The Origin History of Lotus Blood Duck

Blood ducks are called ducklings in the local area, which are used for offering sacrifices, entertaining guests and keeping regular dishes in summer and autumn. According to different seasons, regions and materials, it can be divided into lotus duck, earthworm duck, autumn duck, Longxi wine duck and Shangxi salted duck. Duck meat is cool, and it is best in summer and autumn.

Peng Ji, a native of Jizhou in the Southern Tang Dynasty, attached himself to Ma Yin and retreated to Hunan from Lianhua. Later generations became Xiangxi Tusi, occupying Xiangxi for hundreds of years, moving into caste and multiplying into a big family. His farming customs are integrated with the local area, and today there are blood ducks in Xiangxi.

In the late Ming Dynasty and early Qing Dynasty, Lotus Fanjia opened a duck-incubating shop in Xiangtan, Hunan Province. Lotus Baima, Maojia and others stole skills in Xiangtan, and the duck-incubating skills returned to the suburbs of the county, so Lotus had three duck-incubating shops.

At the end of Qing Dynasty, Zhu Yijun was in charge of Xiangxi. He was appointed as the military commander of Yongjing, Chen Yuan, and lived in the Phoenix Hall. He used to be the ambassador and governor of Hunan. On the Dragon Boat Festival in Phoenix, ducks were thrown into the river by the garrison road, and the whole city went down to catch ducks in order to have fun with the people. Its habit continues to this day.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Yifan dedicated this dish to the Qing court, and it was on the court menu from then on.

/kloc-in the summer of 0/959, Liu Junxiu, a native of Yongxin, personally arranged for Li Gui, chef of Lotus Hostel, to take ducks to Nanchang and Lushan to cook local lotus dishes for the old comrades in Jinggangshan. At that time, during the Lushan meeting, Li Guifa worked in Nanchang and Lushan for one year, and his old comrades were Mao Zedong, He Zizhen and Ceng Zhi.

During the National Agricultural Games in Yichun in 2004, Li Guohua, a senior chef, performed for national leaders in Pingxiang with lotus-seed ducks and special condiments.

In February 2008, the trademark of Lotus Blood Duck was registered in 29 categories by people in Ji 'an County, which caused social concern and controversy.

In 2008, it was included in the Olympic menu.

In 2008, Lotus Blood Duck was broadcast on jtv and CCTV 2 as Jiangxi flavor.

In 2009, it successfully declared the provincial intangible cultural heritage.

In July 2009, the first Lotus Blood Duck Cooking Competition was held in Lotus Hotel. In the first year of Song Jingyan (1276), the Yuan army occupied Lin 'an and went south. Wen Tianxiang, the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, was a teacher and a diligent king. At that time, anti-Yuan struggles were surging everywhere. Thousands of brave people in Lotus responded and built a thatched cottage to fight against the Yuan Army. One day, heroes from all walks of life got together to discuss the great cause of the world, and prepared to raise a handsome flag and drink blood wine, but there was a shortage of chickens at that time, so duck blood was used instead.

The oath of drinking blood was quite grand, the handsome flag fluttered, cigarettes filled, and heroes from all walks of life stood in front of the handsome flag holding deep red blood wine. The leader came to the stage with blood wine to sacrifice the flag. I wish Premier Wen's army invincible and his rebel army victory. After the ceremony, prepare to gulp down the blood wine. Suddenly, when I heard the news that the Prime Minister had arrived, everyone cheered and resounded through the sky. It turned out that Wen Tianxiang led the troops out of Jiangxi from Linghai, and good news came all the way. This time he came here to strengthen the anti-Yuan team. Premier Wen and a strong man drank blood wine, which greatly boosted their morale. The leader arranged a banquet.

It is said that there is a man named Liu Delin in the Huotoujun, who is a restaurant chef and a good cook. It is a big event to host a banquet in honor of Premier Wen today. He is a little nervous. Stir-fried several dishes in a panic. It's time to fry the duck. He put the chopped duck in the pot. Because of his panic, he poured the blood wine he had not finished just now as hot sauce. When he realized it, it was too late to remedy it. He was afraid that the blood wine was not delicious, so he fried it carefully and suddenly smelled a spicy taste. When he looked carefully, he saw that the food was mushy and purple, and it tasted more delicious than usual. Liu Delin was overjoyed and said to himself, "Today is the first time to fry such a delicious dish." When the dish was served, Premier Wen tasted it and was full of praise. He asked, "Why this dish?" Liu Delin thought for a moment and replied, "Just call it a blood duck." Premier Wen stood up and said solemnly, "Today, heroes from all walks of life gather together to discuss the great cause of benefiting the country. We drank blood wine, ate blood duck and vowed to fight the enemy to the end! " The big earthquake shook. That was the day when we set out to recover Yongxin and other counties. At that time, it was huge and famous.

Since then, "Lotus Blood Duck" has been famous all over the world and passed down from generation to generation. Later, thanks to Zhu Yifan, the teacher of the last emperor Puyi, "Lotus Blood Duck" became the royal menu of the court in the late Qing Dynasty. As a result, "Furong Blood Duck" became famous for a while, and everyone knew it! During the Lushan Meeting, it was praised as a special dish by Mao Zedong.

One summer in 1950s, a mysterious phone call was made to Lianhua County, and a chef named Li Guifa was asked to go to Nanchang to take some ducklings to fry the famous lotus dish-blood duck for the old comrades in Jinggangshan. Who is this old comrade? Mao Zedong, He Zizhen and Ceng Zhi. It is said that because Mao Zedong ate this dish during the Great Revolution, he never forgot it, so when he visited Nanchang after the founding of the People's Republic of China, he specially sent someone to invite a chef from Lotus to cook this Tao Ren blood duck.

Not only Mao Zedong, but also the Lotus people are fascinated by this dish. In July and August of the lunar calendar, there are many sacrificial festivals in the countryside. No matter how poor the family is, it is still necessary to kill a duckling. As the saying goes: On July 7th, feather ducks killed some. Kill a duck that has just grown to 562 pounds, prepare yellow wine, tea oil, big red pepper, and sometimes add loofah, green beans and fresh eggplant, and cook it carefully. Adults and children worship God. After ancestor worship, the elderly eat duck kidneys, the children eat duck legs, and the adults have a pot of wine and have a good meal. You can't eat this kind of duck in a foreign land. It relies on the crispy duck grown in Lianhua Mountain, the tea oil produced in Lianhua Mountain, the mellow water wine brewed in Lianhua Mountain, the natural cool well water in Lianhua Mountain and the frying technology of the old folks in Lotus Garden. ...

When eating, the duck is fat but not greasy, with thin skin and fragrant meat. Even the bones can be eaten together, and the taste is really unique. It is also said that after the Han people in Jiangxi invented the practice of fried blood ducks, with the "Huguang in Jiangxi" in the history of China immigrants (Huguang here refers to Hunan and Hubei in the Qing Dynasty, but before that it was the general name of Jinghu South Road, Jinghu North Road and Guangnan West Road), fried blood ducks spread to Yongzhou, Quanzhou, Ningyuan and other places in Hunan, so there were Yongzhou Blood Duck, Quanzhou Blood Duck and Ningyuan Blood Duck. But I still think the blood duck of Lotus is authentic.