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As the old saying goes, "The people take food as heaven"
Truly step into the life of a place
It must start with eating
Jianshui and Stone Screen have been passed down for thousands of years not only traditional architecture and culture
There is also a wide variety of delicacies and snacks
Jianshui cuisine
Steam pot chicken
Jianshui steam pot chicken is a unique domestic dish, with a long history and a long reputation. As early as the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, steam pot chicken was popular in the southern Yunnan area.
Legend about the steam pot chicken: When the emperor inspected Lin'an, the prefect, in order to please the son of heaven, came out to solicit delicacies and selected 50 taels of silver. Yang Li's family was poor, the old mother was seriously ill, in order to get a heavy reward, he synthesized the local method of eating hot pot and steamed steamed buns, created a steam pot, and regardless of the danger to life, climbed to the top of the swallow cave to collect bird's nest, and wanted to make a bird's nest steam pot chicken to apply. Unexpectedly, the steam pot was stolen, and Yang Li was asked to deceive the king and wanted to kill the head. Fortunately, later the emperor asked the truth, so he spared Yang Li's death and renamed Fudeju "Yang Li Steam Pot Chicken". Since then, the reputation of steam pot chicken has been greatly enhanced, and it has become a famous dish in Dian.
Bridge meter line
Jianshui Bridge Rice Noodle originated from the jishi street on the west side of the Suolong Bridge outside the east city of Jianshui County, and there are Jianshui's specialty grass buds and peppers as ingredients, and the flavor is unique and famous.
Legend of Jianshui Bridge Rice Noodles: Early one morning in the year of Xianfeng Jiayin (1854), an elegant and well-dressed man came to his pavilion to eat rice noodles. He asked Liu Jiaqing to make soup according to the method he introduced to eat with rice noodles. After the owner is ready, the customer first stirs the soup with chopsticks for a while, and then picks the rice noodles into the soup bowl and eats them. This person's name is Li Jingchun, a native of Xinqiao Street, Jianshui, Qing Dao Guang Yiwei (1835) Jinshi, who has been an official in other provinces for many years, and after returning to his hometown, he imitated the eating method of "shabu-shabu" of people from other provinces, and tried to eat the small powdered water kneaded by the pork ribs and thin slices of soup, which tasted exceptionally delicious. Liu Jiaqing was very curious about his way of eating, and asked: "Da Xin Ye (the honorific title of the Jianshui people to the local people in the old days), what is the name of your way of eating?" Li Jingchun replied: "I came from the east of the bridge (Suolong Bridge) to the west of the bridge to eat rice noodles, people crossed the bridge, rice noodles also crossed the bridge, I ate the rice noodles of the bridge." ”
Grass buds
Jianshui grass buds, grass buds of the family Cattails are perennial aquatic root herbs. Because it resembles an elephant bud, it is also called an elephant sprout. Edible part for the underground creeping stem, white and fragrant, crisp and tender quality, delicious taste, rich in amino acids and a variety of vitamins, can be fried, cooked, steamed, soup, etc., diuretic, heat-removing food therapeutic effect, is a treasure in vegetables.
Jianshui grass bud banquet is an importance to guests: when there are important guests at home, you can also make a table of "grass bud banquet" to express the welcome and attention of guests.
Sour pomegranate
History of Jianshui sour pomegranate: Sour pomegranate in Jianshui has been cultivated for more than 300 years, is a traditional local fruit tree planted in Jianshui, with a long history of cultivation, Qing Kangxi's "Jianshui Zhou Zhi" "Property Chapter" has been recorded about Jianshui pomegranate, and Shaba pomegranate is listed as one of the "most distinctive fruits".
The benefits of eating water sour pomegranate: it not only has a unique flavor, but also contains rich trace elements, vitamins, etc., which is a good thing for the human body to replenish blood, appetize and help digestion. Whoever has a poor appetite, it will be beneficial to eat some sour pomegranates to open up the appetite. In addition, the peel is used in medicine for long diarrhea, fire diarrhea, prolapse, blood in the stool, etc., and the root bark and peel also have the effect of repelling pinworms and roundworms. No wonder people call it "the strange tree under the heavens, the famous fruit of jiuzhou".
Burn tofu
Jianshui roasted tofu, also known as Lin'an tofu, is a characteristic traditional specialty of Jianshui County, and Jianshui tofu has become more famous after the documentary "China on the Tip of the Tongue" was broadcast.
The legend of Jianshui boiled tofu: During the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court recruited a large number of soldiers in Jianshui, there was a young man selected by the imperial court, on the eve of leaving Jianshui to join the battlefield, the young man's mother was worried that her son would be hungry on the way, so she used the tofu that had just been made overnight with a piece of small gauze, and then used a stone to dry the water contained in the tofu, made into the shape of a tofu fruit, put it into a package, and waited for Tianming to let her son take these tofu on the road.
Because of the long journey, the son went to the barracks and took out the tofu in the package, and the pieces of tofu had already become moldy and smelly. Want to throw this big bag of tofu away, and feel pity, so, so I put the moldy and smelly tofu on the charcoal fire to roast, wait until the tofu baked brown, the original moldy and smelly tofu emitted a fragrance, put a piece in the mouth, bite through the crispy skin, you can see the hot air from countless honeycomb-shaped holes, a chew, the juice splashed around, the taste is excellent.
Returning from the barracks to his hometown, the young men did the same, and after the neighbors tasted the young man's grilled tofu, they all praised this different way of eating.
In this way, this way of eating tofu was passed on to ten, ten to hundred, and every household in Jianshui County learned to bake tofu.
Glutinous rice with lotus root
Glutinous rice lotus root, also known as "Yuntian ripe lotus", is named after the sea seed of the wheat factory outside jianshui dongcheng in Honghe Prefecture. It is said that the lotus root produced here has nine holes, thick and white and tender, which is the top product of the lotus root, and the dishes made with it have long been famous.
The legend of Jianshui glutinous rice carrying lotus root: According to legend, during the Ming Hongwu period, Mu Ying, the Duke of Qianguo, inspected Lin'an (Jianshui), the prefect Cheng Ziyi set up a banquet to entertain, and After Mu Ying tasted the fried cooked lotus root, he praised "Jianshui cooked lotus root jia quan dian". Another legend is that during the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, a stranger named Yao Cheng brought it to the capital for the Yongle Emperor to taste, and was called "Jianshui Cooked Lotus Jia Tianxia".
Nests
There are only three places for bird's nest in China, one is Yanyan in Huaiji County, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, And Dazhou Island in Hainan, and the other is Yanzi Cave in Jianshui County, Honghe Prefecture. Due to its proximity to the Tropic of Cancer, bird's nest picking has a strong seasonality, and the production is scarce, and the total amount is less than one-tenth of the global bird's nest production.
Swallow Cave Bird's Nest Picking Festival: Every year on August 8 of the solar calendar is the "Bird's Nest Festival" of Jianshui, during the festival, tourists can see the thrilling scene of bird's nest picking, watch the national customs exhibition, visit the jianshui scenic spots, and buy the famous and excellent local products of Jianshui. Climbing and picking bird's nest with bare hands is the "highlight": local farmers climb to the top of the cave more than 50 meters high and 450 meters long with their bare hands, and only gather bird's nests in the stalactite bushes, and the thrilling scene is thrilling.
Bird's nest puff pastry
Bird's nest crisp sounds like the name is made of bird's nest, but in fact it has little to do with bird's nest. Bird's nest puff pastry is a traditional famous spot in Jianshui, which has a history of hundreds of years.
Water lion cake is a traditional famous food in Jianshui County, Yunnan Province, which is crispy and sweet, delicious and delicious.
Legend has it that it was created in the late Qing Dynasty by the owner of the "Rong Xiang Zhai" pastry shop in Jianshui County, surnamed Wu, and was named because the cake resembled the neck hair of a male lion.
Sandy grass (sweet potato)
There are many varieties of Jianshui Sandy, high yield, rich in starch, sugar, a variety of vitamins and fiber and other nutrients, after eating there is a feeling of fullness, easy to digest. Its starch is pure white, called small powder, made into a cold spoon powder, to cool off the heat and drink refreshing.
It can also be used as a dish, washed and cut into strips, steamed and then fried, yellow in color, sprinkled with pretzel and salt, and crispy in the mouth. A folk song in central Yunnan: "A good Lin'an Province, when the sand is noon, the stomach is swollen and swollen, and there are two large shares in the hand." ”
Cold amaranth powder
The cold spoon powder is made of starch from sand, multiplying the translucent, delicate and smooth shape of the coarse vermicelli, with some ingredients can be eaten separately, similar to the cold rice noodles.
Shiping cuisine
Shiping tofu
Shiping tofu is a famous specialty of Shiping County, Yunnan Province, which has a history of more than 600 years since its advent in the early Ming Dynasty, and is known for its high quality and delicious taste.
Shiping is located in the mountainous area of southern Yunnan, with green mountains and rivers, beautiful scenery, and the county seat is close to Yilong Lake, which has a unique natural water source. The tofu is fragrant and tender, and the taste is delicious, which is unmatched by other tofu.
Bayberry
Shiping County began to plant bayberry in 1985, after years of trial planting and exploration, in 1993 through the provincial and state experts appraisal, has been good quality, good taste, flesh, small core, bright color, sweet and sour praise. In the same year, multi-point promotion and introduction were carried out throughout the county. In Shiping County, bayberry has become one of the varieties that no fruit can replace. Shiping Bayberry was first planted by Zhejiang, because Shiping is located near the Tropic of Cancer, with a beautiful natural environment and a pleasant climate. The soil and climate characteristics are suitable for the growth of large bayberry, so the fruit of the large bayberry is large, the taste is sweet and slightly sour, very delicious, and it is deeply loved by people. Every year in May, when the bayberry is ripe, tourists from Kunming, Yuxi and other places go to Shiping to visit and taste. Shiping's bayberry fruit is mainly for fresh sales, followed by deep processing products, mainly processing bayberry dried red, bayberry fruit wine. In addition, the processing of bayberry juice and bayberry fruit vinegar is under development and trial.
In recent years, with the continuous improvement of traffic conditions, it is only about four hours by car from the provincial capital kunming to Shiping, and this small city has gradually become a good place for people to vacation and relax. Along the way, the green mountains and water, birds and flowers, in the middle of summer, driving in the middle of the road, there is a kind of cool and pleasant return to nature. But what is even more fascinating is the large arbutus that fills the mountain garden, dark red, like red agate on the plateau. In May, The Shiping belongs to Bayberry. The large arbutus that spreads throughout the mountains in Shiping County blooms with a seductive fragrance, and the bright red arbutus that is full of mountains attracts the majority of tourists to come. The Shiping Bayberry Festival has become an annual major festival, attracting many foreign tourists.
tofu skin
Shiping tofu skin is a well-known soy product in Yunnan. The "Chronicle of Shiping County" records that the production of tofu skin began in the early Ming Dynasty, flourished in the late Qing Dynasty, and during the Guangxu period, a strong man surnamed Luo in the county entered the Capital to try, won the Zhongwu Zhuangyuan, and left it as a sword guard in the Cixi Palace, and the official Da Sipin. Once, when Luo returned to his hometown and returned to Beijing, he took off the skin of tofu and offered it to Cixi, and Cixi even claimed to be good after eating, so it was a tribute.
Shiping tofu skin is made of high-quality soybeans as raw materials, which are sieved, peeled, soaked, pulped, boiled, filtered, steamed, peeled and cooled until dry. Its color is golden, shiny, the texture is fine and uniform, the taste is delicious, soft and refreshing, and it is a superior product for locals to entertain guests.
Eight-sided fried fish
The authentic Shiping eight-sided fried fish, which has a history of hundreds of years, is made of freshwater carp and crucian shell fresh fish from Chirui Lake in the south of Shiping County, Yunnan Province, and Chirui Lake in the southwest of Baoxiu Town. Baoxiu rice in March, after the harvest in the early September, the rice field is slightly fertilized, a month of exchange, the rice stubble is ripe, and it is another season of harvest. Baoxiu, the land of fish and rice, is rich in mullet, in addition, the carp is round in shape, which is usually said to be the yuanbao carp, which often grows with rice, and should be called the valley flower carp, surrounded name, valley fragrant carp, valley cooked carp, should also be included.
Round carp, broken belly to gill, do not have to remove scales, with round cooked kung fu frying, low fire narrow oil, slow work and fine work, interspersed with peppercorns, star anise, grass fruits, peppers and other ingredients, nine made into dishes, generally cold to eat. Taste it, the outside is tender on the outside, the taste is mellow and sweet and refreshing. Eating fish in Baoxiu, you can turn the noodles, but at the same time you have to turn the direction of the fish's head.
Hairy crabs of Allosaurus Lake
In comparison, the hairy crabs of Shiping Yilong Lake are not as large as Jiangsu hairy crabs, but in terms of meat deliciousness and the number of yellows, because the water quality of Yilong Lake is excellent, the meat of Shiping hairy crabs is more fresh and sweet, and the proportion of yellow to head is more prominent.
Lychee crisp
Shiping lychee puff pastry is a famous special food made by the people of Shiping County, Yunnan Province. Its appearance is small and exquisite, and its shape and color resemble lychee, so it is named. The raw materials of Shiping Lychee Crisp are mainly first-class flour, sugar, lard, rose, sesame seeds, orange peel, powdered sugar, citron silk, etc., which are refined according to a certain ratio.
The stone screen is spicy
In Nadao Village, Niujie Township, Shiping County, there is a unique and rare chili pepper that people call it that knife spicy. Na Dao Spicy is one of the specialties of Shiping County, and has long been famous as a good food accompaniment. The knife was spicy, small, slender, golden, waxy, crystalline, and seemed to have a translucent feeling. Its taste not only has Qiubei spicy, cupola spicy and millet spicy taste, but also the spicy aroma of the taste is beyond the millet spicy. There is a saying among the local people that "eat less and taste more, and eat more will definitely make you run your nose and tears."
Stone screen citrus
Shiping citrus fruits are large and plump, juicy and sweet, with a rich aroma and refreshing lungs. Among them, the quality of several varieties such as lime orange, navel orange and bee cave orange is the most prominent, and it has twice won the first place in the National Food Expo.
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