Eight Great Monsters in Shaanxi
Geographical location of Guanzhong area
"Eight Monsters in Guanzhong" refers to eight unique customs and habits that appear in the Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province (roughly including Xi'an, Xianyang, Weinan, Baoji, Tongchuan, north of the Qinling Mountains and south of the Loess Plateau). Due to the influence of climate, economy, culture and other factors, Guanzhong area has formed some unique methods in terms of clothing, food, housing, transportation, and transportation. The Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province, which has rich historical and cultural heritage, has followed historical and folk customs and formed a vivid and interesting "Eight Eccentrics". With its unique charm of "ancient style, ancient charm and ancient Chang 'an", it has become a hot spot for tourists from other places to explore. It is worth mentioning that although the "Eight Monsters in Guanzhong" are sometimes called the "Eight Monsters in Shaanxi", this is not entirely reasonable. In fact, the customs among the "Eight Monsters of Shaanxi" only appear in Guanzhong, but not in most areas of Shaanxi. The geographical latitude of Shaanxi Province is extremely large. From north to south, there are three major natural conditions and cultural differences: northern Shaanxi (mainly the Loess Plateau), Guanzhong (mainly the Weihe Plain), and southern Shaanxi (mainly the Han River Basin south of the Qinling Mountains). Summarizing the whole of Shaanxi based on the customs of Guanzhong has a conceptual flaw in summarizing the whole of Shaanxi. In recent years, it has been often described as "the eight major monsters of Guanzhong" to eliminate ambiguity.
One strange thing----not sitting on the bench and squatting:
Because squatting is more convenient than sitting (because Guanzhong area is mainly agriculture, and there are many busy farming seasons, people will unconsciously squat on the ground when they have time to rest, thus forming a unique habit. Therefore, people (referring to rural areas) generally do not sit on benches, and even if they have benches, they will squat on them.
The second monster--half of the house is built:
The main reason why Guanzhong people pay more attention to feng shui, believing that "fertile water does not flow to outsiders 'fields" and that even if it rains, rainwater must be poured into their own courtyard. Second, it is for the convenience of lighting. Third, local farmers in Guanzhong prefer to "visit each other" in their spare time.(That is, neighbors often walk around and gossip), this is how it is done so that neighbors will not see their belongings and build them; finally, every household's toilets are at the back of the house. There was no septic tank before. Basically, feces were accumulated manually and used "rack trucks" to pull them to the ground for fertilization, and for better ventilation.
The three monsters--the girl doesn't want to speak to others:
Marriage in the Guanzhong area is about "knowing the roots and background". Old customs believed that their daughters would be bullied if they married outside, and their daughter-in-law from outside would be afraid of losing them if they married at home. Therefore, under normal circumstances, girls would not marry outside. They would basically get married within the county or at the rural level, which was also related to the childhood relatives at that time (in the 1970s, men or women would go blind dates around the age of 10)
Four Eccentrics--Papa wears on her head:
Wearing handkerchiefs in summer is mainly to keep warm in winter to facilitate farming operations. Women in Guanzhong do not have the habit of wearing hats. Secondly, it is because Guanzhong, especially in Wugong, Qian County, Xingping and Yangling areas in Shaanxi, it is still a common custom to give handkerchiefs to your brother-in-law when getting married.
Five strange things-noodles are like belts:
There are many varieties of pasta in Guanzhong area. Most noodles are thicker and wider, but actually slightly thinner than belts. Guanzhong is generous and likes to eat wide noodles and thick noodles.
Six strange things----pot helmet like pot lid:
Because Guanzhong people like to use straw to cook, and the straw fire is just right, which is relatively "civilized", and it is not easy to burn the food in the pot. They also like to cook together for a large family to avoid waste, so the basic diameter of the pot used is more than 80 centimeters, and the fried pot helmet is naturally as big as the lid of the pot.
Seven Eccentrics-oil-splashed chili is a dish:
The Guanzhong area of Shaanxi Province loves to eat peppers. All pasta dishes contain peppers, so no spicy food can be eaten.
Eight Eccentrics--Qin Opera stopped singing and shouting:
The singing here refers to the performance of Qin Opera.
Hu County Ruanmian
Recipe Recommendations
- ordinary flour 300 grams
- the minced pork 200 grams
- potatoes one
- garlic sprouts appropriate amount
- eggs 3 pieces
- tomatoes appropriate amount
- fungus of 2
- garlic appropriate amount
- Jiang one
- onion appropriate amount
- small green vegetables a little
- edible oil appropriate amount
- salt appropriate amount
- oyster sauce appropriate amount
- ketchup a little
- soy sauce appropriate amount
- white vinegar a little
- chicken essence appropriate amount
Steps for Hu County Ruanmian
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1. Put the flour in a bowl, add a little salt, and mix to form a dough.
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2. Wash all ingredients. Cut the tomatoes into small pieces, tear the soaked fungus into small pieces of suitable size by hand, cut the potatoes into small pieces, wash the starch, and soak it in.
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3. Slice garlic, dice ginger, cut half of the onion into small pieces with a hob, and chop half into minced pieces. Set aside.
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4. Heat the wok on high fire, add the oil, add the chopped green onions and stir fry until fragrant, add the ground pork meat, stir fry and beat it up. After frying to turn white, add a little oyster sauce, a little salt, and a little soy sauce, turn evenly and serve out.
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5. Wash the wok, heat it, pour in the oil, pour the water in the diced potatoes, then place it in the pan, stir fry until color changes, add boiling water parallel to the potatoes, add the stir-fried ground meat, stir well, simmer over low heat for 3 minutes (the potatoes and ground meat should be braised crispy), add chicken essence and stir evenly, turn off the heat and serve for later use.
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6. Wash the wok, heat it, add the oil, knock the eggs into a bowl, add a little salt and beat it, pour it into the pan, and stir fry until there is no liquid. 7. Pour the oil into the pan, stir-fry the garlic slices, chopped ginger, and chopped green onion until fragrant, pour in the tomato slices and stir-fry until water comes out, add a little soy sauce, a little ketchup, a little white vinegar, and a little salt, stir well, pour in the stir-fried eggs, stir well and serve out.
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8. Pour the oil into the pan, pour the garlic sprouts and stir fry until fragrant, turn off medium heat, pour the fungus and stir fry, add a little salt and a little chicken essence, stir fry until done.
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9. Put the dough on the chopping board and knead it smooth. Sprinkle a little flour on the chopping board, press it into a cake with your hands, roll it out with a rolling pin, and roll it into a large dough sheet. Then roll it up with the rolling pin, roll the ends of the rolling pin with your hands, use the dough sheet to stack it and cut it into noodles two fingers wide with a knife.
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10. Pick up a cut wide noodle, pull both ends, stretch it, and gently stretch it on the chopping board to grow the noodle.
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11. Boil water in the pan, add a little salt first, add noodles and green vegetables, cook and remove.
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12. Add in the stir-fried meat minced meat, tomato and egg minced meat, garlic sprouts and fungus minced meat, add oil and spicy pepper, mix well and start eating!Hu County Ruanmian Make Tips
Narration: 1. Adding salt to the dough can increase the gluten of the noodles. This dough needs to be prepared in advance. (For example, if you eat it at noon tomorrow, you have to make up the dough tonight.) 2. Authentic soft noodles require dried white beans. There is no way to buy it when it rains today. Use fungus instead, and stir-fried garlic sprouts can also be replaced by stir-fried leeks. 3. Put a little salt first when the water boils, so the noodles will not stick together. 4. The fungus is soaked in advance for easy use. If there is a hard core in the soaked fungus, please do not use it. 5. Wash the potatoes and soak them in the starch. The soup will not stick when frying. Tips: 1. Add a little more oil to the scrambled eggs. The eggs are oily. Add a little water to the beaten eggs. The scrambled eggs are soft, tender and taste very good! 2. Wash the tomatoes, scrape the skin evenly with a spoon, and gently dig it off.