The ancestral home of Peking duck is not in Beijing, but in Jinling (today's Nanjing)?
Yes, you're not the last to know.
As we all know, Nanjing people are very fond of ducks and eat ducks to the extreme, a thousand Nanjing people have a thousand kinds of "duck eating Dafa", and there is a local saying that "no duck can get out of Nanjing alive".
However, this sentence has proved that this word has been punched in the face, and the "Nanjing Duck" has really gone out, and it has also set up its own portal called "Beijing Roast Duck".
How did it get out?
Speaking out, everyone may not believe that the reason why it can be famous in Beijing, the Ming Emperor is indispensable, it can be said that they brought it out.
People say that if he has not been to Beijing, he cannot be said to have been to China, and if he goes to Beijing, he must eat "Peking duck".
But the story of this Peking duck has to start from Jinling City.
China's terrain is high in the north and low in the south, and the Ming Dynasty is one of the few great unified dynasties that unifies the whole country from south to north. At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang set the capital in Jinling after unifying the world, in fact, he was not very satisfied, in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, Nanjing was too peaceful to stabilize the whole country. He also sent people to inspect the Guanzhong region to prepare for the relocation of the capital to Xi'an, but in the end he gave up due to complicated government affairs.
After Zhu Di launched the Battle of Jingnan to seize the throne, I don't know whether it was because he had lived in the fortress for a long time and did not adapt to life in the south, or because there were too many old forces of the prince around Nanjing, and he began to ponder the problem of moving the capital to Beijing, for the simple reason that Beijing was his own "land of longxing".
He launched the Battle of Jingnan from Beijing to enter Nanjing, so he very much wanted to add a reasonable reason to his succession to the great unification, the so-called "since the former emperor, or cloth up, pacify the world, or foreign domains into the inheritance of the great unification, and in the land of the traces, there are ascension." ”
On the other hand, Beijing's geographical location was more conducive to fighting against the Mongols and controlling the north, so Zhu Di decided to move the capital.
In the eighteenth year of Yongle, the construction of the Beijing Palace was completed, and he led the civil and military officials and service personnel from all walks of life to the new capital city along the canal waterway, returning to Beiping Province (Beijing), the land of Yan Zhao Longxing, and changing Nanjing to the capital.
At that time, the people of Nanjing loved to eat Nanjing duck, and the emperor also loved to eat it.
It is said that Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang "eclipsed a roast duck", Zhu Di naturally liked it very much, or a "die-hard fan".
The relocation of the capital to Beijing is a long way away, and it is inevitable that you will miss the roast duck in Nanjing on the way, so you simply "pack" the roast duck by the way.
Therefore, when moving the capital, in addition to the civil and military officials, many court roast duck masters were brought to Beijing, and Zhu Di let the roast duck masters brought from Nanjing show their hands when they were hungry.
At first, this dish was only eaten in the palace, but later roast duck spread from the court to the people, and soon became a famous dish in Beijing.
During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, the population of the capital Beijing soared, and the economic level reached unprecedented prosperity.
At that time, in addition to the wealthy military families of Hebei and Shandong, the most populous in Beijing were the families of officials and eunuchs from Nanjing.
Although these Jianghuai mandarin speakers followed Zhu Di to the north, their eating habits in their hometown were still difficult to change, especially their love of ducks.
A Nanjinger who drifted north saw a business opportunity and opened the first roast duck restaurant in Beijing, named "Jinling Duck Slice".
Because of the location and convenience of the shop, passers-by are called "cheap shops", which is now the famous "cheap shop".
And quanjude, which we are familiar with, was founded after the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty.
Originally, diners called sliced ducks the South Furnace Duck, meaning roast duck imported from the south. The "White Trivia" records that "the duck armor produced in Jinling was in the sea... At four o'clock, each of them is beautiful and beautiful. "The cooking technology and technical system of Nanjing duck dishes have reached the peak, brine, roast, boil, steam, fry, roast duck occupies an irreplaceable position in the new type of duck dishes."
In an instant, Beijing's street roast duck shops are everywhere, and this competition can be big. In order to win the hearts of diners, the restaurants had to make changes in taste and try new ways of roasting duck. As a result, slowly Beijing roast duck came up with its own new method, and the limelight even overshadowed the Nanjing roast duck.
Finally formed the "North Roast Duck, South Plate Duck" to eat duck food map, careful people will find that the roast duck seems to have nothing to do in Nanjing.
Although they are all called: Peking Duck, this roast duck is indeed a proper mixed race.
Its oven technology comes from Nanjing, shredded shallots come from Shandong, and noodle sauce comes from Baoding. The way to eat with scallion noodle sauce is the patent of the northern peoples, not to mention, the choice of duck species, the change of green onion strips, the sliced duck knife method and various tricks to eat...
One of the most noteworthy is that the choice of ducks is very exquisite.
The ducks that were originally made as roast ducks were domesticated from Nanjing Lake ducks.
It is said that before the Ming Dynasty, the Nanjing lake duck was already very famous, because this duck was fed with rice, so it was tender and succulent, especially suitable for cooking dishes. Later, after emperor Ming Yongle moved the capital from Nanjing to Beijing, he brought this duck to Beijing Nanyuan to raise it, which was more suitable for roast duck. "Nanyuan's Duck - Haipu'er (Flutterer)" is a true description of the domestication and breeding process of Peking ducks.
When the South Duck goes north, the emperor acts as a matchmaker, and the chefs from all over the country in the capital show their magic, and it is not an accident that the roast duck and Beijing fall in love.
In the 20th century, Peking duck has become a symbol of China. Zhou Enlai invited various foreign guests to taste Beijing roast duck 27 times, and people also referred to "roast duck diplomacy" with "Moutai diplomacy" and "ping-pong diplomacy" as Zhou Enlai's "three major diplomatic strategies".