Happiness lies in the village named after "Fu". The eighth issue │ Fushou Village, Hutou, Anxi, Quanzhou: the beautiful legend of Hutou rice noodle.

August 12 (Reporter You Yanzi Wu Zhenfeng Text/Photo/Video) At the foot of Dajian Mountain in Fushou Village, Hutou, Anxi, Quanzhou, it is built on the mountain, full of green eyes and fresh air. The clear Fushou River passes through the village. The villagers in Fushou Village have lived by the Fushou River for generations, making a gourmet rice noodle by hand.

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Speaking of Hutou rice noodles, it is a household name, and Fushou Village is well-deserved as the first village of Hutou rice noodles. Due to the unique geographical advantages, the rice noodles made by Shanquan villagers are as white as crystal ice, as tough as rubber springs, as smooth as jade and as loose as tidbits.

After more than 600 years of inheritance, Hutou rice noodle has become a national geographical indication product, and the Hutou ring road project under construction now passes through Fushou Village, which will open up the transportation hub around Fushou Village and let Fushou Village welcome guests from all corners of the country to taste Fushou rice noodle.

Aerial photo of Fushou Village

Fushou Village is named after Li and his son.

Fushou Village is located in the southeast of Hutou Town, Anxi County, formerly known as Huxiu. According to legend, Li Erhua (No. Fuhai), Li's ancestor, came here from Hutou Nanzhuang to settle down and gave birth to a son named Shoushan. Later, in order to remember the merits of the ancestors, they took the name of father and son and refined it into Fushou Village.

Li Youren, secretary of the Party branch of Fushou Village, said that there are 8 natural villages in Fushou Village with a population of more than 3,800, and more than 300 families in the village produce Fushou rice noodles. He remembers that when he was a child, he often saw rice noodles drying neatly on the riverbed of Fushou River. The villagers imported mountain spring water from the mountains to make rice noodles. The prepared rice noodles are spread on bamboo boards and dried on the riverbed by the stream. The sun shines directly on it, and the heat emitted by the stones on the river bed below makes the rice noodles fully absorb the sun. Dry rice noodles are of good quality and are famous in southern Fujian and Southeast Asia.

The clear Fushou River runs through the village.

Primary school in Fushou village

Li Youren, Secretary of the Party Branch of Fushou Village

Hutou rice noodle has a beautiful legend.

As for Tiger Head Rice Noodle, there is also a beautiful legend, which was introduced by him. It is said that Kangxi was pacified? San Francisco rebellion? It happened to be my birthday, so I decided to hold a party to celebrate. When the news reached Anxi, Li Guangdi discussed with his family what to do. Ping Jia Yan? What gift?

At that time, the people in Hutou lived a hard life and couldn't come up with anything good to congratulate them. So Li Guangdi turned Hutou rice noodles made of Hutou mountain spring water into a tribute and brought them up.

So, Tiger Head Rice Noodle became Emperor Kangxi? Ping Jia Yan? Quanzhou, where ministers, Hanlin and heroes are entertained, has delicious local characteristics.

Villagers are making rice noodles (Photo courtesy of Fushou Village)

Villagers are drying rice noodles (Photo courtesy of Fushou Village)

Rice noodles dried on the roof

? Rice noodle king? I've been China on the tip of my tongue.

Hutou rice noodle has become a specialty of Anxi with a history of more than 600 years.

In Fushou Village, Li Tianci, a 75-year-old man, was interviewed and reported by many domestic media and participated in the recording of China on the Tip of the Tongue. Everyone addressed him respectfully? Rice noodle king? Hearing this, he repeatedly waved his hand and said? No, no, no?

When it comes to making rice noodles, Li Tianci has been in contact with it since childhood. The reason why rice noodles can be recognized by everyone is because he has adhered to his principles for decades. One is to ensure good raw materials, the other is good climate, and the third is to rely on personal technology? He insists on traditional hand-making, does not cut corners, does not ask for quantity but only guarantees quality.

? The rice noodles he made won't break when they fall to the ground, and they have good toughness. ? Li Lianlian, director and instrument of Fushou Village, praised it. Li Tianci said while demonstrating whether the rice noodles are good or not, just by listening to the sound. A whole stack of rice noodles passed silently.

Get up every morning 1, soak in rice, after 6? 8 hours, winter 10? Soak for 12 hour, and then grind the rice into slurry. Choosing good raw materials is the first step in making rice noodles. For decades, he has strictly controlled this primary factor. Through more than a dozen processes of pressing, boiling, stirring, rolling and grinding, rice noodles must be made and hung on bamboo plaques before the sun comes out. Often 80 kg of rice can only produce 60 kg of rice flour.

? When making rice noodles, the time in the morning is the most precious, so everyone has to get up early and get dark, which is very bitter. ? In the workshop less than 10 square meter, there are various tools such as buckets, colander, spatula, etc. There is a powder discharger on a large pot, next to a pile of dry wood.

With the progress of the times, many people no longer use these firewood burning tools and techniques to make rice noodles, but Li Tianci has always kept this primitive practice. He pointed to the cauldron and told reporters that when he was a child, he helped adults make rice noodles, that is, he was responsible for burning firewood and often fell asleep.

? Decades ago, there was no decent road in the village, and the cooked rice noodles had to be sold in the town for half an hour. Now, it takes a few minutes to get to town by motorcycle. ? Li Tianci: Unfortunately, although the days are getting better and better, this craft will be lost, and young people are too bitter to do it.

The cement road in Fushou village is not spacious, and the houses in the village are dense. Zhang Xiaoquan Railway passes through the village, and the whistle of the distant train can be heard almost every day.

Catch up with the good weather and you can see the scene of drying rice noodles in the village. Now, most villagers dry rice noodles on the roof and use electric fans to help dry them. The rice noodles on the bamboo plaque glowed with dazzling white light in the sun.

Air-dried rice noodle

Li Tianci is called? Rice noodle king?

Li Tianci introduced the production of rice noodles.

The construction of ring road opens the way for the development of Fushou Village.

Standing at the top of the village, Rongdong Temple has a panoramic view of the village. On the railway in Fushou Village, a viaduct has been erected, which is the Hutou Ring Road, a key project in Anxi currently under construction.

After the completion of this road, it will greatly facilitate the villagers in Fushou Village and its surrounding villages, open up traffic nodes in several neighboring villages, and add a road leading to villages and towns. Village committees are also being upgraded. There is a medical association on the first floor and a convenience service center to facilitate villagers who come to work.

Li Youren lived in Fushou Village since childhood and also made rice noodles. He hopes to build an exhibition hall in the village in the future to show the historical origin and production process of Fushou rice noodles, so that the next generation can remember it and let foreign guests better understand Fushou Village.

He often said that in Fushou Village, it is the happiest thing in the world to eat a bowl of Fushou rice noodles fried by his mother and drink a bowl of meat kang egg soup.

The Hutou Ring Road under construction passes through the village.