Tianjin is an ancient place, as early as the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, there are traces of human activities; Tianjin is also a "young" municipality, on January 2, 1967, Tianjin was restored to a municipality.
If there are foreign tourists to Tianjin and want to bring some Tianjin souvenirs to their hometown, what is good to buy?
Then go directly to Tianjin Sanbao. They are: tender duck pear, small steamed bun, liangxiang chestnut.
The first is the tender duck pear.
Tianjin is actually not rich in duck pears, Tianjin duck pears from Hebei Province Shulu, Ningjin, Jinxian, Jiaohe, Suning and other places, but in the Qing Dynasty, this kind of duck pear was brought into the international market by Tianjin fruit merchants, sold in Southeast Asia; in the early 50s of the last century, this duck pear was exported to foreign countries by Tianjin "Guanchanglong" commercial bank, hence the name.
Tianjin duck pear shape like duck eggs, the fruit handle is crooked like a duck mouth, with thin skin, white meat, crisp and tender, slag-free, juicy, sweet and other advantages, rich in protein, fat, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, riboflavin and other nutrients, sold well at home and abroad, exported to the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, Southeast Asia and other more than a dozen countries and regions.
According to the staff of the Tianjin Archives, Hu Die, a famous film queen of the Republic of China, went to Tianjin North Railway Station with her father to play when she was a child. She heard the vendor's cry of "fragrant and crisp Tianjin duck pear, one dime per dime", imitated and learned, and even learned it perfectly, showing a strong talent in language and imitation.
This is followed by small dumplings.
Xiaolongbao is a snack made of flour, pork and other materials, and there are small dumplings all over the country, and the small dumplings made in Suzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou and other Jiangnan regions are particularly famous.
During the Daoguang years of the Qing Dynasty, the popular small dumplings around Jiangnan entered Tianjin and were carried forward in Tianjin. The most famous small dumpling in Tianjin is, of course, the well-known "dog ignore" small dumpling.
The founder of "Dog Ignore" Xiaolongbao is called Gao Guiyou, who is directly subordinate to Wuqing County's XiazhuZhuang (now Wuqing District, Tianjin City), and had a milk name "Dogzi" when he was a child. After Gao Guiyou grew up, he opened a snack shop specializing in buns, "Deju No.". Because the business was so good, the noble friend was so busy that he didn't have time to talk to the customers. Customers joked with him, weaving him into a post-break phrase, calling him "Dogs sell small dumplings - ignore people". Over time, "Dog Ignore" became the brand of Xiaolongbao, and the original name of the store was forgotten.
Later, the witty and humorous Tianjin people also compiled the "dog ignore" small dumpling into a smooth mouth: "To ask this Tianjin Wei, is there a good thing, the famous small dumpling is called Dog Ignore." Out of the cage spray incense, is thin skin and steam, bite a bite of ah DC oil, it is beautiful and not greasy. Li Hongzhang of the Qing Dynasty also loved to eat dogs and ignored them, so he sent the imperial palace to honor Empress Xi and patted Cixi on the back. Cixi tasted it like this, it was beautiful and could not be mentioned, she praised Li Hongzhang for observing the people's feelings, and promoted the official again..."
Li Hongzhang sent Empress Dowager Cixi a small dumpling of "dog disregard", and he was promoted to an official and promoted, which was really a good deal.
Finally, there are the Ryogo chestnuts.
Liangxiang is the name of a township that belonged to a directly subordinate area during the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Liangxiang is rich in chestnuts and has been famous since more than 2,000 years ago. Liangxiang chestnut shell is thin and easy to peel, high sugar content, rich in nutrition, made of sugar fried chestnuts sweet and delicious, is a unique local flavor of the famous traditional snack.
During the Republic of China period, Tianjin's sugar fried chestnuts were already very famous. Hu Die, the film queen of the Republic of China, once studied at the Shenggong Academy in Tianjin (the predecessor of today's Xinhua Middle School) and had a happy time. Later, Butterfly said in his memoirs: "The school rules are very strict, white shirts, black skirts, and classes must be disciplined. ”
However, once the class is over, the teacher can't manage so much. Hu Die's after-school life has a lot of fun: "Kicking shuttlecocks, jumping rope, playing enough, buying a meat bun with a copper plate or buying a bunch of sugar fried chestnuts, and spending a copper plate can call a rickshaw home." ”
Tianjin friends who are reading this article, have you ever eaten Tianjin sugar fried chestnuts?
[References: "Tianjin Duck Pear", "Dog Ignores small dumplings", "Sky Sugar Fried Chestnuts", etc.]