Linyi City has a long history, which is the birthplace of China Dongyi culture and one of the important birthplaces of Chinese civilization. There are more than 300 scenic spots and historical sites in the city, and more than 40 key cultural relics protection units at or above the provincial level/kloc-0. The bamboo tubes of Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's Art of War unearthed from Shanhan Formation in tapiscia sinensis City are one of the top ten archaeological discoveries in China after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Linyi is also the hometown of Ceng Zi in the Spring and Autumn Period, Meng Tian in the Warring States Period, Liu Hong, inventor of abacus in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms Period, calligrapher Wang Xizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, patriotic general Yan Zhenqing in the Qing Dynasty and other historical and cultural celebrities.
During War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation, Linyi was a famous revolutionary base and the capital of Shandong liberated area. It used to be the headquarters of the Party, government and army organs such as the East China Bureau of the Central Committee, the Shandong Military Region, the Shandong Provincial Government, the Eighth Route Army 1 15 Division, the Military Department of the New Fourth Army, and the First Branch of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University. Liu Shaoqi, Xu, Luo Ronghuan, Chen Yi, Su Yu and other proletarian revolutionaries of the older generation fought and lived here, leaving many revolutionary relics.
Economy] There are 66 kinds of proven minerals in the city, among which nonmetallic mineral reserves occupy a prominent position in the southeast coast of China, and diamond reserves rank second in the country. There are many kinds of biological resources, including 15 1 family and 1043 plants. There are about 14 classes of animals, and 1049 species. It is one of the three granaries in Shandong Province. The city's cultivated land area is 657,426 hectares, and the forest land area is 399,267 hectares; Rich in yellow tobacco, peanuts, sweet potatoes, corn, honeysuckle, ginkgo, garlic, chestnut, hawthorn, yellow pear, apple, pepper, walnut, cocoon, Bai Liu, Langya grass, toad venom, scorpion and so on. In addition, the output of agricultural and sideline products such as grain and oil, vegetables, fruits, meat and eggs ranks in the forefront of Shandong Province.
Industry has established a relatively complete comprehensive system, forming an industrial system with light industry, textile, machinery, chemicals, building materials, metallurgy, coal, food, gold and medicine as the main body. It is a building material and gold production base in Shandong Province.
There are 965 specialized wholesale markets in the city, including 189 specialized wholesale markets and 76 bazaars, with a turnover of 29 billion yuan in197. Linyi Wholesale City * * * has 53 wholesale markets and 25,000 stalls, with a turnover of 65.438+99.7 billion yuan, ranking among the top three among the top ten wholesale markets in China for three consecutive years.
From 65438 to 0997, the city's gross national product reached 42.7 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of 19.2%, of which the primary industry increased by 7.4%, the secondary industry by 24.9% and the tertiary industry by 27.5%. The total value of foreign trade exports reached more than 5 billion yuan, and the foreign exchange earned by export was 65.438+0.44 billion US dollars. There were 565 foreign-funded enterprises, and the contractual utilization of foreign capital was 430 million US dollars. The per capita annual income of urban residents is 4520 yuan, and that of farmers is 2053 yuan.
[Population] The population is 9.78 million, accounting for one ninth of the total population of Shandong Province. There are 33 ethnic groups including Han, Hui, Manchu, Korean, Yi, Miao, Zhuang, Mongolian and Tibetan. With an area of 17200 square kilometers and a population of100000, it is the largest administrative region in Shandong Province.
Linyi is rich in resources, and its people are hardworking and simple. It is a hot land full of vitality. From Lijiazhai, instructed by Comrade Mao Zedong, to Liutuan, the first electrified village in China, to Luo Zhuang, Shenquanzhuang and Jiujianpeng, which are new models of hard struggle, the spirit of Linyi people's hard struggle and self-improvement is reflected. The spring breeze of reform and opening up has made Yimeng full of vitality and everything has taken on a new look. Industry, agriculture, commerce, tourism, transportation, urban construction, communications, electricity and various social undertakings have made all-round progress. Linyi Xijiao Wholesale City is famous all over the country, ranking third in the national comprehensive wholesale market and becoming the largest commodity distribution center in Shandong, Jiangsu, Henan and Anhui. Now we are committed to developing modern logistics forms and building a regional modern logistics center. An ancient historical city is being celebrated.
The vast Yimeng River stretches for more than 800 miles. There is a beautiful Mengshan in the middle, which has been a good place for Taoist health since ancient times. There is the Yi River in the east, and the Yi water drags the blue. The land on both sides of the strait is fertile, rice and wheat are fragrant, and fishermen sing late. For thousands of years, the industrious and simple Yimeng people have been working hard on this vast land. Influenced by Confucius' cooking thought of "food is never tired, food is never tired", they have inherited the Confucian cultural system and created a splendid and broad food culture.
The ancient Yimeng mountain area, with its beautiful natural scenery and unique food culture, has attracted countless literati to show their talents and compose poems. After Confucius's "Journey to the East Mountain (Mengshan)", Li Bai and Du Fu came hand in hand and wrote an eternal poem "Drunk in autumn and walk hand in hand with the sun". Li Bai was even more attracted by the delicious food and wine in Lanling town. He was so drunk that he fell asleep in Lanling "I don't know where else" and soon got drunk. In history, celebrities such as Zhuge Liang and Wang Xizhi were born here, which played a positive role in promoting the further development of Yimeng food culture.
Rich products and long-standing dietary customs have left many unique foods for Yimeng people, such as: three or eight treasures of lobster sauce, folk sauce, six sisters pancakes, Junan fried dumpling, Yishui, Tancheng satchel fire and so on. These are unique to Yimeng; Yimeng cuisine that can achieve elegance includes: bachelor chicken, garlic-flavored fish, shredded squid in braised sauce, scorpion in Mengshan, and junan furnace meat, all of which are native folk specialties; The trendy dishes popular in high-end hotels are: fruity ginkgo, shrimp slices with lanterns, abalone wings with dragon balls, clear soup with black ears, stewed fish heads in Taoyuan, and abalone balls, which have become a new family of Yimeng cuisine. Lotus yellow tube, stone tongue, dragon boat braised wings and China wood frog ginkgo won gold, silver and bronze prizes in various cooking competitions in the whole province and the whole country respectively. These award-winning dishes have undoubtedly become the "Chun Xue" in Yimeng delicious food.
At present, most of the restaurants in Yimeng cooking time-honored brands maintain traditional characteristics, such as Linyi Old Hotel, Yizhou Old Hotel and Langya Hotel. Later, a large number of new hotels were built with high starting point and novel dishes. Such as taoranju Hotel and Ronghua Hotel. On the whole, it has a strong northern flavor. In recent years, influenced by Sichuan cuisine and Cantonese cuisine, a variety of cuisines have coexisted. In recent years, chef Yimeng has excavated and sorted out the ancient cuisines and cooking methods recorded in historical books, and restored some famous historical dishes; At the same time, we pay attention to learning from foreign countries, deliberately innovate, and combine local flavor to create some new dishes, which add new content to the ancient Yimeng cuisine and have a strong local flavor. With the development of social economy, in addition to lanling wine, the time-honored brand of Lanling, there are some special delicacies such as Yimeng Laoqu, Yinmai beer and honeysuckle tea, which have injected new vitality into the long-standing diet in Yimeng Mountain area and made it rich in cultural connotation.
The unique Yimeng food culture is the result of the industrious Yimeng people's practice with their own wisdom and industrious hands. However, for thousands of years, the historical materials of food culture and skills are mostly scattered and incomplete, and many traditional skills have been lost. It is not easy to collect, organize and systematically summarize them. With a serious and responsible attitude, the editor of this book made a scientific summary of past lives, a gourmet in Yimeng. Due to the limitation of time, materials and level, shortcomings are inevitable, but the editor of this book aims to carry forward Yimeng traditional food culture and make it continue to be inherited and improved. This is undoubtedly due to the following reasons.