Chapter 51: Gui Street

"This ......"

Wu Kaiyuan hesitated: "What we eat may be more greasy and have a heavier taste, generally hot pot, Sichuan cuisine, sheep and scorpions or something." ”

"That's the best!"

Liu Yifei said with a smile: "I am from Jiangcheng, Hubei Province, and I can eat spicy food." ”

Wu Kaiyuan was a little surprised: "Don't you have to be taboo or something?" ”

"No, you don't." Liu Yifei waved her hand, "I can eat anything!" ”

"Yes, let's talk about it."

Li Yi smiled and praised.

Liu Yifei's eyes lit up: "Can you speak Jiangcheng dialect?" ”

"A little, not much." Li Yi replied with a smile.

In the imperial dining room, there are people from all over the world, and every place has a dialect, Li Yi has been staying for a long time, and he can learn a few words.

"Awesome."

Liu Yifei praised: "I can understand, but I can't speak." ”

Wu Kaiyuan asked Li Yi curiously: "What do you mean by what you just said?" ”

Li Yi explained: "Talking about skimming means very capable, not procrastinating, and very refreshing." ”

"Oh! That's true! Yifei is indeed quite chatty. ”

Wu Kaiyuan laughed and said, "That's good! In that case, let's welcome Yifei to our dinner! ”

"Welcome!"

The surrounding staff cheered and were excited.

"Li Yi, are you with you?"

Liu Yifei invited Li Yi.

"Yes."

Li Yi did not refuse.

With Liu Yifei joining the dinner, everyone has no intention of working.

hastily cleaned up, explained the rectification to the workers, and everyone left the set.

went out and got on the bus of the program group, and everyone went in the direction of Gui Street.

Gui Street is the most famous food street in Beijing.

Less than 1.5 kilometers away, there are nearly 200 restaurants.

When the program team came to Gui Street, it was already meals, and the streets were crowded with people, not to mention the long queues in front of the doors of various restaurants.

Walking through the crowd of people, Liu Yifei, who is outstanding, has attracted countless eyeballs.

There were many passers-by who recognized her, but few came forward to ask for autographs or group photos.

Most people are still relatively conservative and don't dare to come forward to talk easily.

However, I still have the courage to stand in the distance and take out my phone to take a few photos.

Along the way, after seeing Liu Yifei, many passers-by were stunned as if they had been knocked on a stick, and then hurriedly took out their mobile phones and took photos of her.

Ms. Liu did not wear a mask or sunglasses.

In the face of mobile phone shooting, she didn't care at all.

When you see it, you will take the initiative to smile and wave and say hello.

Li Yi walked not far from her side, and she was also photographed with a lot of side faces.

But he is also the one who started his own live broadcast, and he doesn't care about it.

Liu Yifei walked all the way, looked around, and asked curiously: "Why is this street called Gui Street?" ”

"Uh..."

Wu Kaiyuan scratched his head with some doubts: "Hasn't it always been called Gui Street?" ”

A staff member in the back explained: "It seems that it was called Ghost Street because it used to be a ghost market, and then it was changed to Gui Street because the ghost is not good." ”

Hearing this, Li Yi shook his head slightly.

Liu Yifei happened to look at him, and when she saw him shaking her head, she asked curiously: "Li Yi, is she not right?" ”

Li Yi smiled: "That's right, it's not right." ”

"What's right? Are you playing pantomime? ”

Liu Yifei was amused by him.

Li Yi explained: "In ancient times, there were only two ghost markets in the capital, north and south, and the south city was in the small city of Dongxiao outside Chongwenmen, which is now Dongxiao City.

Beishi was first on the northeast river side of Deshengmen Bridge, and later changed to Duanjia Hutong in the northwest corner of Houhai. ”

Hearing Li Yi's explanation, Wu Kaiyuan was a little surprised: "Aren't you from Yangcheng?" How do you know so much about Beijing? ”

"Read more books."

Li Yi smiled, then raised his hand and pointed to a huge bronze Bo Gui at the entrance of the street, explaining: "Gui is a utensil for food in ancient China, popular from the Shang Dynasty to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and is a landmark utensil of Chinese bronze civilization.

In banquets, it is often matched with the tripod and is a symbol of status and power.

Therefore, in ancient times, there was a saying that 'the Son of Heaven used nine tripods and eight tripods'.

It means that the food that the Son of Heaven feasts on should be served with nine tripods and eight guis.

Below the Son of Heaven is decreasing gradually.

The princes have seven tripods and six tripods, the doctor has five tripods and four tripods, and the Yuanshi has three tripods and two tripods, and the lowest level has only one tripod and no tripod.

Of course, ordinary people have neither tripods nor cooks for eating.

Therefore, if taken literally, the name of this street is Gui Street, which means to eliminate the hierarchical restriction and treat visitors equally. ”

"That's it! It's the first time I've known about it. ”

Liu Yifei seems to understand whether she understands or not.

"Normally, ordinary people don't care about this, only we cooks will study this kind of thing." Li Yi made a joke.

"It's kind of funny."

Liu Yifei tilted her head: "This is also the cultural inheritance left by the ancestors!" ”

Wu Kaiyuan looked at the huge bronze Bo Gui and sighed: "This big guy is estimated to be worth a lot of money, right?" ”

"It's a modern imitation, but the cost is not low."

Li Yi glanced at the female staff member and explained: "But it's not wrong to say that it was changed from a ghost street."

This street was originally called Dongzhimen Inner Street, and the locals in Beijing used to call it Dongnei Street.

This is an old street, the Dongzhimen overpass we came over just now, and a little further west, is the former Dongzhimen.

Dongzhimen already existed in the era of Yuan Dadu, and it was called Chongren Gate at that time.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the timber required for various buildings in the capital was generally transported to Tongzhou through the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, and then transported into the capital by Dongzhimen, so the folk also called it the wooden door.

Dongzhimen Inner Street has been lined with shops since the Ming and Qing dynasties.

However, it became famous in modern times in the late eighties.

At that time, for the first time, a 24-hour restaurant appeared on this street.

At that time, there were almost no overnight restaurants in the capital, and it was the first place to open up the atmosphere, so its popularity increased dramatically and it was very popular.

Later, people used the meaning of the ghost market that did business at night in ancient times, and named this place Ghost Street.

Later, it was changed to Gui Street. ”

Hearing Li Yi's explanation, the staff lady suddenly realized: "So that's the case!" I always thought it was because it was a ghost market in the past. ”

"There's never been a ghost market here."

Li Yi shook his head, and then said with a smile: "But it's also funny, in the eighties, there were all kinds of shops here, but they all lost a lot, and even the state-run department stores had to close their doors.

Only the restaurant business has gained a foothold here.

At that time, there was basically no business here, but at night, it was bustling. ”

"Why?"

Liu Yifei was puzzled.

"Because there is no business during the day, the restaurant owner can only stay up and stay open until night!"

Li Yi said with a smile: "It just so happened that there was no place to eat supper in the capital at that time, so it gradually became popular here." ”

"How do you know everything?"

Liu Yifei was amazed, and then asked curiously: "Then do you know what is the best food here?" ”

"Don't ask me about this, they should all know."

Li Yi looked at everyone in the program group.

Wu Kaiyuan didn't want to think about it, and replied in unison: "Spicy crayfish!" ”