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Cow Street, a mysterious area full of culture and food

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I got up this morning, looked at the gloomy weather, the window opened, it was slightly cool, and my brain turned, why did I especially want to eat hot pot? Without further ado, wash and dress, and go to Cow Street Jubaoyuan to buy lamb! Ready to practice, so today I want to talk to you about the story of [Cow Street].

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There is a saying in old Beijing: "Beijing snacks are in Xuanwu, Xuanwu snacks are in Niu Street".

When it comes to Cow Street, the first thing that comes to mind is definitely halal snacks, but the story inside Cow Street is more than that.

So, let's talk about this old street that has been rooted in Beijing since the Song Dynasty in two aspects today.

Let's talk about food first, let's talk about eating first!

When your cells are clamoring for beef and mutton, the best place to go in Beijing is Niu Street.

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When you look for food in Cow Street, you can always see groups of old neighborhood neighbors, eating in at the snack bar, or lining up unhurriedly at the takeaway window. If it is a popular snack bar, you can't even catch up with takeout if you go late, and the most famous one is definitely Jubaoyuan

Speaking of Cow Street, you can ask your friends, many people's first reaction is the famous treasure source.

Founded in 1946 in Shouliu Hutong, it has now gone through more than 70 years, and the most popular hand-cut fresh lamb is all from Inner Mongolia, and the meat is tender and has no fishy smell. The chopsticks are cooked in boiling water, and they are not cooked for a long time. Paired with sesame sauce and roast cakes, this is the taste of old Beijing shabu mutton.

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Every time Xiaobian comes to Jubaoyuan to buy beef and mutton, the heart is really very nervous, and must go with two people, don't hide from you, or you will come to line up at 6 o'clock in the morning, after 9 o'clock in the morning, first, there is no place to park, random parking fines, the second is to line up for 1 hour, go after 12 noon, it may not be so fresh, so it is really tiring to go, but no way, in order to satisfy your appetite and taste buds, how bitter and tired, we also have to go!

Again, let's talk about halal white rice cakes

There are many kinds of rice cakes, among which Xiaobian likes purple rice the most.

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The texture is soft and soft, sweet and delicious, melts in the mouth, sweet pea yellow, smooth and delicate, sweet and cold and delicious hawthorn cake, every must-buy donkey rolling, in four words to describe them: worthy of the name!

Moving on, let's talk about Ibao lotus leaf cake that you haven't heard much about

As a long-established delicacy, the Ibao lotus leaf cake in Ox Street is synonymous with cake and one of the signature of Ox Street cuisine.

Rice cake, bean cake, koshi cake, coconut milk kidney bean cake, lotus leaf cake, sesame kidney bean cake, coconut milk taro kidney bean cake...

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Lotus leaf cake, eaten hot, the mouth is a very strong red date flavor, soft and sticky, sweet but not greasy; kidney bean cake, soft texture, sweet and refreshing in the mouth; mung bean cake, soft and delicate taste; Peanut cake, strong peanut aroma, rustling taste... I can only say that they are all delicious~

Moving on, let's talk about the Hong Kee snack bar on Cow Street

Bite-by-bite of the signature beef grains, anyway, every time Xiaobian goes to Cow Street, how long the queue is, I have to buy some to go home.

Toothpick meat, the meat is tender, the current wine and cuisine is the most suitable; Loose meat, gently bite, the meat filling inside is tender and smooth, and the crispy skin outside is crispy and delicious, making people have an endless aftertaste!

There is also his beef buns, which are hot to bite into and nourish the oil, but they are not greasy at all.

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Moving on, let's talk about Dashunzhai

If you want to come to Niu Street, you must buy some Dashunzhai's sweet, soft and non-sticky sugar fire for all ages, as well as the fragrant, crisp, soft, long-lasting beef tongue cake.

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Old Beijingers know the sugar fire in the "Beijing Snack Thirteen Exceptions", so when it comes to sugar fire, you have to recognize this Dashunzhai. But here to explain that Dashunzhai originated in Beijing's Tongzhou District, and there is a branch in Niu Street.

According to rumors, around the thirteenth year of Ming Chongzhen, the young Liu Dashun family of three accompanied grain ships from Nanjing to Beijing and went north along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. After arriving in Tongzhou, he opened a food stall under the guise of making oil cakes, twist flowers, sweet fire, salty fire, and named "Da Shunzhai" in order to please auspiciousness.

Then, let's talk about Lao Chengyi sheep scorpion

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Friends who like to eat sheep scorpions, this store is absolutely right, not advertising ha, people who come to Niu Street to eat sheep scorpions, almost all come to Lao Chengyi. But what I want to recommend is this small bean cold cake, fried cake and hemp tofu.

Sheep scorpion, the best, fat and lean combination of lamb chops, is even more fragrant and delicious.

Next, let's say the moon on Cow Street

Yueshengzhai is mainly engaged in Chinese and Western-style cooked meat products, which was founded by Ma Qingrui in the 40th year of Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty, opened in Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty (1775 AD), with a history of more than 200 years, and is a famous time-honored brand in Beijing.

Signboards such as Yueshengzhai's roasted lamb and soft and delicious five-spice sauce beef are absolutely genuine, and eating them with burnt cakes is even better!

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Then, let's talk about the halal restaurant Xiangyunxuan

This is a traditional old Beijing halal restaurant, on the edge of Jiaozi Hutong, some distance from the main road of Niu Street, the façade is not large, but the inside is not small, the amount of dishes is large, the taste is good, the price is also affordable, and it is loved by diners.

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The doortack patties here are a must! (The editor's last article specially wrote here, friends who like it can look at the previous article) The upper and lower ends are crispy and golden, a bite is full of juice, the meatballs are firm and juicy, the meat filling is strong and delicious, not greasy at all, very delicious!

Finally, let's talk about cheese Wei

All kinds of articles on the Internet that write about Niu Street, whether it is a meal or a snack, there will be him, that is, Cheese Wei.

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Cheese was originally a court snack, and it is rumored that in the 14th year of Guangxu, Wei Hongchen, the first generation of cheese Wei, had a friend who worked in the imperial dining room and taught him this craft. Later, it won a lot of praise from customers, and people gave the beautiful name "Cheese Wei".

The Wei family's unique job is to make hinge cheese, and the cheese made is turned upside down without spilling the container.

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His cheese has a unique milk taste, smooth taste, bright color like coagulation, almond tofu is also a specialty of cheese Wei, cold and refreshing, through the aroma of almonds, the osmanthus sugar water inside is not very sweet.

In the not very long alley of Niu Street, even if there is a long queue around the inside and outside, it can't stop the foodies.

After talking about food, let's talk about culture and tell a short story!

1. Do you know what the former name of Cow Street was?

Niu Street, formerly known as Pomegranate Street, named for the cultivation of pomegranates, is an ancient street in Beijing, and later because a group of Arabs settled here, forming fixed eating habits, so that only beef and mutton are sold here, and the taste is authentic, the meat is delicious, so "Liujie" was renamed "Niu Street".

Did you find out? No trace of food is the touch.

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2. Did you know the historical changes of Cow Street?

Niu Street was built in 996 in the Song Dynasty, when Beijing was not the capital, but Niu Street already existed here, and there was a street called "Worship Temple" written by Zhang Jue during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty, according to analysis, it should refer to today's Niu Street.

I heard that at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi issued an edict to change its name to "Taiping Street", but it has never been recognized by the people, and there is no way to verify its authenticity.

After more than 1,000 years of historical changes, Niu Street was comprehensively improved and widened in 2003, and it just so happened that one of Xiaobian's relatives also moved into Jiaozi Hutong in 2003, according to relatives and neighbors: "The width of the old Niu Street before the reconstruction is the current mosque entrance, the distance to the back of the Great Shadow, and the width of the auxiliary road of Niu Street now (as shown in the figure below)

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This width means to walk motor vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, which can be said to be quite crowded, saying that the big trees in the central green belt of Niu Street are actually old trees planted in the courtyard of the former residents. ”

Now, it has become a scene of Xinniu Street.

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3. Did you know that Cow Street is a famous worship temple?

Niujie Worship Temple is the oldest and largest mosque in Beijing and one of the most famous mosques in the world. It was built in the 14th year of the Liao Dynasty, and in 1474, Emperor Xianzong gave the "Temple of Worship", which has since been called the Temple of Worship on Niujie.

In the 35th year of the Qing Dynasty, Kangxi was overhauled again and is now a national key cultural relic protection unit. The main buildings of the temple include the worship hall, the Summoning Tower, the Moon Tower, and the Stele Pavilion, etc., the worship hall sits west facing east, and the shrines in the hall are carved with Arabic script and various floral patterns.

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On Eid al-Fitr, all Hui people gather from far and wide to listen to the sermons of the imikhs, and every day for a month before Eid al-Fitr, imams broadcast sermons explaining the Quran.

Niujie Mosque is a combination of traditional Chinese architectural forms and Arabic architectural styles.

The more famous buildings in the temple should be the "Four Wutu" jade reliefs on the large shadow wall in front of the temple. The four objects in this relief picture each have their own meanings, "Zhong" through "Zhong", "Yi" in Ruyi, "Qi" through "Qi", and "Incense" in the incense burner with "Xiang", these four characters together are "Zhongyi Qi Xiang", that is, the meaning of Zhongyi and Yi Shuangquan.
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After the complete restoration of the mosque in 1980, it became an important place for receiving international Muslim friends and carrying out international friendly exchanges, and the Cow Street Mosque gradually began to enjoy international fame.

In addition to traditional Muslim clothing, fresh goods have been added to the temple, adding vitality to this mosque with a long history.

4. Do you know what the cow street in the mouth of the old neighborhood looks like?

The word unity is vividly reflected in Cow Street. Although the original old cow street was narrow and all broke bungalows, the rules of unity could not be broken, at that time, if someone broke the rules of the cow street, they would be driven out by everyone together!

Let's talk about something, at that time, Xiaobian was still small, it should be when KFC first entered the domestic market, when the merchant looked at a place at the mouth of Jiaozi Alley, which is now the [Small Commodity Wholesale Market], opened a KFC, as a result, it was [demolished] by [everyone] overnight, and it couldn't be opened at all, as for why, I don't need to say more, and then this store moved to Baiguang Road.

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Therefore, the kind of human touch at that time is incomparable now, to put it as an aside, the editor's favorite movie is [Old Cannon], why? Because of the rules! Now which TM still has rules to speak of?!

Having said that, the current cow street, although the street is wider, but only 60% of the old cow street people have moved back, and the cow street in the minds of the old people has long been gone, and there is no taste of the old cow street before.

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5. Do you know the rules of Cow Street?

【Old Saying of Cow Street】

Main hemp: Similar to the Buddha Manifestation Day in Buddhism, every Friday is the main hemp day

Bao Qi: Red envelopes wrapped in white paper, usually donated to mosques

Spread the sprinkles: Give food, food, and clothing for food

Sect: The meaning of "to be exquisite" in Islam

【The old rules of Ox Street】

1. You can't carry big meat (pork) around!

2. You can't say "pig" in front of the old Hui, and if you accidentally say it, you must apologize.

3. There is no restaurant selling big meat in Niu Street, so when ordering, please think about it.

4. The main hall and secondary hall of the Ox Street Worship Temple are not allowed to enter by non-Muslims.

5. Men and women, wearing shorts and short skirts are not allowed to enter the Cow Street Worship Temple.

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Let's talk about a problem that you don't often find, did you find it? In the entire street of Cow Street, there is not a single fast food restaurant, not even a coffee shop or a Western restaurant.

Why is that? The editor consulted the information, and according to the previous repetition, I knew the reason why these shops "couldn't mix" in Cow Street.

The main reason is that the old neighbors do not recognize it! They are not interested in these "foreign things"! For them, the most suitable ones have to be bean juice, koshi cake, sauce beef, roast lamb!

This is not to say that they do not embrace new things, but there is no taste for them, as for what taste? The editor can only guess by himself: the taste of the humanistic feelings of the old cow street!

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In fact, in their eyes, Cow Street is not a place name or an attraction, but a real home.

Let's talk about it today, after eating the lamb of Cow Street, you must tell the story of Cow Street, which is also a rule!

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