What are the Nine Ghosts?

Question 1: What are the Nine Great Ghosts? In Shenzhen, people who held banquets in the past were called "Nine Great Ghosts", and those who went to eat banquets were called "Eating Nine Great Ghosts." The so-called "nine ghosts" are nine bowls of typical dishes: boiled chicken, fried eel, three cups of duck, steamed goose with sour plum, braised pork, skin-fat vermicelli, sugar tofu balls, braised fish, and braised manshajing. Oysters. For weddings, funerals, red and white events, and banquets, these nine bowls must be included. There are also some traditional foods in Shenzhen. For example, although the pot dishes from various places are common people's daily diet, they are rich and colorful. Shenzhen’s specialties include Fenghu, South Australian snails, lobsters, wild red spot, and large shrimps; Shajing oysters at the Pearl River Estuary, and yellow scales are better in Shajing; dog meat is available in Guanlan; roast goose is available in Gongming; and salt chicken is available in Longgang. These have become the basis for innovative local cuisine in Shenzhen.

Question 2: What is the food of Jiudagui? Jiudagui is a traditional Chinese feast in Guangdong. The "nine elements" have an extremely rich meaning; and the "nine elements" (i.e., wind, cloud, thunder, rain, sea, fire, water, earth, and sky) are the things that compete with each other at the beginning of creation, and are the most important of all things. has its own unique meaning. "Gui" was originally a round vessel used to hold millet during ancient sacrifices. Later, it gradually turned into a banquet for holiday celebrations. Jiudagui uses the best ingredients in every dish, but there is no beef, because cattle can help farmers plow their fields.

The Hakka people call the nine big guis Jiuzidian, which means "nine sons succeed in the imperial examination" and "long-lasting". The nine dishes of Jiudagui are also different in different places. For example: suckling pig on a plate or golden pig on a plate (or braised pigeon), braised duck with nostoc or oysters with soybean, panlong pan with black bean sauce (or braised large pancake with garlic), candied (or boiled) prawns Or plain-cut chicken (or soy sauce chicken), fried or steamed fresh oysters (or scallops), taro pork belly (or diced chicken with nuts), steamed seafood fish, stir-fried mixed vegetables with vegetables and corn soup with scallops.

The nine famous Gui in Yuen Long, Hong Kong are: Shanzhuang free-range chicken, famous chef braised pork belly, shrimps with tangerine peel and black bean sauce, rice duck with noodle sauce, dace balls with nozzle, dried eel and radish, sweet and sour Meat balls, braised squid with fried skin and northern mushrooms in oyster sauce.

Zhuhai’s nine famous dishes are: stewed mushrooms with dried shrimps, stewed field duck with pork skin glue, stewed belly with southern milk and winter bamboo shoots, boiled chicken, braised Chinese cabbage over firewood, stir-fried snow peas with double squid, chicken offal, and minced garlic. Braised sea clams, braised pork pot and sweet and sour pork.

Question 3: What does the Nine Great Ghosts mean? The Nine Great Gui "簋" (pronounced as "ghost") originally refers to the ancient utensils for placing food. Its shape may be square or round, and there are several types made of wood, bamboo, pottery and copper. It was originally a food or sacrificial vessel for the nobles at that time. Later, it gradually spread to the people, so the people in Guangdong have the saying of "Nine Gui". What are the "Nine Great Gui"? It means that the feast is rich, and there are nine large guis to hold the dishes and food. In ancient times, sacrifices were often referred to as "two guis", "four guis" and "eight guis". Only in the Guangdong region, Hong Kong and Macao, the feast was commonly called "nine big guis". Adding the word "大" between "九" and "簋" not only expresses many things, but also contains extremely rich and solemn meanings. The ancients said that "at the beginning of creation, the nine major forces were in conflict." The "nine elements" are wind, cloud, thunder, rain, sea, fire, sun, earth and sky, which are the most important of all things. According to recent finds unearthed from an ancient tomb in the early Eastern Han Dynasty in Jinben Town, Sanshui County, Guangdong Province, the "gui" as the Cantonese call it is a "big bowl" that can hold five to six kilograms of rice. According to today's people's appetite, "Nine Big Gui" can be enjoyed by hundreds or dozens of people. It can be seen that the "nine large gui" refers to the richness of the food and the high standard of the banquet. The so-called "nine large gui" means that the banquet is extremely rich and nine large guis must be used to hold the dishes and food. In ancient times, the shape of the utensils used to place food was square or round, and the materials were made of wood, bamboo, pottery and copper. They were originally food utensils or sacrificial utensils for ancient nobles. Later, they gradually spread to the people and were used for sacrifices in ancient times. It is often said that "two guis", "four guis" and "eight guis" are all in even numbers. Today, this ancient custom still exists in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao. The reason why the feast is called "Nine Da Gui" is that because it represents the majority, adding a big character means it is extremely rich and solemn; and the "Nine Das" are wind, cloud, thunder, rain, sea, fire, and water. , earth, and sky are the "competing" things in the "beginning of creation". They are the best of all things and have their own unique meaning. In addition, according to the cultural relics unearthed from an ancient tomb of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Jinmu Town, Sanshui County, Guangdong Province in recent years, the "Gui" is a large container that can hold five to six kilograms of rice. If people eat today, it will be filled with nine kilograms. The big Gui can be enjoyed by hundreds of people. Types of "Nine Great Gui" Before and after the Republic of China, the most common "Nine Great Gui" are as follows: Xizuo: a banquet held on the official day to welcome the bride, with nine types of dishes (bowls) on each table, so it is known as the "Nine Great Xizuo" "Gui"; Warm Hall Drinking: It is a banquet for newlyweds to make cups, known as "Five Trees and Four Ruyi", commonly known as "Nine Warm Hall Nine Gui"; Lighting Wine: Also known as "Lighting Banquet", it is the first time after giving birth to a child. In the second year of the wedding banquet with hanging lanterns, each table has nine bowls of dishes, also known as "Nine Gui with Lights on"; Shou Zhuan: a banquet to celebrate birthdays. "Nine" has the same pronunciation as "Jiu", which means "long and long" auspiciousness. Each table also has nine dishes, which is called "Nine Gui for Longevity Drinking". The improvement and evolution of the "Nine Gui" This traditional etiquette has been preserved by the Cantonese people, but it has been modified due to changes in the times. For example, on October 18, 1986, Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom visited Guangdong, and the Guangdong Provincial Government held a banquet at the White Swan Hotel. This banquet consists of "four dishes, one soup and one snack", including rice, desserts and fruits, totaling nine styles.

The four main dishes are "Two Dragons Playing with Pearls", "Suckling Swallows Entering the Bamboo Forest", "Splendid Grouper", and "Golden Skin Suckling Pig", followed by the soup "Phoenix Eight Treasure Cauldron", and then the dim sum "Moon Moon". "Yingxian Rabbit", the meal is "Fragrant Lotus Leaf Rice", the dessert after the meal is "Lin Wanshou Fruit", and the last fruit is "Smooth Sailing" (fresh cantaloupe is used to carve the hull and sail, with fruit pieces inside, It means good luck and good luck).

Question 4: What is the dish of the Nine Ghosts? The ninth drunken shrimp

Drunken shrimp: As the name suggests, if live shrimps are put into wine, the shrimps will be drunk to death in a short time. (I should say drunk). The eater can taste the fresh aroma of the shrimp and the aroma of the wine at the same time. Isn’t it great to kill two birds with one stone?

Comments: Drinking is my favorite. I really worry that one day I will be drunk and confused, and I will be served like a shrimp. People who are addicted to alcohol should be careful.

Cruelty:

No. 8 Air-dried Chicken

Air-dried Chicken: When making this kind of thing, certain techniques are required and the speed must be very fast. This is a Tibetan dish. The master plucked the feathers and guts very quickly, stuffed the chicken belly with seasonings, sewed it on, and hung it in a ventilated place (without bleeding and killing it). At this time, the chicken must still be alive, and then it will "coo-coo" like a wind chime in the wind and snow. The scene is so spectacular.

Comments: In Gu Long’s novels, people who duel with Ximen Chuixue often look down and see a blood hole in their chest bleeding after a move, and then realize that they have been hit. I think this chicken is similar. After the master's tossing, he lowered his head and saw that the hair was gone and the internal organs had been replaced. Only then did he realize: It's over, he's been infected, and the scary thing is that he's not dead yet.

Cruelty:

No. 7 Dragon Beard and Phoenix Claw

Dragon Beard and Phoenix Claw: A very sophisticated dish, Dragon Beard is the fish whisker of live carp , chicken feet are a piece of fine meat in the middle of a live chicken's paw. The specific cooking method is unknown.

Comments: When eating this dish, there must be a group of lame chickens in the backyard, and a group of carp that cannot eat anything in the pond. It is pitiful for all living beings.

Cruelty:

The sixth place is calling a donkey alive

Calling a donkey alive: Have you ever eaten fresh donkey meat? No matter how fresh the donkey meat is, it’s just a freshly killed donkey, right? It is different to call a donkey alive. The donkey does not need to be killed at all. The meat is cut out directly from the live donkey. Listening to the screams of the donkey in the back hall, the front hall was eating a certain part of the donkey as if nothing had happened. It was truly a feast for the eyes.

Comment: I remember that in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, there is something called a polyp. If you eat its flesh, it will come back to life. There is also the legendary Parthian cow in China, which can also be cut and eaten, and it will recover naturally after a few days. But donkeys don’t have this ability? This cruel way of eating reminds me of Lingchi, the cruelest punishment in Chinese history.

Cruelty:

No. 5 Roast Duck Feet

Roast Duck Feet: The live duck is placed on a slightly heated iron plate, and the iron coated with seasonings is The plate is heated. The live duck would walk around on the iron plate because of the heat, and eventually it would start jumping. Finally, the duck feet were cooked, but the duck was still alive. The feet were cut off and served on a plate, while the duck was used for other purposes.

Comments: In "The Romance of the Gods", there seems to be two hands that are "burned with cannons". Gradually, the smell of the burned palms made King Zhou laugh.

Cruelty:

Fourth place: Sizzling soft-shelled turtle

Sizzling soft-shelled turtle: Place the fresh soft-shelled turtle in a seasoned cold soup and simmer over slow fire . The turtle is alive. When the water gradually heats up, the turtle will drink the soup because of the heat, and the seasoning will naturally enter the turtle's body. Gradually, the fire became hotter and hotter. Seeing the soft-shell turtle rolling in pain in the pot, everyone holding the chopsticks was extremely excited. When the soft-shell turtle is finally cooked, the soup outside and the soup the soft-shell turtle drinks make the soft-shell turtle meat taste like soup, which is said to be extremely delicious.

Comments: The best thing is to simmer it over slow fire. When killing it, you can never kill it all at once, but let the viewer enjoy the pleasure of slow torture.

Cruelty:

The third place is pouring donkey meat:

This dish is also difficult to deal with donkeys. The live donkey is fixed and there is a burner next to it. Boiling old soup. The eater specifies a certain part to eat, and the chef peels off that piece of donkey skin to reveal the fresh meat. Use a wooden spoon to ladle the boiling soup over the piece of meat. Wait until the meat is cooked, then cut it off and put it on a plate and serve it.

Comments: It is said that most people who eat this dish do not eat the food for the sake of eating it, but purely to see how to water the donkey and the donkey's facial expressions.

Cruelty:

Second place San Zhi'er

San Zhi'er: A plate of newborn mice (live) and a plate of seasonings. The eater uses chopsticks to pick up a live mouse, and the mouse will squeak (this is the first squeak). When the condiment is received, the mouse will squeak again (this is the second squeak). ), when put into the mouth of the eater, the rat will make the last "squeak" (***三 squeak). The recipe is simple, but the eater needs endless gluttonous motivation and incomparable courage to taste this dish.

Comments: People who eat mice are not scary. What is scary is the person who invented this dish and gave it this scary name. San Zhi'er vividly sums up the cruel process of eating living things, which cannot but be said to be sad.

Cruelty:

The first place monkey... >>

Question 5: What is eating the "Nine Great Ghosts"? What is it? "Nine Great Gui"? It means that the feast is rich, and there are nine large guis to hold the dishes and food. In ancient times, sacrifices were often referred to as "two guis", "four guis" and "eight guis". Only in the Guangdong region, Hong Kong and Macao, the feast was commonly called "nine big guis". Adding the word "大" between "九" and "簋" not only expresses many things, but also contains extremely rich and solemn meanings. The ancients said that "at the beginning of creation, the nine major forces were in conflict." The "nine elements" are wind, cloud, thunder, rain, sea, fire, sun, earth and sky, which are the most important of all things. According to recent finds unearthed from an ancient tomb in the early Eastern Han Dynasty in Jinben Town, Sanshui County, Guangdong Province, the "gui" as the Cantonese call it is a "big bowl" that can hold five to six kilograms of rice. According to today's people's appetite, "Nine Big Gui" can be enjoyed by more than a hundred or dozens of people. It can be seen from this that "Nine Great Gui" is to express the richness of the food and boast of the high standard of the banquet.

Question 6: Where does the Cantonese "Nine Great Gui" come from? What does it mean in detail? Anyone who knows can provide the answer. Thank you Jiu Da Gui:

Jiu Da Gui is a traditional Chinese feast in Guangdong. Guiyuan is a smooth-shaped vessel used to hold millet during ancient sacrifices. Later, it gradually turned into a banquet for holiday celebrations. Jiudagui uses the best ingredients in every dish, but there is no beef, because cattle help farmers plow their fields.

The Hakka people call the Nine Gui "Nine Son Disks", which means "nine sons succeed in the imperial examination" and "long-lasting". The nine dishes of Jiudagui are also different in different places. For example: suckling pig platter or golden pig platter (or braised pigeon), braised duck with nostoc or oysters with soybean sauce, panlong pan with black bean sauce (or braised large pancake with garlic), candied (or boiled) prawns or White-cut chicken (or soy sauce chicken), fried or steamed fresh oysters (or scallops), taro pork belly (or diced chicken with nuts), steamed seafood fish, stir-fried mixed vegetables and scallops and corn soup.

The nine famous Gui in Yuen Long, Hong Kong are: Shanzhuang Free Range Chicken, Celebrity Chef Braised Pork Belly, Shrimp with Tangerine Peel and Black Bean Sauce, Rice Duck with Noodle Sauce, Dace Fish Balls with Lettuce, Dried Eels, Sweet and Sour Meat balls, braised squid with fried skin and mushrooms in oyster sauce.

Zhuhai’s nine famous dishes are: stewed mushrooms with dried shrimps, stewed field duck with pork skin glue, stewed belly with southern milk and winter bamboo shoots, white-cut chicken, braised Chinese cabbage over firewood, stir-fried snow peas with double squid, chicken offal, and minced garlic. Braised sea clams, braised pork pot and sweet and sour pork.

Question 7: What does "Nine Big Gui" mean? Encyclopedia says

Adding the word "big" between "Nine" and "Gui" not only means a lot, but And it contains extremely rich and solemn meaning.

Question 8: What are the "Nine Great Gui"? "Nine big gui" means that the feast is extremely rich, and nine big guis must be used to hold the dishes and food. Gui is an ancient vessel for placing food. Its shape may be square or round, and its materials include wood, bamboo, pottery and copper. It was originally a food vessel or sacrificial vessel for ancient nobles, and later it gradually spread to the people. In ancient times, people used to say "two guis", "four guis" and "eight guis" when offering sacrifices, all using even numbers. Nowadays, Guangdong This ancient custom still exists in the Guizhou, Hong Kong and Macao areas.

The reason why the feast is called "Nine Da Gui" is that because it represents the majority, adding a big character means it means extremely rich and solemn; and the "Nine Da" refers to wind, cloud, thunder, Rain, sea, fire, water, earth, and sky are the "competing" things in the "beginning of creation". They are the best of all things and have their own unique meanings. (Editor: Feng Ying)

Question 9: What are the nine major ghost towns in the world? The statue of the Jade Emperor in Fengdu will be transformed into the largest Yama King in the world

Recently, Fengdu County is spending 230 million yuan on a new planning and packaging of the ghost town. After the Ghost Festival next August, if you visit the ghost town, you can not only take a night tour of the ghost town and see the world's largest King of Yama, but you can also enter the "Ghost Town Maze" to experience "torture of hell" and experience "reincarnation of life and death" in the Floating and Sinking Street. culture*** .

The "Jade Emperor" becomes the "King of Yama"

The modern "Jade Emperor" freehand statue on Tiantang Mountain in the ghost town of Fengdu will soon become the largest in the world after exterior decoration The seated statue of "King of Yama".

According to Sun Jiliang, chief engineer of the Development and Construction Management Committee of Beicheng District Management Committee of Fengdu County, the new ghost town reconstruction plan is divided into six layers, with Mingshan, Tiantang Mountain and Shuanggui Mountain forming a Z-shaped scenic spot. The small inner lake at the intersection of the three mountains will be built into "Beiming", "Huangquan" and "Xiaoyao Valley" with reference to the historical sites. Now the "Ghost Kingdom Shrine" attraction has been changed into "Yam Luo Palace City", and the identity of the famous mountain is the ghost kingdom court where the final judgment is, which is in line with the traditional Chinese capital pattern.

"Nine Palaces and Eighteen Temples" hides "Hell"

Fengdu has built a 3-kilometer long embankment on the riverside below Mingshan, Tiantang Mountain and Shuanggui Mountain . The causeway, named Lingdi, was carefully built based on the famous legend of "Nine Dragons Holding Saints" in Fengdu. From a distance, Lingdi looks like a flying dragon heading towards famous mountains, while from a closer look, it is full of ghosts from past generations.

On the 0.9 square kilometers of land surrounded by Lingdi, the unique "temple city" in Fengdu's history will be reproduced here. Almost all of its buildings are temples arranged in the "nine palaces and eighteen temples" pattern. There are five landscape buildings of "gold, wood, water, fire and earth".

This place will be a city that never sleeps in the future, and Fengdu folk culture, famous snacks, etc. will all be unveiled here.

Underneath the "Nine Palaces and Eighteen Temples" is the "Ghost City Hell", which is like a maze, with heart-breaking, disembowelling, ghosts crying and wolves howling, everything is available.

The "City of Samsara" floats and sinks with the tides

According to changes in the water level of the Yangtze River, the old town of Fengdu will rise to the surface for more than four months every year. The county will take advantage of this feature to create a "city of reincarnation" and a "city on the water" that will "live and die" periodically with the tides of the river. Fengdu will combine the annual large and small temple fairs with the traditional ghost festival - Menglan Festival, and organize tourists to have a carnival in the "City of Samsara" late at night - allowing tourists to wear ghost masks, sit on the riverside or on wooden boats, holding Wooden ladles covered with ghost masks splash water on each other to cool off the summer heat.

"The new ghost town has increased participatory tourism projects, allowing tourists to enjoy *** pleasure in a terrifying atmosphere." The person in charge of Fengdu Tourism Bureau said that next year the new ghost town will begin to take shape, and tourists can Night party in a ghost town. Five years later, the newly built ghost town scenic spot will be able to receive more than 3 million tourists every year, turning today's passing tours into destination tours.

Question 10: Is it the "big ghost" or the "nine ghosts"? , Nine Ghosts