What is the origin of lotus blood duck?

Historical allusions of lotus blood duck

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, the momentum was great and the reputation was far away.

Since then, "Lotus Blood Duck" has been famous all over the world and passed down from generation to generation. Later, due to the recommendation of Zhu Yifan, the Chinese 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!

First, lotus blood duck

Lotus blood duck is a branch of Pingxiang cuisine in Jiangxi Province, and it is a famous dish in Lianhua County, Pingxiang City, Jiangxi Province. Lotus blood duck is listed as one of the "Top Ten Gancai" because of its color, freshness and freshness.

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

Second, the development process

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.

2065438+July 2, 2007 The 6th Lotus Culture and Tourism Festival Lotus Blood Duck Cooking Competition was held in the Lotus Expo Park.