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In the cold winter, the air is filled with sweet chestnut fragrance. Holding a bag of hot sugar fried chestnuts is like holding the warmth of the whole world in your arms.
Chestnuts originated in China, at least 2500 years ago, and the specific place is no longer known.
It is widely distributed in Asia, Europe, the Americas and Africa. It is planted in Inner Mongolia, Beijing, Tianjin, Guangxi, Chongqing, Sichuan, Yunnan and other places in China, and grows at an altitude of 370-2800 meters, mostly in mountainous areas.
In the "Biography of Su Qin", there is a saying that "Qin said that Marquis Wen of Yan: in the south there is the rao of jieshi yanmen, and in the north there is the benefit of jujube chestnuts, although the people do not work in detail, but enough for jujube chestnuts, this so-called Tianfu is also".
Lu Ji also wrote an annotation to the Book of Poetry: "Chestnuts, there are all five sides, but Yuyang Fanyang is sweet and delicious, and the place is not as good as it is." ”
It can be seen that the working people of China have cultivated chestnuts as early as 2500 years ago.
Sugar-fried chestnuts are a delicacy with a long tradition in China.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, Lu You recorded such a moving story in the "Old Scholar's Laughter". He said: "The ancient capital (referring to the Northern Song Dynasty's Fenjing, that is, present-day Kaifeng) Li He stir-fried vegetables, famous in all directions, others do everything they can, and they will not be able to reach it in the end." ”
It then reads: "In Shaoxingzhong, Chen Fugong and Qian Shangge, sent envoys to the court, to Yanshan, and suddenly two people held ten wrapped in fried chestnuts to change... Self-praise: 'Lee and Er also. 'Wave away. ”
Who is Li He?
According to legend, Li He of Kaifeng in the Northern Song Dynasty was the originator of sugar-fried chestnuts, and the earliest invention was the technology of stir-frying with sand and honey to make the chestnuts both sizes ripe and easy to peel off.
However, after the fall of Jingkang, the north was lost, and the people did not have a good life. Legend has it that Li He, the ancestor of the fried chestnut industry, was also taken captive to the north, and his family was destroyed and there was no way to return.
When it was learned that the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty had come to Yanjing, which was occupied by the Jin, the son of Li He, who had been exiled to Yanshan, offered the fried chestnuts to the envoys of the Southern Song Dynasty to pin his thoughts on the homeland.
Seemingly inconspicuous little chestnuts in Li He's heart pinned on the thoughts of the homeland, in many people's hearts today is a symbol of winter warmth, the first chestnut of winter, have you eaten it?
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