Tofu feast lantern festival
Tofu, as a traditional health food, has a history of more than two thousand years. Huainan has left a glorious page for ancient human civilization in the aspects of the invention, production, consumption and tofu culture based on tofu, and made due contributions to modern human civilization.
The method of tofu began with Liu An, the king of Southern Han Dynasty.
Li Shizhen, a great pharmacologist in Ming Dynasty, wrote in the twenty-fifth volume of Compendium of Materia Medica "Gubu": "The method of tofu began with Huai Wang Liu 'an in South Han Dynasty", and introduced the method of making tofu in detail. In BC 164, Liu An attacked his father and made him King of Huainan, making Shouchun his capital. Liu An is a good man. In order to get the elixir of life, he recruited thousands of alchemists. There are eight famous people, including Su Fei, the so-called "eight people".
They often gather in Chushan, now Bagong Mountain, to talk about immortals, write books and make an alchemist. In alchemy, seedlings are cultivated with bean juice, which occasionally meets gypsum to form fresh and tender tofu. Liu An invented tofu without an alchemist. Later, tofu technology was introduced to people.
Tofu has many ancient names, such as "fermented milk" and "rich". In the Five Dynasties, Gu Tao said in Qing Dian Lu: "There are several kinds of tofu in the Japanese market, and people in the city call tofu a small slaughter sheep." It was called tofu after the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the Tang Dynasty, after Tianbao 10 (AD 757) and Jian Zhen traveled to Japan, tofu technology was introduced to Japan, so the tofu industry in Japan always regarded Jian Zhen as the founder of tofu production. Tofu was introduced to Korea in Song Dynasty, and to Europe, Africa and North America at the beginning of19th century, and gradually became a world delicacy.
Bagong Mountain in Huainan is the birthplace of tofu. Because Bagongshan spring water is clear and sweet, it is inexhaustible all year round, especially the superb skills handed down from generation to generation by farmers around the birthplace of tofu, which makes Bagongshan tofu unique and enduring. Features: First, the taste is delicate and smooth, and the nutrition is doubled; The second is fine, white as jade, fresh and tender; Third, it won't collapse if you shake it in your hand, and it won't sink if you throw it in the soup for a long time. It tastes delicious under the light, tastes fragrant and refreshing, but it can be vegetarian. Historically, it has been used as a tribute. Nowadays, the "Tofu Banquet" made of Bagongshan tofu has become a unique first-class banquet in Huainan area.
Tofu is not only a delicious food on people's table, but also has the function of medical care. The vegetable protein contained in tofu and its products contains 8 kinds of amino acids necessary for human body. Eating tofu regularly can reduce the cholesterol content in the blood and reduce the chance of arteriosclerosis. Tender tofu also contains soybean phospholipids, which is an important part of life and plays an important role in the normal activities and metabolism of human cells. Regular consumption of tofu is not only beneficial to people with neurasthenia and weak constitution, but also has a certain auxiliary effect on patients with hypertension, arteriosclerosis and coronary heart disease. At present, tofu has been recognized as "international health food" all over the world.
Tofu culture contains rich connotations.
Tofu has a history of more than 2000 years. Like any valuable commodity in the world, it contains rich cultural connotations. The continuous development of tofu production technology, the gradual diversification of tofu products, the increasing richness of tofu dishes, the methods and feelings of tasting tofu, and the spirit and quality of tofu have all formed a unique "tofu culture." She is a magnificent flower in gourmet culture, and it is a culture with tofu as the carrier, based on its unique taste, rich nutrition, style and quality, philosophy and historical origin, and permeates into the human spiritual field from diet.
There are many colorful tofu stories, popular and simple tofu songs, philosophical tofu proverbs and humorous tofu two-part allegorical sayings. These oral works of working people are the source of tofu culture.