"Let's go to the village later to see if we can help." Zhang Xiuying came over with fruits. She heard that there will be a running feast in the village tomorrow, so she planned to go and see if she could help.
"Auntie, isn't it done tomorrow?" Liu Xiaoxiao said. "I'm going over today. How can I help?"
"Haha, you guys are too young and have never seen a running water mat. To set up such a large flowing water mat, it used to take three to five days to prepare. Now that we have more materials, we still need to prepare some things." Zhang Xiuying said.
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"The mat with flowing water, the mat with flowing water, the mat with flowing water."
Li Pinghe came over with a teacup and sat down. "You are young and don't know how to make a flowing table."
"Uncle, isn't this running water banquet where the dishes are all served at once, and everyone leaves after eating, and then the next wave of people come over to eat?" Liu Xiaoxiao became more and more strange the more she listened.
Li Pinghe smiled, waved his hand, and said that the flowing water mat is really special. "Let's talk about the history of this flowing water mat first. The flowing water mat has a history of more than a thousand years."
As he spoke, Li Pinghe took a sip of water, put the cup on the side and said, "'Flowing Water Feast' was first named because the temple relied on flowing spring water to float trays of vegetarian meals to pilgrims, so it was called "Borrowing Flowing Water Feast". Guests came one after another.
, the custom of eating as you go is also very appropriate for the name "Liu Shui". Unlike ordinary banquets, all the cold dishes are served first, and then all the hot dishes are served. The biggest feature of the Liu Shui Banquet is that the dishes are served one after another.
Like flowing clouds and flowing water."
"Ah, this is different from what I thought. I thought they were guests. They left after eating and ate as soon as they came. It was like a flowing water banquet." Liu Xiaoxiao looked surprised. This seemed to be different from the usual flowing water banquet.
"That's not a real flowing-water banquet. There are a lot of details about flowing-water banquets. When it comes to time, the flowing-water banquets of our old Han and Westerners usually take three days to complete. The first day is called "Zhike", which means a banquet held by the host's family, family members, and close friends.
The second day is called "Zhengjiu", which is a grand banquet where all the guests come to congratulate each other. Important ceremonies are held on this day; the third day is called "Thank you wine", which is used to thank the neighbors for coming to help.
Folks, what you are talking about is another kind of "flowing seat". It is different from hotel reception. Guests have to sit in turns, usually divided into the first round and the second round, until all the guests have been served. Some take them from morning to night, and some
It is customary to first entertain the relatives and guests (the newlywed woman’s maiden family) and then the groom’s guests. This is also called a “flowing water banquet”.
"That's right, what we are doing tomorrow should be the second type of flowing water mat, right?" Liu Xiaoxiao said.
"That's the wrong thing to say." Cheng Dahao said with a smile.
"We're here, let's sit down." Li Pinghe greeted this young man in the village with a smile. Although this kid is a bit more lively than the average village boy, he has a good heart and is a good boy.
Cheng Dahao smiled and sat down. "How are you preparing for the banquet? Is there anything you need to say?" Li Han poured tea for Dahao.
"We prepare the pigs and sheep that need to be killed and the meat that needs to be braised two days before the banquet. The women in the village have been busy these two days," Cheng Dahao said.
"By the way, great, how will our banquet be done?" Li Pinghe asked.
"Are there many kinds?" Liu Xiaoxiao asked in a low voice.
"No, let's talk about our Lantian. The nine bowls of Lantian. The nine bowls of Lantian are stewed cabbage, stewed tiger skin tofu, stewed radish slices, cubed meat, sweet rice, sliver meat, shredded mustard radish, braised diced pork and old tofu.
Meatballs stewed with seaweed. Nine Big Bowls began in the Tang Dynasty. It is said that the Tang Dynasty poet Wang Wei introduced the court's hospitality method to the people when he lived in seclusion in Lantian. After that, Lantian Nine Big Bowls became very popular. It reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, and a large number of chefs emerged in Lantian.
, they can support their families and move around the world with just a frying spoon. The Jianghu people give them the nickname "Lantian Spooning Spooner"." Li Pinghe said.
"There are also nine big bowls here in Weinan, but they are still a little different from Lantian." Li Pinghe said. "It is popular to eat "nine big bowls" at ordinary festive banquets in Hanzhong, also called "change food". Serve it cold first.
Place the plate in the middle. Place four small plates on the four corners, filled with sesame leaves. Four small plates of spiced beans or four small cold plates can also be placed on the four sides. These dishes are suitable for drinking. After drinking, start "changing food"
, serving dishes of different varieties in a row, usually "seven changes", "ten changes", and up to "thirteen changes". Generally, you don't drink alcohol when "changing dishes", the host can say politely "bring the wine."
, those who like to drink can continue to drink. Most people just taste the delicacies and serve "eight-treasure rice" in the middle of the "change of food". After the "change of food", everyone takes a break. The host takes away the leftover dishes, cleans the table, and then brings the food again.
Serve the "Nine Big Bowls" and "Muleng Mo" in front of the guests, and then disperse after finishing the "Nine Big Bowls."
"It's so complicated." Liu Xiaoxiao scratched her head. She didn't expect that the nine bowls alone had so many details, and they were different in different places.
"Yes, there are also Hancheng Thirteen Flowers and Dali Nine-Pin Thirteen Flowers. This is a large banquet comparable to Luoyang Water Banquet. Thirteen cold dishes are arranged in a special pattern. Among them, Yan Jingming, the veteran of the Qing Dynasty Pavilion,
The most famous one is Sheng Guan Tu. The dish is different from the bowl. It contains thousands of steamed vegetables and a combination of meat and vegetables. The dish is larger than the bowl and is like a soup basin. It can have clear soup, white soup, hot and sour soup, and various kinds of meat and vegetables.
It is a really big banquet, but few people use it now, it takes a lot of time and materials, and there are fewer people who want to make it authentic." Li Pinghe said.
"Wow, uncle is so awesome and knows so much." Liu Xiaoxiao looked admiring.
The baby, like Dudu and the other little people, had little stars in their eyes. "Grandpa, I know a lot of delicious food." The little Dudu clicked his little mouth and looked greedy, which made Li Han laugh and cry.
"Uncle, you're right. This Dali Nine-Rank Thirteen Flowers is too complicated, uses a lot of materials, and is difficult to make. In the past, only wealthy and powerful families could not host such a large banquet." Cheng Dahao,
said.
"What kind of banquet does the village plan to use this time?"
Li Han asked, "Nine bowls?"
"This time, everyone discussed for a long time, choose one of the nine bowls and the thirteen flowers." Cheng Dahao said.
"Thirteen flowers?"
"Are you using the Lishan Thirteen Flowers?" Li Pinghe looked at Cheng Dahao. You must know that the Thirteen Flowers and the Four Elements represent spring all the year round, the four meat dishes represent the Pearl Treasure, and the four big bowls contain stewed chicken, red pig's trotters, and fungus with yellow flowers.
Shredded tripe soup, sweet wine glutinous rice with egg flowers, and egg rolls with rotten winter melon, which symbolizes a God-given marriage, good flowers, and a full moon. The four large dishes: large stir-fry and small stir-fry, some vegetarian and some meatless, to show health and longevity, and lingering. The top dish is pig meat or meatball soup.
Pair it with four kinds of dried fruits.
"Nine big bowls and a big banquet are not as good as thirteen flowers." Cheng Dahao said.
Of course, the Nine Big Bowls are a tradition and cannot be thrown away, but there are many city people here this time, especially Li Han’s family from Anxi. You know, there are Lantian Nine Big Bowls or Thirteen Flowers, both of which are used.
No problem.
Young people tend to eat Thirteen Flowers. This meal is more suitable for young people's taste. Furthermore, a Thirteen Flowers is not only steamed vegetables, but also for city dwellers with fickle mouths.
There was a meeting in the village and they discussed it for a long time, but in the end they decided to use Thirteen Flowers.
Li Han compared the Thirteen Flowers and the Nine Big Bowls and nodded. "The Nine Big Bowls are big dishes and the food is affordable. The Thirteen Flowers are great. Of course, the dishes are not as bad as the Nine Big Bowls. Choose the Thirteen Flowers."
Flowers are a good choice."
Nine big bowls of steamed vegetables are more diverse than Thirteen Flowers. In today's market, they are really a bit incomparable. The old village chief can agree. Although Li Han was surprised, he was a little impressed, you know.
"Thirteen Flowers, what a nice name."
Liu Xiaoxiao said, "Han, I'm going to find my sister. Will you go to the entrance of the village in a moment?"
"Dudu is going too."
Dudu, the little man, said, "Dudu can help."
"Grandpa Wang has gone."
"Haha, let's go help too." Natalie, although she couldn't understand it, looked at Dudu's little guys and Liu Xiaoxiao's excitement, and it was not difficult to guess that this stuff was very interesting.
"Don't cause trouble."
Li Han, don’t forget to tell a few villains.
Here in the village, things started getting busy early in the morning. More than a dozen women divided the work, washing vegetables, cutting vegetables, and setting out plates. Master Wang and several cooks who knew how to make banquets were busy. You know, the banquet today was not an ordinary banquet.
, with hundreds of tables, it’s definitely a waste of money, and even Laoshan Town hasn’t had a big banquet for many years.
No, reporters from the county and city are here, and Team Leader Wu has made preparations for a big show and a big banquet today.
