Chinanews.com, Quanzhou, February 23rd (Wu Guanbiao Zeng Fuzhi) Stuffed oranges made from crabs, mountains and sea pockets, pancakes, and Tongshen cakes... A "Song and Yuan Haisi Banquet" full of ancient meanings traveled through the millennium. City "Quanzhou, Fujian reappeared.

　　In 2021, the "Quanzhou: World Ocean Commerce Center in Song and Yuan China" project including 22 heritage sites will be successfully listed on the World Heritage List.

As a world heritage city and an important starting point city of the ancient "Maritime Silk Road", Quanzhou is now actively restoring the prosperity of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, allowing the inheritance of world heritage to gain vigorous vitality.

The awarding ceremony of "Fujian Cuisine Landmark Gourmet City" and the promotion ceremony of "Song and Yuan Haisi Banquet".

Photo by Yan Huajie

　　That night, Quanzhou Shishi held the awarding ceremony of the "Landmark Food City of Fujian Cuisine" and the promotion ceremony of the "Song and Yuan Sea Silk Banquet". The "Song and Yuan Sea Silk Banquet" entertained guests and friends from all over the world, showing the unique food culture of the world ocean business center in the Song and Yuan Dynasties.

　　"We strive to reproduce the elegant charm of the world ocean business center in the Song and Yuan Dynasties." Huang Chunhui, secretary of the Shishi Municipal Party Committee, said that Shishi has repeatedly studied the "Mountain Family Qinggong" written by Lin Hong, a gourmet in Shishi in the Southern Song Dynasty, and the food of the Song Dynasty, and invited local culinary masters to restore it in depth." "Song Yuan Maritime Silk Banquet", gourmet food is becoming one of the shining business cards for Shishi to build a modern commercial capital.

　　"Catering is a topic that resonates with the whole world. I hope Shishi can stand on the basis of the 'Song and Yuan Haisi Banquet' and promote Fujian cuisine to the whole country and overseas." said Jin Yong, vice president of the China Hotel Association.

"Mountain Family Qing Gong" was written by Lin Hong, a Shishi gourmet and scholar-bureaucrat in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Photo courtesy of Shishi Propaganda Department

　　Just a few days ago, Quanzhou resumed the ceremony of "worshiping the sea and praying for blessings" in front of Zhenwu Temple, one of the world cultural heritage sites.

The prefect of Quanzhou, the governor of Shibo, and the foreign businessman performed sacrifices to the god of the sea according to the ancient rituals. The dancers in traditional costumes held 龠 and feathers in their hands and danced the sacrifice dance; the audience seemed to be "dream back" The Song and Yuan Dynasties were placed in an ancient and mysterious folk ceremony.

　　"Zhenwu Temple was the place where Quanzhou officials worshiped the sea in ancient times." Zheng Jianwen, vice chairman of Quanzhou Folk Literature and Art Association, pointed out that the grand ceremony of "sacrificing to the sea and praying for blessings" is like setting up a bridge connecting ancient and modern times, recreating the "city towns and ten continents" in Quanzhou during the Song and Yuan dynasties. "The grand occasion of "The Sound of Rising Seas and Merchants of All Nations" has also allowed more tourists at home and abroad to understand the cultural heritage of Quanzhou, a World Heritage Site.

　　In addition to the lively restoration of the food and rituals of the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the various forms of the Song and Yuan markets are restored in the form of exhibition halls, allowing tourists to experience the charm of Quanzhou as a world heritage, and it is also one of the means for Quanzhou to inherit the "Maritime Silk Road" culture.

"Crab Stuffed Orange" written in "Shanjia Qinggong".

Photo courtesy of Shishi Propaganda Department

　　Walking into the "Faying Citong" Song and Yuan Legal Culture Exhibition Hall located in the Quanzhou Intermediate People's Court, you can experience the "customs declaration" of the Shibo Department, the "public court trial" and "the judgment of the Fansi" and other similarities with the Song and Yuan Dynasties. Scenes related to Quanzhou legal culture.

The exhibition hall allows visitors to have an in-depth understanding of the city shipping department system, contract system, foreign-related judicial system, trial system, and the social life protection system of Tibetan merchants in the Song and Yuan Dynasties by means of scene restoration, etc., and experience the rich connotations of the legal culture of Quanzhou in the Song and Yuan Dynasties and profound background.

　　"Through the 'Song and Yuan Maritime Silk Banquet', we can still vividly touch the elegant food taste in the bones of Fujian people thousands of years ago, and feel the long and long cultural imprint of Quanzhou." said Chen Huizong, member of the Standing Committee of the Quanzhou Municipal Committee, director of the Propaganda Department, and secretary-general. The Yuan Dynasty was the pinnacle of the development of China's Maritime Silk Road, and also the heyday of Quanzhou Port's overseas traffic. The folk beliefs, customs, traditional crafts and food culture bred by it have become the cultural memory of the Song and Yuan Dynasties in this historical and cultural city. , timeless.

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