Source: Authentic Scenery
I haven’t eaten stinky mandarin fish , how dare I talk about Anhui? With one's own strength, it refreshed the presence of a cuisine, which is about stinky mandarin fish!
As the main dish in , the famous "intangible cultural heritage food" , the stinky mandarin fish has an unquestionable good background; as a dish with heavy-tasting , stinky mandarin fish is also a daily sharing of in Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou and other places; as the stinky tofu, snail noodles , stinky mandarin fish represents food , stinky mandarin fish is also a new internet celebrity .
When a mandarin fish becomes a stinky mandarin fish, its status is different.
Photography/Fang Thomas
Stinky mandarin fish with hundreds of years of history is engraved with ancient Huizhou unique geographic humanities .
Huangshan, Tianmushan, Baijishan , Wulongshan... Huizhou is surrounded by mountains. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the moisture in the south nourishes Huizhou as gentle as Jiangnan in mist and rain. However, this is not the "land of fish and rice". Under the appearance of pink walls and black tiles, Huizhou people who make their living by mountains and rivers like the vigorous and heavy taste of . Hui merchant has risen, and the stinky mandarin fish has been able to cross the barriers of mountains, and has moved from Huizhou to the whole country. The stinky mandarin fish witnessed the background color and glorious past of Hui merchants.
stinky mandarin fish has a strong taste, and it is not only Anhui people who fall in love with it.
pictures/Visual China
For today's Anhui people, stinky mandarin fish is not only a dish, a taste, but also a cultural symbol engraved into memory .
Stinky mandarin fish ≠stinky mandarin fish
Hui cuisine originated from "Huizhou cuisine". The base is made of Huizhou cuisine , combining southern Anhui cuisine, Wanjiang dishes, Hefei cuisine, Huainan cuisine, Anhui cuisine dishes, and today's Hui cuisine was born, combining bulk Anhui into one.
Even the "Hui" in Anhui is taken from the "Hui" in Huizhou.
Huizhou, contributed half of Anhui.
Photography/Li Qiong
Today, Huizhou (abbreviated the demarcated Wuyuan) has been replaced by " Huangshan City ". Although Huizhou is only one-tenth of Anhui in the past district map; however, in terms of the entire Anhui history, Huizhou is an indelible existence .
occupies most of Anhui, where is located in the plain, and Huizhou has unique geographical conditions. There are all mountains around Huizhou. I am afraid that I have never been to Huizhou because of the "Hidden Man's Pavilion" written in Anhui Chuzhou . Otherwise, his sentence "There are all mountains around Chuzhou" would be rewritten by Huizhou. "Seven mountains, one water, one part of the fields, one part of the road and the pastoral land" is an image summary of the Huizhou topography and landforms .
Huizhou is surrounded by mountains and water, with more mountains and few fields,
In order to develop agriculture, all dynasties have attached great importance to the development of dams.
Photography/Fang Thomas
Although Huizhou lacks food, it is not short of products. Tea, bamboo shoots, mushrooms, fungus , chestnut, yam , stone chicken, stone fish... Huizhou, which eats the mountains by the mountains, has produced various mountain delicacies , which not only enriches Anhui's products, but also laid the foundation for the basic ingredients of Huizhou cuisine . To this day, when it comes to the representatives of Hui cuisine, many people still blurt out , mountain bamboo shoots , Yipinguo ...
, which is famous for the sea of clouds, hiding across , northern Huizhou , blocking the cold current from the north. The rainy climate, coupled with the moisture that is not easily dispelled by mountains, has turned Huizhou into a -swept Jiangnan fairyland .The sky blue is waiting for misty rain, and the smell of fresh goods fermentation. In this warm and humid environment, Huizhou ham and edamame were born.
In the eyes of Huizhou people, Huizhou ham tastes the best.
pictures/Visual China
In Huizhou dialect, "fresh pickled" is close to "stinky" , expressing the Huizhou people's pursuit of "fresh". This is a kind of flavor that is marinated with salt, relying on salt and food to produce chemical reactions, and fermentation of . In the past, fresh food was not convenient to store for a long time, and Huizhou people developed the tradition of "salt heavy" , and the style of Hui cuisine was also laid out by this.
Huizhou people love to eat mandarin fish , but Huizhou does not produce mandarin fish. The pursuit of mandarin fish reflects the Jiangnan attributes of in Huizhou culture . "Peach blossom flowing water mandarin fish fat", as a famous fish in Jiangnan, mandarin fish has appeared in poetry works at an extremely high frequency since , Tang Dynasty , and squirrel mandarin fish has become a famous dish that has been passed down to this day.
As a famous fish in Jiangnan, mandarin fish is very well-known in the hearts of Chinese people.
pictures/Visual China
So, the mandarin fish in Huizhou relies heavily on "import" and trafficked from Anqing , Tongling , Chichou and other places. However, the transportation is inconvenient, and it takes six or seven days to go. In order to prevent the mandarin fish from spoiling, the fishmonger put the mandarin fish in wooden barrel , lay a layer of fish in , sprinkle a layer of salt, and finally pressed with stones. Even so, the fresh mandarin fish has changed, emitting a special odor of that is smelly but not odor.
However, the mandarin fish has also reborn! people in Huizhou found that after cleaning, fry and then roast, and assisted with bamboo shoots, meat, chili peppers, onions, ginger and garlic. The odor of mandarin fish disappeared, and turned into fresh . When chewed carefully, there is a special kind of fresh sweet . The fish pressed by stones is also more compact and firm. The texture of the stinky mandarin fish has a unique -flavored texture.
pickled stinky mandarin fish has become a traditional craft in Anhui.
Photography/Fang Thomas
As a great invention of Huizhou people, the emergence of stinky mandarin fish is not accidental . Laba Tofu and edamame are also famous for their "stinky". Therefore, the stinky mandarin fish, which combines Huizhou's geography, climate and Huizhou people's dietary habits, easily became the leading dish of Hui cuisine.
Huizhou Ancient City Green tiles and white walls. From a distance, it looks like the quiet and gentleness of a small town in Jiangnan, but it is not as fresh as Jiangnan. Hui cuisine represented by stinky mandarin fish exposes the inner enthusiasm of Huizhou people.
The warmth among the blue tiles and white walls.
Photography/Fang Thomas
"Smelling": Stinky mandarin fish goes from Anhui to the whole country
Huizhou is a processing factory. The mandarin fish sent in, and it becomes a stinky mandarin fish when transported out. The famous Hui merchant inadvertently acted as the "porter" for stinky mandarin fish. It is precisely because of the large number of Huizhou people going out to do business in that the stinky mandarin fish was able to get out of the mountains of Huizhou and become famous in the world.
"I didn't practice in my previous life. I was born in Huizhou. I was thirteen or fourteen years old, so I threw it out." Because is narrow and dense, the grain produced in Huizhou in ancient times could only maintain local food for about three months. The cruel natural conditions led to Huizhou people having to go out to make a living early and large amounts of .
southern Anhui is mountainous, not only squeezing arable land resources, but also
also causes inconvenience in transportation.
Photography/Lu Wen
The hard rural environment has cut off the Huizhou people's desire for comfort, and thus forged the "Hui Camel Spirit" of Huizhou businessmen. Unlike the outgoing temperament of Fujian people who "only fight to win", Hui merchants, one of the three major business groups in modern my country, are more restrained in .
For Anhui people who go out, stinky mandarin fish is the most suitable food for to carry along the way: pickled and fermented stinky mandarin fish is more resistant to storage , forming a deep emotional connection with Huizhou people who are wandering outside. stinky mandarin fish has become a home food that Huizhou people strongly recommend to the outside world.
Ancient Huizhou topographic map.
map/Sun Lu
and Fujian cuisine blooms everywhere in Southeast Asia similarly. Huizhou people are bringing business to the whole country while bringing Huizhou cuisine to the whole country. Perhaps even Hui merchants themselves did not expect that they would accidentally complete an cultural business.
Today, Hui merchants have become history. Even in the well-preserved Huizhou Ancient City , it is difficult to find the glory of Hui merchants. However, the stinky mandarin fish that followed Hui merchants to travel around the world still vibrantly expands its "business map" .
traditionally pickled stinky mandarin fish.
Photography/Fang Thomas
Today's stinky mandarin fish has a very strong "natural traffic" and is regarded as the soul of Huicai . It is not only a famous dish of mandarin fish , but also a kind of stinky food . In the minds of "stinky" people, stinky mandarin fish, stinky tofu and snail noodles are named "three smells in the world". Hui cuisine is "looking for common" and Guizhou cuisine, Hubei cuisine, and Hunan cuisine are also "smelled several times" in . The presence of stinky mandarin fish is very impressive.
The stinky mandarin fish in Hunan cuisine is relatively spicy.
pictures/Visual China
Eat "stinky" unambiguous Guizhou people , and face stinky mandarin fish without any pressure; when Hunan and Hubei , stinky mandarin fish becomes more spicy . The flavor of stinky mandarin fish fascinates Anhui people. However, as a heavy-taste ingredient , stinky mandarin fish has super adaptability in Guizhou, Hubei and Hunan cuisine. Joining these three major food provinces will allow the stinky mandarin fish to gain more fans and gradually become the representative of national stinky food .
For many people, the deliciousness of stinky mandarin fish is usually only the first time and countless times in , and stinky mandarin fish has successfully become popular!
pickled stinky mandarin fish, it will be delicious no matter how you make it.
Photography/Bai Lu, Picture/Pictures/Pictures·Creative
Stinky mandarin fish was born in an era where it cannot be frozen and transported inconvenient. Nowadays, eating fresh mandarin fish is no longer a problem for Anhui people. Not only has the stinky mandarin fish not only has not withdrawn, but it has become more and more fragrant. It has also become popular all over the country from local food. has integrated more diversified sparks into the food cultures of various places.
How to achieve your stinky mandarin fish freedom?
Not long ago, a story about "post-90s gymnastics champion selling Huizhou stinky mandarin fish " opened up people's new understanding of stinky mandarin fish and also opened up the possibility that Chinese people can realize stinky mandarin fish free .
stinky mandarin fish that can be made at home.
Photography/Fang Thomas
In the past, it took some luck to eat a delicious stinky mandarin fish. Because the pickling of stinky mandarin fish has a certain technical threshold, the experience of master, temperature, humidity, and pickling time can all determine the quality of a stinky mandarin fish. Therefore, stinky mandarin fish has become a food with strong random taste. , one thousand masters may make 1,000 kinds of stinky mandarin fish .
is always a "metaphysics" .
The stinky mandarin fish you make is delicious,
It depends on whether the stinky mandarin fish is delicious.
picture/Visual China
Nowadays, through accurate calculations, the production process of stinky mandarin fish is scientifically controlled, and the "fresh" of stinky mandarin fish is just right. In 2017, the stinky mandarin fish became famous for its appearance in "China on the Bite of the Tongue", becoming the well-known Anhui landmark food by the Chinese people. The sales of "Hui Sanstin Mandarin Fish" that mastered the complete assembly line production technology exceeded 100 million in that year.
Since 2020, the development of the epidemic has prompted the sales model of stinky mandarin fish to change from offline to online . Thanks to the development of express logistics , during transportation, the "fresh" of stinky mandarin fish when leaving the factory was locked steadily. It has a stable taste and fresh texture, so that the stinky mandarin fish can be among the "good agricultural products" .
stinky mandarin fish that orders online are trustworthy.
pictures/Visual China
2020, Zeng Yu, the post-90s gymnastics champion, chose Pinduoduo and opened his first stinky mandarin fish online store . In the same year, the "Hui Sanstin Mandarin Fish" was launched in Pinduoduo for only 14 days, and it reached the sales of freshwater fish category of and the best reviews were . I chose Pinduoduo's stinky mandarin fish and found a new sales positioning.
Under the leadership of Pinduoduo, other agricultural products in Xiuning County, Huangshan City, one of the main production areas of stinky mandarin fish, also joined the online sales army , with sales reaching about 200 million. The future is not only the stinky mandarin fish industry.
above picture: Han Kejun, the city-level representative inheritor of Huizhou stinky mandarin fish production technology, is pickling stinky mandarin fish;
below picture: Pinduoduo live streaming with stinky mandarin fish.
is committed to . . Pinduoduo . Through the "Fresh China-Duoduo Good Farm Products" project, we introduce users to the "good farm products" in various places. Today, the agricultural product consumption IP launched by Pinduoduo, Agricultural Products Festival , has been held for four consecutive sessions, with 24 days of ultra-long standby, radiating to nearly 2,000 production areas, covering 200,000 primary and deep-processed agricultural products nationwide, and over 100,000 agricultural-related stores. In recent years, "light luxury fruits" such as Sunshine Rose, Guanxi Honey Pomelo have become the hottest single products, reflecting the dual appeal of the platform and good agricultural products.
Authentic and authentic are important criteria for defining good agricultural products. Just like stinky mandarin fish, always has the indelible Anhui mark, Anhui is also the best "shipping place" for stinky mandarin fish in the minds of Chinese people. The development of e-commerce such as Pinduoduo will also outline a map of scenery in China while helping farmers and revitalizing rural .
