Many tourists who come to Fuzhou often hear tour guides talk about the three treasures in Fuzhou, lacquerware, oil-paper umbrellas, and horn combs. The handicrafts made of its special traditional craftsmanship and technology contain Fuzhou culture, local characteristics and craftsmanship level.
In fact, Fuzhou is also quite distinctive in terms of traditional cuisine, today Xiaobian will take you to feel the Fuzhou (meat swallow) on the tip of the tongue
Meat swallow, also known as Taiping Yan, is a traditional snack in Fuzhou City, meat swallow is also a festive dish in Fuzhou customs, Fuzhou people every New Year's Festival, wedding and funeral celebrations, relatives and friends gather to say goodbye, must eat "Taiping Yan", that is, take its "Taiping", "Peace" auspicious, so "no swallow is not a banquet, no swallow does not become a year".
Meat swallow is also known as flat meat swallow. However, the skin of the meat swallow is made by hand with pork and sweet potato flour. The skin of the swallow is as thin as white paper, its color is like jade, the taste is soft and tender, tough and strong.
Meat swallow at first glance is skin wrapped meat, in fact, its skin is very exquisite, is a selection of pig lean meat, with a wooden stick a hammer hammer "beaten" into the meat, put in the high-grade sweet potato powder stirred evenly refined, shaped like paper, white smooth and fine, emitting meat aroma, eating quite bird's nest flavor, very refreshing, so known as meat swallow skin.
The meat swallow got its name from this, became a good gift, and became the beloved of Fuzhou including villagers at home and abroad.
In the center of Fuzhou's ancient city, there is this famous sanfang and qixiang historical and cultural block. It covers an area of about 40 hectares and consists of three squares, seven lanes and one central axis street, namely Yijinfang, Wenrufang, Guanglufang, Yangqiao Lane, Langguan Lane, Ta Lane, Huang Lane, Anmin Lane, Gong Lane, Jipi Lane and Nanhou Street, so it has been called "Three Lanes and Seven Lanes" since ancient times.
In the most prominent shop in the well-known Sanfang Seven Alleys, there is a century-old shop (Tongli Meat Swallow Shop)
Tongli Meat Yan Old Shop was founded in the second year of Qing Guangxu (1876), has been passed down for five generations, through three dynasties, is a Fuzhou company for more than 130 years to produce and sell swallow skin "Chinese time-honored brand". Chen Junfan, who has been in charge of "Tongli", said that his father, Chen Cuntan, the third generation of the heir, is now in his seventies and has been making swallow skins since he was twelve years old, and has been making swallow skins for more than sixty years. Tongli Meat Swallow in Fuzhou is no less than Quanjude, Donglaishun, Dog Ignore and other old brands
Meat swallow not only inherits the food culture, but also carries the homesickness of thousands of overseas Chinese in Fuzhou.
The wandering wanderer has only one indelible belief in his heart - to return to his hometown as soon as possible. Yes, the homeland is where we were born and raised, like a great loving mother who dedicated her life's love to us.
A song sung by Xu Wei (hometown) for everyone! Thank you!