What's the history and food in Guangzhou?

Guangzhou is also called "Five Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City". There is a beautiful story about the alias of Guangzhou. It is said that in the Zhou Dynasty, Guangzhou suffered from famine for years and the people were in dire straits. One day, there were five colorful auspicious clouds floating over the South China Sea, and five immortals rode fairy sheep with five colored ears of rice in their mouths. The immortal gave the ears of rice to people and hoped that there would never be a famine here. After the immortal left, five fairy sheep stayed because of their attachment to the world, wishing the local weather. In order to thank the five immortals, people set up a "Five Immortals View" where they stayed. There are five statues of immortals in the scenery, accompanied by five stone statues of sheep. This legend is used by the mascot of the 20 10 Guangzhou Asian Games.

cultural relics and historic sites

There are many cultural relics in Guangzhou. At present, there are 2 19 national, provincial and municipal cultural relics protection units, including 9 national key cultural relics protection units, 4 1 provincial cultural relics protection units and 59 municipal cultural relics protection units. The shipbuilding site of Qin and Han Dynasties and the site of Nanyue National Palace have been discovered successively along Zhongshan 4th Road, among which Nanyue National Palace site was rated as "Top Ten New Archaeological Discoveries in China" twice. At present, three historical sites of Nanyue, such as Nanyue Palace Site, Nanyue King's Tomb and Nanyue Gate Site, are jointly applying for the United Nations World Cultural Heritage.

Scenic spots/tourist attractions

Guangzhou has beautiful scenery, beautiful scenery and rich tourism resources, with more than 100 tourist attractions. Among them, Yangcheng New Eight Scenes Baiyun Mountain, Pearl River Night Tour, Yuexiu Mountain, East Station Square, Chenjiaci, Huanghuagang 72 Martyrs Tomb, Guangdong Olympic Sports Center, Lotus Mountain, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Deng Shichang Memorial Hall, Huangpu Military Academy, Nanyue King Museum, Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Center, Guangzhou Art Museum, Guangzhou Flower Expo Park, south china botanical garden, Conghua Hot Springs, Chimelong Xiangjiang Wildlife World, Chimelong Happy World, Changlong Crocodile Park, Baomo Park, Guangdong Art Museum, Lu Xun Museum, Guangdong Provincial Museum, Guangzhou Pumped Storage Power Station Tourist Area, Liuxihe National Forest Park, Shangxiajiu Road Commercial Pedestrian Street and Beijing Road Commercial Pedestrian Street are the most famous scenic spots. Among them, a series of theme parks in Chimelong are the leading happy places in South China. Especially in Chimelong Happy World, there are many world-class mobile facilities: the king of roller coasters in the world, the ten-ring roller coaster with Guinness World Records, the unique U-shaped skateboard roller coaster in Asia, and the world's largest pendulum. There are countless mobile facilities in the park. In addition, Chimelong Water Park has surpassed Disney Water Park in the United States and become the largest water park in the world after many times.

tourism

Guangzhou has evergreen seasons and beautiful scenery, and is known as the "Flower City". Guangzhou is a famous historical and cultural city. According to legend, in ancient times, five immortals dressed in five-color clothes, riding five-color fairy sheep and carrying ears of rice in their mouths came here and gave them to the people, hoping that there would never be famine here. Since then, Guangzhou has been called "Yangcheng" and "Guangzhou City", and "Wuyang" has also become a symbol of Guangzhou. According to historical records, as early as 2 14 BC, the city wall was built here. It has a history of 22 10 years since the city was built, leaving many cultural relics and historical sites, vividly reflecting various historical stages of Guangzhou.

Guangzhou tourism has formed a multi-functional, multi-level and all-round service pattern integrating tourism, catering, accommodation, shopping and entertainment. Numerous cultural relics, historical sites and cultural landscapes make tourists linger. Guangdong cuisine with color, fragrance, taste and shape, as well as various Chinese and foreign flavors, have brought Guangzhou the reputation of "eating in Guangzhou". Porridge, noodles, noodles and rice are all famous. There are many five-star hotels and many hotels of different grades. "One-day tour in Guangzhou" has become a characteristic brand of Guangzhou tourism.

Lingnan culture

Guangzhou is a famous cultural city with a long history of more than 2,222 years, and it is one of the first batch of famous historical and cultural cities in China announced by the State Council. In the long history, many places of interest, such as Nanyue King's Tomb, Guangxiao Temple, zhenhai tower, Liu Rong Temple, Nanhai Temple, Wuxian Temple, Huaisheng Temple, Chenjia Temple, Sacred Heart Temple and Sanyuan Palace, have witnessed the historical and cultural city of Guangzhou. Guangzhou combines the essence of Chinese and foreign cultures and forms a unique Lingnan culture. Lingnan School of Painting, Lingnan Architecture, Lingnan Garden, Lingnan Bonsai, Guangdong Music, Cantonese Opera, Cantonese Cuisine, Urban Landscape and Living Customs all reflect the features of Lingnan culture.

Tea drinking culture

"I can't forget drinking tea in Guangdong." People in Guangzhou love to drink tea, especially morning tea. When we meet in the morning, the greetings from other places are mostly "Have you eaten", while those in Guangzhou are often "Have you had enough tea?" Did you drink tea? )。 Drinking tea in Guangzhou is actually going to the teahouse, not only drinking tea, but also eating snacks, a cup of two pieces, leisurely; Drink not only morning tea, but also afternoon tea and evening tea; Not only can you fill your stomach, but you can also spread news, talk about friendship and negotiate business. It can be seen that drinking tea has surpassed the category of "tea" in a sense and become a social way. Drinking tea constitutes a distinctive feature that distinguishes Lingnan culture from other cultures. The time-honored teahouses in Guangzhou are Taotaoju, Luyuju, Afraid of Fragrance, Nanyuan, Beiyuan, Panxi, Datong, Huiru, Sanru, Duoru, Bridgette, Dexin, Zheng Xin, Fulaiju, Xihuaju and Meizhenju. 1 stands for seafood.

As the saying goes, you must eat fresh when you eat the sea in Kaoshan. Besides, eating fresh and pollution-free seafood is still good for your health. Guangdong lives near the water, which is especially delicious and fresh. In terms of eating seafood, it is one of the best in the history of the country and one of the best processing methods. Eating some sea fish, shrimps and crabs from the beginning, and then eating shark's fin oysters and even sea urchins, is really tossing; After the raw materials were excavated, we began to make up our minds on processing, from the simplest steaming and boiling to the strong spicy stew, which was not enough. I just dipped the sashimi in mustard and enjoyed it. All the excitement is over. When people in Guangzhou meet and sit down for dinner, they will say, Oh, it's too "hot" (getting angry) these days. Let's have a steamed bass! Nowadays, seafood, various local dishes and exotic dishes are interspersed in the streets and lanes of Guangzhou in an orderly manner. Whether you want to eat a hearty seafood snack or a hearty meal at a food stall, you can always find a place that will satisfy you. Who called this a seafood dream city?

No.2 represents chicken

Chicken is to Cantonese what oil and salt are to food. As the saying goes, "Nothing can be done without chicken" is the reason why Cantonese people are good at eating chicken.

Why do Cantonese people like to eat chicken? Of course, this has something to do with Cantonese people eating chicken, and the variety of chicken tricks is amazing enough. By place, there are Qingping Chicken, Zhanjiang Chicken and Hainan Chicken. According to the eating method, there are even boiled chicken, Jiang Sha chicken, rose chicken, sauce chicken, steamed chicken and so on. In recent years, in order to enrich the local chicken culture, some exotic foods such as curry chicken, beggar chicken and three cups of chicken have quietly prevailed.

Among many ways to eat chicken, cutting chicken (commonly known as white-cut chicken) is the most distinctive and famous in China. No one can resist the temptation of a fat chicken when it is taken out of a delicious broth cooked with fresh bones for more than half an hour. Among them, the color has already made people drool. Close your eyes and smell it. The original smell of chicken fills the whole kitchen with that hot air, which makes people reluctant to give up. In addition, when a plate of chicken is carefully chopped and put on the table, its ingredients are like the finishing touch. According to different eating methods, it can be served with raw onion, garlic, ginger, soy sauce, coriander (coriander) and so on.

No.3 stands for old fire soup

The so-called old fire soup in Guangzhou refers to the soup that has been boiled for a long time, cooked well and tastes delicious. The traditional practice is to cook in a clay pot, put it in soup, and then simmer for 2-4 hours. Old fire soup is an indispensable sober-up program in the New Year's Eve banquet, and it is also the most common food culture in Cantonese life.

Cooking old fire soup is a simple cooking skill, but when it comes to ingredients, old fire soup is a very profound knowledge. In Lingnan area, the atmosphere is hot and humid, and it is inevitable that heat, poison and moisture will invade the body after long-term residence, and Laohuo decoction is actually a tonic prescription derived from traditional Chinese medicine. However, the real medicine soup is too bitter. Even if you only drink it once a week, you can solve the problem. I am afraid that Guangzhou people will become a family of medicine jars handed down from generation to generation. They should not only get the effect of the medicine, but also get the sweetness in their mouths. Therefore, Guangzhou people who love to eat experienced the old fire soup in the suffering of traditional Chinese medicine, and the standard word for evaluating a good soup is also "sweet" and "moist". It can be seen that soup and medicine have the same meaning in the eyes of Guangzhou people.

In addition, in order to be delicious, people in Guangzhou will replace some dried medicinal materials with fresh materials, such as Qingfei decoction, Lady Enforcers, dried vegetables, lean meat and pork bones, which are common in Guangzhou. The auxiliary materials are Radix Astragali, Radix Codonopsis, Radix Adenophorae, Hu Aishan, Fructus Lycii, Fructus Jujubae, Ginseng, Radix Panacis Quinquefolii, and ginger slices. As for restaurants, they pay more attention to soft-shelled turtle, soft-shelled turtle, squab, black-bone chicken, snake, shark's fin, abalone, scallop or other delicacies. Even if you drink it three or two times a week, it is not too much. Just remember one thing: this is a principle, but you can't go too far! The real soup in a week's dinner-boiling soup should also be the protagonist.