"Five-leaf fish" is a famous dish in West Lake, Hangzhou, Zhejiang. It is delicious and attractive, and is deeply loved by people. When people enjoy it, they often call "Wuliu Fish" "Dongpo Fish". Why is this? Below are the historical allusions about Dongpo Fish in West Lake that I have collected. I hope you all like it.

Su Dongpo was not only a great writer, but also a gourmet. According to legend, one time, he asked the chef to make a fish dish to enjoy. When the chef delivered it, it was hot and fragrant, and the fish had knife marks like willows. Dongpo's appetite was greatly increased, and he was about to lift his chopsticks to taste it, when he suddenly saw a figure flashing outside the window. It turned out to be his friend Monk Foyin. Dongpo thought to himself: "You are such a monk who is rushing to eat, but I won't let you eat. What should I do?" So he put the plate of fish on the bookshelf.

Monk Foyin had actually seen it a long time ago and thought: "No matter how well you hide it, I will ask you to take it out." Dongpo smiled and asked Foyin to sit down and asked: "The monk is not here. "What's the word "Su" in the monastery?" Foyin replied, "I'm here to ask for a word today?" He was famous, so he pretended to answer seriously: "The top of the word "Su" is a grass prefix, the bottom left is "fish", and the right is "禾"." Foyin asked again: "Below the grass head is the word "禾" on the left and the right is "禾" "Where's the fish?" "Then let's put the fish on the grass." Su Dongpo said quickly, "That's not possible." Foyin laughed and said, "Then take the fish." Come down." Su Dongpo suddenly realized that Foyin kept saying that he would still eat his plate of five-leaf fish.

Later one time, Foyin heard that Su Dongpo was coming, so he steamed a plate of five-leaf fish, thinking that you made fun of me last time, and I will give you a hard time today. So he conveniently placed the fish in the basket next to him.

Unexpectedly, Su Dongpo had already seen it, but he just pretended not to know. Said: "I have something to ask you: I want to write a couplet, but after I finished the first couplet, I couldn't think of a good sentence for the second couplet." Foyin asked: "I don't know what the first couplet is?" Su Dongpo replied: "The first couplet is It's "Spring is always here at Xiangyangmen." Foyin didn't know what medicine Su Dongpo was selling in his gourd, so he said almost without thinking: "The second line is "If you accumulate good deeds, you will have more than enough to celebrate."" After hearing this, Su Dongpo pretended to be amazed: "Great talent, great talent! It turns out that you have a fish (surplus) in your celebration! Take it out and share it with us." Only then did Foyin suddenly realize that he had been tricked by Su Dongpo.

But he also wanted to "tease" Su Dongpo. When he saw it, he saw a steamed West Lake fresh fish with five knives on it. Then he smiled and said: "Five fish, this "five fish" is considered to be "caught" for you, why not call it "Dongpo fish"."

From then on, people "Wu-liu fish" is also called "Dongpo fish", and this West Lake famous dish has become more and more famous and has been spread to this day.