Gulingquan Temple
Dongpo cake is a traditional good point for receiving VIPs at the Gulingquan Temple in Xishan, Ezhou, and is known as "not eating Dongpo cake, but coming to Xishan in vain".
Dongpo cake
It is said that Su Shi who lived in Huangzhou at that time, but often came to Wuchang by boat to visit the Western Mountains, and the number of exchanges increased, and gradually deepened his contacts with mountain people and monks.
Once, the tour is quite high, do not feel that the day is getting late, the day trip will be changed to a two-day tour, that night, staying at the Gulingquan Temple, the monks for Su Xueshi's visit, quite excited, after all, usually drinking a tea is a common thing, but staying overnight is the first time! What to do with this distinguished guest, that's a question.
Wheat noodles
After all, the temple is a vegetarian fast, and finally the monk uses bodhisattva spring water and (huo sisheng) to refine the wheat noodles, and then uses homemade sesame oil to make fried pancakes to entertain Su Shi, only to see that this cake is golden, exquisite and clear, Su Shi watched for a long time, and then put it in his mouth, chew slowly, Mom, fragrant, sweet, crisp, crisp, absolute! While eating, he said, "When I came back, I was still fortunate to pay for this bread!" ”
sesame oil
In addition to his insatiable thoughts, he asked the monk curiously, why is this cake so delicious? The monk replied: There is no mystery, all in the temple bodhisattva spring water is good. Since then, the monks have named the cake "Dongpo Cake". This is the origin of the Xishan specialty "Dongpo Cake".
white sugar
Later, during the Qing Dynasty, the governor of Huguang, Wen Traveled to the Western Mountains, tasted tea and tasted cakes, and improvised a book with an inscription: "Menpo Warship Remembers Gongjin, Wulai Tea Talk Continues dongpo."
In the 1950s, Master Rongguang, the abbot of Gulingquan Temple, asked Master Ronghe of the Zhaifang to personally make a box of Dongpo cakes and send it to Chairman Mao, when the General Office of the CPC Central Committee sent a special letter of thanks!
In fact, for the origin of Dongpo cake, there is also an interesting story circulating in the folk.
firewood
It is said that when Su Shi traveled to the West Mountain, the sky was getting dark, so he stayed in the monastery, and at night he played chess with the abbot of the temple in the monk's room to pass the time, and it was down, and in the middle of the night, the chess game seemed to be quite unfavorable to Su Shi, and said: "Master, a little hungry!" The abbot: "Oh! Then got up and went to the fasting room, looked for a circle, there was no extra ingredients, only a large bowl of leftover noodles for dinner, even the soup with water poured into the pot, drizzled with a circle of sesame oil, covered the pot lid, and then lit a small piece of firewood into the stove, and rushed back to the monk's room, found that the chess game did not move, very comforted!
Continuing to play chess, another game ended, and the abbot realized that something seemed to have been forgotten! Rush to the fasting room, uncover the lid of the pot, and take a look, Mom! What is it? Wet becomes dry, white becomes golden, smells still burnt, take out the plate, there is just some white sugar in the cupboard, sprinkle a layer, and take it out.
"Bachelor, taste!"
"How does it taste?"
"Well, fragrant, sweet, crispy, crispy!"
"Then I came back, and I was fortunate to still feed me with this bread!"
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Since then, there has been one more special food in the world - Dongpo cake.
The soul of dongpo cake bodhisattva spring