Wuxi, a small county in the northeast of Chongqing, may not be well known to the public, but when it comes to the famous Wanzhou grilled fish, I think everyone will not be unfamiliar. As a national intangible heritage, Wanzhou grilled fish actually originated from Wuxi at the earliest. Before Chongqing's direct administration, Wuxi belonged to the jurisdiction of Wanxian (now Wanzhou), Wuxi grilled fish is very famous, attracting many diners to taste and learn, after completing the study back to Wanzhou to open a shop. Later, the grilled fish business gradually flourished, and it was directly promoted in the name of Wanzhou grilled fish, so the fame of Wanzhou grilled fish overshadowed the Wuxi grilled fish.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="2" > grilled fish, originated in the Southern Song Dynasty more than 700 years ago</h1>
Wanzhou grilled fish is not only a municipal intangible cultural heritage project in Chongqing, but also a business card handed to the outside world. It combines the characteristics of hot pot on the basis of traditional snacks, cooked with various spices, and can be eaten and grilled later on the table, and the fish is brown and soft, and the aroma is overflowing.
Chinese history of eating grilled fish originated from the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty, more than 700 years ago.
In the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty, after the Yuan army invaded and conquered all the cities in the Central Plains, it followed the trend and fought all the way to the east of Sichuan, and the momentum was like a bamboo. When the Yuan army approached The Tianzi City of Wanzhou, the city rose up to resist, so it could not be attacked for a long time. He planned to besiege Tianzi City and realize the plan of catching turtles in the urn.
As soon as the gates were closed, there was no food in the city. The commander-in-chief of Tianzi City, Shangguan Kui, and his son Shangguan Mingjie led soldiers to open a secret passage in the back mountain and sent people to the Ramie River to get water. Some soldiers happened to catch a few fish while fetching water, thinking that they had not seen meat for many days, so they set up firewood by the river and grilled the fish. One of them, a guy with excellent water quality, called Jiang Shang, after he caught the fish, he sprinkled salt on the fish, and sprinkled it while grilling, and suddenly felt a strange smell. Soldiers followed suit, and this was the earliest origin of grilled fish.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="4" > the Wuxi grilled fish that arose in the Qing Dynasty</h1>
During the Qing Jiaqing period, Wuxi County suffered a huge flood. According to the "Daning County Chronicle of Yiwen Zhi", "A moment of wind and rain came, the flood flooded the world, Pangu could not divide the heavens and the earth, and people and animals swept away the roof ridge....". Chincha Jin Xingtai was ordered to go to Wuxi to investigate the disaster. There are more than 40 people and horses in total, day and night, and it takes several months to reach the border of Wuxi. Wuxi's geographical location is remote, the mountains are steep, and when you come to the Jingzhu Gorge area of the Daning River, people feel hungry and the horses are listless.
Suddenly there was a burst of singing in the quiet valley, and the song was high-pitched and melodious, and the crowd followed the sound.
See the turquoise Daning River, where a willow leaf fish boat is docked. A fisherman with a white beard is singing while burning firewood, and the shelves are filled with steaming crucian carp. The scent caused the soldiers to salivate, so the fishermen and the old man beckoned everyone to enjoy it together.
Jin Xingtai, the lord of Chincha, also saw this way of eating for the first time, so he was very excited, and asked the soldiers to take some silver and give them to the old man, so that they could grill some fresh Ninghe fish for everyone to enjoy together.
Appetite, that is, call more with the boat family silver, more grilled Ning River fish for everyone to enjoy. This meal of Grilled Fish in the Ning River was unforgettable for the officers and men to eat. A witty young official in the group carefully paid attention to the fisherman's grilling skills, and after returning to the palace, he talked about his cousin who was a cook in the imperial dining room, and the cook understood that he would repeatedly grope for himself, stuffing 12 kinds of condiments such as cinnamon, peppercorns, and star anise into the belly of the fish, and attacking it with white charcoal, and its strange fragrance was fragrant and offered to the emperor for consumption.
After the Jiaqing Emperor tasted it, he was full of praise. He personally gave the three words "Ninghe Fish" and also sent special people to Wuxi to recruit fishermen from the Ninghe River to enter the palace, and since then, "Wuxi Ninghe Grilled Fish" has been known all over the world.
Nowadays, Wanzhou grilled fish has become popular all over the country, looking back at the history of modern grilled fish, it can be said that it started from Wuxi and traveled all over the world.
The generation born in the 1970s and 1980s, especially those living in towns and villages, often have very deep memories of childhood. In the summer, touching fish in the river bay and slowly exploring along the crevices of the stones, the feeling of catching fish is often extremely exciting. Collect some firewood by the river and simply process the fish to get delicious fish meat.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="6" eating fish > is a good memory of childhood</h1>
Fish Exploration is the fun of childhood and the delicious taste of Wuxi grilled fish together, so that people can not only taste the delicious taste while eating fish, but also evoke some sweet and beautiful memories and meet their childhood selves.
As a professional grilled fish brand, Tanyu has chosen a simple industrial style in the decoration style, and the enamel cup printed with the word "Tanyu" has a retro feeling of 80 years. There are pots and bowls for its design of the base of the baking plate hollow, on which is the water breaking waves and the abstract pattern of fish, very artistic, people can't help but think of the happy picture of childhood playing in the water fishing, golden and black color, so that eating grilled fish also becomes more tasteful.
When the fish is served and heated with dry ice, the soup is stirring, the food in the pot is boiling, and at that moment, the diners are like being in the river, the smoke cage fog cover on the river surface, and the taste of catching chopsticks in the smoke to pick fish is wonderful, like a sudden return to childhood.
Over the past hundred years, people's love for grilled fish has not changed, from simple street food to the staple food of the table, grilled fish is constantly developing in the direction of diversification, and it is slowly being accepted by the public.