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Follow the Dabaotai Western Han Tomb Museum, archaeological millennium food tour (6) - cold pulp

author:Beijing Wenbo

"The Little Chef Lady of Guangyang Wangfu" food video is a short video series launched by the Dabaotai Western Han Tomb Museum, which is based on historical documents and archaeological excavation results, deeply excavates the connotation characteristics of Han Dynasty food culture, takes the fictional "Guangyang Wangfu" as the scene, and presents the story about Han Dynasty food culture to the public in a concise, straightforward, lively and playful form of expression, so that everyone can learn Han Dynasty food culture from the story.

It is worth mentioning that the video from the script, props, shooting, actors, dubbing, editing, publicity are all completed by the museum staff independently. At present, this series of videos has been released on the museum's official WeChat public account, Xinhuanet client and other platforms. Among them, the short video of the first phase of "Hot Meat" alone has been viewed more than 2 million times, and has obtained good publicity effects.

Beijing Wenbo recommends the "Little Chef Lady of Guangyang Royal Palace" short food short video for you, let us follow the video and "archaeology" millennium food journey together!

Follow the Dabaotai Western Han Tomb Museum, archaeological millennium food tour (6) - cold pulp

Do you know the origin and how to make tofu?

According to the Book of Poetry, Feng Feng, July, "Millet is heavy, and wheat is hemp." Among them, "Shu" is the beans we eat, and in addition to making bean paste and tempeh, beans can also be used to make tofu.

There are many theories about the origin of tofu, the most widely circulated of which is that Liu An, the king of Huainan in the Western Han Dynasty, discovered the production method of tofu when he was practicing Dan Xiuxian. In his poem, there is a sentence "golden bottle of silk to draw cold pulp", and "cold pulp" is another name for tofu.

Follow the Dabaotai Western Han Tomb Museum, archaeological millennium food tour (6) - cold pulp

To make tofu, you need to soak beans, grind soy milk, order salt and a series of processes. Speaking of grinding soybean milk, hebei Mancheng Han Tomb once unearthed a stone mill, there is a copper funnel under the stone mill, you can put soy milk, rice milk and other things directly into the lower container along the funnel.

The short video brought to you today is "Ji Han Pulp", let's understand the practice of tofu in the Han Dynasty!

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Source: Beijing Dabaotai Western Han Tomb Museum

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