Buddha Jumps Over the Wall was originally called "Fu Shou Quan". In the 25th year of Guangxu's reign (1899), an official from the Fuzhou Official Money Bureau hosted a banquet for Fujian Governor Zhou Lian. In order to curry favor with Zhou Lian, he ordered his family members to cook the meal himself. It is made by simmering more than 20 kinds of raw and auxiliary ingredients such as chicken, duck, mutton, pork belly, pigeon eggs and seafood in Shaoxing wine jars, and is named Fu Shou Quan. After Zhou Lian tasted it, she was full of praise.

Asked about the name of the dish, the official said that the dish means "good luck, good fortune and longevity", and it is named "Fushouquan".

The history of the dish

The Yamen chef Zheng Chunfa learned how to cook this dish and improved it, making it taste better than the previous one. When Zheng Chunfa opened the "Ju Chun Yuan" restaurant, this dish immediately made a sensation in Rongcheng. Once, a group of literati and poets came to taste this dish. When Fu Shouquan came to the banquet and opened the altar, the aroma of meat overflowed. One of the scholars was so enchanted that he started to write poetry. "Abandon Zen and jump over the wall".

At the same time, in Fuzhou dialect, the pronunciation of "Fu Shou Quan" and "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" are also the same. From then on, the meaning of the quoted poem: "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" became the correct name of this dish , has a history of more than 100 years.

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