Steamed buns are the staple food of Chinese, and they appear once a day on almost every family's dinner table, but it is this steamed bun that you eat every day, how much do you know about it, and how much do you know about its history.
Zhuge Liang invented steamed buns
Steamed buns were first seen in the Three Kingdoms period, in fact, there were fermented pasta as early as ancient times, but it was really until the Three Kingdoms period that steamed buns had their true name. In 223 AD, Zhuge Liang personally commanded the army to march south, captured Meng Yu, and after pacifying Nan Man, on the way back to Chengdu, the road to Lushui, the river water suddenly surged abnormally, the river surface was hazy, this sudden change really confused Zhuge Liang, so he consulted Meng Yue, Meng Yue told Zhuge Liang that due to years of fighting in this area, many soldiers died here, and the ghosts of these guests who died in other places often came out to do evil, and the people who crossed the water had to sacrifice them, otherwise they would be demonized.
Meng Yue told Zhuge Liang to throw 49 barbarian heads and one white sheep and one black sheep in this river, and lushui would be calm and calm, ensuring a safe crossing. The locals also told Zhuge Liang, "After the last time Xiang Xiang crossed the Lushui River, the ghosts at the water's edge cried wolf at night, and from dusk to dawn, they never stopped." Zhuge Liang thought to himself, these evil spirits are the wronged souls, if you use 49 more human heads to sacrifice, wouldn't you have 49 more unjust souls, and then say 49 human heads, Zhuge Liang can't bear to do this.
He pondered and finally thought of a way to replace the barbarian's head with another item, Zhuge Liang ordered people to slaughter sheep and cattle, and chopped the beef and mutton into meat sauce, and then wrapped it in flour on the outside, made it look like a human head, steamed it, acted as the barbarian's head, and then took it to the Lushui side to worship, and then one by one it was thrown into the Lushui water, and after the sacrifice, the Lushui water changed from a huge wave to a calm wind and waves, and the army smoothly crossed the Lushui, which was later called steamed bun (barbarian head).
Maybe you will say, that is not a bun, yes, is a bun is also a steamed bun, in ancient times, in fact, not only ancient, that is, today, the name of the steamed bun and the bun is not so clear, some places will be solid without filling called steamed buns, and there will be fillings called buns, and some places are still called steamed buns with fillings, in ancient times buns and steamed buns are a name, are called steamed buns.
Before the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there was no steamed bun, the so-called noodles were called "steamed cakes", and steamed buns first appeared in the history book "Cake Fu" of the Jin Dynasty.
Wang Xi's steamed bun is dipped in ink
The famous calligrapher Wang Xizhi of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, whose calligraphy work "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is known as "the first line of books in the world", has achieved such achievements in calligraphy, which is inseparable from Wang Xizhi's usual hard work, once Wang Xizhi was practicing words, the bookboy sent steamed bread and garlic paste, Wang Xizhi has been practicing words intently, after several times urged by the bookboy, Wang Xizhi seemed to have no choice but to ask Wang Xizhi's mother. After Wang Xizhi's mother came to the study, she saw that Xizhi was holding a steamed bun stained with ink in her hand and sending it to her mouth, and the corners of her mouth still possessed dark ink. It turned out that Wang Xizhi was too hard and too absorbed when he was practicing calligraphy, and his eyes had been staring at the words, not looking at the garlic paste, and as a result, he used the ink as garlic paste.
By the time of the Northern Song Dynasty, steamed buns had become the food of the whole people, from the emperor to the poor without exception, which not only affected the food culture of the entire Song Dynasty, but also affected the eating habits of today's Henan people.
Buns are divided into steamed buns
One day two farmers made trouble because the copper money was not clearly distinguished, the thin farmer: "The two of us worked in the field, he brought 5 steamed buns, I brought 3, the hand that was ready to eat at noon, a merchant passed by, asked if we could divide some food for him, he gave us money." The fat farmer then said, "Our steamed buns are divided into an average of 3 portions, each person eats 1 portion, and the merchant leaves 8 copper coins after eating." The skinny farmer then said, "8 copper coins should be scored equally, you shouldn't just give me 3!" The fat farmer retorted, "I should have more steamed buns than you." Bao Zheng understood the course of events and said, "Give me the copper coin, and I will give you a fair and reasonable re-division." The two gave the money to Bao Zheng, who gave 1 copper coin to the thin farmer and the other to the fat farmer, "Lord Bao, how do you go to the fat man?" The skinny farmer was even more dissatisfied. Bao Zheng patted Tang Mu and said, "Lord Ben's division is fair and reasonable, 8 steamed bun merchants paid 8 copper coins, 1 steamed bun and 1 copper coin, you took out 3 steamed buns, but only ate 1 steamed bun for the merchant, of course, only took 1 copper coin." After listening to it, the skinny farmer secretly regretted it and slipped away.
Zhao Kuangyin selling buns - Royal Driving Pro-Zheng (steamed)
When Zhao Kuangyin was young, he loved to fight and hug, and once, he injured the son of the prefect of Luoyang, and Zhao Kuangyin knew that his hometown could not be done, so he fled to Kaifeng. Zhao Kuangyin, who had quickly spent the silver two, had to throw himself into the temple (大相国寺), and after he came to the Great Xiangguo Temple, he read every day and helped do some chores in his spare time. There are some small traders inside and outside the temple, among which there is a bun shop opened by Zhang Laohan, and Zhao Kuangyin is a fellow countryman, who will invite Zhao Kuangyin to eat buns from time to time, and Zhao Kuangyin often helps him do some chores. One day, Zhang Laohan told Zhao Kuangyin that he was going to return to his hometown in Luoyang and transferred the bun shop to Zhao Kuangyin. Zhao Kuangyin sold buns in front of the mountain gate, and the business was very prosperous. Zhao Kuangyin also comfortably started a small business of selling buns. However, the abbot felt that it was a pity that this material could be used to sell buns, so he came up with an idea, and Zhao Kuangyin was "squeezed" away, and Zhao Kuangyin defected to Guo Wei after being "squeezed", and all the way up, became the commander of the forbidden army, and later Chen Qiao mutinied and became the emperor. After Zhao Kuangyin became emperor, he prepared to go to the Great Xiangguo Temple to ask for his guilt, but after knowing the abbot's good intentions, he was very grateful, so he made the Xiangguo Temple a royal temple, and the abbot was also named a protector of the country.
Song Shenzong and "Taixue Steamed Buns"
Song Shenzong once inspected Taixue and wanted to know more about the students' dietary conditions, and happened to encounter Taixue students eating steamed buns, Song Shenzong said, "It is not worth it to raise a soldier like this!" "I greatly appreciated the steamed buns, and the steamed buns could be praised by the emperor, which was a great honor, so later when the tai students went home, they would always bring some "taixue steamed buns" to give to their relatives and friends.
Cai Jing and "Vegetable Buns"
Cai Jing is the favorite of Emperor Huizong of Song, is a negative figure, but aside from Cai Jing's negative information, he is also a very talented person, especially Cai Jing's calligraphy works, Cai Jing is not only talented, but also a eater, very particular in eating, but also very researched, his kitchen can be subdivided into vegetable selection, shredded onion, rolling skin and other types of work, Cai Jing also likes to eat steamed buns (buns), also because people at that time called sour stuffed or stuffed steamed buns "vegetable buns".
Mantou (flowering steamed bun) with Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma
After Zhu Yuanzhang became the Ming Taizu, he held a celebration feast, during which Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to eat "silver ruyi", which could make those imperial cooks ignorant, knowing Zhu Yuanzhang's empress Ma, the imperial chef made this "silver ruyi" at the behest of Empress Ma. What is this "silver ruyi" that makes the imperial kitchen so embarrassed, and makes Zhu Yuanzhang so loved, in fact, this "silver ruyi" is the flowering steamed bun, which is a kind of flowering steamed bun that Zhu Yuanzhang helped the kitchen late when he was doing handymanship outside the horseman's home, this steamed bun is like a flower petal, which not only won Zhu Yuanzhang's love, but also one of the daily essential mornings for Empress Dowager Cixi.
King Zhu of Zhou and "Yipin Buns"
Zhu Xu was the fifth son of Ming Zhu Yuanzhang, born to the mother of the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di, this son was quite intoxicated compared to Zhu Di, Zhu Xi was a literary player, more like to resign, first was named king of Wu, changed to the king of Zhou in the eleventh year of Hongwu, and finally the fiefdom was in Kaifeng, Zhu Xu preferred to eat "Taixue steamed buns", because he was a member of the Imperial Family, so those who tended to be inflamed would change "Taixue steamed buns" to "yipin buns".
Kangxi with tofu buns
The Kangxi Emperor passed through Baoji during a tour, when a minister from Baoji who returned to his hometown paid tribute to the emperor, including this tofu bun, the Kangxi Emperor as the emperor ate all the mountain treasures and seafood, at that time, when he ate this tofu bun, he felt that it was a supreme delicacy, when he ordered the person to award a dragon flag to the bun shop, and the tofu bun was to be in the capital, so that the imperial chef could follow suit.
Xu Qianxue with steamed buns
Xu Qianxue was a Shangshu of the Punishment Department during the Kangxi Dynasty, and he ate 50 steamed buns and other snacks every morning, and after eating them, he would not feel hungry for a day.
Steamed buns with Lee Pan
The other person carries the note in his arms, and he carries the bun in his arms
In 1697 (the thirty-sixth year of the Kangxi Dynasty), Li Pan entered the capital to participate in the temple examination, and even took 36 buns in his arms when he took the temple examination, I want to ask the invigilator whether this is cheating, haha. This Li Pan, the figure is relatively tall, and the writing is relatively slow, there are historical records that his appearance is like Hou Zhoubo, the examination hall examination at that time was to be tested all day, so each candidate will prepare a little food for the stomach, Li Pan can eat specially, in order to prevent hunger during the exam, he will carry these 36 steamed buns in his arms, and the last thing is that these 36 steamed buns have been eaten, and he has not finished answering the question, and finally had to ask the invigilator for a few steamed buns, and Li Pan was originally a tanhua, However, the Kangxi Emperor spared the talent and diligence of this hard-working scholar, so he made an exception and made him a leader. Jiang Chenying, a tanhua on the same list, once ridiculed him: "Looking forward to Pengcheng County, the famous Gao Jinshike." The appearance is good, and the knife and pen are like Xiao He. Kinoshita still has children, and the worm side is also out. Generally difficult to learn, thirty-six feasts".
Qianlong with five buns
When Qianlong went down to Yangzhou, he wanted to eat Yangzhou buns by name, and also wanted this bun to be "nourishing and not replenishing, delicious and not too fresh, oily but not too greasy, crunchy but not too hard, tender and not too soft", which was difficult to spoil the chefs, at this time a chef surnamed Ding saw the chicken shrimp and fish meat on the board, suddenly had an idea, the taste is nothing more than chicken, less with a little less is not fresh, and nourishment is no more than sea cucumber ..., so he made five buns with chicken shrimp fish meat and sea cucumber diced as filling, Qianlong tasted it and praised it.
Sun Erzhun with steamed buns
Sun Erzhun was the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang during the Daoguang years, and when this man went to Quanzhou for military parade, the local prefect, in order to entertain him, brought him a pot (two chickens and two ducks), 100 steamed dumplings and 100 steamed buns.
Xu Qianxue, Li Pan, and Sun Erzhun can eat so many steamed buns, is it really that the amount of food of the ancients is much larger than ours, I don't think so, do you think?
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