Named "white meat": After 400,000 generals were killed in the pit, what dish did Shanxi invent to vent his anger?
There are many delicacies in Shanxi, and more noodles in Shanxi.
When you come to Shanxi, if you don't try the local knife-sharpened noodles, ramen noodles, knife-edged noodles, rolled noodles, picked points, cat ears, birds and many other noodles, you may regret it.
In Shanxi, there is also a very famous traditional food dish - "white meat".
This dish is very popular in Takahira City, especially in the Taniguchi area, which has a history of more than 2,000 years.
The name "White Flesh", is it related to the God of War, White Meat?
But this dish is not to commemorate Bai Qi, but to vent the resentment of Bai Qi in their hearts.
Bai Qi was a famous warrior of the Qin State, and also the "God of War" of the Six Kingdoms. Historical documents show that during the Warring States period, about 2 million officers and soldiers died in the war, and more than 1 million people were slaughtered in the white.
Why is Bai Qi so fierce and murderous? In the series of articles on "Origin and Easy Origin", a plot of the literary work "The Legend of Mi Yue" was mentioned.
Bai Qi was a "wolf child" since childhood, wandering on the grassland. Later, he met Mi Yue and Wei Ran.
Due to the special experience of childhood, coupled with the birth of the crowd in the era of great chaos in the world. Bai Qi slowly became a ferocious Qin general.
During the Warring States period, in order to unify the world, King Qin Zhao, with the general Bai Qi, attacked the State of Zhao.
The battle has been deadlocked for more than two years, with losses on both sides. King Zhao of Qin obeyed the good strategy and set up a counter-plan, replacing the famous general Lian Po of the Zhao State with Zhao Kuo, who was talking on paper.
Historically, Zhao Kuo was born into a famous family and was the son of the famous general Zhao Hao.
Although Zhao Kuo was familiar with military books from an early age, he had no actual combat experience, and coupled with the fact that Zhao Kuo was young and vigorous and eager to make meritorious contributions, the 400,000 Zhao Guo army he led fell into the encirclement of Baiqi in Changping.
"Previously, Qin had already attacked Shangdang, and the people of Shangdang did not want to submit to Qin but submitted to the Zhao state. Zhao Guo's soldiers were capricious, and if they did not kill them all, I was afraid that they would become disasters in the future. ”
In 260 AD, in order to completely eliminate the fighting power of the Zhao state, Bai Qi obeyed the proposal of his subordinates and killed 400,000 Zhao generals in Changping Pit. Since then, the State of Zhao has been in a state of collapse, and it is difficult to resist the siege of the State of Qin.
5 kilometers west of the city of Gaoping, Jincheng, Shanxi Province, there are places of interest and monuments such as Skull Mountain and Skull King Temple.
The origin of this skull mountain was founded in the Tang Dynasty. According to legend, before Tang Xuanzong ascended the throne, when He was the King of Lu, he saw that the white bones in this mountain were all over the field and the skulls were mountainous, so he ordered people to choose the largest skeleton on the Skull Mountain, crowned the Skeleton King, and built the Skeleton King Temple.
Historically, it was the famous general Bai Qi who brewed this bloody case.
The news that Bai Qi had killed hundreds of thousands of generals reached the territory of the Zhao Kingdom. The people hated Bai Qi's deeds very much, and scolded Bai Qi for killing innocents indiscriminately and was a murderous demon.
Since then, the locals have invented a special dish, and specially named it - "White Meat", in order to vent their resentment against Bai Qi and pay tribute to the dead of the Soldiers of the Zhao State who sacrificed their lives for the country.
"Yuan Yiyuan" noted that although this dish is called "meat", it is a traditional vegetarian dish made of tofu.
"Treat tofu as meat, grill it over a fierce fire in the hearth, and mix it with cornmeal, tofu residue, garlic paste, ginger and other spices to make a 'dipping head'...". This is the traditional food "roasted tofu".
Roasted tofu is served differently in cuisines throughout the country.
But it is said that the "roasted tofu" in Gaoping, Shanxi, is the most delicious and famous. The tofu is roasted yellow by the fire, the tofu skin is yellow and white inside, and the taste is soft and soft, the outside is burnt and tender, and the spicy and delicious.
Due to the roasted tofu in Shanxi, the preparation method is peculiar, the eating method is special, this dish is rich in protein and dietary fiber, which stimulates intestinal peristalsis, and also prevents vascular diseases, and is deeply loved by the people.
Unique gastronomic flavors, coupled with interesting stories and legends, and then in Shanxi, will you taste this famous dish?
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References: "Chinese Cuisine", "Shanxi Cultural Relics Tourism", etc.;