Go, go to Hunan for spicy food!
South of Dongting Lake,
It is a beautiful and rich place.
She has hot mountains,
The odd and steep show attracted "Avatar";
She has hot water,
Eight hundred miles of Dongting is vast;
The scenery of Zhangjiajie, Hunan. Photo by Shao Ying
She has hot and spicy people,
From revolutionary ancestors to scholars,
And the hot girl who has never been afraid of being spicy since childhood.
Go, go to Hunan for spicy food!
chili
"Sour and spicy", "spicy", "salty and spicy", "spicy", "oily spicy", "fresh spicy"...
You may not think of how many forms of peppers can be in Hunan, and how many delicious peppers can create. In other words, it is delicious in itself.
Ningxiang, Hunan held a chili-eating competition, where challengers competed to eat chili in a giant reservoir filled with chili. Photo by Yang Huafeng
Hunan people love to eat hot peppers, and they eat a variety of patterns, which are related to the climate and customs.
Hunan is surrounded by mountains on three sides to the east, south and west, with Dongting in the north, forming a horseshoe-shaped terrain that opens to the north, and there are many lakes and rivers in the territory. The summer temperature is relatively high and the weather is long and humid. In winter, cold and wet weather is formed after the northerly air flows in. Therefore, people like to eat hot peppers for refreshing, dispelling dampness, appetizing body fluid, and resisting wind and cold.
Stir-fried Zhangshugang peppers. Photo by Yang Huafeng
There is a saying in Chu Ci: "Den Guijiu Xijiao Sauce". Hunan belongs to the state of Chu in ancient times. It can be seen that the people of Hunan have a long history of eating spicy food. It is said that every person in Hunan eats 100 kilograms of fresh chili or more than 10 kilograms of dried chili per capita.
People in Hunan love spicy food, they can eat spicy food, and they are also good at researching "spicy". Since the 1990s, under the leadership of the "Chili Academician" and the dean of Hunan Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Zou School, the local varieties of Fudijian, Hexi Niujiaojiao and Xiangtan Chibanjiao as parents have been bred to have national influence There are 47 varieties of peppers. "Basically, one of every two peppers is a seed from Hunan."
The yellow gong pepper planted by villagers in Sanzhang Town, Hengdong County, Hunan Province has a good harvest. Photo by Cao Zhengping
Hunan is naturally the main producing area of pepper. People in Hengdong Hengyang, Rucheng Chenzhou, Xiangyin Yueyang and other places get rid of poverty by growing peppers. The Zhangshugang peppers, which sell for more than 300 yuan per catty, are produced in Yueyang.
On the dining table of Hunan people, it is better to have no meat for three days than to have no spicy for one day. Chopped chili is a must. Speaking of chopped chili, I have to say the top brand of Hunan cuisine-chopped chili fish head.
Xiang cuisine chopped pepper fish head. Photo by Yang Huafeng
The large fish heads spread all over the plate, covered with chopped peppers, tempeh, and garlic diced that have been sautéed in oil. They only need to be steamed for 15 minutes to serve. The meat is delicious. "Mixed together, dipped in full soup, eat a bite, the flavor is rich.
Stir-fried pork with Hunan peppers. Photo by Yang Huafeng
Hunan cuisine, represented by chopped pepper fish head, is one of the eight major cuisines with a long history in China and has been formed as early as the Han Dynasty. Hunan cuisine, which is deeply loved by "foodies", is the mainstay of Hunan's catering industry, and its output value has already exceeded 150 billion yuan.
"Spicy" Mountain
"Zhangjiajie returns without looking at the mountains." You may not have been to Hunan, but you must have heard of Zhangjiajie.
Wulingyuan Scenic Area, Zhangjiajie. Photo by Shao Ying
Male, strange, dangerous, beautiful, secluded, wild, strange... these words all describe the mountains in Zhangjiajie. Climbing to the top of Wulingyuan Scenic Spot in Zhangjiajie, the three thousand Qifengs have a panoramic view.
The beautiful Zhangjiajie. Photo by Shao Ying
Tianmen Mountain, the filming location of the Hollywood movie "Avatar", Hallelujah Mountain, has amazed the world, but it is not as beautiful as it is.
Nanyue Heng Mountain is located in the southeast of central Hunan Province. The seventy-two peaks of Nanyue stand up, eight hundred miles in the picture, headed by Huiyan Peak, and footed by Yuelu Mountain, forming a peak forest-like mountain landscape with protruding peaks.
Nanyue Hengshan. Photo courtesy of the Propaganda Department of Nanyue District Committee.
Zhurong Peak, the highest peak of Hengshan Mountain, is 1300.2 meters above sea level. "The height of Zhurong Peak" is the first of the "Four Wonders" of Nanyue's scenery. Because of the perennial smoke and clouds and the overlapping of the peaks, coupled with its standing in the relatively low-lying Xiangnan Basin, it is even more sturdy.
Huping Mountain is known as the roof of Hunan, with an altitude of 2098.7 meters. There are countless cliffs and cliffs. The mountain tops are connected to the clouds, strange peaks and rocks, supernatural workmanship, rocks and trees shadows, lush and lush, with splendid flowers and splendid flowers in the cracks.
Langshan "The First Alley in the World". Photo by Yan Keming
The Danxia landform has always been known for its strange beauty and steepness, creating many strange and dangerous peaks. Langshan is one of them. Only those who have been there know the steepness and beauty of Langshan.
A paradise for animals and plants-Mangshan, with verdant trees and gorgeous scenery. Here, the climate is mild, the rainfall is abundant, and the forest vegetation is diverse. It has the largest and best-preserved primitive evergreen broad-leaved forest in the same latitude zone. It is known as the "Second Xishuangbanna" and the "Natural Arboretum of South China".
"Spicy" water
South Dongting Lake Junshan Hualong Wharf. Photo by Fu Jingyi
Hunan is named after it is located in the south of Dongting Lake. Dongting Hubei is connected to the Yangtze River, and the four waters (Xiangjiang, Zishui, Yuanshui, Lishui) are connected in the south. Climb up to the Yueyang Tower and look into the distance, "Sand gulls are flying, Jinlin swimming", watching the waves and feeling the clouds and water.
Orange Isle. Photo by Kou Shanqin
"Liuyang River, after bending over nine bends, fifty miles of waterway to Xiangjiang River, there is a Xiangtan County on the riverside, Chairman Mao came out, leading the people to liberate"... A song "Liuyang River" made Xiangjiang a first-level tributary river "Red" is everywhere. Liuyang River Wine, Liuyang Xiabu rinsed with Liuyang River water, and chrysanthemum stones produced in the river are all its gifts.
The water and the sky are all different in the East. Photo by Xiao Zhizhong
"There is a lake in the sky on earth, and thousands of sights are in it" Dongjiang Lake, every morning staged the wonder of "small Dongjiang with fog". Dongjiang fish is even more delicious.
Hunan Province has dense inland river networks and well-developed water systems, with a freshwater area of 13,500 square kilometers. Sitting on the four major water systems of Dongting Lake and Xiangziyuanli, Hunan has fertile soil and rich freshwater resources. It is a breeding ground for freshwater fish and rice. Its aquatic products and food crops occupy an important position in the country.
Hybrid rice. Photo by Yang Huafeng
As a major agricultural province, Hunan has enjoyed the reputation of "Kyushu Granary" and "Hometown of Fish and Rice" since ancient times. It is rich in products and diverse agricultural and forestry specialties. It is rich in Xianglian, Xiangcha, Camellia, pepper, ramie, citrus, lake powder and so on.
"Spicy" people
Hunan people are famous for their spicy food. "If you don't eat hot peppers, you won't revolutionize." Even Xingli has a "spicy" taste: eating bitterly, tyrantly, not afraid of death, and patience. Even the little girl in Hunan is called a hot girl.
Spicy bar game. Photo by Yang Huafeng
Since the Song Dynasty, China's economic, political and cultural center has moved south, Hunan has also experienced several great emigrations, experienced the agitation of the Chu culture and the refinement of the Central Plains culture, which created the Hunan culture and nurtured the Hunan spirit.
Yuelu Academy. Photo by Yang Huafeng
Since ancient times, Hunan has been a place of outstanding people and talents, and people with lofty ideals such as Cai Lun, Wang Fuzhi, Qi Baishi, Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Wei Yuan have emerged.
In front of the gate of Yuelu Academy, there is a well-known couplet, saying "Only Chu has talents, Yu Si is prosperous." This sentence is quoted from "Left Turn", which is enough to explain the number of talents in Hunan at that time.
Mao Zedong Statue Square in Shaoshan, Hunan. Photo by Yang Huafeng
Hunan people even created the grand occasions such as "ZTE generals, Shijiuhuxiang", "Half of modern Chinese history written by Hunan people", "Hunan talents and half a country middle school", and "No army without Hunan".
Entering the new era, the "pungent" character of Hunanese who dare to break, dash and fight is still continuing. Since the reform and opening up, with the continuous rise of the Hunan Army of Literature, the Hunan Army of Television, the Hunan Army of Publishing, the Hunan Army of Animation, the Hunan Army of Machinery, and the Mobile Internet of Hunan, such outstanding Hunan enterprises as Liang Wengen, Zhan Chunxin, Zhou Qunfei, Zhang Yue, Zhang Xiaolong, etc. Homes continue to emerge, becoming important participants in China’s economic activities and important promoters of technological progress.
Author: Liu Man