Wuhan is an ancient commercial city with developed transportation and convenient communication. Many years ago, people from the south to the north lived with local aborigines, so it is difficult for real Wuhan natives to become the majority. Wu Hanyou wrote a book about Hankou's past, called "Hankou Zhi Zhu Ci", which said: "There has never been an aborigine here, and nine merchants are alone." .
In Wuhan, we can see an interesting phenomenon: all foreigners who have integrated into Wuhan residents, when they first arrive, often complain about the character of Wuhan people. However, in a short time, these grumblers' own personalities were quickly assimilated by Wuhan people and changed what they thought was different from Wuhan people.
What is the reason? Gai Shi is a deep-rooted and profound street culture in Wuhan. This kind of street culture has a strong digestion, and it is easy to digest foreign things and shape outsiders into the roles they need. People in Wuhan are not as exclusive as people in Shanghai and Guangzhou, but seem to get along better with foreigners than locals, and to a considerable extent, most of them are from other places.
At the same time, Wuhan is a city between the north and the south. This position has caused a lot of embarrassment in Wuhan. For the north, Wuhan is very cold in winter, and the temperature can reach several degrees below zero, but it has never been so cool in summer. Northerners sleep in thin quilts in summer, and Wuhan people can only move their beds to the open air, so as to spend a sultry and almost cruel night. For the south, Wuhan has its humid heat in summer, the temperature is as high as 40 degrees or even higher, but it is not warm in winter. When southerners wear sweaters for the Spring Festival, Wuhan people should make a fire at home to keep warm.
In this way, the convenience of Wuhan has both the shortcomings of the north and the south: high temperature and high humidity in summer and freezing in winter. The terrible thing is that Wuhan lies between the north and the south. The south thinks you are the north, and the north thinks you are the south. When air conditioning was installed in the southern office, Wuhan was regarded as the north; Households in the north install heating, and Wuhan is considered as the south.
The helpless Wuhan people have to be colder than the north when it is cold and hotter than the south when it is hot. Therefore, the character of Wuhan people is also compatible with the north and the south: both the boldness of northerners and the intelligence of southerners; In other words, it can be said that there are both rudeness of northerners and cunning of southerners.
The cold and hot living environment naturally makes people's character ups and downs. Therefore, Wuhan people are prone to violence and irritability, but it is also easy to settle grievances and forget the past. As the saying goes, come and go in a hurry. Foreigners who have come here for a long time can't get rid of the oppression of this climate, so they can't help Wuhan. Foreigners who only visit here can only see the fidgety part of Wuhan people, but they can't see the part where Wuhan people laugh and let bygones be bygones, so it is easy to be biased against Wuhan people.
Therefore, I say that people who spend a short time with Wuhan people will mostly have a derogatory evaluation of Wuhan people; However, people who have been with Wuhan people for a long time will certainly appreciate the cuteness of Wuhan people's character.
Wuhan is a controversial city. When people talk about Wuhan, there are always three words on their lips: "Big", "Chaos" and "Hot".
Speaking of big cities, Wuhan is definitely not the largest city in China. In terms of urban population, it can't compare with Beijing, Shanghai and Tianjin. In terms of area, although it is one of the largest cities in China, except for a huge East Lake, the built-up area is equivalent to Tianjin, but it is not comparable to Beijing and Shanghai. But strangely, in China, there are only two cities with the name "Da" in front of them, one is Shanghai and the other is Wuhan.
The reason why Wuhan is "big" may be because its regional characteristics give people the feeling of "atmosphere", or perhaps because the urban structure of three towns separated by a river has created a magnificent impression. Wuhan is located in Jianghan Plain. In this city, there are rivers, lakes and mountains. The vast Yangtze River runs through the urban area, connecting the three towns of Wuhan in series, and the surging Han River divides Hankou into Hanyang, which may be regarded as one of the big cities with the most lakes in China. There are large lakes such as Hu Sha, South Lake and East Lake in the urban area, and there are countless small lakes around, among which East Lake is the largest lake in China. The whole city has a pattern of Han Dynasty (Hankou Hanyang) on the left and Wuchang on the right, with lakes in the city and lakes around the city as endless as the eye can see.
Among the three towns in Wuhan, Wuchang and Hankou are two big cities if they are put in other places, let alone connected together, and they are simply giants in the city. Nanjing and Wuhan are both big cities along the Yangtze River, but compared with Wuhan, Nanjing is very small. I remember riding a bike to see the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge. The east of the bridge is a bustling urban scene, but when I look to the west of the bridge, it is a wilderness with a sense of desolation. But you won't get this impression in Wuhan. No matter standing at the bridgehead of Wuhan Yangtze River Bridge or the Second Yangtze River Bridge, there are endless bustling urban scenery at both ends. Passing the Yangtze River Bridge at night, I saw the lights flying like a shuttle, and the two sides were brightly lit. There are many tall buildings in Hankou, and under the bridge is the shining neon lights in the business district of Simenkou. If you get off at Hankou Railway Station, it takes nearly one and a half hours to get on and off at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Yujiashan, Wuchang. No wonder people who come to Wuhan for the first time have a great first impression of the city.
Speaking of chaos, it seems to be related to Wuhan's character. Like all cities along the Yangtze River, Wu Hanyou has its unique charm. Standing on the Yellow Crane Tower overlooking the three towns of Wuhan, you will be deeply attracted by the beautiful appearance of this city. Nearby, the Yangtze River floats eastward like jade, Hongqiao flies, vehicles shuttle, and Guisheshan faces each other from afar. Hankou on the north bank is full of high-rise buildings and prosperous in business. Wuchang on the south bank is beautiful and quiet, and East Lake looms in the distance. In fact, among big cities, no city is as picturesque as Wuhan. The slogan of Wuhan is "Building a Landscape Garden City". I think compared with some cities that simply lack such resources, this slogan is neither melodramatic nor exaggerated. However, although Wuhan people have the shrewdness of a "nine-headed bird", they also have an unrestrained, bold and impulsive temperament. Therefore, it seems casual. Not as good at hiding others as some cities with bad natural environment. Therefore, Wuhan is not as grand and tidy as Beijing, nor as exquisite and exotic as Shanghai. When you walk into the streets of Wuhan, you will feel "chaotic".
The railway station is the place where people have their first impression of the city. But when you come out of Wuchang Railway Station, what you see is a chaotic scene: people wandering around, messy and crowded buildings, and roads full of vehicles all give people a sense of chaos. Wu Luo Road is one of the main roads in Wuchang, and the cement pavement has been in disrepair for a long time. Sitting on the bus, it was bumpy. Buildings on both sides are chaotic and shops are jumbled. Even if there are rows of tall buildings, it can't hide the disorder of this street. There are many tall buildings on Zhongshan Avenue and Jiefang Avenue in Hankou, which are full of vitality and prosperity, but they are also chaotic and crowded. However, if you think that Wuhan is like this, you are wrong. Wuhan and Wuhan people have the same personality, and there is a great contrast. The dilapidated place is still dilapidated, but it often has some eye-catching urban scenery. You can see some exquisite and beautiful street scenes in Zhongnan Avenue in Wuchang, Donghu Road, Zhongshan Avenue in Hankou (west of Liudu Bridge) and Jianghan Road, which are no less than any modern city in China. Therefore, these places have also become the representatives of Wuhan city image. At night, walking on the streets of Wuhan, many entertainment places and shining neon lights make Wuhan colorful, prosperous and full of vitality.
Drivers in Wuhan are careless and have a weak sense of respect for chapters. Even if there are policemen, they don't care much. Driving is "fierce" and "awkward" "Fierce" means that they have no patience and like to drive fast. As long as the road conditions permit, they will drive scary. "Diao" means that they are good at "exploiting loopholes" in congested lanes. As long as there is a gap, they will try to make up the car at once. So in the streets of Wuhan, you can often see cars chasing each other. Even if the bus meets the passengers waving on the road, as long as there is no police, they dare to stop casually. There are many bus flights in Wuhan, and the station is often crowded with all kinds of vehicles. In order to compete for passengers, the conductor of each car shouted "the company gate!" " "Lu Wu Road!" "Wuhan Pass!" . Because there are not many overpasses and tunnels for pedestrians to cross the street in Wuhan (but it is still better than Tianjin), it is also common for pedestrians to jaywalk.
The chaos in Wuhan is also related to all kinds of desperate people in this city. As the thoroughfare of nine provinces, Wuhan is a big dock, and the environment where people of all colors gather has created the Jianghu spirit of Wuhan people. More importantly, although geographically located in the middle of China, it is far from the political center and is rarely bound by solemn and elegant temples. Therefore, Wuhan people maintain a spirit of Chu people while maintaining a spirit of Chu people. "Barbarism" makes them still free, impulsive, unrestrained, loud and powerful, bold and free-spirited, and hot-tempered. This character makes Wuhan always a city that is easy to "fire". From Wuchang Shouyi to the February 27th strike, from the Great Revolution in the 1920s to the "Million Heroes" in the 1960s, Wuhan people have vividly demonstrated their hot and impulsive personality. When foreigners come to Wuhan, they are always moved by the rough voice of Wuhan people, which makes people feel that Wuhan people are not easy to deal with. Even foreigners who have always been respected in China have learned the skills of Wuhan people. In that year's oral English class, a foreign teacher once talked about his experience in Hankou. He is still depressed. He walked carelessly on Zhongshan Avenue and stepped on a young man's foot. He repeatedly told him he was sorry, but the young man looked at him coldly for a long time and refused to buy it. On the contrary, he stepped on one foot and left angrily. The high crime rate in Wuhan is probably related to this adventurous and extreme character.
Speaking of the heat in Wuhan, everyone knows. Wuhan is one of the three famous "stove" cities in China. It warms up in February and March, entering colorful spring, turning hot in May, and getting hot in July, August and September. During this period, Wuhan always seems to be soaked in hot water. It's too hot to breathe. Since entering1February, Wuhan has turned cold again. Unlike the north, there is no heating in winter, and people have no habit of keeping warm. Although the temperature is not as low as that in northern cities, it is still relatively cold because of relative humidity. Frostbite often occurs in this climate. It is difficult for many foreigners to adapt to this fluctuating climate. But Wuhan people still live a leisurely life. The ups and downs of Wuhan people's temper may also be related to this climate.
Wuhan is a city with four distinct seasons, and its citizens' personality is as colorful as its climate. In spring, Wuhan people especially like outing. On the edge of East Lake and Luojia Mountain, people can see flowers and picnics everywhere. In other places, scenic spots like East Lake have long been enclosed and turned into places where parks charge fees, but Wuhan has opened most areas of East Lake to the public free of charge, which is considered martial arts.
However, it is summer that best reflects Wuhan's urban character. In Wuhan in midsummer, the heat wave is rolling. In this climate, a foreigner is afraid to go out easily. However, in summer, Wuhan people have the opportunity to swim in the Yangtze River and East Lake. Therefore, there is always a heat wave rolling by the water in Wuhan, and all kinds of swimmers show their charm here. Showed the lofty sentiments of the Wuhan people. When the sun goes down, almost all Wuhan people will go out, either find a place to rest and chat, or move a bamboo bed outside, or invite friends to find a stall to enjoy midnight snack. Therefore, it is the heat of the sun during the day and the heat of the crowd at night. The whole summer night in Wuhan is the voice of people. In this summer night's life, the other side of Wuhan people's fiery personality is also fully displayed. They are alert, smart, well-informed and clear-headed. And many romantic and not so romantic love stories also happened at this time.
Wuhan is a fiery city, full of passion and vitality of a civilian city. It is magnanimous and unpretentious, it is lazy and interesting, it is not exclusive, and you hardly feel like a foreigner here; It has its own personality. You can hear sharp and straightforward words here, but you seldom hear disgusting words. It is well-informed, often indulges in self-meditation, and rarely boasts of stupid vanity.
Wuhan food culture
Traditional snack
"There is no need to pay attention to the food list. People eat well in winter and moon, rice wine dumplings stay up late at night, and fish-flavored stems are fragrant. " This poem "Zhi Zhu Ci in Hankou" (1821-kloc-0/850) in Daoguang period of Qing Dynasty reflects Wuhan's food customs and unique snacks from one side. There are many kinds of flavor snacks in Wuhan with a long history, such as the pseudo-clear water brown originated in the Warring States Period, the spring cake side in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the mung bean skin in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the oil fruit in the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the rice wine in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the modern noodle nests and three fresh bean skins, the soup buns and Regan Noodles, and so on.
Laotongcheng doupi
"Old Tongcheng" is the name of a large restaurant located at Dazhi intersection of Zhongshan Avenue in Hankou. It is famous for its famous snack Sanxian bean skin and is known as the "king of bean skin". Founded in 193 1, this restaurant was originally located outside Dazhimen of Guhankou Castle, which is a passage between urban and rural areas, so it was named Tongcheng dessert shop. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, it resumed business and changed its name to Laotongcheng dessert shop. This shop imitates the traditional snack bean skin in Hubei and is determined to improve it. It is very popular with sweets. Its production method is to mix mung beans and rice and grind them into pulp, spread them into thin skin in a pot, wrap them with fillings such as cooked glutinous rice and diced meat, and fry them in oil. Senior chef Jin Gaoan strives for perfection, and the fillings are mainly fresh meat, eggs and shrimps to create three fresh bean skins. The leather bag is golden and shiny, the entrance is crisp and tender, and the stew is more fragrant.
Four season mei baozi stuffed with juicy pork
"Four Seasons Beauty" is the name of a snack bar near Jianghan Road, Zhongshan Avenue, Hankou, which means that food is served all year round, with fried spring rolls in spring, cold food in summer, fried hairy crabs in autumn and shortcakes in winter. 1927 opened and the business was booming. Later, senior chef Zhong Shengchu and others made Wuhan-style steamed dumplings in this store, which was well received by customers and was known as the "king of steamed dumplings", making this store a steamed dumpling shop. The stuffing is exquisite and the ingredients are strictly selected. Chop the fresh pork leg into paste first, then mix it with seasonings such as aspic, wrap it in thin dough, steam it in a cage, and aspic becomes soup. The paste is fresh and tender, seven in a cage, and it is delicious with ginger vinegar. In order to meet the needs of different customers, they have to make fresh meat soup buns, crab yellow soup buns, shrimp soup buns, mushroom soup buns, minced chicken soup buns and assorted soup buns.
Xiaotaoyuan simmer soup
"Xiaotaoyuan" is the name of a snack bar located at Lanling intersection of Shengli Street in Hankou. The store was founded in 1946, where two vendors, Tao and Yuan, set up stalls, dealing in snacks such as fried dough sticks and soybean milk. Later, the two companies jointly operated simmer soup, and the name of the store was "Xiaotaoyuan", which was homophonic with the "Xiaotaoyuan" after liberation and was a famous "simmer soup". The main varieties of this shop are crock chicken soup, sparerib soup, trotter soup, Feng Ba soup, foot fish soup, beef soup and duck soup, among which crock chicken soup is the most famous. Its raw material is a fat and tender hen in Xiaogan, Bo Huang, weighing more than one and a half kilos. They are chopped into chicken pieces, fried with a chainsaw, and then poured into a crock with boiling water. They are cooked with strong grains and simmered thoroughly with low fire. The soup is fresh and rotten, original and nutritious. It is a nourishing top grade for the elderly, patients and parturients. Feng Ba soup and other five-grain soups also have their own characteristics, which are delicious and deeply loved by diners.
Tan Yanji jiaozi
Tan Yanji Dumpling House is located at No.384 Zhongshan Avenue in Hankou, not far from Li Ji Road. It was founded in 1920 by Tan Zhixiang, a native of Huangpi. Jiaozi has been a professional for nearly 80 years, and he has unique skills in jiaozi. There are strict standards from meat selection, ingredients, seasoning, stuffing, skin making to package, soup making and cooking. For example, fresh pork legs and beef legs are used as stuffing, pig's trotters are used as soup, and seasonings such as dried shrimps, mushrooms, coriander and chopped green onion are used to make jiaozi fresh, tender, delicious, thin-skinned, refreshing and moist. In addition to the traditional fresh meat dumplings, famous teacher Tan Yinshan has successively developed new varieties such as mushroom dumplings, factory zongzi, three fresh dumplings, chicken dumplings and shrimp dumplings in recent years to meet the tastes of different diners.
Cai Linji Regan Noodles
Cai Lin Regan Noodles Pavilion is located at No.854 Zhongshan Avenue, Hankou, facing the water tower. The daily sales volume is about 15000 bowls, and the number of diners exceeds 10000. Regan Noodles, together with Daoxiao Noodles in Shanxi, Yifu noodles in Guangdong and Guangxi, Dandan Noodles in Sichuan and Zhajiang noodles in the north, are called the five famous faces of China. They are different from cold noodles and noodle soup. The making method is to basically cook the noodles first, and then put them together to drain and cool. When eating, blanch with boiling water several times, drain, and mix with sesame sauce, shrimp, chopped green onion, diced radish, sesame oil and vinegar. When they taste delicious. Now the streets of Wuhan are full of Regan Noodles pavilions and stalls, and Regan Noodles has become one of the breakfast snacks that Wuhan people like to eat in the morning.
Laoqianji beef dousi
Laoqianji is a flavor snack bar, located in Simenkou, Wuchang. It mainly deals in shredded beef and beans, as well as beef soup dishes and casual drinks.
Bean shreds are made of mung beans and rice, ground into pulp, spread into skin in a pot and cut into shreds. People in Wuhan love to eat, and there are many ways to eat, including shredded soup beans, dried beans and fried beans. Old Qian Ji deals in fried beef and bean sticks. When frying, dry frying or soft frying can be carried out according to customer requirements. The taste is different, the difference is only in the heat. The main raw materials are ox eyebrows, wet shredded beans, water-soaked mushrooms, magnolia slices and so on. Add seasoning and fry in a frying pan. Beef tastes crisp and tender, and shredded beans are soft and moist. The flavor of beef and shredded beans is mixed together, which has a unique flavor.
Mianwo
Like Regan Noodles, Mianwo is one of Wuhan people's favorite breakfasts. Simple production, all over the streets of Wuhan three towns. Most of them are stall operators or restaurant operators. Mianwo is unique to Wuhan and was founded in Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty (1875- 1909). At that time, there was a seller named Chang Zhiren near Jijiazui in Hanzheng Street, Hankou. Seeing that the business of selling biscuits was not good, he tried to create a new breakfast variety. After repeated thinking, he asked the blacksmith to make an iron spoon in the shape of a convex nest, poured the rice slurry mixed with rice and soybeans into it, sprinkled black sesame seeds and fried it in an oil pan. Soon, the round rice cake is ready, with thick edges, hollow colors and crispy. The thick part tastes soft, and the thin part is crisp and very tasty.
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Compared with snacks, Wuhan cuisine is the essence and representative of hubei cuisine, and hubei cuisine ranks among the top ten cuisines in China. It originated from the ancient Chu cuisine. After more than 2000 years of development, it has formed its own unique flavor and a number of famous dishes, such as steamed wuchang fish, bacon, fried cauliflower and so on.
Steamed Wuchang Fish
Wuchang fish is a famous aquatic product at home and abroad, which is abundant in Liangzi Lake under the jurisdiction of Wuchang County and Ezhou City. It was a tribute of feudal times, and now it is delicious on the table. Its cooking methods are varied and exquisite, the most famous is steamed wuchang fish, and the best restaurant is Wuchang Greater China Restaurant. This restaurant, funded by Anhui people, was established in 1933 and is famous for cooking Wuchang fish. Because steaming is the most representative method, Wuchang fish is usually used as the name of steamed wuchang fish. They usually use a kilogram of fresh whale as the main ingredient, supplemented by more than ten kinds of ingredients such as ham, mushrooms, winter bamboo shoots and chicken soup. Steam in a cage and strictly control the heat to make it just right. The steamed fish is decorated with red, green and Huang San shredded vegetables, which makes it full of color, fragrance, tenderness and taste. In addition to steaming, they also created more than 30 kinds of fish by braising in oil, braising in brown sauce and making flowers.
Braised Turtle in Brown Sauce
Hubei people have eaten soft-shelled turtle for at least two thousand years, and braised soft-shelled turtle is a famous dish in Chu township. Turtle, also known as tuanyu, Leilei and Trionyx sinensis, is commonly known as tortoise. Rich in nutrition, and has the functions of nourishing yin and tonifying kidney. Its meat is edible, and Li Shizhen also regarded it as medicine in Compendium of Materia Medica. Wuhan Greater China, Laoda Xingyuan, Yunhe Braised Turtle and other restaurants are served with seasonings such as mushrooms and chicken soup to make them delicious and fragrant.
Pickled eel
Eel is a traditional dish introduced into Wuhan from Jingzhou and Shashi, and has been eaten in Jingzhou for hundreds of years. Eel tastes delicious and has medicinal value. Famous doctors don't record that they have the effect of nourishing five internal organs and treating deficiency. The eel is cut into long strips with old bones, cooked and named like a pimp. Because it is shaped like a bamboo joint, it is also called a bamboo eel. The striped eels made by Hankou Canal Hotel, Laoda Xingyuan Hotel and Laohuibin Hotel are all exquisite. The production method is to fry with two layers at different temperatures until the skin is crisp, and then hang the sweet and sour yellow sauce, which is golden in color, crisp outside and tender inside.
Laodaxing carp
"Laodaxing" is the abbreviation of Laodaxingyuan Restaurant, which is located near the intersection of Jiefang Avenue and Li Ji North Road in Hankou. This restaurant with a history of 140 years is famous for cooking mandarin fish and enjoys the reputation of "king of mandarin fish". Also known as the "king of bean skin", "king of soup packets" and "soup feeding expert" with Wuhan flavor.
Siniperca chuatsi, also known as Jiangtuan and Baiji Dolphin, has a long and round body, a crescent-shaped mouth under its head and no scales, and is more common in the middle reaches of the Yangtze River. Liu Kaibang, a famous chef in this restaurant, cooked braised mandarin fish around War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, which made him and the restaurant win the honor of "King of Scaly Fish". This title was passed from the second generation of Cao Yuting to the third generation of Jiang Xianshan, which made a new development to the traditional technology and created new varieties with good color, fragrance, taste and shape, such as clear candle mandarin fish, pure oil mandarin fish, steamed mandarin fish with powder and preserved mandarin fish.
Sauté ed bacon with Hongshan vegetable moss
Hongshan Caitai is a red color platform produced in Hongshan, Wuchang. Purple in color, crisp and fragrant, and rich in nutrition, it is one of the home-cooked dishes of Wuhan people in winter and spring. Together with Wuchang fish, it is called the two famous dishes of Chutian.
Sauté ed bacon at Hongshan Caitai is very particular. Cabbage should be planted around Baotong Temple in Hongshan. They should be fresh and tender. Should be based on eating. They should be folded by hand, about 1/4 inches long, washed and drained for use. Bacon should also be cut into one-inch thin slices, first fried in a pot, then scooped up, then fried in a vegetable garden, finally mixed with bacon, and then put in a pot and put on a plate. When eating, the cauliflower is tender and crisp, and the bacon is mellow and soft, which has a unique flavor.
Dongpo braised pork
Canal Hotel is located in the middle section of Jiefang Avenue in Hankou, with a famous dish cooked with winter bamboo shoots, spinach and pork belly. It is called Dongpo meat with the homonym of "winter" and "spinach" and "slope". Delicious and fragrant, it is very popular with diners. This dish originated in Huangzhou, Hubei Province, and was related to the exile of Su Dongpo, a writer in the Northern Song Dynasty. 1080, Su Shi was demoted to Huangzhou, where he devoted himself to Dongpo and named himself Dongpo layman. At that time, Huangzhou meat was cheap, but it was not cooked well and the taste was not fresh. Su Dongpo explored a set of methods for stewing pork belly through experiments. Stewed meat is bright red, mellow and delicious. Later people called it Dongpo meat, which has been circulating in Huangzhou area for more than 900 years. Later, it was introduced to Wuhan, where cooking techniques were improved and the taste was more delicious.
Coincidentally, Sichuan and Zhejiang, where Su Shi lived, also have Dongpo meat with different flavors. More interestingly, when ethnic minorities in Dali, Yunnan get married, there is a custom that the bride and groom share Dongpo meat.
Huangpi Sanhe
Huangpi Sanhe is a traditional folk dish in Huangpi, a suburb of Wuhan, which has been circulating for hundreds of years. Sanhe is the general name of fish balls, meatballs and patties. Locals also call it Sanxian. They regard three delicacies as the minimum standard for tasting banquets, and there is a saying that "three delicacies are inseparable from their ancestors."
Each of the three cuisines has its own traditional skills. Fish balls are made by chopping gill fish with egg white, onion, ginger juice and lard. Meatballs are made by chopping pork leg, adding minced fish and various seasonings, and crisp frying. Meat patties are made of the same raw materials as meatballs, but they are made into cakes and steamed. When three dishes are cooked together, fish tastes like meat, and meat smells like fish, which has a unique flavor. Because there are three words of fish, pill and cake in the three dishes, fish and jade are homophonic, dragon is round, and cake is homophonic, so people give the three combinations the meaning of annual surplus, family reunion and step by step promotion, which is essential for auspicious celebration and New Year's Day. 194 1 year, Huangpi people opened Huangpi Hutchison Restaurant in Datong Street, Hankou, and introduced Huangpi Sanhe to Wuhan, further improving the quality of local dishes. The fish balls are smooth and tender, the meatballs are fluffy and the patties are soft, which is very popular. Later, with the construction of WISCO, Hutchison Restaurant moved to Jianshe No.7 Road in Qingshan, renamed Jiefang Restaurant, and continued to refine this dish.
Mianyang sanqi
Mianyang is a big county in Jianghan Plain, including today's honghu city in history, and changed to Xiantao in recent years. This area is rich in water and natural products, and it is a land of plenty. People love to eat steamed vegetables, and there is a custom of "no steaming without vegetables", so it is called the hometown of steamed vegetables. Three steaming refers to three kinds of steamed vegetables, some refer to steamed fish, steamed meat and steamed chicken, some refer to steamed fish, steamed meat and steamed meatballs, and some refer to steamed pork powder, steamed pearl meatballs and steamed white meatballs. The so-called steamed pearl balls mean chopping fish and meat, feeding them, squeezing them into balls, rolling glutinous rice in an enlarged sieve, and then steaming them in a cage. The cooked glutinous rice is crystal clear, just like pearls. If glutinous rice is not boiled or steamed, it is called steamed white pills. 193 1 opened a mianyang hotel in Minsheng road, Hankou, which is famous for its good cooking and steaming. In 1950s, with the construction of WISCO, it moved to No.60, Qingshan Workers Village.
Mianyang Sanzheng has a history of at least 600 years. According to legend, Chen Youliang, the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty, captured Mianyang County in one fell swoop. Chen's wife, Pan Shi (referring to Roche), cooked in person, mixed fish, meat, lotus root and rice flour with other condiments, and steamed them in a bowl to reward the peasants for their uprising. Everyone praised it. From generation to generation, eating steamed vegetables has become a habit.
Pan long Juan qie
Pan Long juanqie, also known as Pan Long cuisine, is one of the famous dishes in Chu township operated by Hankou Canal Hotel and Laohuibin Hotel. It originated in Zhongxiang County, Hubei Province, and has a history of 100 years. There are many local legends, all related to Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty. 152 1 year, the emperor died of illness, and he had neither children nor brothers, so Zhu Hougan, the son of Xing, succeeded him and was sealed in Chengtianfu (Zhongxiang). Legend has it that Zhu Hougui was afraid that other uncles and brothers who were locked up in other places would go to Beijing to seize the position in advance, and pretended to be prisoners released from Beijing and went to Beijing day and night. When he is hungry, there is a ring-shaped food hanging around his neck: egg skin, fish stuffing, steamed and shaped, which is convenient to eat and delicious. When Zhu Hougui said goodbye to his teacher before going to Beijing, the teacher and the chef discussed how to cook an ingenious dish for the emperor who was about to ascend to the throne. Then he took eggs as skin and fish as stuffing, rolled them into long strips, steamed them, cut them into thin slices, and put them on a plate to make a dragon shape, which is called "eating meat instead of eating meat" He also said that Zhu Hougan visited his teacher when he returned to Zhong Xiang to build his father's tomb after he succeeded to the throne, and the teacher designed this dish for him. Later spread, enduring. Restaurants and restaurants in Wuhan have been improved on the basis of folk law, making them famous dishes in Hubei with good color, fragrance, taste and shape.
Lao hui bin kui Hua tofu
"Old Huibin" is the abbreviation of Old Huibin Restaurant, which opened on 1929. It is famous for cooking hubei cuisine, and it can combine the advantages of Beijing cuisine and Jiangsu cuisine. Located in Sanmin Road, Hankou, Liuduqiao downtown area. Sunflower bean curd is an original famous dish in this restaurant, which was jointly created by senior chef Zong Liangzhi and senior chef Zong Liangsong. In the 1940s, they learned from Master Hu and made a unique tofu. The production method is to peel and grind fresh tofu, mix it with minced fish, shrimp, ham and other ingredients, and cook it carefully. It's called tofu. It's really a fine dish. After the market hit three towns in Wuhan, many gourmets went to this restaurant to order this dish. Chefs strive for perfection, design and improve the shape of first-class tofu. The first-class tofu is decorated with shredded chicken egg skin and surrounded by green leaves, which makes it look like sunflower and renamed sunflower tofu. This famous dish has aroused great interest of an overseas Chinese couple who love their motherland. After tasting it, they improvised a poem and said, "Sunflower, tofu, milk and cabbage make people miss old customers. Chu Township looks so rich in flavor and tastes more at home."