Origin of steamed stuffed bun

The following is taken from Baidu Encyclopedia:

In the Song Dynasty, Gao Cheng quoted a passage from the novel Zen Official, saying that Zhuge Liang, while helping Liu Bei conquer the world, led an army into the southwest to conquer Meng Huo and crossed the Lushui River, that is, a period of time after the lower reaches of the Yalong River joined the Jinsha River, which was in May of the lunar calendar. In other words, it is hot in May and summer in the lunar calendar, and the water in Lushui is different from that in other places. Not only that, the water also contains toxic substances, and the soldiers never expected to die, and more people became sick.

In this case, after thinking hard, Zhuge Liang ordered soldiers to kill pigs and cattle, mix beef and pork, chop them into paste and steam them in the shape of a human head. As a result, the sick and wounded were quickly eliminated. As a result, people around Lushui spread that Zhuge Liang's head-shaped "steamed bread" could avoid disaster.

Since then, people have stopped making "steamed bread" in their lives. With the continuous development of social life practice, closely combined with the needs of life and diet, it gradually evolved into a food with meat in "steamed bread", which is called "steamed bread". Because it is wrapped in flour and meat, it is just right, and it is named "steamed bread".

This kind of pasta product appeared in Wei and Jin Dynasties. But the original name of steamed buns is "steamed bread". Shu Xi of the Jin Dynasty said in "Cake Fu" that "steamed bread" should be placed at the banquet in early spring. The "steamed bread" mentioned here is actually steamed buns. As for the use of the name "steamed stuffed bun", it began in the Song Dynasty. The book "Talking about Love Bamboo" says: "In the Song Dynasty, there was a doctor in Song Ningzong named Sun Lin, who specialized in treating gonorrhea. He wraps garlic in steamed bread and eats it three times a day. Three days later, he was cured and regarded as a wonderful doctor. " Lu You, a famous poet in Song Dynasty, not only praised the poem "Cage Cake", but also put forward his own comments on his poem. The poem "Cage Cake" said: "In the fog and rain, you will feel like you are in Sichuan. A plate of cage cakes is a pea nest." Lu You's evaluation is: "Sichuan's miscellaneous pork (that is, stuffing) steamed bread tastes better, and Tang people no longer call it cage cake." It can be seen that the pork noodle steamed bread in Sichuan was already very famous at that time.

Steamed BBQ Pork Bun

Qing Louis, written by Gu Tao in the Northern Song Dynasty, was about a "restaurant" at that time, which was called "going back to the temple to expand the carpet sand". In Jisheng, the capital of the Southern Song Dynasty, Naideon said that there are three hotels in Lin 'an: Tea and Rice Hotel, Steamed Bun Hotel and Garden Hotel. Steamed Bun Hotel features goose, duck and steamed buns. It can be seen that steamed buns have become very common in this period.

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