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1. The Tang Empire Food List

Tang Empire Food and Health Award - Prime Minister Li Linfu's "Manna Soup" Li Linfu boils He Shou Wu, deer blood, and deer tendons into "Manna Soup" every day, which is said to turn hair from white to black, and cures baldness, kidney deficiency, and nocturia......

Tang Empire Food Barbarism Award - Wu Zetian's male pet Zhang Yizhi, he invented the "goose and duck burning", put the goose and duck into the iron cage with charcoal fire, the goose and duck were roasted by the fire and ran around the cage, and when they were thirsty, they drank the spice five-flavor juice placed on the edge of the cage - finally the goose and duck will run until they are exhausted and roasted until the feathers are exhausted, and the meat color turns red. The condiment tastes three points. (Those ducks will face Zhang Yizhi with tears in their eyes when they are tortured: they are born from the same root, why are they too anxious to fry each other, although this duck is not the other duck, it is the same duck family, why do you want to do this to the same duck?!) Sad? Miserable? ）

Tang Imperial Food Creativity Award - Tang Xuanzong's sister-in-law, Mrs. Yu Guo, invented "deer intestine wine".

In order to understand the problem of transporting the wine, she hung the deer intestines in the air, and made people pour wine from the roof into the cup through the deer intestines during the banquet. Imagine that the water pipes in the bathhouse have turned into deer intestines, and the wine is flowing loudly, and you can hold it in a cup or open your mouth wide, how refreshing.

The Most Shocking Effect Award of the Tang Empire's Cuisine - the "Reluo River" of the minority general Ge Shuhan's "Reluo River" is a pot of fresh deer blood boiled deer intestines, which is red and fishy, and the double shock of vision and taste.

Tang Imperial Gourmet Luxury Award - Li Gongtang, Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty, "Li Gong Soup" uses precious jade, treasure beads, realgar, cinnabar, and seashell decoction, and each cup of soup costs 30,000 yuan.

Tang Empire Food Waste Award - Princess Taiping's Daming Palace "Muddy Sheep Death" goose filled with five-flavor minced meat into the belly of the sheep, stitched and roasted the sheep, and after roasting, the sheep was discarded and only the goose meat was eaten.

The Tang Empire Food Mass Award - "The Ruling and Wild Heroes" recorded the two heroes on the first day of "cooking pigs and sheep equal to eight feet in length, and the pancakes are more than eight feet long", wrapped in venison as thick as a pillar; The next day, the meat was chopped with a large awl, and the carriage galloped to pour the wine, and the horse dragged the meat quickly.

The Tang Empire's Food Shocking Award - "The Ruling and Wild Days" recorded the two heroes who "cooked a slave more than ten years old, presented their heads, hands and feet, and the guests all grabbed their throats and vomited". (It's so dramatic, wait until you're done eating to show the human head, haha, it turns out that you just ate human flesh!) Angry with you, scared to death, disgusting to death, sad to death you, just to shock the world! There are poems: I don't see the ancients before, I don't see the people who come after, I read the ancient and modern times, and I am shocking to the world! ）

The first person in the Tang Empire's cuisine - Zhang Heng, a native of Zhongshushe (equivalent to the secretary general of the Central Committee).

When Wu Zetian was in power, after Zhang Heng retired from the court, he couldn't help but buy freshly steamed steamed cakes on the side of the road, and ate them while walking on a horse, which greatly reduced the image of civil servants, endangered the majesty of the country, hindered international diplomacy, and was finally dismissed by Wu Zetian. (For a street snack lost the official, it can really be described as the first stupid hat in ancient and modern times, it is said that this steamed cake is very popular, the secret recipe is steamed out of a liter of face Sanhe lard, you must eat it while it is hot, it is particularly delicious, if you want to get rich with this, don't forget to pay for the information!) ）

2. Ice cream in the Tang Dynasty - Sushan

Very early on, the aristocratic rich would hide the ice cubes in the underground ice cellars and take them out to make cold drinks in the summer.

At the end of the Tang Dynasty, saltpeter was mined in large quantities for the production of gunpowder. It was discovered by chance that when saltpeter dissolved in water, it absorbed a large amount of heat and caused the water temperature to freeze, so people mastered the method of making ice in summer. Savvy merchants shaved ice cubes into ice chips and sold them with sugar and spices to make the "first generation" of ice cream, which resembles the crushed ice star god of war that is eaten today.

Cheng Xu, deputy director of the Shaanxi History Museum, introduced this ice cream from the Tang Dynasty. hua.

Cheng Xu said that in the "Lady Picture" of the Tomb of Prince Zhanghuai of Tang Dynasty and the mural "Wild Banquet Picture" of the Tang Dynasty, "Crisp Mountain" appeared, and two of the six characters in the "Lady Picture" of Prince Zhanghuai's Tomb are holding "Crisp Mountain". Some experts previously believed that the ladies were holding bonsai, but Shaanxi experts judged that the items held by other ladies in the pictures were food, as well as the exquisite plates holding "bonsai", and that the ladies were actually holding "crisp mountains" with flowers

"Sushan is the equivalent of the ice cream we eat today." Cheng Xu said that according to the literature, the bottom layer of the mountain should be ice, covered with cream, ghee, and ornaments such as flowers and colored trees.

The so-called "crisp", which is roughly similar to our today's cream and butter, is a kind of dairy product, which was introduced to the Central Plains from the northern nomads. At that time, "puff pastry" was considered not only to taste good, but also to be extremely nutritious. In addition to the white "Crisp Mountain", later there was also the red or green "Crisp Mountain" dyed by "Guifei Red" or "Meidaiqing".

So, how was ice cream made during the Tang Dynasty?

Some works have introduced the general method of "crisp mountain": it is usually made by women, and the "crisp" is heated until it is almost melted and very soft, and then it is drizzled on a plate or other utensil to make a mountain shape, and then it is frozen in an ice cellar. According to records, the "Sushan" made of cream was particularly popular in the Tang, Song, and Yuan dynasties.

I don't know if there are any poets in the Tang and Song dynasties who like to compose poems while eating ice cream, it must be very cold and cool. [Imagine Li Bai eating ice cream while composing a poem "Flying down three thousand feet", hahaha]

3. Drinks of the Tang Dynasty

In addition to tea and wine, the Sui and Tang dynasties also attached great importance to other beverages, especially sheep cheese.

The drinks of the Sui and Tang dynasties paid attention to color, aroma and taste, and introduced different varieties according to different seasons.

"The Great Cause" records the drinks of Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui: "There are Zen masters who make offerings in the lifespan, make five-color drinks, take Fufang leaves as green drinks, pull wedge roots as red drinks, buttermilk as white drinks, black plum syrup as Xuan drinks, and Jiangsheng as yellow drinks. It is also made as a five-spice drink: the first agarwood drink, the second clove drink, the second sandalwood drink, the second Zelan fragrance drink, and the second sweet pine drink, all have different methods, mainly incense. ”

In the Tang Dynasty, the drinks of the royal family were quite noble, and Tang Gaozong had "ice chips and hemp drink", "horse cheese" and so on.

The usual drinks are feta cheese and apricot cheese.

The poets have many verses about these two drinks. Chu Guangxi's "apricot-colored full of forest sheep cheese is cooked, and the wheat is cool and the pheasant is low", Han Hong's "I have always praised the sheep cheese here, and it has its own flavor of ulva soup", Du Mu's "endure cooking cheese and play jade plate from the general", Tortoise Meng's "The crown of the crane is difficult to overcome, and the sheep cheese is not spared", Cui Lu's "The apricot cheese gradually fragrant neighbor's porridge, and the elm smoke will turn into furnace ash" and so on. It shows that feta cheese and apricot cheese occupy an important place in people's minds.

Fourth, the fragrant winter warmth of the Chang'an drunkards

Chang'an wine shops are lined up, wine curtains and flags of various colors are hung in front of the door, and young women play and blow silk bamboos to attract passing diners. The kaki industry is so developed that a kind of puff pastry has appeared. Chest. Wai of the special service. Chang'an is very cold in winter, and the drunkards feel chills all over the body after being drunk, so in order to prevent vomiting, they need to be warmed up, and the method is to let the escorts/wine girls sit in a circle and use their body temperature to stimulate the alcoholics' energy to resist alcohol poisoning. According to the ratio of 1:20, the number of kabuki at that time was probably more than 100,000, and the competition was particularly fierce.

Fifth, there are turtles in the Tang Dynasty

In the Tang Empire during the Tang Xuanzong era, the whole people were immersed in the melody of Qiuzi music.

At this time, Qiuzi had a population of 80,000, and all the people were businessmen, and the country was strong. In the middle of the 7th century, in order to facilitate the rule of the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty moved the Anxi Protectorate originally located in Xizhou (now Turpan) to Qiuci, under the jurisdiction of Qiuci, Khotan, Shule, and Xiaye four towns (referring to important military towns), and Qiuci became the political center of the Western Regions. The collision of Chinese and Western cultures has created the brilliance of Guzile.

In the Tang Empire during the Tang Xuanzong era, the whole people were immersed in the melody of Qiuzi music.

At this time, Qiuzi had a population of 80,000, and all the people were businessmen, and the country was a great hero who was strong and reborn. In the middle of the 7th century, in order to facilitate the rule of the Western Regions, the Tang Dynasty moved the Anxi Protectorate originally located in Xizhou (now Turpan) to Qiuci, and governed the four towns of Qiuci, Khotan, Shule, and Xiaye ("town" means important military town), and Qiuci became the political center of the Western Regions.

The collision of Chinese and Western cultures has created the brilliance of Guzile. The rhythm of the music is bright, with drums, waist drums, cymbals, pipa, and transverse flutes as accompaniment, and the dance is swaying.

Only a strong appetite can digest so many exotic things. Only a very confident culture can allow such a great alienation, and Tang culture deserves to be the most glorious culture of the Chinese nation.

Background: The Hu people made up one-fifth of the population of Chang'an during the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, there were 200,000 Hu people in Chang'an (outsiders from the northeast, north and northwest were called "Hu people"). The Persians with big noses and small eyes peddle inferior green glass beads, but they insist that they are made of green jade; There are Koreans wearing hats and fat-legged trousers, and grilled salted fish on the roadside with yellow smoke on the stove to sell; There are also dark-skinned Indians who sell a variety of medicinal herbs according to the principle of similar treatments, such as ivory for fixing teeth, zebra tail for bowel movements, etc. The Hu people were very respected in Chang'an, and they were mostly engaged in commercial activities, and they were rich enough to rival the country.

Sixth, the glamorous dance of the Tang Dynasty

Do you know, the famous "Neon Clothes and Feather Song" is actually a glamorous dance.

During the Tang Dynasty, it was changed from Indian music, and the original song was called "Brahmin", and the dance of neon clothes and feathers was choreographed according to this song.

In a book of Ming people's notes, it is recorded that the stripping version of the neon dress and feather dance is the naked dance of the kabuki during the wine banquet.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were indeed nude-dancing or semi-nude dancing.

At that time, the dancers generally wore tulle feathers, and whether they were dancing in a healthy dance or a soft dance, it was too common for the gauze to slip off.

Sex in the Tang Dynasty. The concept is actually more open than the general impression is made.

In particular, aristocratic women and singers can wear low-cut outfits with topless-breast-exposed-breasts to show their career lines.

In normal times, when the dancers dance the hu dance, it often turns into a throwing pudding (that is, throwing the naked breasts). There are murals and unearthed artifacts as evidence, showing the scene of this glamorous dance.

By the way, the great poet Bai Juyi has a younger brother named Bai Xingjian, this guy once wrote a particularly awesome poem, called "Heaven and Earth Yin and Yang Jiao. Huan Da Le Fu", which is very long, and there are more than 3,600 words that have been handed down alone. In other words, there is still a lot of space to be scattered. The preliminary estimate is at least 4,000 words. In ancient times when the writing was simple, Bai Xingjian wrote a song of popping with more than 4,000 words, a god.

7. Bowling in the Tang Dynasty - Wooden Shooting

This game was born out of archery.

Use wooden balls as arrows and wooden stakes as arrow targets. Roll the ball out on the ground and call it a shot.

Yes, this is bowling in the Tang Dynasty.

The rules are hardly the same as those of bowling now, except for the calculation of points.

Modern bowling is played several times with nine wooden stakes in turns, and there are only fifteen wooden stakes for wooden shooting.

These fifteen wooden stakes are all pointed, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, ten red and five black.

The ten red ones are called: "benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, wisdom, faith, gentleness, kindness, courtesy, frugality, and letting." ”

The five black ones are called: "Slow, arrogant, deceitful, greedy, and indiscriminate." ”

The fifteen stakes are arranged in a row.

During the game, players each hold a wooden ball. Roll the ball out of the ground and hit the opposite stake.

Try to hit the red virtues, not the evil virtues of the Nine Heavens Martial Emperor latest chapter.

Whoever hits more virtues at the end of the game wins. The one who hits the most evil virtues will naturally lose.

Depending on how many players and their mood, it is possible to negotiate how many rounds to play.

Quite entertaining, right?

8. The most fashionable ball game in the Tang Dynasty

It must be polo.

Polo, also known as Polo ball.

Playing polo, also known as batting, bowing, and batting.

Hit the ball with a cane (hockey) on a horse and gallop back and forth. To engage in this sport, you must not only practice your skills, but also learn equestrianism.

Almost all the adult emperors of the Tang Dynasty liked to hit the ball, and more than half of them were obsessed with it, and Tang Jingzong Li Zhan was killed by his teammates. On the wall of the tomb of Li Xian, the prince of Qianling Zhanghuai in Qianxian County, Shaanxi Province, a picture of playing polo is painted, and more than 20 people gallop horses, or fight or help the battle, which is vivid and realistic.

The polo used in the court is made of light and tough wood, hollow or soft object, the ball is as large as a fist, painted with red lacquer, and painted with patterns. The stick is made of wood, several feet long, with a crescent-shaped end and a colorful pattern, similar to today's ice hockey sticks.

The pitch is generally large and flat to allow for galloping and ball rolling. Some princes and nobles built special courts for batting, and they also sprinkled oil to make it smoother.

Yang Juyuan's "Watching the Ball": "Sweeping the court is like a flat, and the dragon is suddenly a horse Xiaoguangqing. The entry is a hundred visits to see the majesty, and the three armies of the earth are singing. When Yule returned, he was stained with red sweat, and the flowers were red. If you want to make the atmosphere of the four seas quiet, the dust at the bottom of the cane does not dare to grow. In addition to writing about the stadium, he also mentioned that the crowd applauded.

Du Mu's "Jun Zhai Alone (Huangzhou Works)": "Success is given to the Lin De Palace, and the ape superfalcon sweeps the wide court." The three thousand palace maids looked sideways, and stepped on each other to break the double Mingju. ”

During the Jinglong period of Li Xian of Tang Zhongzong, the envoys of Tubo came to welcome the princess of Jincheng into Tibet, and played in the Liyuan Pavilion Yuciguan.

One of Zhang's "Two Songs of Cold Food Inner Banquet": "The imperial kitchen under the corridor divides cold food, and the incense in front of the palace rides the flying ball." "—During the Winter Food Festival, harem girls play polo.

Wang Jian's "Palace Words": "Fight for the first place in the palace, and don't play back balls in front of the palace." The insiders sang well and the turtle was anxious, and the son of heaven sheathed back to the jade building. - When playing ball, the music of Qiuzi is played, and there is "Playing Ball Music" in the Tang Dynasty song. The insiders applauded again and again, and the atmosphere was extremely warm. The "back-to-back ball" is similar to a backhand volley and is a difficult move.

After all, playing polo is a strenuous sport, and it is not suitable for delicate women - so the "donkey bow" of donkeys instead of horses was created.

9. Hockey in the Tang Dynasty - step play

This kind of sport appeared in the Tang Dynasty, that is, the game of polo was carried out on the ground, and the confrontation and intensity were not as good as that of polo.

When playing, it is surrounded by a cloth barrier, and the players inside are running step by step, and the people outside are running with the barrier, which is very fun.

10. The cute drinking order - seven wearing wings

The gameplay of this wine order is very simple, the commander holds the hat in both hands and hands it to whoever he wants.

The man immediately stood up and pretended to take the hat with both hands, and the people on the left and right sides immediately got up and put the hat with wings.

The person on the left raises his left hand, and the person on the right raises his right hand, makes the wings of the hat, and then begins to call the fan.

Whoever makes a mistake will be punished, for example, if you are slow to react, if you stretch out the wrong hand, or if you are late to fan your wings......

A group of goofy ancients.

——Note: The above is a comprehensive compilation of excerpts from various articles, thanks to the original authors.