Composition of "Shaanxi Food Culture"

Shaanxi is located in the hinterland of China, connecting the Yellow River and the Yangtze River. There are not only the vast loess plateau, but also the beautiful land of fish and rice, with rich products and outstanding people. Its catering has a long history and culture, and it is quiet, forming a very distinctive "Qin catering culture" in this land.

History-thick, elegant and profound

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shaanxi was ruled by the State of Qin, so it was called Qin for short. On this basis, the ancient and young food flavor is called "Qin food culture", which is centered in Shaanxi and can be extended to the whole northwest region. Historically, due to the development of politics, economy, culture and trade at that time, Shaanxi, especially xi 'an, formed many scenic spots, and the internal and external exchanges were quite frequent, which also brought the progress and development of Shaanxi cuisine.

The representative cuisines of "Qin cuisine culture" are mainly composed of yamen cuisine, merchant cuisine, local cuisine, folk cuisine and pure cuisine. Yamen cuisine, also known as official cuisine, has a long history and is elegant and heavy, such as "using elbows" and "using fat heads". Merchants' dishes, such as "money to send vegetables" and "bergamot shark's fin", win by your price. Restaurants in big cities such as Xi 'an are mainly famous buildings and famous shops, which attract customers and have fierce competition, such as "Four Happiness in Ming Dynasty", "Fish in Milk Soup Pot", "Shredded Squid" and "Three Fresh Meat". Folk dishes are economical and full of local flavor, such as "sliced pork with bald head", "roasted eggplant with shredded pork" and "gourd head". After the development of Ming and Qing dynasties, Muslim food has begun to take shape, such as the well-known "mutton bread in soup" and "whole sheep mat".

Shaanxi's catering and catering culture retains the legacy of more than ten dynasties, such as Zhou, Qin, Han and Tang dynasties, with exquisite characteristics and beautiful scenery. Using the advantages of history and ancient capital, Shaanxi catering absorbs the essence, absorbs the exotic flavor of all ethnic groups, integrates the strengths of both inside and outside, and excavates and inherits the palace skills of past dynasties. It is famous for its variety, strange colors, rich national characteristics, different local flavors and antique.

However, the early development of catering industry in Shaanxi was relatively slow. Since 1930s, with the opening of Longhai Railway and the rise of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Shaanxi has become the rear area of China. The population who moved to xi 'an from all over the country has increased sharply, and various flavors of food have also settled in Xi 'an, so the catering industry in Shaanxi has flourished. Later, since the 1980s, Xi 'an has gradually become a tourist attraction, and domestic and international exchanges have become increasingly frequent and close, which has promoted the leap-forward development of catering industry in Shaanxi. With the excavation of classic banquets such as Dumpling Banquet, Snack Banquet, Imitation Tang Banquet and Palace Banquet, a number of innovative dishes have emerged to meet the needs of tourists from all over the world, further enhancing the popularity of Shaanxi catering.

Status quo-striving for flow, winning and being colorful.

As early as the Tang Dynasty, Xi 'an (called Chang 'an in ancient times) was the largest and most open city in China, and it was also the center of catering and catering culture in China. Bai Juyi, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Send sesame cakes to Yang Wanzhou": "Sesame cakes, like Kyoto, are crisp and oily. I gave it to Ambassador Hungry and Yang Hungry. It seems to be a poem that "helps the prosperous times". In fact, the "sesame seed cake" in the poem is the sesame seed cake we eat today.

The land of Sanqin is full of flowers, and all the famous foods and drinks in the past dynasties are included. All kinds of snacks circulating in Shaanxi, whether imperial or folk, are huge in quantity and fine in workmanship, and are deeply loved by Chinese and foreign people. While excavating, sorting out and retaining these traditional restaurants, Shaanxi people have added new connotations to them. For example, traditional jiaozi and snacks are combined into an eye-opening dumpling banquet, snack banquet, imitation Tang banquet, court banquet and so on. Here, people eat not only a few dishes, but also taste culture and tradition, and feel the historical context and ethnic customs.

Qingzhen cuisine also occupies a very important position in China cuisine. In recent years, Muslim catering represented by beef and mutton in paomo has dominated in Shaanxi, while Laosunjia and Tongshengxiang in xi 'an are well-known food shops, which have become the favorite places for tourists from all over the world.

The catering industry is a multi-faceted luminous mirror, which not only can bring the most direct consumption, but also has great significance for stimulating agriculture, food processing industry and solving social problems such as employment. Therefore, vigorously developing the catering industry and promoting the "Qin food culture" have become a highlight and feature of Shaanxi's economic development and tourism promotion.