Beijing Winter Olympic Park on February 2. In order to do a good job of torch relay in the best condition, Wu Huaxia has insisted on practicing sprinting for a period of time. The temperature was -6°C that day, "I was so excited that I couldn't feel the cold at all." She smiled after completing the task.
Torchbearer Wu Huaxia is in a torch relay on February 2. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Meng Chenguang
Wu Huaxia is a roasted wheat chef at Cheap Roast Duck Limited Group. At first, she was told to participate in the torch relay mission, and she was a little confused. However, as the eighth generation inheritor of the national intangible cultural heritage of the wheat making technology, she knows that "responsibility is greater than honor". Duyi brand was founded in 1738 AD, is the first batch of "Chinese time-honored brand" recognized and awarded plaques by the Ministry of Commerce. In the inheritance of more than 280 years, all have formed a superb production process, with noodles as the skin, with meat as the filling, the top is not sealed, like a pomegranate, from the noodles to the maturity of a total of 16 processes, its rolling, packaging process is very technical and appreciative. In 2000, "Duyi Roasted Wheat" was recognized as "Chinese Famous Snack"; in 2008, "Duyi Roasted Wheat Making Technique" was selected into the list of national intangible cultural heritage.
On February 15th, coinciding with the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, the press team of the "New Atmosphere of the City of The Double Olympics - 2022 Chinese and Foreign Media Beijing Tour" hosted by the 2022 Beijing News Center came to Beijing's time-honored cheap shop (fresh fish mouth shop) in Dongcheng District to watch the intangible cultural heritage skills, explore China's profound traditional food culture, and appreciate the vitality of the City of The Two Olympics.
Wu Huaxia showed the reporters the skillful process of roasting wheat rolling, she specially created a "colorful roasted wheat" for the Olympic Games, only to see her first press the five-color dough into a round cake, and then use a rolling pin to roll it into a round dough skin with a "side" thickness of about 0.5 mm and a "core" thickness of about 1 mm. As if by magic, small round cakes bloomed under her hands with colorful "flowers". There are 24 flower folds on the edges of the dough, symbolizing the traditional 24 solar terms. The steamed roasted wheat is exquisitely clear, the skin is as thin as a wing, the top is covered with white frost, resembling a blooming flower, and it hangs like a hanging gall with chopsticks, and the aroma is overflowing.
"Passing the torch and passing on the skills I feel is the same. In the process of your transmission and inheritance, you must complete it conscientiously and smoothly hand over to the next stick, which is the completion of the task. I will apply this spirit to my work life and move forward. There is light in her eyes, and she says this and does this in the inheritance of the art of burning wheat.
Relying on its distinctive craftsmanship and unique taste, intangible cultural heritage cuisine has endured for a century. Also listed as intangible cultural heritage are the "Roasted Duck in the Oven" and the "Jinfang Lantern Festival".
800 years of ancient capital, 600 years of stewing furnace, "Ji sheng in the Age of Emperor Jing" recorded that "south furnace duck, roast piglets, hanging stove meat", of which "south furnace duck" refers to the cheap roast duck in the oven. The "oven roast duck" operated by cheap shop is one of the two major schools of Peking duck, which is characterized by the fact that the duck does not see open flame during the roasting process, the skin is crispy and tender, the taste is delicious, the surface is free of impurities, clean and hygienic, and it is beneficial to health, so it is also known as "green roast duck". The roast duck technique of the cheap shop oven was included in the national intangible cultural heritage list in 2008.
It is difficult to lock the new spring mood in the cold weather, and the furnace is warm and should cook white jade pills. During the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, Zhao Shuangyu, a chef of Jinfang snacks, is busy. With the shaking of Master Zhao, I saw that the Lantern filling was repeatedly shaken and dipped in water in a bamboo sieve filled with glutinous rice flour, just like a snowball, and the powder skin gradually thickened, and one by one "white piers" were born. Jinfang brand was founded in 1926, its self-produced Lantern is a famous product in beijing Lantern. According to Master Zhao, the process of shaking should make the Lantern fully collide, so that the glutinous rice flour can stick more firmly, and the whole process takes about 15 minutes to make by hand, and the weight of each Lantern is about 25 grams. Every Lantern Festival, there will be a long queue in front of Jinfang's door, and Jinfang's Lantern making skills have also been included in the list of intangible cultural heritage at the dongcheng district level in Beijing.
The charm of food is not only to satisfy people's appetites, but also to give people a comfort to the soul. In the cuisine listed as an intangible cultural heritage, it not only condenses the taste of water and soil, but also reflects the struggle stories of ordinary people and the memories of their home and country from generation to generation. In the non-genetic heirs, we see responsibility and responsibility. They rub their love for traditional skills into the cuisine, interpreting the cultural essence of the old brand and the ingenuity of the new era with a pair of hands.
Dongcheng District is the core bearing area of the national political center, cultural center and international exchange center, the key area for the protection of historical and cultural cities, and an important window area for displaying the image of the national capital. Here, there are many long-established brands that have taken root and converged, and there are also many old brands that have been revitalized. At the time of the Winter Olympics, these long-established brands that condensed the cultural connotation of Beijing flavor demonstrated the profound cultural heritage of Beijing with exquisite intangible cultural heritage skills and exquisite services, so that China's excellent traditional culture could better "go out", and the world could hear the voice of Beijing and china.
(Photo: Yu Yaqian)
Source: China Military Network
Author: Yu Yaqian
Editor-in-Charge: Zhang Shuo