The food culture documentary "Fresh History" will be broadcast on CCTV-9 every night at 19:00 from April 29. This documentary focuses on the stories between Lu Xun, Su Shi, Cao Xueqin, bai juyi, four literary masters and food, what kind of new world of food will be opened for us?
"People can't eat and drink, and they can rarely know the taste."
This sentence in "Zhongyong" comes from the Warring States period more than 2,000 years ago.
In the long process of establishing a food culture in Chinese, a set of "standards" related to the pleasure of eating and drinking has gradually been formed.
Those who organize, write, and disseminate "standards" are what we call "foodologists."
But only scholars who sublimate diet into culture are the ones who really give meaning to food.
We call them: the "foodies" who are truly "knowledgeable".
"Fresh History", this time from ancient times to the present, among the famous artists who have left words for food, the most representative four are selected:
Here are the sweet-loving "fighters"
There are novelists who rely on food to support and write down their heirlooms
There are laymen who have been degraded all the way and eaten all the way
"Fresh" students, please stay!
Bring those Gourmets Alive!
Wen "for the sake of history" and taste early
Cultural fit between people, food, and regions
A writer's taste for food is closely related to his life experience;
A writer can also create original cuisine with personal characteristics under the influence of region, class and people around him;
A writer may make a taste of food famous through his fame, or he can inspire today's gourmet makers to learn from the inspiration of re-creation.
"For a while, I have repeatedly recalled the vegetables and fruits I ate in my hometown as a child: diamond horns, Luohan beans, zibai, and melons, all of which were extremely delicious and delicious, and they were all demagogies that made me homesick." Lu Xun wrote this in the small quotation of "Chao Hua Xi Shi". This collection of essays documenting his life as a teenager revisits many of his childhood memories and mentions many memorable teenage foods. This taste is like a kind of magical magic, dotted with Lu Xun's life, but also makes our hearts yearn for more than a hundred years later.
As a Shaoxing native, Lu Xun sat on a black canopy boat and listened to the sound of oars and shook, what kind of hometown delicacies were he most familiar with? He once mentioned, what is the method of shrimp caught with excavated earthworms? The folk snack fennel bean in "Kong Yiji", in addition to being economical, why is it unforgettable?
Cao Xueqin, the author of "Dream of the Red Chamber", one of the four famous works, can be said to have grown up in brocade and jade food when he was young, and after moving back to Beijing with his family, what memorable hutongs did he eat in his childhood memories? Do you want to hear more about the "aristocratic exclusives" mentioned in this huge work, such as melon kernel oil muffins and sugar steamed puff pastry?
Not only is it about food, in the character story of "Fresh History", how to get Su Shi's name less. What is the trick in his method of Dongpo meat, which no one knows, to be so loved by everyone for hundreds of years? What other dishes are named after "Dongpo" today? In Su Shi's official career of "high open and low walk" in his life, what is the taste of hometown food that has been unforgettable for a long time after traveling around?
Not only Lu Xun, but also Bai Juyi, the great realist poet of the Tang Dynasty, could not stop the delicious taste of the lake. When he was 54 years old, he invited himself to Suzhou, what local food did he taste? In Bai Juyi's poems, the very interesting "Even Yin" mentions that "there are still sea bass lettuce, coming to spring or planning to go to Jiangdong." What exactly is "lettuce" in "?
All of these can be found in the "Fresh History".
People's love for food can cross the gap between time and space, have similar experiences, and can also form a deeper empathy through the stories behind food. This is also the most intriguing part of the food documentary.
Based on historical materials and works, "Fresh History" shows the wonderful interaction between characters and food, and interprets the local food culture and the concept of the master's diet in reality;
In a relaxed and modern way of interpretation, "Fresh History" flexibly jumps between the classic texts that have been circulated through the ages and the real life of the present, and uses the jokes and rigorous evidence that are popular to hear, so that contemporary young people can enjoy the real and classic food culture without burden.
Food, voracious personality, probing mood,
Four gentlemen, well documented, sound and colorful.
Eat them and they won't be "lonely foodies";
Reproduce the food in Mr. Wang's pen and re-recognize the gentleman in the food.
Fresh History
April 29 - May 10, every night at 19:00
Record channels on CCTV-9
Let's peel back the corners of the historical food story
Let's try something new!
Source: Guangming Network