The Biography of Xuan Nv in Nine Days and Fuzhou

Huang Tingjian, a poet in the Song Dynasty, wrote a poem "Crossing the Cottage": "The south wind feeds me every day, and the north wind carries me and I am happy. A cup of soup cake is messy with silver thread, and there are countless Artemisia. " The "silver line" in the poem refers to the line and surface.

Noodles are a traditional folk food in Fuzhou. They are made of refined flour, supplemented by refined salt, potato flour, cooking oil and eggs, and then drawn by hand and dried. Noodles are as thin as silk thread, so they are called "noodles", also known as "long noodles" and "noodles with noodles"

Legend: Xuan Nv is a nine-day artist.

There is a beautiful legend about Fuzhou Line and Noodles. According to legend, Xuannv is the beloved daughter of the Queen Mother. In order to give her a birthday, she tried her best to prepare gifts. She thought: gold, silver and jewels, luxurious clothes and jade food are a dime a dozen in the heavenly palace, and only gifts refined with her dexterous hands are meaningful. She thought about it, and finally made a thread as thin as silk and as long as hair, wishing her mother a long life. On the birthday of the Empress Dowager, she rolled up her sleeves and gave a live performance. After the water in the pot boiled, she put the noodles in, cooked them again and fished them into the prepared broth. At this time, a fragrance came to the nose, and the queen mother raised her chopsticks and ate them. They were soft, smooth and delicious. The heavenly queen was overjoyed and gave each of the 100 immortals a bowl. The gods ate it and were full of praise. After her birthday, Xuan Nv went home nine days ago. He was walking in the clouds when he saw a handsome young man burning incense and praying by a river on earth. "I hope God will give me a skill to support my mother." Xuan Nv listened to it for nine days, and was greatly moved, so he came down to teach him how to make thread and dough. Since then, line and surface skills have been widely circulated among the people. At present, the home of the old noodle shop master in Fuzhou and Minnan is dedicated to the statue of Xuan Nv, the ancestor of the noodle shop, and a couplet is attached: the left-handed couplet "Jinsuo Jade Silk" and the right-handed couplet "Tie the thread like a wisp", criticizing "wonderful workmanship".

Fuzhou xian noodles

Delicious "as silk as waterfall"

Fuzhou line and noodle production began in the Song Dynasty and has a history of nearly a thousand years. People will knead the mixed noodles into many thin round strips, hang them on a wooden frame and pull them into noodles. Later, it was gradually improved, using refined white flour as raw material and adding auxiliary materials, and the noodles became thinner and thinner, and the noodles were made. The process of making noodles is very complicated. Mix the flour, salt and water the night before, put them in a big pottery basin, cover them with a wet cloth and let them ferment. The next morning, it was made by more than ten manual processes, such as kneading noodles, slicing noodles, kneading noodles, loosening noodles, stringing noodles, drying noodles, Lamian Noodles, Lamian Noodles and packaging. The production time is as long as 9 hours. The end-to-end section of the finished product is about 0.5 mm, and the length of the strip is about 2 meters. Every 100 kg of flour can make noodles of about 120 kg. 1 kg flour can generally be made into nearly 3000 noodles with a length of 2 meters. As long as it clears up at ordinary times, the streets are exposed to the sun, and the lines are in the sun, like silver wires, like spinning, like waterfalls, which are very beautiful and spectacular.

The varieties of Fuzhou noodles mainly include egg noodles, silver noodles, golden shuttle noodles, chess noodles, Longxu Noodles noodles and tail noodles. The finished products of thread and dough are generally tied into small bundles with red ropes like silk thread. Fuzhou people call it "finger", and usually a "finger" is enough for a bowl of noodles. In the past, Buyuan City in front of Fuzhou Drum Tower was famous for its "Longshun Tour" and "Wanshun Tour", and the Houyu Line in Gushan Township of Fuzhou was also deeply loved by people. Now, we often hear the voice of "Hou Yu route". At present, the official garden in Minhou is a famous noodle producing area in Fuzhou. There are hundreds of workshops on the production line, especially in Puqian Village, where almost every household is producing. Products are not only supplied to Fuzhou citizens, but also sold in large quantities to Southeast Asian countries.

The characteristic of Fuzhou noodles is that they are cooked as soon as they are cooked, but they don't paste when cooked for a long time. Chopsticks are broken and stirred. They are crystal clear as jade, flexible and smooth, and they are not sticky when chewed. Cooking noodles is convenient and simple. Put the noodles in the boiling water pot, cook them again, and then scoop them up. Shake the water well and put it in a bowl. Pour in stewed mutton, duck or soup stock, mix with Fuzhou yellow wine, sprinkle with chopped green onion, and make a bowl of mutton noodles, muscovy duck noodles and original noodles. Fuzhou people call this soup instant noodles, a "bubble" word, alive. Some restaurants and restaurants often fry noodles to make fried noodles, which also have a special flavor.

Fuzhou people: Life cannot be separated from this bowl of noodles.

There are too many folk cultures in Fuzhou. People in Fuzhou eat noodles, ranging from snacks to big ones. The first course of baby's full moon wine must be line and noodles, which means "long life"; If there is a son or daughter among relatives, it is necessary to send noodles, which is called "blessing noodles"; Women's childbirth and confinement are mainly based on it, with egg wine and chicken soup, which is called "landing"; Relatives and friends come to cook noodles, which is called "welcome noodles"; Getting married and engaged, sending the man to the woman's house is called "happy face"; It is a good wish and prayer to send relatives and friends a finger, a thread and two duck eggs when they travel far away. The so-called duck eggs, homophonic "wave suppression", wish you a smooth sailing across the ocean and a safe journey: the elderly should also cook a bowl of chicken soup and noodles for their birthdays, which is called "Taiping".

In urban and rural areas of Fuzhou, on New Year's Day, neighbors will welcome the New Year with a bowl of noodles. This bowl of noodles is to pray for good luck and peace for a year. This shows how important the route is to Fuzhou people's lives!