Famous food, allusion 5 Chengdu five willow fish

"Five willow fish" is a traditional dish in Chengdu, the preparation method is relatively simple, the selection of fresh carp, after opening the chamber and washing, on both sides of the fish body of the horizontal stroke of several knives in the shape of willow leaves, and then with seasoning seasoning sauce to spread the fish body, marinated into the cage steamed, with green onion ginger, pickled pepper and winter shoots cut into strips, sauce hooked and poured fish. It is said that this dish was named after the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu.

According to legend, in the second year of Tang Qianyuan (759 AD), the poet Du Fu, in order to escape the chaos of Anshi, abandoned his official and drifted to Chengdu with refugees, and with the financial support of his friends, lived in a grass hall on the outskirts of the city on the banks of Huanhua Creek, living in extreme poverty, often living a "century-old rough and rotten Confucian meal, constant hunger and awl color desolation". One day, a friend came to visit, and together in the grass hall chanting poems, is worried about no good dishes to entertain guests, just at this time the family from the creek to catch a big carp, Du Fu was overjoyed, he personally cooked, friends tasted, feel sour, sweet and spicy, have a flavor, asked: "What is the name of this fish dish?" Du Fu thought about it and then replied, "This fish has colorful silk on its back, shaped like a willow leaf, so let's call him "Five Willow Fish." Then he borrowed the title to play and said: "In the past, Tao Yuanming, a Jin dynasty, abandoned his official and lived in Nanshan, worked hard to live on his own, picked chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, did not come back, drank and lived alone all day, called himself "Five Willow Residents", and now calls this fish a "five willow fish", which can also express the admiration of my generations. Since then, the good name of "five willow fish" has spread.

After the five-willow fish became a traditional dish in Sichuan, it was included in the diet section of [Chengdu General Tour : Book VII]. In the fresh pond category of Qing Dynasty Andon-named "Five Willow Fish" (筳款丰褨) pond fresh food, there are also records of the feeding method of "five willow fish". It can be seen that the beauty of "five willow fish" has been famous and loved since ancient times.