Since ancient times, diet in people's minds occupied a very important position, "Mencius" goes: "food color, sex also." "Book of Rites," said:. "Eat Drink Man Woman, who wishes greatly." "Book Hongfan "lists eight areas of the ancient national governance that is eight politics: food, goods, worship, commandant, Stuart, Sikou, Philippines, division. "Han Chuan Wang Mang in": ". People with food for the life to as capital goods, is eight-led government in order to eat" diet among the eight political primacy, fully demonstrated the Chinese people pay attention to diet.

Guilin is a historical and cultural city, the special natural and geographical environment and unique local culture gave birth to the rich connotation of Guilin food culture. Guilin Special diet study from the perspective of history and culture, is of great practical significance for the protection and development and utilization of regional cultural characteristics.

Guilin rice noodle and rice culture

Rice is the staple food in Guilin, rice culture is the soul of Guilin and fundamental food culture. Guilin rice as raw material to produce many popular dishes, rice is one of the typical representative. Speaking rice noodles can not start with a raw material --- rice.

Geographically, located in South Guilin, the geographical coordinates of latitude 24 ° 15 'to 26 ° 23', longitude 109 ° 36 'to 111 ° 29'. Located in the southwest of Nanling Mountains, with an average elevation of 150 meters, is the red loam belt to red soil. Alluvial loam parent material and soil, deep soil, good farming, rice and vegetables high-yield area. Guilin rice culture belongs to the district so far in Guilin rice diet continues to occupy an important position.

Questions about the origin of rice is still the world's major academic subjects. Mr. Tan Naichang Guangxi Institute nation that "Zhuang said the independent origin of rice farming." His departure from the ethnology and anthropology ecology, combined with archeology, history, linguistics and genetics, make a point of Zhuang rice farming independent origin. 2012 Shanghai Han Bin scientists published an article on the world renowned scientific journal "Nature", is considered the ancestor of cultivated rice Guangxi.

2002 Ziyuan County, Guilin Xiao Jin carbonized rice unearthed the Neolithic, the earliest rice stems specimens found in Guangxi. Ancient people in Guilin on this magical and beautiful land, created a splendid culture, to cultivate a unique tradition of rice culture.

Guilin rice noodles and history almost as old as the history of the city of Guilin. 217 BC, the emperor sent 500,000 troops to Baiyue Rd offensive points, a unified Lingnan Baiyue ministries. In order to solve the transport problem rations, the emperor sent Paul to the history of the construction of Northern Xing'an Ling Qu. According to folklore, the drainage pipes pawns are northerners, are eating wheat flour grew up, is not suited to the southern area of ​​diet. Shirokogoroff The method for forming the North pasta, local materials, with rice flour instead of wheat flour, we made what we now know of "rice." This argument is difficult due to the lack of documented research, but through the deployment of the production and brine Guilin rice noodles and north, the two barely distinguishable, this argument is a grain of truth. Central Plains Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties have been mortar and wooden pestle used to make flour processing occurs. Guangxi Baiyue area in which the emergence of stone axes, clam knife, stone plate, stone bar and pottery tools and other production life dating back 9000 years in the early Neolithic cultural sites. It should be said that rice production is not a problem. Guilin rice noodles have a north and south of this unique flavor food, to shine in the long history of Chinese civilization. Today, Guilin rice noodles Guilin has come out in many parts of China, can see the signs of Guilin rice noodles, even as far as Europe and the United States, can also be seen Guilin rice noodles.

Buddhism and Horseshoe

Buddhism originated in India, from the Han Dynasty began to spread into China, the culture of far-reaching impact on China. Guangxi, the introduction of Buddhism is one of the earliest areas of China from the sea. Around the Western Han Dynasty Buddhism has spread to the Guangxi region. Guilin specialty --- horseshoe, and on the introduction of Buddhism to China.

Guilin is located in the hub of Hunan, Guangxi and Guizhou provinces, known as "Southwest will house" from the Qin Shi Huang Ling Qu beginning Lingnan cut roads leading to the Central Plains, excellent location plus "Green hills, odd holes, stone beautiful "natural environment to attract the monks here preaching preaching, to promote Buddhist culture boomed, Guilin became one of the Buddhist center in southern China in the Tang Dynasty. According to existing records in the Tang Dynasty relic Shihan inscriptions Guilin Kaiyuan Temple, the Tang Gaozong significant celebrate four years (AD 659 years), in Gui Zhou Cheng (now Guilin) ​​to the south has a good Hing Temple. Tang Kaiyuan twenty-six years (AD 738 years), Xing Shan Temple renamed Kaiyuan Temple. According to Wang Qing Sen "western Guangdong cluster contains" records, the Zen master Hui Neng the Sixth Patriarch, when Empress Wu "has been saying in Wing Ning Shuangrui preaching rock", Yongning (now Guilin Yongfu) is a state in Guilin neighborhood Tang Dynasty, which segment records reflecting the Tang Dynasty Zen has passed Guilin. Temple built in the Tang Dynasty Xiqing, Guilin is the most famous temples. The temple near the mountain lake, scenic, monks gathered at that time, was very popular, is known as one of the five major Buddhist temple in southern China in the Tang Dynasty. In addition to Kaiyuan Temple and West Qinglin outside the temple, as well as the Tang Dynasty in Guilin Qixia Temple, Yue Temple set, Yunfeng Temple, Jinshan Hospital, heart Ming Temple, Gordon Temple, etc., where these Fubo Temple, Folded Brocade Hill, Elephant Trunk Hill, Putuo mountain, mountain llama, hidden dragon Cave, Hunan and other places around the mountain caves of the Tang Dynasty statues, their number in the hundreds or more respect.

Horseshoe is one of Guilin favorite fruit, also known as water chestnut. Guilin in the southern suburbs of the town Tsugeki Yaocun fired in three excavated in the late Southern, popular in the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the decline of Buddhism in the Northern Song Dynasty kilns, kiln unearthed in which the No. 3 slot grind, water chestnuts Zhou Bian multi-grain trim and lined water ripples, this is the pattern of other kilns unearthed pottery of the Tang Dynasty does not have. Guilin water chestnut is one of the most famous products, it appears in the Tang Dynasty ceramics, indicating no later than the Tang Dynasty, Chinese water chestnut has been with Buddhism came from India of origin.

Guilin horseshoe reputation is very large, even the great literary giant Lu Xun also failed to taste and regret. The 1930s Guangxi Teachers College (now Guangxi Normal University) founded the Literature Department, engage the services including Chen Wang Tao, Xia Zhengnong, Xiong Foxi, including a large number of teachers to teach. At that time, Guangxi Teachers College Dean Chen would like to hire this life Lu Xun, Lu Xun did not come unfortunately, Mr. Chen Lu Xun wrote this reply did not explain life to the cause of Guangxi Teachers, in particular, the letter said: "Guilin water chestnuts, also heard early Ray name, but unfortunately no blessing on the ground, a taste of good taste, it had also had a small horseshoe to Shanghai on behalf of the ear. "

Sanhanashu culture

Guilin's wine industry has a long history. Guilin three flowers on behalf of Guilin is famous for wine. It is clear, transparent, high-β- phenylethyl alcohol content, having a function of promoting blood circulation refreshing comfortable finish. According to historical records, Guilin wine industry has a thousand years of history, much wine industry is very developed in the Song Dynasty. Song of the week to a non "Ridge outside Pickup" recorded pomp Guilin wine industry: "all at the road, the rate of sell liquor, (then Guilin title) is even worse in the quiet river." Guilin same era who served as prefect - - Nancy Road JINGLUE Shi Guang of Fan Chengda, also mentioned: "to Guilin and Lu Rui and drink, and make wonderful wine, although the sonic booms Huguang sworn wins, may not be too antagonistic.." Thus, Guilin to the wine industry in the late Song Dynasty and has been very well developed reputation as "sonic booms Huguang" the.

Guilin can spawn such a wine and it is located in the unique geographical environment have a great relationship. As the old saying goes: "Water is the blood wine, rice wine in the meat, the wine is the wine of the song bone." Guilin environment just makes all three rolled into one. First, the scenic Guilin, "with water as Seira, such as mountain Jade Hairpin," feeding the people of Guilin, Guilin Mother River - Li River Bitou clear, pure sweet water, rich in minerals. Wine brewing is inexhaustible "blood"; as previously described, is located in South Guilin, rice culture is one of the birthplace, Guilin rice produced "white rice quality, tablets complete, starchy rate as high as Seventy-two percent above, "wine is brewed rare" meat "; Guilin but it is also an important producer of wine, herbs, rich flavor of the grass, and after dried rice flour made koji, is formed over the "bone" of brewing wine. With the ideal of "blood, flesh, bone," plus Seiko brewing, they produce the famous Guilin three Huajiu.

The three Huajiu named, reportedly began in the Qing Dynasty, when the wine to steam boil three times, so that the three boil wine. Identification of the wine quality of the merits, there is no alcohol in the past table, identified by grade tasting, the wine poured into a glass, how many bulbs to flower the cup appears to determine the level, such as heap flowers, full of flowers, flower bulbs, three flower discontent , hence the name "three Huajiu." Some said, such as the altar to heap flowers, into the bottle to heap flowers, but also heap flowers into the cup, so that the "three Huajiu."

Three Huajiu for its excellent quality by Guilin loved the people, before the war, it Huguang marketing, exported to Hong Kong and Macao. Whenever three Huajiu along the river, along the river from the people can smell the smell the smell of wine. Anti-Japanese War, Guangxi, Guangdong New Gui Li Bai Huang Chen Jitang launched a joint "anti-Japanese Chiang Kai-shek," the so-called "June Movement", while KMT Chairman Lin Sen and other government officials to eight Guilin, in Jiang, Gui negotiations, Lin Mori for three Huajiu greatly appreciated, the matter time for the elephants, Guilin three Huajiu reputation spread like wildfire, worth double.

Dog food culture

Guilin dog food culture has a long history. Dogs are one of the earliest human animal domestication, Ten thousand years ago in the Guilin Zengpiyan ruins have the remains of dogs. May then begin a meal of dog meat has become the Guilin bites. Dogs are animals commonly consumed China. "Book of Rites articles" on the records of the Zhou Dynasty eight food - "eight treasures," which include "dog liver", the document also describes a "dog soup" approach. "Salt and Iron Powder inadequate food articles," the Han Dynasty, Mei Sheng "Seven Fat" in each time a restaurant in the fashion menu, scattered papers cited deficiencies prevalent in the Western Han Dynasty restaurants in 20 models fashion food, among them "this dog" (dog sauce slice), "to taste" in Mei Sheng "seven fat" listed in paragraph nine, of which there are "fat dog and, in order to take the mountain skin" (open burning fat dog , stained crisp shi'er). Changsha Mawangdui Tomb III burial in foods are thirty-eight bamboo, able to identify the animal foodstuffs among them dogs. In short before Qin Han, Han Chinese cuisine with dogs, Qin and Han dynasties, but this diet habits gradually disappear in the Central Plains, only Guangdong and Guangxi also retain this food culture.

According to leading scholars in Guilin, Jingjiang Wang Zhu Yin-long research descendants, dog food culture gradually disappeared in the Central Plains, first, because Wei Jin Dynasties, the Central Plains unrest, North Central Plains nomads, the nomads' dog as its main hunting equipment, taking residence OK, Willy Lai's. the food given to the dog, the dog's sense of virtue, pious reverence, there is even enshrined as a family of ancestors who never tolerate food to be slaughtered. "the other is influenced by Buddhism. By the Song dynasty, national and even banned dog carcasses, offenders will be sentenced to death. In the private sector, was the prevalence of Pure Land Buddhism, Pure Land Buddhism "Five dirty" Ring, dog topped. "So eat dog in one fell swoop, raw dry law country, offerings were reported dead men, from the Yuan and Ming so far, since the number of discipline, such a concept engrained, folklore, also borrowed for exhorting, such as the Yuan Dynasty four famous drama, 'Jing, Liu, worship, kill' in the "kill a dog in mind," and it is still popular today, "Mulian" kill a dog heaven in a drama, the will kill a dog of sin, greatly exaggerated, people did not dare to trade plus try. "As is located in Guangxi Lingnan" go as far as the birthplace of the Han, while keeping the most popular Chinese eat dog special one end of Seoul. "

Guilin diet is a huge and sophisticated system, although its impact is no such thing Sichuan, Guangdong, Jiangsu, Shandong and other cuisine so big, but also has its own characteristics and influence. Culture and historical heritage of the diet Guilin, Guilin beautiful natural scenery, long history and splendid culture considerably.