What is the connection between Li Bai and "Restaurant Hu"?

Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, had developed into a famous international city at that time. In the east and west parts of the city, there were large commercial markets about four kilometers each, namely the East Market and the West Market. Businessmen from all over the world gathered there. West Market. Archaeologists have surveyed the ruins of the east and west cities in Chang'an and excavated the ruins of the west city many times. There is a wall around the West Market, with streets along the wall and tic-shaped streets and lanes inside. There are open drainage ditches and hidden culverts on both sides of the street. On Xishi South Street, ruins of a jewelry store and a restaurant were also excavated. There are many hotels run by foreign businessmen in the West Market, which people in the Tang Dynasty called "Jiajia Hu", that is, Hu people's restaurants. In the Tang Dynasty, like the Han Dynasty, outsiders were called barbarians.

Wang Ji, a writer, was good at drinking. He drank a dou a day and was known as the "Bachelor of Doujiu". Although he has home-brewed wine, he loves to drink at the restaurant. One of his poems is "Passing the Restaurant" which says, "If you have money, you must learn how to drink. If you don't have money, don't sell it. I often borrow money when I come, and I am ashamed of the restaurant." He wrote The main thing is to drink in Hu people's restaurants. Hu Jing, a restaurant owner, even took wine on credit. This provides great convenience to drinkers and also shows that each store may have a group of familiar old customers.

Most of the waiters in the restaurant Hu Zhong were brought from the mainland by foreign businessmen, and the women among them were called "Hu Ji" by the Tang people. Such exotic waitresses are well-dressed and provide warm and considerate services, and are favored by literati. Poets of the Tang Dynasty mentioned the orchid in the wine shop in many of their poems. For example, Zhang Hu's "White Nose Gun" said: "For the bottom of the orchid wine, white nose wine grows. Picking lotus and throwing it on the water, the man's intention is there "Floating flowers." Another example is Li Bai's "There is a Bottle and Wine Shop in front of me": "The zither plays the green paulownia of Longmen, and the jade pot of wine is as clear as empty. I stir the strings and brush the pillars to drink with you. I see the beauty of Hu Ji is as beautiful as a flower." Smiling in the spring breeze, dancing in robes, will you return home safely if you don't get drunk now?" When I saw the beautiful Hu Ji, I got drunk without knowing it.

Hu Ji in the restaurant not only served drinks, but also encouraged them with songs and dances. No wonder the literati lingered on, and the exotic cultural sentiments deeply attracted them. The famous poet Li Bai is a frequent visitor to the restaurant Hu. He has many poems describing the events of entering the restaurant Hu. "White-nosed Gun" said: "Silver saddle and white-nosed gun, green ground covering the mud brocade. When the drizzle spring breeze falls, the orchid drinks with a whip." Another example is "Gift to Zhu Liyang after Drunk": "The book is bald with thousands of rabbit hairs, and the poem is written Two ox waists. The dragon and tiger are flying in the pen, and the two songs are dancing in the sky. They are playing the music of the distant Qing Dynasty, and they will not show mercy to the emperor. "There is also a saying in "Send Pei Shiba Tunan to the Mountains". : "Where can we say goodbye? Chang'an Qingqi Gate. Hu Ji moves her bare hands. Yan Ke drunken gold bottles." Reading "Youth Journey" again, Hu Ji was also mentioned: "The young man in Wuling is east of the gold market, and he rides on a white horse with a silver saddle. Spring breeze. Wherever you go, you will laugh in the Orchid Wine Market. "After the spring outing, I want to go to the restaurant to have a drink; when the snow falls, I also go to the restaurant to listen to the music and watch the dance; to say goodbye to friends, the restaurant is a natural place for Hu. Good to go outside.

Yang Juyuan has a poem "Orchid Orchid", which has a superb description of Orchid in the hotel:

The beauty shines on the river head, and the spring breeze stays hospitable.

When you know that your concubine is used to it, giving him wine is a shame.

The fragrance spreads like a banana fan, and the makeup becomes a bamboo tower.

Count money to pity a good man, but you can’t worry about right and wrong.

The beverages and delicacies operated by Hu restaurants in Chang'an City should mainly be Hu wine and Hu food, and some also sell Tang cuisine. The poem "Gift to Hu Ji in the Hotel" written by He Chao said: "Hu Ji Chun Hotel, the orchestral night is sonorous,... the carp is cooked on the jade plate, and the sheep is being cooked in the golden tripod." The carp and chicken mentioned in the poem must be Tang cuisine, which is a traditional dish. In Chinese cuisine, there was a saying of "flying knives and carp" in the Tang Dynasty. When Confucius once said, "You never tire of fine food, you never tire of thin meat", the meat refers to fish meat, which belongs to the category of sashimi.