At the beginning of 2021, when a netizen jumped in a bar in Changsha, he found that the DJ on the stage was actually a grandmother, and #Changsha Grandma sold stinky tofu during the day and at night when the topic of DJ # detonated the Internet.
"DJ Dong" - Dong Shuntao is the non-hereditary inheritor of Xiangpai stinky tofu, fried stinky tofu for 36 years, she recently received the first post-00 apprentice, she set the entry rules, very unusual!
"Recognize the way" before the apprentice
Compose a map of Changsha flavor
The streets and alleys of Changsha, which have been inherited for thousands of years, have not changed for 2,000 years since the Han Dynasty, and the streets and names of Mawang Street, Hualongchi, Pozi Street, Taiping Street, Chaozong Street, and Tongtai Street have been fixed in the Ming and Qing dynasties.
Walking in the old streets and alleys of Changsha, Dong Shuntao introduced the reason for this "day trip" to zheng Lizhi, a post-00s apprentice: before apprenticeship, the apprentice first understood the origin of Changsha cuisine.
On Tongtai Street, Dong Shuntao stopped at the entrance of a small shop.
"This is my first façade, and I've fried stinky tofu in this façade for more than a decade."
In the 1980s, in order to meet the living and study expenses of his two children, Dong Shuntao, who worked in the factory, learned the stinky tofu technique from his teacher and began to do business in his spare time.
"At that time, for the sake of the family, I didn't care about what faceless people did, and this was also making money by working with both hands."
Whether it's windy or rainy, every day she doesn't stop working on the streets.
Dong Shuntao said that as long as the mother leads two children, or the migrant workers who step on the tricycle come over, she will take the initiative to add two more pieces of tofu to the other party, good taste and human touch, and achieve her good business.
"No matter how small the business is, it can make people remember me."
On the basis of her predecessors, she successively added rich ingredients and soup to stinky tofu according to the needs of customers.
"Dried radish, coriander, minced garlic, broth, it can be said that I was the first in Changsha, and the ingredients were served in the stinky tofu, which has continued until now, and the people who come to eat are around the left layer and the right layer."
Feel the fireworks of Changsha
Old craftsmanship has a new heritage
Nowadays, many old craftsmen in the streets and alleys have made the once small business into a brand, Dong Shuntao took Zheng Lizhi and first came to Liu Ji Sugar Oil Dumpling, which has been engaged in this business for two generations.
▲The deep-fried sugar oil is golden in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside
Founder Liu Zhongqiu said that for thirty years, he has been studying the taste of sugar oil.
Son Liu Yongfeng recalled, "The business on the side of the old shop has been very good, the basic queue from morning to afternoon, down to one or two years old, up to the seventy or eighty years old people, very like to eat", in order to retain the customer satisfaction smile, he and the other two sisters, also involved in their father's business.
In another Joe's cold noodle stall, which has been popular for more than 20 years, the second generation of "head" Xu Yi only participated in the cold noodle business full-time after the death of his father.
"When the regular customer asked me if you would still do this thing after Joe's death, I said I want to think about it, because I still have my own job, and others feel sorry." 」
In order not to disappoint the guests and not to let his father's craftsmanship be lost, he resolutely quit his job and reproduced the taste of his father.
And there are many stories like this in Changsha. Xiang embroidery is a representative of handicrafts in Hunan, born in Changjiang, a family of Xiang embroidery, and is the "eight generations of embroidery" in the family.
Mother Jiang Zaihong is a master of Chinese arts and crafts, a national non-hereditary inheritor of Xiang embroidery, and he has heard about it since he was a child, even if he studies abroad, he is also thinking about how to inherit and innovate xiang embroidery and other intangible cultural heritage crafts.
▲Xiang embroidery refrigerator stickers designed by Chang Jiang.
"I also want to integrate tradition into the lives of young people and advocate cultural self-confidence."
Light up Changsha with love
To stick to the warmth of the city
After eating many delicacies, listening to many stories, and watching many landscapes, the young Zheng Lizhi was more determined in her ideas.
Today, many young people have become the pillars of Changsha's old craftsmanship.
Dong Shuntao said that he is doing a line of love, and he will do a good job.
"Today's young people, as long as you do your best, have that confidence, have that determination, live in Changsha, you will be able to do well."
Through the perspective of the two masters and apprentices, the helper girl also saw that it was these ordinary people who insisted on creating a new situation through small business, intertwined Changsha fireworks, human touch, and created a happy taste of their own and Changsha.
The star city of Changsha shines precisely because of the persistence and love of ordinary people.