On December 27, the 4th Fujian Yongding Tulou Marathon will officially start. Before revealing the charm of Yongding in the way of running a marathon, we have already understood the DNA of the Yongding Tulou family, and today we will talk about the food that makes people "thin" in Yongding!
Hakka taste buds · Central Plains culture
Longyan in western Fujian is home to the vast majority of Hakka people in Fujian. As the only ethnic group among the eight major ethnic groups of the Han nationality that is not named after the region, the language and folklore have their own distinct personalities.
Hakka originated from the Central Plains, and the long-term mountain life and strong Central Plains cultural identity have bred a unique Hakka food culture.
Logo flavor type · Hakka cuisine
Hakka ancestors came to Fujian, and in that era when the technology of storing food was relatively single, all kinds of dried or pickled foods occupied the main position of travel recipes and became a symbol of taste with regional characteristics.
There are "eight major stems" in western Fujian, and Guanglongyan accounts for half of them, and Yongding's dried vegetables rank first.
Yongding dried vegetables
Yongding dried vegetables with mustard greens as raw materials, dry for 1-2 days, the leaves are dried soft, then fumigated in a steamer, steamed and then dried, steamed again, so repeated more than three times, called "three steaming three sun". Dried vegetables are then cooked with meat, which is degreasing and fragrant, and the aftertaste is endless.
Having said that the dry goods, let's look at the important flavor type in Hakka cuisine - salt.
Salt baked chicken
"Heavy salt" is an important label of Hakka cuisine, and mountain life not only easily promotes heavy eating habits, but also gives birth to salt-mediated cooking methods.
Among the many "salt" dishes, salt-baked chicken can be regarded as a leader. Fill the belly of the chicken with green onion and ginger, and then wrap the whole chicken tightly with yarn paper, cover it with coarse salt, and use the salt grains to allow heat to penetrate the chicken.
The simple method of using salt baking is to live up to the good River field chicken, the chicken skin after salt baking is yellow and clear, the chicken is cooked and soft, and the salt flavor brings out the fresh sweetness of the chicken, thinking about it makes people scratch their heads.
In Fujian, no one eats chicken better than the Hakka; but the Hakka are not only good at cooking chicken, but also cook cattle without ambiguity.
Beef balls
Yongding is located in the mountains of western Fujian, and the Hakka people who have lived here for a long time are accustomed to raising cattle and buffalo, and beef has become one of the daily meats eaten by hakka people. Speaking of beef balls, the C position in Fujian belongs to Hakka beef balls.
The discerning Hakka people can clearly understand the beef cuisine, and beef balls are the most popular of all kinds of beef dishes. Hakka beef balls are smaller than Chaoshan's, and they are more crisp and chewy, with their own distinct personality.
Previously, at the 4th Hakka Food Festival in Yongding Tulou, a grand "world's first pot" beef ball unveiling ceremony was also held, which attracted thousands of people to taste it together.
Taro buns
How to eat taro, Yongding Hakka have special skills: taro is made into starch, mixed with tapioca starch, made into translucent skin, wrapped in minced bamboo shoots, very edible. In Yongding, Chinese New Year's Eve must come to a taro bun at night, which is probably the legacy of the Central Plains food culture.
Stuffed vegetables
The "stuffing" of "stuffed vegetables" refers to the method of "mixing and filling", which is a unique cooking technique of the Hakka people. In the harsh mountains, it was too difficult to grow grain, and the Hakka people from the Central Plains lost the conditions for making pasta, so they invented the practice of "brewing".
Most of the stuffing is ordinary meat filling, and imagination is reflected in the "skin" used for brewing: eggplant can be brewed, tofu can be brewed, bitter melon can be brewed, field snail can be brewed; even the fat white skin of grapefruit has not escaped being brewed.
Lantern cake
Lantern cake has a long history, dating back to the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty. Generally made of rice, soybeans and pulp, and add flour, wrapped in radish shreds as filling, fried, is widely loved by the people of western Fujian fried snacks.
So many tempting delicacies,
All are in this "hungry" man's eternal determination,
Waiting for you who love to run marathons to taste it!
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The 4th Fujian Yongding Tulou Marathon in 2020
Coming soon
Looking forward to you who love to run and love to eat!
Fourth edition in 2020
Fujian Yongding Tulou Marathon
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Match time
27 December 2020 (Sunday)
Venue of the competition
Yongding District, Longyan City, Fujian Province
Hongkeng Tulou Tourist Service Area
(Tulou Style Street)
Project and scale
Marathon (1,000 people)
Half Marathon (1,000 people)
Tulou Style Run (1500 people)
Timing
08：00
Registration period
November 5, 2020-December 10, 2020
Registration channel
How to register
1. Report first, first served, full.
2. Registered participants must hold id cards, military officer cards, passports and other valid documents to log on to the official website of the 4th Fujian Yongding Tulou Marathon in 2020 (http://www.cunpao100.com) or pay attention to the "Yongding Tulou International Marathon" WeChat public account to register according to relevant requirements within the specified time.
Registration fees
Marathon: 120 RMB per person
Half Marathon: 100 RMB per person
Tulou style run: 60 yuan / person
Small Tour Package A: 15 people or more
Small Tour Package B: 30 people or more
(For details of small trips, please refer to the official website)
Special benefits
Contestants can visit the Yongding Tulou Scenic Area for free with the number book.
Schematic diagram of the route
(Subject to final announcement)
Comprehensive editor: Cultural Tourism Longyan
Source: Fujian Tulou Yongding Scenic Area, Yongding Tulou International Marathon, Guest Yongding, Network