What are the nine dishes in the nine bowls?

These nine bowls are soft-fried steamed pork, steamed ribs, steamed pork with rice flour, steamed soft-shelled turtle, steamed mud chicken, steamed mud duck, steamed elbow, salted meat and boiled water.

Jiudawan is one of the traditional dishes in Sichuan, which is mainly steamed vegetables. It was originally named after the nine main courses of steamed vegetables.

In the rural areas of Chengdu Plain, all families get married, have children and build houses. Be sure to hold a banquet and invite friends and relatives to get together for a big meal, commonly known as eating nine bowls. The origin of this word is because of the popularity of drinking in large bowls in Chengdu during the Republic of China. It is called "nine bowls" because there are generally nine bowls of vegetables in each seat.

In addition, there is another reason, that is, the people regard "Nine" as an auspicious number, and there are some sayings such as "Nine students live long", "Nine students pass the exam" and "Forever (Nine)". For such a banquet, "nine bowls" is the minimum standard. Of course, there are also seven bowls for the poor or eleven bowls for the rich. Now there are about 20 "nine bowls" in Meishan area.

Historical background of Jiuwan:

"Nine bowls" can be seven or eleven bowls, but it can never be eight or ten bowls. Why is this? In western sichuan bazi, pig troughs for feeding pigs are generally made of stone, which is a folk custom. Taking "eating ten bowls of stones" as a curse is the code word of pigs, and it is impossible to entertain guests with ten bowls of vegetables.

And you can't put eight bowls of food on the table, because beggars (beggars) usually come to congratulate or cry when you open the table. They often play with lotus flowers and sing whatever they see wherever they go. Because the host family believes in the principle that "guests go to Wang's home", whether it is a red wedding or a white wedding, they should warmly entertain beggars who come to join us.

It's just that they don't eat a few dishes from other guests, but a bowl of bibimbap for each person. In this way, a square table with two people sitting on one side happens to be eight bowls of rice, so people in western Sichuan call it a beggar's seat. Therefore, when giving a banquet, the numbers eight and ten must be taboo.

"Nine Bowls" is a traditional food for Hakka people to entertain repeat customers, and it is also called "Bazi Banquet" because it is often placed at the head of the farmhouse dam. The dam banquet can best reflect the eating habits of Chengdu people. However, in order to taste and atmosphere, the form and content should be very elegant.

Formally, the more diners, the better. Eating is like fighting a war of annihilation, with great momentum, strong soldiers and fierce actions.