Chapter 50: Peculiar Customs
Mo Feitian, Zhang Ruyi and the white camel arrived in Dunhuang City. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info heard that there is a poplar tree in Yumen Pass, and only when you find the poplar tree, especially the thousand-year-old poplar tree, will you find some clues. Take a taxi to the ancient city of Yumenguan, which is 90 kilometers away from Dunhuang on the Gobi Desert, the gateway of the Silk Road out of the Western Regions. The ancient city is lonely and sits on the empty Gobi Desert, after getting off the car, go around the ancient city of Yumen Pass and turn around, the ancient city is square, the loess is built, the northwest wall has a door, there are forts, ancient towers, horse roads in the city, the general impact of the ancient city is not big, the remnants of the wall are broken. Set off by car, the ruins of the Great Wall of Han Dynasty appeared outside the window, it is a long section of the earthen city wall, and it is the ancient city of Hecang that goes forward, the grain warehouse of the defenders of Dunhuang in the Han Dynasty, and the ancient city of Hecang is the city of Fangpan, which is slightly larger than the ancient city of Yumenguan.
Take the car to continue westward, the highway is desert on both sides, go forward to Dunhuang Yadan address park, Yadan is steep and steep meaning, look from afar, like an ancient castle, get off the car and walk, see the buildings like the ancient castle are sparse, the more you go inside, there are more and more buildings like the ancient castle, there are city walls, streets, buildings, squares, sculptures and other images are realistic, as well as world-famous buildings like the Potala Palace in Tibet, the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, the pyramids of Egypt, the Arab mosque, the yurt on the grassland, etc., Going forward like entering the fascinating animal world, turtles, ducks, camels, horses, lions, etc., appear in front of you, this realistic modeling, is a masterpiece of nature, because the wind and sand here blow for a long time, the soft soil and stone are blown away by the wind, forming a ravine, the ground is left with a solid stone layer, the stone layer is carved by a strong wind like a knife, the strong wind carves the soil and stone into a human-like thing, vivid and vivid various shapes. However, not a single poplar tree was to be seen. Keep looking.
Unconsciously, night falls, the bright moon hangs high, the shape changes darkly, and there is a different scenery. Suddenly the wind rose, and the dust blew up, and the moonlight was obscured, and it was dark all around, and the tall shape, blurred, looked like the devil, shaking, and the wind became louder and louder, and it screamed, like thousands of devils, and the beasts were roaring, and it made people shudder, as if they were in a devil's city, and the devil was opening his bloody mouth and pounced on us. We were frightened, hurriedly ran to the parking place, got in the car, and galloped towards Dunhuang City, chasing after us like devils roaring.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Mo Feitian, Zhang Ruyi and the white camel took the car to Dunhuang City, got off the car, a little hungry, eat a full stomach first, came to the Shazhou Night Market, the lights are brilliant, bustling, people come and go, in front of all kinds of Dunhuang food stalls, full of people,
"Hello, come and drink a bowl of Dunhuang fairy porridge," a boss shouted to passers-by,
There is a billboard in front of the Dunhuang fairy porridge stall, which reads, Dunhuang fairy porridge is used to treat diseases with rice grain porridge, which was first seen in the "Historical Records of Bian Que Cang Gong Lie" which means that the fire Qi porridge used by the king of Qi to cure the disease, Huang Yunhu of the Qing Dynasty in China wrote the book "Porridge Spectrum", containing 247 porridge recipes, including cereals, vegetables, wood fruits, plant medicines, Hui medicines, animals, etc. The "fairy porridge" of the elderly who have been repeatedly used to treat colds can be called the representative prescription of Chinese medicine and Chinese medicine porridge. In fact, in the medicinal porridge of traditional Chinese medicine for health preservation, there are two kinds of famous "fairy porridge", in addition to the treatment of colds, there is also a kind of Dunhuang fairy porridge that is quite beneficial. According to the research, the Dunhuang fairy porridge made from yam and other traditional Chinese medicines is the earliest yam porridge recipe in China, which has important dietary therapeutic value.
"Dunhuang Immortal Porridge" is recorded in the "Dunhuang Scroll" of the Dunhuang Grottoes, and is attached to the back of a Taoist cultivation sutra called "The Secret of Breathing Jinggong". The porridge recipe details the practice and eating method of "Dunhuang fairy porridge": the yam is steamed and peeled for a catty. Half a pound of chicken head, boiled, shelled, pounded to the end, and half a liter of japonica. Cook it slowly into porridge and eat it hollow. Or the end of the leek two or three two, especially wonderful. After eating porridge, use good hot wine and drink three glasses of wonder. The effect of this porridge is good at making up for fatigue, invigorating qi and strengthening ambition, strengthening Yuan Yang and stopping ****. Wonderful. Here it is said that 50 grams of yam, 25 grams of chicken head fruit, 50 grams of japonica rice, 5 to 10 grams of leek seeds. The yam is steamed, peeled and crushed, combined with the starch and japonica rice, and the porridge is cooked over a slow fire. Add the minced leek seeds, stir well, and then cook slightly. Take on an empty stomach, after eating, drink a little hot wine, the effect is better.
The main components of "Dunhuang Immortal Porridge" are yam and chicken head, which are listed as good products for replenishing deficiency and invigorating qi by ancient Chinese medicine books such as "Shennong's Materia Medica". Leek seeds are warm and can aphrodisiac. Therefore, these kinds of traditional Chinese medicine combined with the spleen and stomach, nourishing and strengthening the body of japonica rice boiled into porridge, rich in nutrition, can treat a variety of diseases, can be called a good food medicine, has the effect of replenishing fatigue, and can benefit qi, aphrodisiac, stop the legacy, suitable for spleen and kidney yang deficiency and weakness, fatigue, shortness of breath and fatigue, listlessness, diarrhea for a long time, sperm loss, forgetfulness, etc.
Dunhuang mutton noodle soup brand is written in front of the brand, Dunhuang mutton noodle soup is made of Dunhuang local raised fat and strong sheep, slaughtered, washed and cut into large pieces, and then boiled in water. After the meat is cooked, remove it, shave the bones, and then return the shaved bones to the pot and boil it into soup over a warm fire. When eating, first mix the bone broth with water, put an appropriate amount of ginger, pepper, pepper, cinnamon, jade fruit, chili, refined salt, radish slices, garlic and other spices to boil, and then cut the cooked meat into thin slices and cut into pieces of cold powder into a bowl, scoop into the boiling soup, and sprinkle with chopped coriander, leeks, green onions, chili peppers, etc. The view of red, yellow, green and white, fragrant, spicy and refreshing food, fat but not greasy, has the effect of nourishing, fever and dispelling cold.
Dunhuang donkey meat yellow noodle card written in front of the Dunhuang donkey meat yellow noodle card is a famous food in Dunhuang, known as a unique China, people who have been to Dunhuang and people living in Dunhuang will see a lot of donkey meat yellow noodle restaurant on the roadside, there are only a few authentic sauce donkey meat yellow noodle restaurants, Dunhuang people know, Dunhuang City West Bridge Farmers Market, there is a Shunzhang donkey meat yellow noodle restaurant, and the market Xikou Da Ji donkey meat yellow noodles is the famous Dunhuang City sauce donkey meat yellow noodles representative. In Dunhuang, there is a popular saying: dragon meat in the sky, donkey meat on the earth. In other words, in Dunhuang City on the edge of the desert, the best thing to eat is donkey meat. Evaluate the quality of noodles: Each pulled noodles should be evenly thick from beginning to end, and the noodles should be cylindrical. The noodles have a firm texture. If there is a flat or thick one, it means that the ramen man is not at home. If the noodles are soft or too hard, it means that the cooking time in the pot is not well controlled, and it is also a sign that the shop is not mature in making yellow noodles. A good noodle restaurant will not have the above situation, not to know, to distinguish who is superior and who is inferior. You don't have to brag about whose noodles are the most authentic, just compare the noodles pulled out! Dunhuang yellow noodles are as thin as a dragon's whisker, as long as a gold thread, flexible and durable, and are eaten with soup or vegetables, and the fragrance is overflowing. The process of making yellow noodles is extremely exquisite, and the operation is also very difficult. I saw the ramen chef dancing a piece of pale yellow dough with both hands, sometimes stretching into long strips, sometimes rotating into twists, like a trick, pulling a dough weighing five or six catties into a handful of fine noodles. The yellow noodles cooked in the pot are bright in color and can be mixed with vegetables while they are hot. It is appetizing and greasy, clears away heat and annoyance, and increases people's appetite. Yellow noodles are pressed on a plate, and donkey meat is on the pound.