"Xiaotian in Song Dynasty" Song Dynasty restaurant lights up Fan Lou at night.

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If you stare at Zhang Zeduan's The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival for a while, you will find that there are many restaurants and restaurants from the banks of the Bianhe River outside the city to the bustling streets and lanes in the city. Even Yiguang has advertised the treatment of alcohol injury.

There were 72 luxury hotels and countless small hotels in Tokyo in the Northern Song Dynasty, the most famous of which was Fan Lou, also called Fengle Building. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were hundreds of restaurants in the world, so a song poem wrote: "Three hundred wine flags in a brothel". The most famous ones are Taihe Building and Fengle Building.

Fan Lou is tall and big. Wang Anshi drank wine in Fan Lou and wrote a poem "Climbing Fengle Building", which probably means that standing on the top floor of Fan Lou can overlook the palace. Fan Lou is very tall. Song people said: "Fan Lou is one of the wineries in Jingshi, and there are often more than a thousand drinkers." Being able to receive 1000 people, on such a scale, can also be called luxury today.

An unknown poet in the Southern Song Dynasty wrote a poem on the wall of Taihe Building and translated it literally. In other words, Taihe Tower has 300 boxes and can receive 3,000 VIPs every day. This restaurant employs many beautiful geisha to entertain its guests. The lobby manager who sells wine is a beautiful geisha who is not intoxicating.

"Taihe three hundred restaurants, big trough gurgling day and night. A thousand people carry a thousand cans, and the wine is as bad as the sea. ..... The emperor's spring scenery is full of Qiantang, and Su Xiaodeng's wine is twice as fragrant. There are 3,000 seats, followed by twelve rows of golden hairpin. "

The restaurant that allows the poet to make such a description must be the very large Taihe Building.

If we travel to Tokyo or Hangzhou in Song Dynasty, we must go to Fan Lou or Taihe Tower to taste the prosperity of the cities in Song Dynasty. If we are lucky, we can even have a free wine meal in Fan Lou. Is there such a good thing? Yes

Let me tell you an interesting story:

In the Northern Song Dynasty, one day, a charming guest came to Fan Lou, named Xie Shen, who was a rich second generation in Huzhou. He had mines at home and was very rich.

He came to Beijing to study, and heard that Cai Nv, the top geisha in Tokyo, was very beautiful and famous in Beijing, so he bought a handful of pearls and scattered them on the roof of Cai Nv's house. Cai nu was surprised to see Xie Shen's generosity behind the scenes.

A few days later, Xie Shen came to visit at home, and the maid rushed into the back room and reported to Ms. Cai, "Madam, Sa Zhulang came the day before yesterday." Cai nu quickly greeted him.

Shen Kai: "I've heard a lot about my sister. I'm here to visit her. I invited my sister to Fan Lou for a drink today. "

Cai Nu (Teacher Liu Mintao): "Small officials have this pleasure, and handmaiden is their companion."

Xie Shen took Cai's daughter and boarded the drinking. Dongzi Shen was very happy and said to the guests in Fan Lou, "Let's have a good time. It's my treat tonight. " Drinking until late at night, Xie Shen really paid for all the guests in Fan Lou.

Few people show off their wealth like Dongzi Shen. The people I met in Fan Lou that night must be very happy with the hospitality of the local tyrants. But even if you can't meet such a good thing, drinking in the Song Pavilion is definitely a pleasure, because the service in the Song Pavilion is very thoughtful.

Let me tell you another story to witness what Song-style service is:

In the Southern Song Dynasty, a scholar named Yu Liang went to Lin 'an to take the exam. He didn't want to fall into Sun Shan, so he spent almost all his travel expenses on him, and he couldn't even get a hotel room.

The innkeeper felt sorry for him and gave him two dollars to go home quickly. However, these two sums of money can't be returned to Chengdu. Yu Liang broke the jar and fell, thinking: Instead of living on the streets, it is better to have a good meal first, then jump over the West Lake and be a dead ghost.

There is a Fengle Building near the West Lake, which was built by people who missed Tokyo Fan Lou in the Southern Song Dynasty, hence the name Fengle Building. Yu Liang stepped forward, only to hear the restaurant "sheng spring winding, drum music everywhere". Two guys stood at the gate and bowed to Yu Liang: "Please sit down, guest officer."

When Yu Liang saw the invitation, he went in gladly, went straight upstairs, picked a box near the lake and sat down. I saw a bartender come over and sing him a song:

Bartender: "Sir, I wonder how much wine to drink?"

Yu Liang (telling a lie): "Ahem, I invited a friend for a drink. You can put two pairs of chopsticks on the table, spread two wine glasses and ask later. "

The bartender put jars, ointment, spoons, candles, lamps and plates in front of him, all of which were silverware. In the luxurious restaurants of the Song Dynasty, the wine vessels used were all gold and silver vessels, not porcelain, to show the dignity of the guests.

Yu Liang saw a table full of silverware and thought, "Where there is so much money, I ended up like this. I only have two dollars on me. What's the use? "

After a while, the bartender asked again:

Bartender: "How much wine does the guest officer want?" I'll call you. "

Yu Liang: "My friend, I can't see him. You and I can have a drink."

Bartender: "What would you like to drink?"

Yu Liang: "Just order anything."

The bartender brought him fresh fruit, delicious dishes and seafood, which were all available before the arrangement. He also canned a silver wine with 20 cents, and put a spoon in it. Hot wine, please Yu Liang to enjoy.

Yu Liang a person, eat straight from noon to night, satiated with food, pushed open the window of the box, want to jump into the lake to commit suicide. But at the sight of the deep lake, I lost my courage, so I took off my belt and prepared to hang myself, but the bartender caught me and hugged him quickly.

Yu Liang was crying and making noise, and wanted to die. Yu Liang: Don't stop me, so that the restaurant won't accept his drinks. I called two more people and took him back to the inn.

The first time I read this story, I was deeply touched. I feel that this restaurant is not only warm and thoughtful, but also full of human touch.

Because of the thoughtful service and beautiful environment in the restaurant, the wine containers used are also very exquisite and noble, which makes you look good, so Song people like to entertain guests in the restaurant. In Song Zhenzong, Lu Zongdao, the teacher of the East Palace Prince, often goes to Renhe Building to drink. According to the system of the Song Dynasty, the teacher of the prince was not allowed to go in and out of the restaurant. Song Zhenzong asked him, "Why did you enter the restaurant privately?"

Lu Zongdao told the truth: "My family is poor, there are no utensils, and the restaurant has everything, which makes me feel at home. It happened that relatives from my hometown visited and my family didn't receive it, so I invited him to Renhe Building for a drink. "

Guests linger in the restaurant, and the business of the restaurant is naturally very prosperous. Guests visit almost 24 hours a day. In the words of the Song people, it is "not like rain and heat, it's all one night, that's all." Even in the cold winter, or in the middle of the night, restaurants in the Song Dynasty are still brightly lit and crowded with people.

At the beginning of the Southern Song Dynasty, Tokyo fell into the hands of the Jin Army and declined rapidly. A poet in the Song Dynasty wrote a poem, deeply missing the prosperity of the Tokyo restaurant's night show: "The Liangyuan is full of romantic songs and dances, and the wine is like a knife to solve the sorrow. I remember how happy a teenager was, and Fan Lou was brightly lit at night. " This is also my favorite poem.

In the evening, the bustling restaurants in the Song Dynasty even set off the nearby imperial palace. One night, when Song Renzong was in the palace, he heard singing and laughing from the silk and bamboo outside the palace and asked the ladies-in-waiting.

Song Renzong: "Where is this fun?"

"Go back to the official residence," said the maid-in-waiting. "This is a folk museum. Listen, butler, it's so happy outside that it's not as cold as my palace. "

Say that finish, maid-in-waiting and faint to send a complaint:

Maid-in-waiting: "Listen, butler, it's too happy outside. It's not as cold as my palace."

Song Renzong: "You know what? It is precisely because we can stand such loneliness that people outside can be so happy. If I enjoy happiness like them, the people will be abandoned. "

Facing the hustle and bustle of the private market, Song Renzong consciously restrained his desire to indulge in the world of mortals and was willing to endure loneliness, because he knew that only when power was restrained could the people remain prosperous.

This is a very remarkable understanding. So, I like Song Renzong very much.

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