The birthplace of China barbecue is Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province.

Barbecue originated in Xuzhou. The real birthplace of barbecue is Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province. According to experts' research, kebabs were recorded in the Central Plains of China about 1,811 years ago. These evidences were carved on stones in the form of portraits. Barbecue was invented by Peng Zu, and then Peng Zu was from Xuzhou. Therefore, Xuzhou City is generally regarded as the birthplace of barbecue in China.

Barbecue, perhaps the most primitive cooking method of human beings, is to heat and dry the air with fuel, and put the food in the hot and dry air at a position close to the heat source to heat the food.

Related allusions

In ancient times, there were many fish in rivers, lakes and seas, many birds in the sky and many animals on the ground, so people couldn't catch them. People wait at the water's edge with a tree trunk in their hands. When they watch the fish swim, they hit a stick. Only in this way can they catch a few fish occasionally.

Fuxi dried wild hemp, rubbed it into rope, and then made a net with thinner rope to teach people to fish. Weave nets with thicker ropes and teach people to catch birds and animals. This is much better than just eating wild fruits from trees, but raw fish and birds don't taste good. What's serious is that some of them can't get it right, and they will even make their stomachs sick.

When Fuxi brought skyfire, he taught people to roast birds and fish with torches and eat them. From then on, people ate delicious barbecue and became healthier. In memory of Fuxi, people called him "Yong Xi", that is, "the first person who cooked animal meat with fire".