There are people who talk about eating in the Red Mansion, eating in the golden bottle, and there are also old ladies in the Xiangfu of Zhang Aijia, "Read the history of read and eat", today I will talk about eating in :)

The food described in the Journey to the West, first of all, is vegetarian, even the old pig is a son-in-law in Gao Laozhuang, and he does not dare to eat meat, he said by himself: "I was originally Guanyin Bodhisattva to persuade goodness, received his precepts, here fasting vegetarian, teach me to follow the scriptures to the West Heaven to worship the Buddha and ask for scriptures, will be meritorious, and get positive results." "I just don't understand, fasting, can be a son-in-law, this bodhisattva doesn't care.

Secondly, most of these foods are made from karma, and most of them are very simple, like this:

But it was said that Bajie held the bowl and only ran to the south slope of the mountain, and suddenly saw a grass hut between the mountain recesses. What a nerd, twisting the trick, reciting a mantra, shaking his body seven or eight times, turning into a tuberculosis yellow fat monk, humming in his mouth, approaching the door, shouting: "Donor, there is leftover food in the kitchen, and there are hungry people on the road." The poor monk is from the east to the west to learn scriptures, my master is hungry and thirsty on the road, there is a pot of cold rice at home, and there is some to save the mouth. ”

It turned out that the men of the family were not there, they all went to plant rice and plant grain, only two women were at home, and they had just cooked lunch and put up two pots, but they were packed up and sent to the field, and there were still some rice and pots in the pot, which had not been served. When the woman saw him so sickly, but said that the earth was going to the west, she was afraid that he would faint and talk nonsense, and she was afraid that she would fall and die at the door, so she had to coax him and fill a bowl with some leftover rice.

If you meet the following, it is a feast, this is a meal in Wuzhuangguan, the fairy guy eats, but it doesn't seem to be unusual:

The second boy was busy taking side dishes, but there were some pickled melons, pickled eggplants, dregs of radish, vinegared beans, pickled cabbage, and mustard greens, and they arranged seven or eight dishes in total, and ate with the masters and apprentices.

of Journey to the West is Bajie, I watched him on the way to the West to learn scriptures, almost never really full, always in a state of semi-hunger, eating, he never had time to chew carefully, he swallowed it whole, and he always had to ,—— after eating, but even so, because he only eats vegetarian, so I can't produce a disgusting imagination full of oily flesh foam, so I don't feel that his food is ugly, I only sympathize with him, sympathize with this sincere hunger.

So seeing that he was reluctant to eat after saving private money, he was particularly angry with Sun Monkey and cheated him of his silver to play, sometimes Bajie handed a small message to the master, tossing Sun Monkey, although Bajie is wrong, I think Sun Monkey also deserves a little:

Bajie said: "Poor, pitiful! I have become a monk, and now, some good believers have seen that I have a big stomach, and I have a little more money than them, so I took and saved here, and there are five coins of silver in bits and pieces, because it is not easy to clean up, the former went to the city, and a silversmith fried in one place, and he had no reason, and stole a few points from me, only four dollars and six cents, and his face! What kind of private house is this! It is all scraped off my teeth, I am reluctant to buy a mouth to eat, and I left to buy a piece of cloth to make a dress, but you scared me. And some with me. ”

In the whole Journey to the West, Bajie is really full only about once, and it is in the first Zhuangzi of Xiaoxi Tianhou:

The four people led their horses and carried their burdens into the house together, and saw the thorns and thorns laying on both sides, and the second floor door was a wall of brick and stone, and it was covered with thorns, and there were three tiled houses inside. The old man pulled a chair and sat down for tea, and called it a meal. After a while, moving over the table, there were a lot of gluten, tofu, taro seedlings, radish white, spicy mustard, cranberry, fragrant rice and rice, vinegar roasted sunflower soup, and the masters and apprentices had a full meal.

This meal is also a rare delicacy on the way to learn the scriptures, but the full meal that Bajie ate is still to come:

This village goes west for more than 30 miles, there is a thin persimmon, every year the ripe persimmon falls on the road, will be a stone alley, all filled; and by the rain, dew, snow and frost, through the mildew summer, made all the way filth. This side of the family is commonly known as. But the west wind is blowing, and there is a foul smell, even Taodongyuan is not as foul as this.

The four of them couldn't get by, so Sun Monkey thought of a way:

The walker smiled: "I have to cross the mountain now, but I am afraid that no one will take care of the food." Li Lao'er said: "The elder said that! When the four of you bear it, I can afford to support it, how can I say that no one cares about the food!" The walker said: "In this case, you go and make two stones of rice dry rice, and then make some steamed cakes and steamed buns, and when my long-mouthed monk is full, he becomes a big pig, and arches the old road, my master rides on a horse, and I wait to support it, and the situation is over." ”

The people said, "There's something! There's something! We all bring dry food and fruits, and we have baked cakes and dumplings here." and all that was to be given away by the mountain, and all of them were taken out for thy use. When it changes, when the time comes, we will send someone back to cook and bring it in. Bajie was full of joy, took off his soap, lost his nine-toothed palladium, and said to the crowd: "Don't joke, watch the old pig do this stinky work." "What a nerd, twisting the trick, turning into a big pig, really a mouth with long hair, short half fat, since childhood. The black face is like the sun and the moon, and the round head and big ears are like plantains. Cultivating strong bones is the same as longevity, and refining coarse skin is stronger than iron. Nasal croaking, chirping and sneezing. The four white hooves are thousands of feet high, and the sword is long and long. From seeing the fat pigs in the world, I haven't seen today's old pigs.

Tang Seng and others praised it, envying the high mana of the beautiful canopy. When Sun Xingzhi saw that Bajie had become like this, he immediately ordered those who gave it to others to quickly save dry food and other things in one place, so that Bajie could be used.

The nerd didn't distinguish between raw and cooked, and he ate it all the time, but he stepped forward and arched the road. The walker asked the sand monk to take off his feet, so that he could carry the burden, and asked the master to sit firmly in the carved saddle, he also took off his boots and shoes, and instructed everyone to go back: "If there is love, send some food early to relay with my junior brother." "Seven or eight hundred of them accompanied him, most of them had mules and horses, and the flying stars went back to the village to cook, and three hundred on foot, standing at the foot of the mountain and watching him go afar. It turns out that this village is more than 30 miles to the mountain, and when he returns to get food, he will go back to fetch food, and he will go back to the rest of the mountain, about 100 miles away, and his masters and apprentices have gone far.

The crowd was reluctant to let the mules and horses into the alley, rushed to the night overnight, and only caught up the next day, shouting: "Master of the scriptures, go slowly! I'll wait for the food to come!" When the elder heard this, he thanked him and said, "What a good believer!" The idiot arched for two days, and when he was hungry, many people not only had seven or eight stones of food, but he also didn't care about rice and noodles, and collected them for a full meal, but he stepped forward to arch the road.

This paragraph is so good, I read it but feel indescribably happy :)

The so-called joy and sorrow, and later the four people obtained the true scriptures and returned, and when they ate again on the way:

When Shaoqing arrived, Chen Qing led his family and family to come out to visit, thank him for saving his daughter in the past, and watch the tea and fast. Sanzang received the immortal food of the Buddha, and became a Buddha from the mortal womb, and did not think about the food of the mortal world. The second elder persuaded hard, but he was helpless, and he saw his intentions. Sun Dasheng never eats fireworks and food, and also said: "It's gone." Sha Seng didn't eat much, and Bajie was not like before, so he put down the bowl. The walker said: "The nerd doesn't eat anymore?" Bajie said: "I don't know why, the spleen and stomach are weak for a while." ”

I felt sad when I saw it, even the strong desire of Bajie was finally emasculated by those immortals

It's just a long sigh!

There is another extraneous remark, ask the Fang family for advice:

Chinese folk have always been mixed with gods, a small temple can sacrifice more than a dozen gods and mortals and monsters, only do not see the four people who worship and learn from the scriptures, what is the reason?

I've always been curious about this, who pointed me out, thanks :))