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Grape well cold cake

Liu Longquan

When you go to the ancient city of Shuanghe, Changning, you must taste the grape well cold cake.

Shuanghe, located in the south of Changning County, is adjacent to the Zhou family of Xunquan and Xingwen County, which is the first batch of "Tianfu Tourism Town" and "Top 100 Central Town" in Sichuan Province. The strategy of the Changning Army of the Yuan Dynasty made Liu Fu feel that the Shuanghe mountains and rivers are beautiful, the salt market is prosperous, and the earth spirit is talented. Yanjingli, wonders often face Baoshan screen. The farmer has been diligent in the past, and the child can still praise the Liu Jing. It is ridiculous Liu Lang's white hair, and the elderly star of Taoyuan Huayuan. "

Casting Shuanghe Grape Well (Picture Source: Changning County People's Government Network)

Grape well, real named Jiayuquan. From the records of the Song Dynasty, not only the spring water has not been draped all year round, but there are constant bubbles from the bottom of the well, like pearls, skewers like grapes, shaking up, endless, it is the world of wonders in the world. In the old days, people came here to release here, so there were many fish in the water. The spring water rushed up, the "grapes" drifted up, and the fish swimped, hence the name of Jiayu Spring. "The Great Earth Sheng" of the Ningjun King Xiang of the Southern Song Dynasty: "Jiayu Spring is in the east of the city, the site of Ma'anshan. The sprouts come out, there are small fish, four o'clock, no increase and no decrease, so the name of the spring water is extremely. Gan, the states must be used by brewing. The glutinous rice after the mountain is very sweet, otherwise it is hard. : "Jiayuquan, governing the east. There are small fish inside, not long for years. Turks make wine, they must use this water."

The scenery is beautiful, and there are constant people with Yong Lanting Fengya, also known as the celebrity cup pool and Jiayu Qingquan, which has become one of the eight scenic spots in Gu Changning County.

Grapeii Village is located in the southeast of Shuanghe Town, the fifth batch of provincial historical and cultural towns (Picture Source: Cover News)

In the first list of Sichuan in the Ming Dynasty, Changning people, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, Prince Edward Bao Zhou Hongmo, returned to Shuanghe twice when he died at the age of 22 and 52, wrote two poems. The first song "Jiayu Qingquan": "The long flow of the moss in the Saisha is the best. Xiang. Seeing Linking Gaoge there, Shixian once had this Panxia. "Another song" Seeing Lintu Pavilion on the Jiayu Spring ":" Where is the Lingliu Gaoge today, the waves here will not return. Xiao Qingyan grows self -consistently, who comes in the middle of the night. The sandywood is a bit of green grass, Shi Xunquan flows green moss, and even remembers the past day, and sings this stream cup. " Li Yongtong in the Ming Dynasty also praised "Jiayu Qingquan": "The roots of clouds rushing out of the moss, summer and cold and winter are also different. Should feel Jiang Shixiao, and want to give it to Li Baicai. Gao Ge is lonely, and Qingshan once saw the past. " I also visited Yuquan to the saddle. The underworld is clear and clear, and it is not annoying the Dangerous Beach of the Three Gorges. "

In the eighth year of the Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, the Ling Shixin of Changning County was the Jianlong King Temple. To the same place, it was believed that it was the place of ambergris, and the Longwang Temple was built here. Later, I built Shifang. Xi Shuxin felt that the bubble bubbles came out of the Jiayuquan like a grape, so he wrote "Grape Well" on the square. Since then, "Jiayuquan" has been called "grape well".

Make cold cakes with grape well water, and there is no license in the origin of the origin. The book "Passing the Diet" specifically introduced the court food in the Ming Dynasty. It mentioned the cold cake twice. It was Zhou Hongmo and Li Yongtong brought the cold cake to the capital to become the court royal meal? At least during the Guangxu period, Shuanghe Liang Cake has become famous. Jinshi Du Dewu described: "There are many people who come here to avoid the cool summer, and the famous snacks and cold cakes are well -known."

Grape wells cold cake (picture source: Changning County People's Government Network)

When making a grape well cold cake, you should choose the superior rice, soak it in the water of the grape well. When the rice swelling can be twisted into the end, it can be grinded into a fine pulp with a stone. Pour into the pot and add a certain amount of lime water to stir. The boiled rice pulp is put into the bowl and cools down. The temperature of grape wells is kept at about 17 ° C all year round. Spring water is soaked in cold cakes, warm in winter, mouthful in spring and autumn, and soaking in summer. The double river cold cakes that are made into special dishes, add traditional brown sugar, or seasonings such as fashion fruits, spicy spicy, tenderness, hunger and thirst, refreshing, and their production skills are also included in the provincial intangible cultural heritage of Sichuan Province Representative project list.

Source: "Sichuan Daily" August 12, 2022, 12th edition

Author: Liu Longquan

Picture: Fang Zhi Sichuan

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