Putian line surface
Chinese loves noodles. From the south to the north, there are various tricks and renovations, but hidden under the various pasta is a strong nostalgia.
At the turn of the year, the Putian people pay attention to eating a bowl of "longevity" noodles on the first day of the New Year and the birthday. It is a year older to eat the noodles, covered with seaweed, golden needles, peanuts, hollandaise beans, and egg skins. Let the whole bowl of noodles come alive and full into a year of richness.
This long and slender line surface, one end is implicated in the memories of the Tang and Song Dynasties thousands of years ago, and the other end is integrated into the streets and alleys of Putian, connecting the warmth of each family's human affairs.
Handmade line surface making
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The noodles are delicious but not easy to make. The production of the line surface to see the face of the heavens, because the finished line surface to be sunburned. Generally to get up in the middle of the night a day and noodles, to increase the flexibility of the line surface, you need to use salt water and noodles; compared to the production of ready-to-eat noodles, in order to dry faster, the proportion of water should be less and not more. Therefore, the dough is harder than usual we encounter, and the process of dough is more arduous, but fortunately, there is now a dough machine that can help slightly.
After the noodles, the dough is first made on the board, and then cut into sticks thicker than sugar cane with a knife.
The freshly divided noodle stick is square, needs to be kneaded into a circle, after multiple rounds of pulling, so that the original grip of the thickness of the stick gradually refined into chopsticks thickness.
The process of step-by-step refinement and the awakening surface are combined. To prevent sticking, the first few refinements of the pan surface require oil brushing (2-3 times) and the last few refinements require drying of the flour (2-3 times).
The most arduous process is the process of pulling the chopstick-thick noodles again and wrapping them around the noodle pole. This step is entirely done by human resources. The noodle maker stands like a pile between the bamboo sticks with the thickness of two fingers, takes out the coiled noodle ends from the basin, quickly pulls and wraps around the bamboo sticks, during which you need to pay attention to the uniform thickness of the noodles, and you need to pay attention to not letting the noodles stick to each other. The noodle master's hands danced rapidly, and the movements were as smooth as butterflies, like a martial arts master.
Wait until the sun is about to come out, then take the matched noodle rack outside, put one end on the wooden shelf, pull the other end in your hand, slowly pull the noodles with force until the noodles become thinner, and then put them on the shelf at the other end, and then use a thin bamboo pole to pull the line surface apart from the middle of the line, so that it does not stick together, so that it is easier to get the sun shining.
Even if the process is so cumbersome, there are still many locals who make noodles to eat themselves or give them as gifts every festive season.
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It is these particularly serious craftsmen who have always inherited and adhered to this craft, and it is also these familiar people who have always brought us familiarity and the taste of memory, and passed on this special love to us.
"Line Surface Professional Village"
Tiancuo Village, Baisha Town, Hanjiang District, Putian City is a professional village of traditional handmade line surface processing in Putian. The history of its production line surface can be traced back to the early Qing Dynasty, and it has been accumulated for more than 300 years.
Good mountains and good water out of good noodles. There is a spring in the deep pit of Tiancuoquan Mountain in Zhong Ling Yuxiu, the spring water is sweet and delicious, rich in a variety of minerals, and the handmade noodles made of mountain spring water are more flexible, more mellow and more homely.
Source: Xinhai Station
Walking in the "Line Professional Village" in Tiancuo, deep in the mountains, in the world of line surfaces, every house in front of and behind the house is full of noodle fields, and men and women can be seen skillfully pulling the noodles everywhere, like flowing yarn, thin as hair, the thread surface is dried on the wooden frame and swayed with the wind, showing a rich local atmosphere.
Field cuo line surface
The price of tiancuo noodles is not cheap, and the supply exceeds demand, becoming a souvenir given by friends and family. When the villagers who are out of the country return to their hometown, they always have to eat a bowl of hometown noodles, which is hot and steaming, feels very comfortable, very kind, and has the taste of home. In addition to the Tiancuo line surface, the xianyou garden village, Xiuyu Tinggang and Pinghai line surface are also respected by people.
A noodle, a spoonful of soup, a love... What spills from the tip of the tongue into the heart is the nostalgia that cannot be forgotten, the simple and idyllic rural life.
Line surface - the taste of nostalgia
Noodles, sometimes, are a bowl of hometown. People who have been away from home for too long, steaming bowls down, as if returning to the sun-filled farm yard, see rows of mottled shelves, the thread surface is like cloth trembling in the wind.
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Long and slender line surface,
How many people are involved in the warmth of human affairs
It is also the hometown flavor that wanderers miss.
At the end of the year, try a bowl of peace noodles
May your years be safe!
(Source: Putian Cultural Tourism Editor: Zhou Chen)