1, Peng Zu

Peng Zu's introduction is not only about health and longevity, but also his unique skills in the field of cooking, which is why he is called the originator of cooking. Peng Zu, surnamed Qian Mingkeng, is the eighth generation grandson of the Yellow Emperor. Peng Zu is the god of longevity. According to legend, he once lived in seclusion at the foot of Man Ting Peak in Wuyishan, where the ox drank waterfalls and lived in seclusion for a hundred years. His two sons, Wu Peng and Peng Yi, came to live here, so this mountain was named Wuyishan. They left Wuyi Mountain with many precious wealth of health care catering and food preservation.

Peng Zu was sealed in Dapeng (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province) because he was good at preparing delicious wild chicken soup and curing Yao Di's anorexia. Qu Yuan wrote in "The Songs of the South and the Questions of Heaven": "What does the emperor care about when Peng Keng irrigates pheasants? How long can my husband last? " Wang Yi, a scholar of Chu Ci in Han Dynasty, noted: "Peng Keng, Peng Zu also. Good taste, good taste, can serve the emperor, the emperor is beautiful and delicious. " In Song Dynasty, Hong Xingzu added, "Peng Zu's surname is Qian Ming Keng, and Huang Zhuan Xu is his great-grandson. Good at nourishing qi, can adjust the tripod, enter the wild chicken soup, and seal it in Pengcheng. "

2. Elegance

According to historical records, Yiya cooked for Qi Huangong, and once Huan Gong said to Yiya, "It's a pity that I have tasted all the delicious food in the world, but I didn't eat human flesh." This is an unintentional joke, but Yiya keeps it in mind, trying to please Huan Gong. Therefore, he made a bowl of soup for his 4-year-old son and let Qi Huangong taste it. Qi Huangong thought it was delicious and asked Yiya, "What kind of meat is this?" Yiya cried and said it was her son's meat. It is inhuman for Yiya to cook her own son in order to meet the requirements of the monarch. In this way, it is even more difficult for Yiya to become a chef in China.

3. Yi Yin

Yi Yin was the first outstanding figure in history who helped the emperor to govern the country with a negative attitude. The "Five Flavors Harmony Theory" and "Heat Theory" he founded are still the unchangeable principles of China's cooking. He "taught people to harmonize the five flavors, created China's cooking skills, and pioneered the cuisine of later generations", and occupied an important position in the history of China's cooking culture. He was honored as a "cooking saint", "cooking ancestor" and "chef saint" by the culinary circles in China.

Yi Yin's experience from kitchen to slaughter, according to historical records, Yi Yin was a slave at first, and was fostered in other people's homes when he was young, so that he could learn cooking skills and become a master cook when he grew up. He became a wise man in Shang Tang's mind and was appointed Prime Minister, which had a great influence. There are also many words that compare Yi Yin to a skilled chef. Yi Yin suffered (Mei Chengqi's fate), Gong Yi reconciled (Prince Liang Zhaoming's seven deeds), Yi Yin took the tripod (Historical Records), and Yi Yin was good at cutting and cooking (Hanshu).

During the development of cooking technology in China for thousands of years, many famous people with superb skills appeared, such as Peng Keng in the legend of Yaodi, Lv Wang in the Zhou Dynasty and Yi Ya in the Spring and Autumn Period. These people all have their own specialties, which have greatly promoted the development of cooking technology. Yi Yin's cooking techniques and theories are unique. Cooking is just one of Yi Yin's many skills. Yi Yin is the holy land of cooking in China. Nowadays, colleagues who cook Chinese food in Chinese mainland, Hongkong, China, Taiwan Province Province, China and Singapore all regard Yi Yin as the "kitchen saint" and "cooking saint" of China.

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Yi Yin is also the most famous Prime Minister of Kitchen God in history, and the first saint in the history of China recorded in historical books. He assisted Shang Tang, wiped out the Xia Dynasty and ended Xia Jie's brutal rule. With his efforts, the state machinery and political system were improved, the economy and culture were greatly developed and the society was relatively stable in the early Shang Dynasty. Yi Yin is also a great pharmacist in the history of traditional medicine in China and a folk kitchen god. After his death, he was buried in Nanbo (now Yucheng County, Shangqiu City) with a history of about 3,600 years.

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People's Daily Online-Why does Chef God first promote Yi Yin?