The ancient city of Pingyao, Shanxi, has always attracted the attention of the world with its unique charm. Not only because it is a world cultural heritage well-known at home and abroad, but also because the annual Pingyao International Photography Festival adds a vivid humanistic color to it. In fact, the fame of Pingyao Ancient City is far more than these, "Chinese time-honored" Pingyao beef, this vast Chinese food corridor in the strange, its relationship with Pingyao Ancient City can be described as a famous city famous products, famous products and famous cities.
Pingyao beef is famous for its integrity and loyalty, which has created a rigorous processing technique of Pingyao beef, and its rich historical accumulation has condensed the unique taste of mellow aroma.
Pingyao beef
Pingyao beef is a special traditional dish of Pingyao County in the Jinzhong region of Shanxi. Pingyao beef is a profound, long-standing Chinese food culture of one of the essence, the ancient Han Dynasty has "selling knives to buy calves, selling blades to buy cattle, playing with ease" of the description of beef processing, and the unique flavor, prestigious Pingyao beef as early as the Ming and Qing dynasties have been exported to Asian countries, the history of the late Qing Dynasty, Empress Dowager Cixi passed through Pingyao, after enjoying Pingyao beef, smell its fragrance and lift its spirit, taste its taste and solve its difficulties, so it was set as a tribute to the imperial palace.
Nutritional value of Pingyao beef
The reason why Pingyao beef can be handed down for thousands of years and carried forward has a lot to do with its unique processing methods and materials, from raw cattle slaughtering, raw meat cutting, pickling, pot cooking and other operating procedures and operating methods, to the use of salt, water and even processing of solar seasons, etc., are very exquisite. The beef produced is ruddy in color, tender in meat, fat but not greasy, thin but not chai, mellow and delicious, rich in nutrition, and has the effect of supporting the stomach and strengthening the spleen. It is a good product for family banquets, travel, and gifts for relatives and friends.
The "Compendium of Materia Medica" points out that beef can "calm the qi, nourish the spleen and stomach, replenish weakness and strength, strengthen the muscles and bones, reduce edema, and dehumidify the qi". In ancient times, there was a saying that "beef tonifies qi, and the work is the same as astragalus". Anyone who is weak and weak, has a sunken breath, has a yellowish complexion, is weak in muscles and bones, and is weak in qi and sweats, can stew beef. It can be seen that the function of beef is still very powerful, especially in winter, with a good tonic effect.
Pingyao beef has a very long history, it originated from the Western Han Dynasty, stood in the Tang and Song Dynasties, flourished in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and is more prosperous in the contemporary Oh! But many people only know that Pingyao beef is delicious, but they don't know the 7 stories that are triggered by Pingyao beef.
Leave the cattle under the knife
In the eighteenth year of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty, Lei Jinning, the treasurer of the "Xingshenglei" beef shop in Pingyao County, started with integrity and treated others with loyalty and righteousness. In front of the butcher shop and in the back, the business is very prosperous. On this day, the Lei treasurer, who had been busy for more than half a year, took time to return to his hometown of Pingyao Oil House Fort Village to greet his mother. Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the second daughter knelt on the ground and cried bitterly and begged him to "save his mother under the knife." Lei Jinning woke up in his dream, only to see Haoyue in the air, silent, and then fell asleep, and this scene reappeared, which surprised him. The next day, at dawn, the Lei treasurer told his mother about the strange dream. The old man thought for a moment and reminded, "Isn't the old cow that the guys are going to slaughter today a cow with two calves?" Lei Jinning nodded and replied, "What my mother reminds me is that this sick, crippled, pregnant, and calf cow must not be slaughtered by mutual selection, this is the rule of our prosperity lei!" So The Lei treasurer did not enter the breakfast, and rushed to his own shop on Wenmiao Street in the city, only to see that the guys were about to slaughter cattle. He shouted from afar: "Leave the cattle under the knife!"
In the evening, sure enough, the old cow gave birth to a pair of calves, which were cute. The story of the loyalty and honesty of the Lei treasurer of "Xingsheng Lei" is still passed down in the streets and alleys of the ancient city of Pingyao.
Pegasus returns silver
During the Reign of the Qing Dynasty, there was a beef shop in Pingyao that "became its own". The treasurer Ren Dacai has been smart and studious since childhood, and once won the "county case head". However, Ren Dacai had no intention of taking the road, liked the "top business", started the beef business, and made a "self-reliant" beef shop flourish. On this day, Henan merchants came to sell 200 kilograms of fine beef tendon meat. The guys were overjoyed and handed the client a large bag of beef tendon meat that had already been packed. The Henan customer immediately delivered 50 taels of silver and hurried back the same way.
After an hour, Ren Dacai, who was out of the country, returned, and when he heard the guy's explanation, he shouted: "Broken!" The friends were horrified, and it turned out that the treasurer had moved the beef tendon meat to the place last night, forgetting to tell everyone, so that the family had an extra five or two pieces of silver. Ren Dacai hurriedly took five or two pieces of silver on the counter and led the horse away, he wanted to catch up with the Henan customers quickly and hand overpaid silver to the hands of others. The moon star is rare, and the treasurer chases the return silver quickly under the moon, tired and sweaty. Chasing to the junction of Pingyao and Qinyuan, suddenly a group of strongmen sprang out of the woods, blocked the way with a horizontal knife, and shouted: "Stay and buy road money!" Ren knew that today's murder was more and less auspicious, so he had to jump off the horse and elaborate on the reason.
"Righteous deeds warm people's hearts, and a sense of integrity in heaven and earth." Ren Dacai said something, and this group of conscientious Caokou was deeply touched by Ren Dacai's righteous deeds and immediately dodged a path. Ren Dacai averted the danger and returned five or two pieces of silver to the hands of Henan merchants that night.
Lü Dongbin inscription plaque "Prosperous Thunder"
"Xingshenglei" beef shop, with a long history, is well-known in the Three Jins. Legend has it that the name of this beef shop was given by Lu Dongbin, one of the Eight Immortals of the Tang Dynasty!
Lei Jinning, the manager of the "Xingshenglei" beef shop, inherited the traditional production technology of Pingyao beef, not only has a good technology for first-hand beef processing and production, but also treats people generously and abides by credit. Eighteen years after the Qing Dynasty, on a snowy winter night, a dirty old woman came to wenmiao street in Pingyao City. When The Lei treasurer saw that the old man was pitiful, he took her in, and it was not until two years later, when the old woman's son took his mother back to his hometown. The list goes on and on. Lei Jinning's reputation for charity spread throughout the streets and alleys of Pingyao.
On this day, The Pure Yang Emperor Lü Dongbin came to Pingyao, heard Lei Jinning's story, and half-believed it, so he dressed up as a beggar and went to the beef shop to test it. At noon when the sun was shining, Lu Dongbin stumbled into the Lei family beef shop.
Lei Jinning helped the beggar to sit down in the shop and asked for warmth. Lü Xian wants a pound of beef to fill his hunger, but he says that he is penniless, can he use his own torn clothes as collateral? Treasurer Lei replied generously: "Since the guest officer is inconvenient for a while, the meat money will be exempted!" When Lü Xian saw this, he said, "Thank you very much, how about borrowing three big wrist boiled water to drink?" The young man was busy bringing the water, and the "beggar" used his hand a little, and the three bowls of water immediately wafted out a mellow aroma of wine. Lei Jinning knew that people were extraordinary, and he was busy giving rituals and kneeling. Lü Xianzheng said, "I have always fought in the sword world, and now I have met a person with Ru Youde, and I am very close to it, and the old decay will just write a shop name for Ru." ”
In the blink of an eye, the six big characters of "Xingsheng Lei Beef Shop" jumped on the paper, and the pen was vigorous and the spirit was full of charm. In a blink of an eye, the white paper turned into a pineapple wood plaque again. It is also strange to say that since the Lei family beef shop hung up this large plaque with gold characters, every day the door is like a city, and every day it enters the account and fights silver. Xingshenglei Beef Shop has gone through vicissitudes since then, but the prestige has continued to this day. Today, the famous Pingyao Group Company is a "Chinese time-honored brand" enterprise that has been deeply inherited by Xingshenglei's craftsmanship.
Pingyao beef is fragrant in Beijing
During the Xianfeng years of the Qing Dynasty, Rishengchang's semicolon in Beijing was in its heyday, with customers in the middle of the day, thousands of gold per day, the treasurer busy with reception, the guys ran forward and after the abacus on the silver table rang non-stop. In this year, the ticket number guy saw that he could not go back to Pingyao to reunite with his family for the New Year, and a guy surnamed Wang asked his hometown to carry two pounds of Pingyao beef from his hometown to prepare for the New Year to enjoy the blessings. Chinese New Year's Eve, Mr. Wang took the beef and ran to a snack bar not far away. Because he was a habitual cook, he handed the beef to the store and took time to eat it.
On the third day of the Chinese New Year, Wang Duyi came to the snack bar early in the morning. As soon as I entered the store, I saw that the old and young people were eating breakfast, and then A closer look, there was a plate of beef on the table, a fragrance came to the nose, Wang Dude was inconvenient to ask more, so he asked the store to cut his own beef four or two up to drink. The beef was brought up, all lost the usual fragrant taste, eat a bite, and less of the fat but not greasy, thin and not chai taste.
Wang Dude was in a hurry, and Leng Buding went forward to grab the plate of beef on the store's table, and ate a slice, which was fragrant and fragrant, soft and delicious. Wang Duyi knew in his heart that this was the store stealing beams and changing pillars, so he snatched the meat with one hand. The shopkeeper said, "There is a lot of beef in the world, how can you prove that my beef is yours?" The two of you argued endlessly, almost moving their fists.
The noise alarmed the surrounding neighbors, and many people gathered around for a while. One of them was a dynasty official who passed by this place. Asking for the reason, I immediately asked the store to take out all the beef in the store, taste it slightly, the color is dark and astringent, and it is not as beautiful as the plate on the store's table. The palace people are also familiar with the fame of Pingyao beef, and they already understand eight or nine points in their hearts. He called the guy surnamed Wang aside, and the two of them whispered. At this time, the shopkeeper was speechless, panicking in his heart, afraid that the officials would expose their fraudulent deeds in public. At this time, the whole audience was silent, waiting for the officials to reveal the truth of the matter in public. Gong Ren and Wang Dude whispered for a long time, and then called the shop to the side, I don't know what to say, only to see the shopkeeper even nodding his head and saying yes. Then, the official held the plate of good meat in his hand and loudly greeted the neighbors present: "This plate of Pingyao beef, which the lower official paid for and offered to you to taste, is also considered a New Year's day treat." Unfortunately not much, one piece per person. Everyone tasted it, and they all called it "delicious", and they had to buy some. Seeing that the fire had arrived, the official smiled and said, "You must be wondering whether the two quarrels are right or wrong, and they expected that they were acting in a famous drama of selling Pingyao beef." Since you have to buy fragrant Pingyao beef to eat, next February 2nd Dragon looks up, it is the day that their Pingyao beef store opens, please come to visit. How?"
It is said that since then, Mr. Wang has joined hands with the store to start a beef shop business. The snack bar that was originally a door to the door has become a Pingyao beef franchise store with a bright market and customers, and has become a window for Pingyao beef to be fragrant in Beijing.
The Flower Gun King relieved himself of the meat dart
The martial arts of pingyao ancient city have a long history and a wealth of talents, during the Qing Jiaqing period, the martial arts master Wang Zhengqing opened the Tongxing Gongdao Bureau in Pingyao City, and Wang Zhengqing's son Wang Shumao, who inherited his father's business, succeeded to the Tongxing Gongdao Bureau. Wang Shumao is proficient in swords, guns, and sticks, and is known as the "King of Flower Guns".
In the third year of Daoguang (1823), Lei Lutai founded the Rishengchang ticket number, which was used as a piece of paper to connect the world, and gradually replaced the dart bureau business of long-distance escort of goods and silver. Many dart masters can't help but have a grudge against the ticket number.
According to legend, in the second year of Tongzhi (1863), Zhang Zhidong borrowed 100,000 taels of white hammer from Rishengchang Beijing Semicolon for emergency use, and Rishengchang did not flogg due to the huge amount. Unexpectedly, Zhang Zhidong went to the Synergy Qingjing again, and the manager of the Synergy Qing Semicolon knew that Zhang Zhidong was not general, so he agreed to come down. Soon, Zhang Zhidong was appointed governor of Liangguang, and the wealth, grain, and national taxes of Liangguang were naturally handed over to Qingqing to take care of it. The Rishengchang Guangzhou semicolon was given a cold reception. In order to break the deadlock, General Manager RiShengchang decided to rush to Guangzhou to send 300 kilograms of fine Pingyao beef to Zhang Zhidong to reconcile the two families. This trip is far away, and the road is not smooth. Rishengchang general number high-priced recruitment of "flower gun king" Wang Shumao out of the mountain. Wang Shumaoyi Gao Dexin, he saw the rapid safety of a paper bill of exchange to the world, saw the difficulties and risks of the dart bureau escorting the silver two, judged the hour and sized up the situation, but in his heart, he admired Lei Lutai, the east palm of the founder of the ticket number, Ri Shengchang, and disregarded the obstruction of others, so he proudly accepted it.
300 kilograms of Pingyao beef was safely delivered to Rishengchang Guangzhou semicolon. The managers distributed the meat to the Governor Yamen. Zhang Zhidong was very happy to see the bright red and tender high-grade beef; He was also impressed by the sincerity of the Rishengchang ticket number. The unhappiness of the two families was naturally washed away by the aroma of the Pingyao cattle. Since then, the exchanges between Rishengchang Ticket And Yamen, the governor of Liangguang, and the business contacts with the Border Guangdong Customs have naturally increased.
Eight or two beef and two bowls of wine can walk ninety-nine in one night
In the late Qing Dynasty, Pingyao City produced a man surnamed Wu, and the official was awarded Lu'an Zhi County.
In the month of This year, Wuzhi County sent Master Qiangu and others to Pingyao to buy beef. Shi Ye and his party rushed to Pingyao, handed over the local specialties brought from Lu'an to the hands of Lady Zhixian, and hurriedly went to the street to buy meat and returned. At this time, the second young master of the martial family volunteered to accompany them to the shop to cut meat. This second young man in Wuzhi County, who is not good at reading on weekdays, is usually a foreign official, and usually he can't help but do some dirty things, and he is even more unconvinced by his father's high regard for Pingyao beef. Go to the beef shop for yourself. Coming to the "Xingshenglei" beef shop, the beef that the master wanted had also been selected, and the meat on the table was fresh and dazzling, and the aroma was fragrant.
Wu Er looked at it for a while, and then he had nothing to say. It was time to go, but unexpectedly, the butcher shop guy said while wrapping the meat, "Officer, our excellent Pingyao beef is not only beautiful and delicious, but also catches the lean god." Eat eight or two beef and two bowls of wine, and ensure that you can walk ninety-nine in one night. ”
Wu Ershao hurried to the front of the case, pressed the beef that was about to be packaged in one hand, and said busily: "Wait a minute, Young Master Ben does not dare to agree with the good meat that has been there for ninety-nine miles of this night." Let's make a bet today, if, as you said, Young Master Ben pays twice the silver, and if he doesn't eat this meat for free, he won't pay for anything!" You come and go, and you fight with each other. At this time, it was Master Qian Gu who opened his mouth: "The old decay has an idea." Let's choose a middle person, serve eight or two pieces of meat, two bowls of wine, and enjoy it to the fullest. We'll see each other a hundred miles away in the early hours of tomorrow morning. If you arrive or not, you will win or lose!" The butcher shop guys, Wu Ershao, and the people watching the hilarity clapped their hands and said yes.
In the early morning of the next day, Wu Ershao and Master Qiangu, who had already arrived at the agreed place by horse, saw that the MiddleMan had come on time, and he did not look tired. Wu Er saw this and couldn't help but blurt out, "Wow! I can't imagine that the cow of 'Prosperous Thunder' is really so magical, admire, admire!"
Lei Lu Tai and Xingsheng Lei beef
On this day, Lei Lutai, the big manager of the Rishengchang ticket number, returned home from work and saw an old man in his fifties standing next to a cart of beef, doing business and selling in the alley. "Isn't this Kinning?"
At this time, Lei Jinning, who was selling meat, suddenly found Lei Lutai.
"Ray Treasurer, it's off work!" Lei Jinning smiled warmly and said, "Come, taste the beef we made." ”
Lei Lutai's head stretched out in front of the beef cart, and a thick smell of beef pounced on him. In my heart, it seems that this Jinning beef craft is authentic. At this time, a large piece of beef had been stuffed into the mouth by Lei Jinning, and Lei Lutai couldn't help but calm down and taste it, this beef really tasted special, soft and delicious, and full of aroma.
Lei Lu Tailian praised the color and fragrance of beef, "Well, tomorrow morning you will send us ten pounds to Ri Shengchang, and we will talk to each other again." ”
The next day, Lei Jinning delivered the meat to Rishengchang. Lei Lutai said Bai Ji's thoughts: "Jinning, with the development of our Pingyao ticket number industry, can your beef also go to the whole country?" A stone stirs up a thousand layers of waves. Lei Jinning listened to Lei Lutai's thoughts and thought, yes, if pingyao beef is eaten by all Chinese during the New Year's Festival, how much business should it be? The idea of The Ray treasurer is good, but the problem that has not been easy to solve for a long time is that the preservation of this beef is too limited, and if the shelf life can be extended, this beef may be sold to all parts of the country. If you look at the whole country, this beef should be considered more in terms of storage time.
Since this day, Lei Jinning has made an article on the preservation of beef, and the merit has paid off, and such Pingyao beef has finally been developed by Lei Jinning.
After a year, Lei Jinning came to Rishengchang with the newly developed beef. Lei Lutai admired and tasted it while appreciating: "This beef is really good, it really becomes the taste of eating and eating, and looking at it." In the past, I have never seen such a good thing," "This beef method you invented in the future is to make it flourish together with our ticket numbers to go to the whole country, and become a meeting gift between our personnel and friends and officials from all over the world." By the way, Master Jinning, this beef still has to be named, I think it will be named "Xingsheng Lei"? "Well, great, we will not only set the name of the meat, but I will also give the name of our shop to the blessing of the Lei treasurer, so let it also be called "Xingsheng Lei"!"
Since then, the prosperity of Lei Pingyao beef has been "cargo through the world" with the ticket number "Huitong World".
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