Chapter 25 The third section extends to literature

Dietary practice contains many life philosophies. For thousands of years, many lively words and idioms have emerged among the people, such as "beautiful scenery and delicious food" which uses beautiful scenery to describe food, and uses the delicious soup and barbecue to describe everyone. The "popularity" of something admired is a metaphor for "salivate" who covets something, and it is a metaphor for "surrogate" who acts beyond authority to satisfy self-interest. ", which is a metaphor for "cooking chicken with a cow's cauldron" or "cutting chicken with a sledgehammer" to make a fuss, a metaphor for "eating a big pot of rice" for egalitarianism, a metaphor for "a mouse droppings ruining a pot of porridge" for a small evil to cause a big disaster, and a metaphor for hard work with the right goal. There will be rewards, "If you plant melons, you will reap melons, and if you sow beans, you will reap beans", which is a metaphor for outstanding things that are not afraid of being buried, "The fragrance of wine is not afraid of deep alleys", etc. These words or idioms express a rich and wonderful humanistic charm. The language adds a lot of color.

Food culture is like a wide-angle mirror, reflecting the rich and colorful social life, which is reflected in literary works and can touch people's heartstrings.There are unique famous products and delicacies all over China, which often form a unique charm with the regional landscape. This kind of literary works can best arouse people's strong sense of locality and patriotism.For example, people from Lingnan, no matter where they go, will never forget the blue sky and blue sea in their hometown, and the charm of coconut trees facing the wind;Even those who are relegated will linger lingeringly when they think of the special products of Lingnan, or get in touch with the folk customs and scenic spots of Lingnan.Su Shi once said: "There are three hundred lychees in a solar eclipse. You might as well grow up as a Lingnan native." of verses.It can be seen that the unique charm of local famous products and scenery.Songjiang perch and Taihu water shield are symbols of Jiangsu and Zhejiang delicacies. They are not only loved by wanderers in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, but also leave meaningful memories for guests from all over the world.Pi Rixiu in the Tang Dynasty once chanted the famous bream of the Yangtze River: "Be courteous and don't laugh at the order of Xiangyang, and shrink the bream [bianbian] for the love of Nantang". After 1300, Mao Zedong became another ode to bream The author: "I only drink Changsha water and eat Wuchang fish", which makes the Yangtze River bream famous far and wide.Zhang Zhihe, another poet of the Tang Dynasty, wrote "Egrets fly in front of Xisai Mountain, peach blossoms and mandarin fish [guigui] are fat", and he eulogized the beautiful scenery of the south of the Yangtze River with the famous mandarin fish. For more than 1,000 years, people are tasting it When the mandarin fish is delicious, it can be associated with the beauty of late spring in the south of the Yangtze River.There are also many high-quality fish species in China, such as Yellow River carp, Fuchun River shad, Pearl River fish, Heilongjiang salmon, etc., all of which have long been in the word of mouth of Chinese people at home and abroad.Since ancient times, there have been many poems praising the grassland.The Northern Dynasties folk song "Chile Song": "The sky is blue, the wild is vast, and the wind blows the grass and the cattle and sheep are low." It has become a swan song for more than 1,400 years that has aroused people's yearning for the lush grassland.

Numerous famous native products from all over the country have become tokens of people's nostalgia for their homeland.The above are just some examples. In Chinese poems, essays, Ci, and Fu, there are many such themes. Our country's literary works, which use food as the theme to express various social life masterpieces, have existed in all ages.In the first part, there are many chapters that show planting and breeding industries through food themes, various food customs, banquets of nobles and unreasonable distribution of working people's curses.The poets and writers of the following dynasties, from Qu Yuan, Song Yu, Sima Xiangru, Mei Cheng, Shu Xi, Xie Lingyun, Li Bai, Du Fu, Bai Juyi, Su Shi, Lu You, Wu Chengen, Shi Naian, Cao Xueqin and Lu Xun... all left behind. Great work on food.