Quyuan Restaurant is famous in Sanxiang for promoting business through literature. After entering Beijing, the rich food culture also attracted many literati to "aspire". Qi Baishi, a Hunan native of Chairman Mao Zedong's hometown, has lived in the capital for many years and is a frequent visitor to Quyuan.

Quyuan Restaurant has a connection with literati that no other restaurant in the capital can match. According to "Chinese Flavor Dishes" edited and published by the former Beijing Service Corporation: Quyuan Restaurant once hired famous writers, artists and gourmets Hou Baolin, Pu Jie, Huang Miaozi, Hu Shuang'an, Lou Shibai and Chen Dazhang as consultants. Under the care and attention of these celebrities and gourmets, Quyuan Restaurant became unique and leading among Hunan restaurants in the 1970s and 1980s. Huang Miaozi, Dong Shouping, Lou Shibai, Guo Moruo and other celebrities from all walks of life have happily left calligraphy treasures for Quyuan. Quyuan Restaurant was also honored to receive the huge "Hunan embroidery" that once hung in the Hunan Hall as a gift from the Great Hall of the People.

Quyuan Restaurant still retains this feature. The names of its private restaurants are all written by celebrities, including Huang Miaozi, Xiao Lao, Qi Gong, Wu Zuguang and others. Hanging in the elegant restaurant are many authentic works left by literati and poets for Quyuan Restaurant, such as "The winding path leads to a quiet place, and there are many distinguished guests in the garden" written by Zhang Guoji when he was 95 years old. The famous calligrapher Huang Zhengxiang wrote "Who Dog meat is used as a delicacy, and the strong men enter the Qin Dynasty with great courage. The unique Quyuan can make the guests drunk, and they dare to put this taste into the cook's knife.

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