs.

The meatballs planted in Changshan County are different from traditional meatballs. They are cylindrical foods with a diameter of 5 cm and a length of about 20 cm wrapped in a layer of lotus leaves. They are named meatballs because they need to be sliced while they are hot. It is similar to braised pork in Baoding and meat pie in Shenze, and is famous for its unique taste. Eagered meatballs in Changshan county are delicious, with faint lotus leaf fragrance, and rich in taste when eaten in the mouth. Shredded pork is a filling made of sesame oil and broth, so it has a strong taste, and the rest is tender. When stirred, the mouth is soft and the tip of the tongue melts.

Jiahao sparerib

Jiahao sparerib was founded by Hao Shiwei, the four-grade imperial chef of the court. From the imperial court to the people, from the Qing dynasty to modern times, it has experienced a hundred years of wind and rain. Later generations have been inheriting the secret recipe of our ancestors' ribs cooking, focusing on the research and development of ribs products, and carrying forward the traditional cooking technology in China. They are made of fresh ribs, mixed with various natural Chinese herbal medicines and special cooking techniques. They have unique flavor, smooth meat, delicious taste and endless aftertaste. It has been passed down in secret for five generations, and it is the present owner.