Why are the eight bowls in Zhengding, Hebei rushing to eat when they get married?

According to local customs, weddings are festive occasions.

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, due to the development of Manchu-Han banquet in the catering industry, it was divided into "upper eight treasures", "middle eight treasures" and "lower eight treasures", of which eight bowls were accepted as "lower eight treasures". Because the ingredients of the eight bowls vary from place to place, the dishes are not the same. However, the same thing is that the eight bowls around the country are carefully made, natural and delicious, and are deeply loved by locals and tourists.

Tianshui Eight Bowls is one of them, which is not only excellent in materials, but also exquisite in workmanship, with four meats and four vegetarian dishes as the mainstay. Among them, silk crisp is generally made of vermicelli, radish, kelp and tofu. First, put the selected pork into a large pot and cook it. After cooking, put a layer of honey on the skin while it is hot, and then fry it in the oil pan until the skin turns yellow and red. After the meat is cool, cut into pieces and put them into the bowls according to the requirements of the four meat bowls.

It is said that the four bowls of meat are selected from front rib meat, middle rib meat, rear hip meat and elbow meat. Four bowls of meat are made of different meat materials, and each bowl of meat has a name, namely elbow buckle, crispy meat, pork buckle and square meat. Therefore, the combination of eight bowls of meat and vegetables is not only delicious, but also conducive to a balanced intake of nutrition. It is a delicious food worth trying.

If there is a chance, I'd like to try these eight bowls.