Chapter 14: The Truth About Bamboo Shoot Jelly

The second stop is Sunshine Rock, which looks like a smooth stone from a distance suddenly appeared in the lush trees, it is said that it is only 92.7 meters above sea level, which is hardly a mountain for Qiao Qingye who has climbed Huashan on foot, and it is very easy to walk with steps all the way.

While walking, listen to the tour guide for the cultural history of the Sunshine Rock, the original name of the Sunshine Rock is "Huang Rock", according to legend, when Zheng Chenggong came to Gulangyu, he saw that the Huang Rock is more beautiful than the scenery of the Sunshine Mountain in Japan, so he took apart the word "Huang" and named it "Sun Rock".

Standing at the gate of Sunshine Rock Mountain, a huge rock with a height of more than 40 meters stands in the sky, and the huge rock cliff is inscribed with four big characters of "Tianfeng Haitao", which is said to be inscribed by Xu Shiying, a famous historical figure in modern history, in 1915; There are also two lines of big characters on the left and right sides of the inscription "Gulang Cave Sky" and "Lujiang No. 1", the big red characters are very eye-catching, and the scenery of Sunshine Rock is summarized vividly.

Entering the mountain gate is Nikko Rock Temple, also known as "Lotus Temple". Along the way, Gao Hui asked to help him take pictures, he liked the big red characters for a while, liked the name of the Lotus Nunnery for a while, and liked all kinds of sculptures for a while, Qiao Qingye thought to himself, this is really a "fraternity" man.

Walking further up, they saw a group of bronze statues of soldiers playing with cakes in the Longtou Cottage, and the road guide gave a very interesting interpretation of this group of sculptures. Legend has it that more than 300 years ago, when Zheng Chenggong resisted the Qing soldiers in Xiamen and recovered Taiwan, many of his soldiers were from Fujian, Guangdong and other regions, and the soldiers were more and more nostalgic for their homeland during the Mid-Autumn Festival.

At this time, in order to relieve the nostalgia of the soldiers and boost their morale, his subordinate Hong Xu cleverly designed this "Bo Cake" game according to the sieve game played by the soldiers at ordinary times, so that all the soldiers could have a happy fight in the cool Mid-Autumn Festival night. After hundreds of years of inheritance, it has now become a local Mid-Autumn Festival culture, which is said to predict luck in the coming year.

What's more interesting is that the name design of the Bo cake award is very meaningful, which is designed according to the titles of the imperial examination system at all levels, with 1 "champion", 2 "Bangyan" in the opposite hall, 4 "Tanhua" in Sanhong, 8 "Jinshi" in Sijin, 16 "Juren" in Erju, and 32 "Xiucai" in Yixiu, a total of 63 cakes of different sizes.

"So is there still a game of Bo Piao?"

"Of course there is, now we also have to play the cake game every Mid-Autumn Festival, but it's not a real cake, it's not a moon cake, but a red envelope or something, keep pace with the times~

Each merchant also uses the gimmick of Bo cake to attract customers, just like you often draw lotteries or something, our merchants will also set up some awards to attract everyone to Bo, and the worst is what laundry detergent and toothpaste......

The road guide smiled and used his seafood Mandarin to popularize the modern game of Bo Cake with everyone, and even talked about the skills of Bo Cake:

"The skills of Bo cakes, this is actually luck, so you must not Bo with the big-bellied woman, dignitaries and dignitaries, they are lucky and ordinary people can't win it, especially the big-bellied woman, whoever stands next to her is unlucky."

"Hahaha......"

There was a burst of laughter from the crowd, this trick is so "useful"!

In the end, it is effortless to reach the top, on the top you can overlook the entire Gulangyu Island, red tiles, green trees, blue sea and blue sky, 360-degree vision, wind from all directions, and the feeling of dryness and heat when climbing the mountain is gone. Qiao Qingye stood on the top, feeling comfortable physically and mentally, looking at Xiamen Island opposite, feeling that the trip was worthwhile.

What about the high meeting? I have already turned on the panorama mode, 360-degree comprehensive shooting, I am not satisfied with my own shooting, I have to take a photo for each colleague, and it can be seen that my colleagues have a good impression of this young and handsome young man. The three young ladies took the initiative to ask for a photo with Gao Hui, smiling sweeter than the other.

Qiao Qingye doesn't like to take pictures, so he stands alone at an angle facing the sea, feeling the beautiful scenery and the sea breeze. But how could Gao Hui let her go? I saw him quietly leaning behind Qiao Qingye, patting her on the shoulder coldly, and when Qiao Qingye turned around, he heard the camera "click".

"Take a picture of you looking back and smiling, I guarantee that you are satisfied~"

Gao Hui patted his chest, and he had a delicate little camera in his hand that he didn't know where it came from. Qiao Qingye pouted,

"Then I have to thank you."

"You're welcome~"

Gao Hui waved his hand with a smile and made a very generous appearance, not caring about the meaning in Qiao Qingye's tone at all, Qiao Qingye felt that this was a living treasure.

There is a limit of 30 people on the top, and there is only one entrance and exit, and you will have to go down after standing for a while.

The next stop is Shuzhuang Garden. The road guide said that this was a private villa before, and the owner of the garden was Lin Erjia, a local gentry, and now it is open to the public, and the crowd sighed as "rich".

Because the design of this garden is very exquisite, all kinds of rockeries are scattered, I didn't see the sea when I just went in, and when I walked through the moon cave door, the sea suddenly came to mind, so that people have a kind of garden on the sea, the sea in the garden.

There is actually a piano museum in the garden, which has a lot of exquisite shapes and historical pianos, and the price of the piano told by the road guide makes people even more surprised. However, not all of them are the owner's personal collections, and there are also some valuable exhibits collected in various places after the Shuzhuang Garden became a museum.

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Time flies quickly, and after walking with the road guide for so long, everyone is a little hungry, so the road guide leads everyone to the Longtou Road Food Street to feast on food, and by the way, introduce the local must-eat special food. The three children quickly cheered.

So the road guide introduced the "eight special delicacies that you have to eat when you come to Gulangyu" while walking, and there are a variety of snack bars on the commercial food street, Qiao Qingye is ready to taste more varieties, so she asked Gao Hui to join her.

The first stop is Shacha noodles, as the name suggests, they are noodles with Shacha sauce as the soup, but there are a lot of seafood ingredients added to it, and the taste is still good, Qiao Qingye and they ate a small portion;

The second stop is oyster frying, which looks a bit like an egg scramble, but with oysters, cucumber shreds and a secret sweet sauce, the taste and texture are not bad;

The third stop is Lin's fish balls, his fish balls are made by hand, the soup is delicious, the fish balls are strong, and Qiao Qingye scored five points!

The fourth stop is Ye's mochi, which has a soft and glutinous taste......

After eating a lot of variety, Qiao Qingye feels so full, what about Gao Hui? Every time you eat, you have to take a picture first, and you have to stop eating. Suddenly, Qiao Qingye saw a sign of "Bamboo Shoot Jelly" standing at the door of a courtyard, and the road guide also began to introduce:

"This is our Xiamen specialty snack bamboo shoot jelly, according to legend, it was also invented by the national hero Zheng Chenggong, at that time Zheng Chenggong was attacking Taiwan, grain and grass were in short supply, the soldiers of the garrison on the beach went to the sea to dig bamboo shoots, cook bamboo shoot soup, the bamboo shoot soup solidified and became bamboo shoot jelly, very delicious, so the practice has been handed down......

"Are soil shoots bamboo shoots?"

Curious, Uncle Glasses began to ask questions again.

"Of course not, the bamboo shoots are a unique insect on our side, mollusks like earthworms~ They are gray and white, with thick fingers like cylindrical bamboo shoots, so they are called soil bamboo shoots, which are very nutritious and have medicinal value......"

Qiao Qingye listened to the introduction while thinking that the worm with the thickness of a white finger had been eaten by herself, and suddenly felt a tumbling in her stomach, she turned her head and glared at Gao Hui, who also turned her head to look at Qiao Qingye, with an expression on her face that the conspiracy had been exposed.

"Why are you so annoying!"

In the next second, Qiao Qingye began to chase Gao Hui, and Gao would dodge left and right. The road guide nodded after seeing it, and said in surprise:

"Looks like this young lady has tasted it......"

Everyone saw the two chasing each other and let out a knowing laugh.