Out of Chengdu along the 323 National Highway, forty miles to the west, only to see that the north and south are overlapping and winding peaks, and the east and west are staggered hills, resembling a long corridor. The water of the Longjiang River flows down from the southwest, the Zhongzhou River meanders from the northwest, one large and one small, the two rivers meet, and Huaiyuan Town is located on the triangle mouth of this treasure of feng shui.
Huaiyuan's original name was "Yokohara", and the sound is similar, but "Huaiyuan" is more catchy and louder. Eventually, Yokohara was replaced by Huaiyuan. During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, the ancient town had four streets in the southeast, south, and northwest, and all of them set up gates, and in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, it increased to eight streets, and by the early liberation period, there were 21 streets in Huaiyuan, and then successively built and widened many streets, plus there were temples, ancestral halls, guild halls, churches and other ancient buildings, and its scale was first-class in the western Sichuan Damzi. To this day, many old streets have been silent, marching in the middle, casually walking into any of the streets and alleys of the courtyard, you can truly feel the "six streets lights even Wenjing, Hanyuan flower shadow full of qintang" of the prosperous relics and ancient style.
Huaiyuan has a history of more than a thousand years. The remaining Huaiyuan Old Street is soaked with historical scars and immigrant customs. Huaiyuan head east and tail west, two ends high and low, extending nearly 3 miles according to the landscape and water terrain, in the middle is a narrow street, lined with a tile roof and a heavy arcade. Standing on a high place overlooking the ancient town, just like a narrow boat, towards the Dragon River, heading and tail, breaking the waves and riding the wind, it is called the treasure land of dragon boats.
What makes Huaiyuan people most proud of themselves is the river and the boat. However, the first to see this "treasure ship", it was the Guangdong people who started him, followed by Guizhou people, Hunan people, Jiangxi people, etc. who came to develop Huaiyuan and set up shops for business. So the original lonely town quickly prospered. From about the light years of the Qing Dynasty to the 1940s, Huaiyuan had a history of more than 100 years of commercial prosperity. At that time, the streets were paved, and on the two rivers, hundreds of large and small boats were moored every day.
However, while the locals in Huaiyuan were proud, they suddenly found that the foreigners were really amazing! Several of the newly built large docks belong to foreigners, and boundary monuments from various provinces have been erected respectively; there are several more assembly halls for people from other provinces on the streets, and the pavilions and pavilions are carved with dragons and phoenixes, which are very beautiful; even the slopes near and far have changed their names and names, and foreigners have bought one mountain after another to settle down and occupy the green mountains and beautiful waters in Huaiyuan. Fortunately, Huaiyuan is not exclusive, just like the river and the dock laugh at the four-way passenger ship.
Dry season The wide river channel is almost devoid of boats
The most intimate thing for Huaiyuan people is the river and the dock, and they kiss the barefoot board of Huaiyuan people every day. In addition to a few large freight docks, the rocks along the river were trampled out of the trails, leaving smooth footprints, and small docks were formed. Early in the evening, fishing for shrimp; noon, digging rice and washing vegetables; the first fifteen, killing chickens and ducks; on sunny days, children, regardless of men and women, diving and playing with bare butts, one "scale falling into the water" on this side, a "carp turning over" over there, the sound of water, laughter blooming in the sun and splash.
Many girls and daughters-in-law wash quilts, dry red and green, when they come a big bag, when they go to a bamboo basket, the sun-dried clothes are folded neatly, the washed long hair flutters with the wind, three or three two, there is talk and laughter, the river is a beautiful landscape. The riverside of the Dragon Boat Festival is even more lively. Early in the morning, the mist on the river surface ripples with the fragrance of glutinous rice and bamboo leaves. At noon, the river bank was full of people, on the rocks, on the edge of the bamboo forest, calling friends and leading companions, shoulder to shoulder, only to hear the trumpet cannon sound, gongs and drums sounding in unison, dragon boats racing, and the river boiling.
Because of the river, the people on the shore also have a lot of life
Because there is a river, there is a long way to go. Rivers, docks, boats, people's livelihood, folk customs, and folk customs are closely related to the birth, prosperity and decline of an ancient town. From this point of view, the history of Huaiyuan is a history of the flow of the river. Where there is a river, there are boats, and there are boatmen, shippers, fishing, and ferries, becoming a powerful Huaiyuan aquarium. The town is bigger, all kinds of industries are prosperous, and there are many craftsmen. There are more people from other places, and the affairs of the town are no longer only decided by the locals, and over time everyone is a distant person. Nowadays, most of the thousands of households in this town have joint relations, Jiangxi old watches, Hunan aunts, Guizhou uncles, Guangdong uncles, relatives and friends, even whiskers with roots, grab a big handful, pull up a big bunch. Where there are red things and white things, come uninvited, and everyone helps in the family, which is called "the streets are carried by people on the stone slabs.".
The quaint town of Huaiyuan is simply such a network of interpersonal relationships, a place of etiquette infiltrated by Confucian culture. Huaiyuan's life is good and lively, and its customs are all there: "stealing green" in the first month, forming a society in February, rushing to the song in March, steaming glutinous rice in April, racing dragon boats in May, worshipping mothers-in-law in June, offering offerings to ghosts and gods in July, worshiping the moon in August, "fighting and ganging" in September, "beating and fighting" in December, all have to eat, almost every month and month are festive, Han, Zhuang, water, Yao, assimilating each other, it is difficult to distinguish each other. On weekdays, some people play gyros, some people say books, and some people sing opera. At the New Year, the dragon and lion will dance, the top horse of the pavilion, the row of lights and fist sticks... From the first day of the first year to the third day of the first year. If you talk about which regional cultural background Huaiyuan belongs to, it is really difficult to say clearly for a while, it is diverse, inclusive, how far it is to cross, to gather the great achievements of all places, and to call it "Huaiyuan culture".
The old commercial street is still full of business
The ancient town has an old street full of ancient meaning and different interests, that is, Brown Rope Street, which is not far from Zhengxi Street and Shangxi Street. It is said that this old street was built in the middle of the Qing Dynasty and is named after the people on the street who are engaged in the production and sale of brown weaving. The street is no more than 100 meters long, the color is older, the shape and height of the houses are basically the same, the columns along the street are neatly arranged, and the lower new street is somewhat similar, but the difference is that there are many trees on both sides of the street. Stroll through the old streets. Wandering between the dark, unpretentious gables, stilts and pillars, the tension of light and dark movements is a different kind of mood.
If you want to appreciate an old antique, you need an inclusive mentality, because there are many modern concrete buildings in the ancient town that will interrupt your thoughts from time to time. It's a reality, there's no reason to blame anyone, and it's time to keep up. On the old street, several old people proposed that I go to the old culture station at the entrance of Dashun Street to have a look, and in their words: there are a lot of old antiques there. The people of Guzhen refer to everything left over from their ancestors in the past as "old antiques", which is both general and graphic, because many "old antiques" cannot even say specific names, and can only be generalized.
After the Chengwen qiong highway passed through, the cars came and went, and the tourists flowed endlessly, all rushing to Huaiyuan food, Jiezi Ancient Town, and Yuantong Town, and Huaiyuan was lively again. However, in the eyes of Huaiyuan people, especially in the hearts of the old people, Huaiyuan is a frozen ancient poem, changing without being alarmed, smiling indifferently, and watching all kinds of fashions and trends that are not busy. The old street is still there, the ancient style still exists, but the Huaiyuan that was once the "shangjia capital" no longer exists, and many stories and legends that are getting farther and farther away from the present have become the topic of Huaiyuan people before and after tea, and they are passed down from generation to generation. Those long-standing stories and legends seem to be the soul of the ancient town, but they can't go away.
Huaiyuan people always quietly wait for their ancient town
Huaiyuan Three Compilation of Ancient and Modern
In Chuanxi Bazi, Huaiyuan has "three compilations", "three absolutes", "three compilations", that is, rattan, bamboo and palm three folk hand-weaving techniques, which have a history of more than 200 years. Coming to Huaiyuan, purchasing rattan weaving, bamboo weaving, brown weaving handicrafts and daily living supplies is a pleasant and pleasant experience, and what is more pleasing to the eye is that these rural hand-woven folk crafts will add more warmth and beauty to your nest.
Bamboo weaving: Chuanxi Bazi is lined with bamboo, and various bamboo weaving and bamboo carvings that have been passed down for thousands of years have naturally become the skills of rural folk artists. There are many kinds of bamboo weaving in Huaiyuan, in addition to bamboo pockets, bamboo baskets, bamboo plates, bamboo bowls, bamboo fans, bamboo lanterns, bamboo boxes, there are bamboo net hundred round gongs, bamboo sets of three-flower baskets, bamboo chopstick baskets, bamboo paper baskets, bamboo flower arrangements, bamboo flower rare bowls, bamboo boat type book pockets, bamboo flower pockets, etc. In addition, there are bamboo toys, with more than 200 varieties of colors. Bamboo weaving has the characteristics of tight structure, strong and durable, and the products woven with the natural color of bamboo are elegant and generous. Bamboo weaving is elastic, can withstand a certain amount of pressure, and has the advantage of water filtering, and some can also be put on food and steamed in a pot.
A variety of bamboo weaving wood shops give people a touch of cordiality and warmth
Bamboo weaving is usually based on the warp and weft weaving method, through the piercing, insertion, nails, locks, winding, set of a variety of skills, products existing a variety, baskets, plates, bowls, lamps, fans, pots, chairs, paintings and other nearly 100 categories, more than 800 varieties of flowers, in recent years and the development of the theme art bamboo weaving, there are wall hangings, flower arrangements, tea sets, cool hats, bamboo bags, antique furniture, bamboo silk painting and other varieties. In this way, bamboo weaving is a traditional specialty with strong local ancient style and elegant charm. For more than 300 years, generations of folk bamboo weaving artists, with their spirituality and wisdom of bamboo, have continuously created and improved the pleasing bamboo weaving process, perfectly reproducing the history of bamboo weaving.
Craftsmen who weave bamboo utensils on the streets of the town every day have become rare
Brown weaving: is the use of palm silk made of handicrafts, is one of the main categories of Chinese weaving technology, can be called a branch of Chinese hand-knitting art, has a history of nearly 2,000 years. It originated about the Three Kingdoms era and was praised by the Ministry of Culture of China as "a must-have in Chinese folklore". Brown woven products are meticulous and exquisite, simple and generous, with a wide variety of varieties, which can also be made on demand, and can also be shaped arbitrarily and preserved permanently. Especially animal and insect weaving products, but also different gods, vivid images, exquisite portraits, and strong interest. Set artistic, ornamental, collectible in one, is a tourist attraction, from all walks of life excellent gifts and tourist souvenirs.
The charm of brown weaving is mainly not in the raw material itself, but in the clever use of the natural color and texture of the raw material. Brown weaving is mainly buckled, and some weaving techniques in straw weaving and bamboo weaving are used comprehensively. Artistic creation is carried out by tearing, pulling, winding, piercing, piercing and other methods. The themes of brown weaving are mostly based on animals such as zodiac signs, fish, shrimp, and insects. It is not only a toy loved by children, but also an ornament of home life, an art appreciation, from which it reflects the wisdom and aesthetic taste of working people.
Today, the ancient and humane folk craft of brown weaving has almost retired and is facing the situation of being lost. Most of the young people in the countryside are either doing business outside the country or going to work in other places, and no one is willing to learn and pass on, which in their eyes is a craftsmanship that is both rustic and unprofitable. I walked around several villages under the guidance of my friends, only to see that the old couple was still watching intently, insisting on this craft handed down from generation to generation. The eldest lady said helplessly: "Alas, there is no way, what can you do without doing it?" The dolls are willing to learn, and it is a pity to lose it! "I felt a fever in my heart, and I didn't know if I was moved or sighed."
Brown weaving has become a rare landscape and tourism commodity
Rattan weaving: Huaiyuan rattan weaving originated in the Three Kingdoms period, according to the famous historian Chang Jie of Chongzhou in the Jin Dynasty in the "Huayang Guozhi" recorded, said that during the Three Kingdoms period, Huaiyuan Town had a craftsman surnamed Ma, who was skillful and good at handcrafting various utensils. Once I went up the mountain to collect firewood, I found that the wild rattan on the mountain was particularly smooth and tough, and it was very suitable for weaving things. So he cut a lot of rattan and went home to try to weave all kinds of utensils. After repeated experiments, he found that the use of sun-dried rattan to weave utensils was not effective, so he invented the blister rattan method. His first hand-woven product was a dragon-collapsed seat with alpine bamboo on the inside and fine, winding rattan on the outside. This seat was fumigated by Ma's, and the color became golden and translucent, similar to the Emperor Dragon Collapse.
Rattan weaving is the best preserved and developed handicraft in the "Three Parts"
Huaiyuan Ancient Town has always been known as the "hometown of rattan weaving", people initially used rattan to weave various utensils baskets, baskets, baskets and other production and living utensils, and gradually formed a trading market for rattan products. Rattan weaving is first to collect wild rattan, then put the rattan in water for a period of time, then use bamboo as the skeleton of the vessel, then weave it with soft and smooth rattan, and finally fumigate the formed utensils to make its color golden and dazzling.
The building is full of smoke and rain, the years are like the wind, and today's Huaiyuan is still firmly entangled with the word "vine". For a long time, the locals inherited the technique of Ma's rattan weaving as a family side business. In the scenic town of Huaiyuan, whether it is in the field or in the small courtyard of the farmhouse, you can often see the vivid scene of rattan weavers sitting on small benches and weaving. Rattan weaving enables many men and women to start a business at the doorstep of their homes, refuse to be migrant workers, not only learn unique skills, but also easily make countless peasant families rich, more importantly, a family of old and young do not have to be separated in order to survive, and children learn happily and grow up healthily. Today's Chongzhou rattan weaving, a daily necessities, especially high-grade rattan furniture has long been well-known at home and abroad, becoming an elegant luxury for office and home.
Chongzhou rattan weaving is still famous at home and abroad
Gourmet three must-haves
Huaiyuan is a famous snack town with delicious fragrance in the air, and tasting the "three musts of Huaiyuan": parfait, leaf green cake, and tofu curtain is a happy food experience, which will make you have a vague aftertaste and be unforgettable for a long time.
Huaiyuan Three Absolutes: On the street of Huaiyuan Town, dozens of hundreds of parfait and Ye'erzi shops were full of streets in previous years, and now only a few old shops such as Duanye'ercang, TangYe'ercang, Huangji Ye'ercang and so on are still adhering to traditional handicrafts, usually before and after the shop workshop, when the street market is processed and steamed, visited by people.
Like parfait, it is still made according to the traditional recipe of glutinous rice milk, added lard, sugar or brown sugar, and the leaves are boiled with fresh grain leaves until dried, and the leaves are wrapped in parfait. The parfait with white sugar is snow white pine bubbles, the parfait with brown sugar is light yellow, and the leaf is still made of fresh citrus leaves, boiled until dry and wrapped in leaf erzhu, the filling is mostly made of fresh pork belly, and there are also rustic bacon as fillings. Like Duan Ye Er Shu Shop, it is the fifth generation of people, can be a century-old shop, its "Huaiyuan three must-haves", bacon dumplings, traditional Sichuan cuisine, home-cooked rural style is rich, really cheap and delicious, female shopkeepers are also like its leaf Er Shu and parfait, very simple and generous, warm and lovely, warm and generous, quite favored by local diners and tourists.
Parfait and Ye Ercang are the local delicacies that tourists must buy when they go to Huaiyuan and Jiezi Ancient Town
Children who grew up in Huaiyuan Town can't forget the sound of "parfait, leaf erzhu and tofu curtain" in their childhood, and these three snacks have slowly become synonymous with Huaiyuan Ancient Town. Walking into the ancient town of Huaiyuan, which is located at the junction of Chongzhou, Dayi and Dujiangyan, almost every restaurant on both sides of the road has a sign of "Huaiyuan Three Absolutes". At the intersection, banners with yellow characters on a red background and across highways conspicuously marked the "three absolutes" such as "Tang Ji", "Duan Ji", and "Huang Ji", and some banners also used other colors to exaggerate the words "once interviewed by XX media". The scent of fresh meat and grapefruit leaves wafts in the wind. Each large shop on a white background and white edge beckons the wind, which is clearly printed with its own brand, trademark and operator's head, and the words "authentic three musts" are almost indispensable in every store sign. Piles of leafy greens, parfaits and tofu curtains are piled up, and merchants are packing snacks purchased by customers into boxes that also bear the signs and the boss's head.
"Boss, here are two sweet leaves." "Bring me a box of parfaits, and then a box of fresh meat leaves," "Wow! This tofu curtain is so spicy, so numb, so fragrant! ”...... In the ancient town of The street, you can hear such happy shouts in various shops that sell parfaits, leaf dumplings, and tofu curtains, and everywhere you can see tourists who are smiling and eating parfaits, leaf dumplings, or large bags and small bags, carrying boxes and boxes. On holidays, whether the weather is hot or cold, Huaiyuan and Jiezi Ancient Town are crowded with tourists every day. Walking on the streets of the ancient town, enjoying the beautiful scenery, eating hot parfaits and leaf dumplings, this kind of leisure time is not general comfort!
Parfait has been in Huaiyuan for more than 200 years. Authentic parfait is naturally fermented with rice milk, refined with lard, the entrance slag, full of fragrance; the history of "Ye Ercang" can be traced back to the Western Jin Dynasty, the predecessor is the well-known "vegetable flat"; "tofu curtain" has a history of more than 500 years, which shows that its delicious fragrance has a long history.
Parfait, leaf rice, tofu curtains, century-old snacks from walking the streets to large-scale operation, has become the pillar industry of local economic development. These three snacks originated from Huaiyuan Ancient Town, and for more than a hundred years, they have had a unified name——— "Huaiyuan Three Gems".
The people on the street are steaming, the aroma is overflowing, and it is very tempting to desire
Parfait, formerly known as frozen steamed buns, is a festive food for township people to worship ancestors during the Spring Festival. In the 1930s, Chongzhou chef Jiang Zhongyu improved the raw materials and techniques, and formed its unique style in terms of color and flavor. Jiang Zhongyu is the third oldest and is a numb face, so people will make and sell it and sell parfaits and jokingly call them "Jiang Sanmazi Parfait". At first, Jiang Sanmazi was doing a small business selling mashed tangyuan in the town, and the family got up early in the dark, worked hard, saved money and used it for two years, and had some savings on hand. In the month of That year, Jiang Zhongyu brought home-made parfaits to Chengdu to visit relatives, and relatives and friends tasted him and praised him for making very good food and very flavorful, and advised him to simply make parfaits to sell. He made further improvements in folk production methods, and on the basis of brown sugar parfait, he created lard parfait with white sugar, lard, sesame oil, and peanut oil. Make its finished product white and bright, moisturizing and soft, elastic, loose foam slag, oily but not greasy, sweet and slightly sour, long-term not bad.
Lard sugar parfait, foamy and moist, the taste is particularly refreshing
Although it is found all over the bazi in western Sichuan, the Huaiyuan ye'erzi has unique local characteristics and styles in terms of production and flavor. It was created in the 1920s by an elderly man surnamed Huaiyuan, and was called "Wild Cotton Roll", commonly known as Ai Steamed Bun. The use of rice, glutinous rice and an appropriate amount of fresh peas mixed grinding slurry, and with citrus leaves to modulate the skin color, not only the color belt is tender green, the finished product is smooth and bright, and the local flavor is mellow, eating is sticky and refreshing, fragrant and soft, plus the characteristics of not sticking to the plate, not sticking chopsticks, not sticking the teeth, so it is also called "three non-stick" leaf erzhu. There are two kinds of fillings, one is the salty taste with Sichuan sausage flavor, and the other is the sweetness with orange and citrus fragrance. Because the finished product is wrapped in citrus leaves, its shape is like an ear, so it is called "leaf ear", and later people call it Shunkou, which becomes "leaf er".
In the memory of Huaiyuan people, when I was a child, only when I had to celebrate the New Year, my family would make leaf dumplings, parfaits and tofu curtains, and occasionally there were freighters carrying burdens and selling along the street. "When I was a child, I liked to hear the cry of 'Ye Er'er Grinning'. The children who usually have a little meat flavor have to be wrapped in meat, and every time they have to wrap themselves around their parents to buy it, they beat the tooth sacrifice, and they are very comfortable.
Traditional folk snacks are no longer common
Tofu curtain: Tofu curtain, can be said to be a local specialty of Huaiyuan, founded in the Ming Dynasty Chenghua year, has a history of more than 500 years. Due to the characteristics of water and soil, it is necessary to use Huaiyuan's unique "Nine Dragon Pond" mountain spring water, so only Chongzhou Huaiyuan can produce this unique cuisine within a few kilometers. In addition, the tofu curtain production process is special, to use high-quality soybeans to make soy milk, put in an appropriate amount of brine, make it thick, and then use the brush handle to stir well, and then soak the gauze, spread into a wooden box, a layer of fine cloth, a layer of pulp juice, filtered dry into rotten skin. Because of its shape like a door and window curtain, it is called "tofu curtain".
There are two kinds of tofu curtains: "dry curtain" and "water curtain". Dry curtain is to take out the curtain-shaped tofu rolled into a cylinder, spread out the wooden box, let it naturally mold fermentation, about 4 days can be on the case, called mold curtain. There are many ways to eat tofu curtains, fresh curtains, moldy curtains are unique flavor. Mold curtains can be fried, baked, burned, stewed, steamed, stewed, braised, meat and vegetarian are suitable. After frying, it is cooked into fish fragrant curtains, spiced curtains, spicy curtains, fruity curtains, etc., which are not only tourist leisure and delicious, but also exquisite snacks and gifts for feasts. The water curtain is the curtain-shaped tofu that is taken out of the box and cooked directly, which can be made into a stew curtain, fresh curtain silk, etc., and the meat and vegetables are suitable for frying, the texture is delicate, the flavor is unique, and there is the umami taste of chicken soup, and there is no greasy chicken soup. In recent years, Huaiyuan Tofu Curtain Factory has fried the curtains in cooking oil, mixed with sesame seeds, sweet sauce and other spices, sealed and preserved, and eaten after half a year, the color, aroma and taste are still fresh. In the past 20 years, Huaiyuan's tofu curtains have been selling vigorously, marketing all over China, and exporting to Europe, America, Southeast Asia and other places. Huaiyuan "three musts", Chuanxi Bazi is a well-known traditional snack.
Spicy flavored tofu curtains are the most attractive and delicious
Wang Shi Dan Dan Noodles, in the old street of Huaiyuan Town, I accidentally and unexpectedly found an antique Dan Dan noodles, the palm-sized pavement is too old and simple to be good, it looks very sad, but the pocket dumplings and handmade noodles on the shoulder are delicious enough to make the population gush. This small noodle shop with no signboard, no business license and no health permit enjoys a high reputation among the local people. There are only two small low tables in the dark shop, and all the belongings are against the wall, which is a very surprising and surprising shoulder noodle picker. The legendary Dan Dan noodles of Chengdu's famous snacks are actually so simple and warm. This is a burden of intangible cultural heritage, let alone more than a hundred years of experience, at least I have not seen it for fifty or sixty years. As far as that burden is concerned, its collection value is at least tens of thousands of yuan.
The so-called "dan dan noodles" refers specifically to the kind of noodle burdens that walked along the streets and alleys in the past and picked up and sold noodles. The front is a wooden cabinet closed into three compartments, painted red and black, the upper two cabinets are drawers, one is filled with noodles, copying hand skin, one is loaded with dishes and chopsticks; the bottom one is slightly wider, used to put various spices, cheeky cylinder bowls. The top of the cabinet is widened to form a small square tabletop. A frame was also erected on the tabletop, and several large nails were nailed to be used as chopstick cages, bamboo baskets and oil lamps. The other end is the same shape, except that there is a round hole in the center of the table, and in the upper compartment of the cabinet below is a coke stove, and the lower compartment is placed with a bellows and coke for blowing fire, and on the circular hole of the desktop there is a copper pot in two compartments, a stewed chicken soup or pig's trotter bean sprout soup, and a boiled noodle.
Dan Dan noodles wandered in all directions, shouting and drinking to send noodles to the door, someone wanted to eat noodles, immediately put the dan dan on the side of the street, swing the head, hula hula twitch bellows, fire and water open noodles under the pot, a moment to fish noodles into the bowl, put on the seasoning, cheeks to get it done, very skilled and capable. After the guests finished eating, they packed up in two or three clicks, picked up the burden and shouted: "Burden - face grin!" "Drove away again.
I haven't seen such an old-fashioned shouldering noodle in decades
At that time, Dan Dan noodles were sold with chicken silk bean flower noodles, red oil noodles, cheek noodles, vegetarian pouring miscellaneous sauce, clear soup miscellaneous sauce noodles, and scribble hands. By the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the People's Republic, there were hundreds of such "dan dan noodles" in Chengdu alone, and in the early morning and night, they could see their figures in the deep alleys of the burrow streets and see the flickering oil lamps. Among them, on the basis of the production of Zigong Dandan noodles, the meat cheeks are added, and its noodles are thin, flexible and smooth, the cheeks are crisp, salty, spicy, sour and sweet, the aroma is strong, and the taste is comfortable and the reputation is famous.
This primitive-level dan dan noodle pick is simple and simple, it looks shabby and dirty, but it is fully functional, and the fifty or sixty-year-old shopkeeper who operates in the shop is shrewd and strong, and his dark face reveals a wordless emotion and persistence. He said: "This is a pick from the ancestors, relying on it in the wind and rain, under the hot sun, to feed two or three generations, and now although I no longer live on it, I really can't give it up!" It is impossible to pass it on, and now that I am older, there is nothing to do anyway, so let him continue to play the residual heat. ”
This old burden of antiques has been passed down for three generations
There are pocket dumplings on the table top of the burden, wings like butterflies, snow white and flexible sweet water noodles are very strong, the spice bowls on the shelves are filled with sugar, garlic water, red oil, soy sauce, etc., and the bone soup in the casserole is steaming. From time to time, young parents bring young children to eat dumplings, some ladies come to eat sweet water noodles, and some middle-aged and elderly people come to eat Dan dan noodles and hand-pickers or dumplings. Looking at this still vivid shoulder and the owner, I was really moved, speechless, just looking at it in a daze, greedily swallowing the fresh fragrance...
Looking at this ancient dandan noodle and smelling its delicious fragrance, I silently thought, how long can he survive? Because the owner of the burden is old, it is impossible to carry the heavy it through the streets and alleys, so in this small and dilapidated roof continues the residual heat and delicious legend of his life, and he enjoys himself with the thousands of complexes in his life.
Handmade butterfly dumplings and sweet water noodles are a favorite of men, women and children
Transportation: Bus route: from Chengdu, via Chongzhou, to Huaiyuan Town. Depart from Chengdu Tea Shop Sub-Station (there are No. 5, No. 17, No. 801, No. 47, No. 78, No. 69 in the city); there is a bus to Chongzhou, which runs every four minutes, with a fare of 6.5 yuan / person, arriving in less than an hour.
By car: exit Chengdu West Gate via Chengwenqiong Expressway, get off the highway at Chongzhou Exit, and then go to Huaiyuan.
Sichuan cuisine culture scholar "Sichuan Province Zhi • Sichuan Cuisine Chronicle" Deputy Editor-in-Chief of "A Hundred Years of Sichuan Cuisine Legend" and "Roadside History of Sichuan Cuisine"
Original Jianghu Gluttony East 2020.09.10 Chengdu