In the last year of his life, Du Fu ate beef and white wine in Leiyang. The food poured into his intestines and stomach, and he died of satiety before he could digest it! He was 59 years old. Two or three hundred years ago, Du Fu might have been worried.

He may die of old age and illness, but he will never die of drinking meat and wine, because the way of death is the characteristic of the Hu people. Looking at the food culture of the Tang Dynasty, it is not difficult to find that there is a profound phenomenon of "Hu".

Refers to our ancient name for the nomadic people in the northwest. The "Old Book of Tang" records: In the second year of Zhenguan, many people from distant countries came to the court... The Ministry of Finance reported that the Chinese returned from outside the fortress, and the foreigners came to surrender.

"There are more than 1.2 million men and women." According to some calculations, three million barbarians came to join the Tang Dynasty. It was true that Duke Zhou encouraged the whole world to return home!

The "Huhua" of the Tang Dynasty does not mean derogatory, but rather draws on the strengths of others to create a prosperous age of tolerance. After remembering Du Fu, let's talk about some happy things today. A lot of the food we eat now is from the Tang Dynasty

There are more introduced than you can imagine, such as spinach, stone honey, amla... Today I will introduce the three most familiar foods and the cultural stories behind them. 16-year-old Bai Juyilai, a pancake that was loved by emperors and scholars.

After arriving in Chang'an, he spent his youth and glory in Chang'an. The small shops in Chang'an sold all kinds of Hu cakes. After trying the first bite, Bai Juyi could not live without them for more than 800 years.

In ancient times, Hu cakes were introduced to the Han Empire from the Western Regions. The emperor, who relied on grains as his staple food, was very interested in this new food. "Xu Hanshu" records: "" Emperor Ling loved Hu cakes, and all the capital officials ate Hu cakes.

"Because Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty liked to eat Hu pancakes, so it worked, and the trend of eating Hu pancakes as the main food became popular throughout the capital. The term Hu pancakes may be unfamiliar to us, but if we change the name, everyone will understand. ""Nang"

(náng). ""Nang" originated from Persian and was transferred from Chinese to Er language. ""Nang" in Er language means ""bread"". It is said that Persia was the country of West Asia in those days.

It is a cultural center and has contributed a lot to Chinese cuisine. Bai Juyi loved eating Hu cakes and asked Hu Ji how to make Hu cakes. In the late Tang Dynasty, Bai Juyi was promoted to the governor of Zhongzhou. He was in a good mood.

He personally cooked and made sesame cakes for his friend Yang Jingzhi, and sent them with a poem: The sesame cakes are similar to those in Kyoto, the noodles are crispy and fragrant, and they are freshly baked. I sent them to Ambassador Yang, who was hungry, and tasted them.

Bai Juyi personally cooked and invited Master Yang to taste Hu cakes, and Master Yang was very happy. Bai Juyi boldly ridiculed this old friend with ""Hungry Ambassador Yang"" in the poem, which shows that the relationship between the two is close and they are close friends. This

The first poem about pancakes expresses love. There is no allusion. It only describes the "crisp, oily, oily" of Hu pancakes to reveal its delicious taste and convey the sincerity of the two people. By the Tang Dynasty, Hu pancakes also appeared in the plot of the novel. Tang Dynasty

The ancient legend "Biography of the Bearded Guest" records that Li Jing and the red-haired girl went to Taiyuan at night and met the bearded guest for the first time. What did they eat that night? Li Jing was about to starve!

Showing off the Hu cakes he bought, the bearded man took out his dagger, cut the mess into slices of meat, and shared it with everyone. In fact, the ancients were not as handsome as Guo Jing and Huang Rong, and they ate nineteen taels of silver in one meal.

It is a life saver to have Hu cakes with you, otherwise the hero will starve to death for a penny. Not only that, when the An Dynasty broke out, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (fleeing) passed by the Jixian Palace in Xianyang and found that there was nothing to eat, so he reluctantly ate it.

""Hu Cake" satisfies hunger. After all, the dietary differences between the Han and Tang Dynasties are vast. In the eyes of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Hu Cake was a novel delicacy. Like hamburgers that had just entered the Chinese market, they were a sought-after luxury product. By the Tang Dynasty,

Just as a snack for entertainment. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, Hu cakes have become popular in every class and every corner of society. They have become a popular food for people who are rich and wealthy. I think everyone will memorize it.

Wang Han's "Two Poems from Liangzhou": The luminous cup of fine grape wine, I want to drink the pipa immediately. Don't laugh when you are lying drunk on the battlefield, how many times have you fought in ancient times? Wine is a specialty of the Western Regions, and the luminous cup is special to the Western Regions, even the pipa.

It is from the Western Regions. This is a frontier poem full of Western Regions style. The protagonist in the poem wants to taste the fine wine, but the pipa plays immediately, urging him to go to war. This beautiful scenery highlights the cruelty of the war in the Tang Dynasty.

Grapes have been widely planted in Longyou Road, and Liangzhou, where Hu people live, is rich in grapes. Like Hu cakes, grapes were also brought by Zhang Qian, and it was not until the Tang Dynasty that grapes became popular in ancient China.

After the fall of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty was cut off from the Western Regions, and the spread of grapes in China was also interrupted. However, food and love cannot be let down. During the early Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong expanded the empire's sphere of influence to the Turks and Iran.

, grapes were immediately introduced on a large scale and became a well-known fruit.

The delicious taste of grapes impressed the Romans, Greeks, and cannibals, and this time the Tang people were also impressed.

The Song Dynasty's history book "Banfu Yuangui" records that "" and Gaochang harvested the horse milk apples, actually planted them in the garden, and obtained the wine making method. The emperor made the wine at his own profit and loss.

"It was awarded to all the ministers, and the capital began to recognize its taste." In 640 AD, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ordered the soldiers to pacify Gaochang. After the Tang Dynasty conquered Gaochang, the collected horse milk grapes (shaped like horse ***) were transplanted to the empire's

In the palace gardens, winemakers of the Tang Dynasty also learned the technology of wine making. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty also gave the wines produced by the palace and certified for quality to his ministers to taste.