It’s the Buddha jumping over the wall. .

There are three folk legends in Fuzhou. The first is: According to legend, in the last years of Tongzhi in the Qing Dynasty (1876), an official from Guanqianzhuang in Fuzhou hosted a banquet for Fujian Chief Secretary Zhou Lian. His wife from Shaoxing personally cooked a dish called "Fu Shou Quan". It consists of chicken, duck, meat and several kinds of seafood, which are simmered in a jar containing Shaoxing wine. Zhou Lian was full of praise after eating it, so she ordered the Yamen chef Zheng Chunfa to imitate it. Zheng Chunfa came to ask for advice and made changes in the ingredients. He used more seafood and less meat to make the dish more meaty and delicious. Later, Zheng Chunfa left Zhoulian Yamen and raised funds to run the Juchunyuan Restaurant. "Fushouquan" became the main dish of this restaurant. Because the pronunciation of "Fushouquan" in Fuzhou dialect is similar to "Buddha Jumps over the Wall", over time, "Fushouquan" became more and more popular. It was replaced by "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" and became famous all over the world.

The second is: It is a custom in Fujian that on the third day after the new daughter-in-law gets married, she must cook and show her cooking skills to serve her parents-in-law and win their appreciation. Legend has it that a rich girl was spoiled and was not good at cooking. She was very sad on the eve of her wedding. Her mother took out all the delicacies at home and made them into various dishes. She wrapped them one by one in lotus leaves and told her how to cook them. Unexpectedly, this young lady forgot all the cooking methods. In a hurry, she poured all the vegetables into a Shaoxing wine jar, covered it with lotus leaves, and put it on the stove. The next day, the aroma wafted out, and the whole family praised the delicious food. This is how the "Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" of "eighteen dishes cooked in one pot" came about.

The third is: a group of beggars carry earthenware bowls and jars to beg for food every day. They pour the various leftovers and cook them together, making them steaming and fragrant. The monk smelled it and couldn't resist the temptation of the fragrance. He jumped out of the wall and ate happily. There is a poem to prove it: "The fragrance of meat is brewing and drifting for ten miles, and the Buddha abandons his Zen and jumps over the wall.

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