Cultural allusions in one city, inheriting the culture of Chu and Han, the Millennium charm of Chu capital, praising the spirit of the times and promoting tofu.

When Su Dongpo was a secretariat in Hangzhou, he managed the West Lake and did a good thing for the people.

After the West Lake was harnessed, the surrounding fields were not afraid of waterlogging or drought. This year, the weather was favorable, and the crops in the four townships of Hangzhou had a bumper harvest. The people thanked Su Dongpo for the benefits of managing the West Lake. By the time of the New Year, everyone would carry pigs and carry wine to pay a New Year call to him.

Su Dongpo took a lot of pork, had it cut into squares and burned red, and then distributed the meat to them for the New Year according to the roster of migrant workers who managed the West Lake.

In the peaceful years, every household had a good time. This time, Guang Chen saw Su Dongpo send someone to deliver meat, and everyone was even happier: everyone laughed and jumped, and everyone praised Su Dongpo as a wise parent, calling the pork he sent "Dongpo Meat".

At that time, there was a big restaurant in Hangzhou. When the owner of the restaurant saw that people boasted about "Dongpo pork", he discussed with the chef and cut the pork into cubes and cooked it red and crisp. Hang out the brand, also named "Dongpo Meat".

As soon as this new dish came out, the business of that restaurant was booming. Customers kept coming from morning till night. Killing ten big pigs every day was not enough. Other restaurant owners were jealous and learned to do it. For a time, no matter how big or small the restaurant was, every family had "Dongpo pork". Later, after mutual recognition, "Dongpo Meat" was designated as the first famous dish in Hangzhou.

Su Dongpo is honest and fearless of power, and the ministers in the imperial court hated him very much. At this time, I was even more uncomfortable to see him loved by the people. One of them, Yushi, disguised himself and came to Hangzhou to find faults, with the intention of framing Su Dongpo.

On his first day in Hangzhou, Yushi had lunch in a restaurant. The waiter handed the menu and asked him to order. When he received the menu, the first thing he saw was "Dongpo Meat"! He frowned, thought for a moment, and clapped his hands on the table and shouted, "I'll take this first dish!" "

He ate Dongpo Meat and thought it was really delicious. He asked the waiter about it and learned that Dongpo Meat was the first famous dish recognized by his peers. So he collected all the menus of restaurants in Hangzhou and went back to Beijing excitedly.

When Yushi returned to Beijing, he immediately went to see the emperor. He said, "Your Majesty, Su Dongpo is a secretariat in Hangzhou, taking bribes and perverting the law, and doing all evil things! The people can't wait to eat his meat. "

the emperor said, "how do you know? Is there any evidence? "

Yushi presented the stack of greasy menus. The emperor was a fool. As soon as he saw the menu, he was indiscriminate. He immediately handed down the imperial edict, resigned Su Dongpo and sent him away to Hainan to banish troops.

After Su Dongpo was transferred to the army, the people in Hangzhou could not forget his benefits and praised him as before. In this way, "Dongpo Meat" has been handed down from generation to generation, and it is still a famous dish in Hangzhou until today.

Feilai Peak

Legend has it that there once was a small flying mountain on Mount Emei in Sichuan. It flies east for a while and west for a while; Wherever it flies, it collapses many houses and kills many people.

At that time, there was a monk in Lingyin Temple in West Lake. Because he was crazy all day and didn't obey the Buddhist rules, people called him a crazy monk. One day, the crazy monk learned that at noon in Guang Chen, the strange flying mountain would fly to the village in front of Lingyin Temple. He was worried that many people would be killed when the mountain fell, so he got up at the fifth watch and ran into the village, telling door to door, "There is a mountain flying to this village at noon today. Let's move quickly, or it will be too late!"

The old man shook his head: "Crazy monk, you are having fun again. The mountain is the heaviest thing. Who has ever seen a flying mountain!"

When the family heard this, they sighed, "Where are we poor tenants moving?"! If a mountain really falls, you will have to blame your life if you crush it! "

The young man snorted: "Don't make up lies to scare people! When the mountain comes down, we will hold our shoulders against it. We are not afraid! "

The little girls followed him, laughing and laughing, pointing their fingers and watching the fun.

Hundreds of families in the village have taken care of the mad monk's family when they went in and out. He talked until his lips were broken and his mouth was dry, but no one believed him, let alone a family ready to move.

The sun is rising higher and higher, and noon is just around the corner. The crazy monk is anxious. At this time, he suddenly heard the sound of "beating hard, beating hard" blowing suona, and quickly ran along the sound. At first glance, yes, it turns out that one family is married, and people are in and out, which is very lively. The mad monk scratched his scalp and thought about it, so he pushed the crowd away, got into the front of the hall, shouldered the bride regardless of the willy-nilly, and rushed out of the gate to the village.

Before the red shawl was removed from the bride's head, she suddenly flew away on her back in a daze. I don't know what happened, but she screamed with fear. Crazy monks rob the bride, which is not bad! People grab the latch, grab the pole, swing the pole, swing the hoe, and raise the rake to catch up desperately. While chasing, he shouted:

"Catch the crazy monk!" "

"Stop him in front, don't let him get away!"

now, everything is stirred up. Whether relatives or not, friends or not, men, women, old and young, the whole village chased them out. Only the rich man in the village east didn't move, but stood in front of the door watching the excitement and talking sarcastically:

"It's really new for a monk to rob a new wife, hee hee!" The mad monk carried his bride on his back and kept on running. How fast he runs! Everyone has been chasing more than ten miles, but they have not caught up with him. When the sun is shining, the crazy monk stops running. He put the bride down from his back, sat down on the ground by himself, and shook and fanned it for air cooling. People rushed to him, just about to seize him, only to find that it was dark and opaque for a moment, and the wind blew loudly. Suddenly, with a bang, people were shocked and fell. When they got up, they saw that the wind had stopped and the sun had just shone overhead, but they saw a mountain peak just falling on their village. Only then did people understand that the crazy monk robbed the bride to save everyone's lives.

the village was crushed under the mountain, and everyone was homeless. Some people are so anxious that they beat their chests and feet and burst into tears. The crazy monk said, "What are you crying about? You don't know that the rich man in the village has been crushed to death at the foot of the mountain. In the future, you are afraid that you can't afford to build a house! "

People were cheered up and were about to disperse, when the mad monk spoke again: "Don't go, don't go, listen to me, since this mountain can fly from other places, it will fly away from here; Flying to other places will kill many people. What do you think? "

When everyone heard this, they all agreed, and immediately started to hammer and chisel. After a busy night, 5 stone arhats were all chiseled, and the mountains and hills were covered with stone niches and Buddha statues. Only the body of Lohan was chiseled, but it was too late to chisel out eyebrows and eyes. The crazy monk said, "I have an idea. Let me do it!" " He doesn't have to use a hammer or chisel, but only uses his long fingernails to scratch the face of the stone arhat. After half a day's work, I put all the 5 stone arhats on my eyebrows.

From then on, this small mountain peak can't fly anywhere and stay in front of Lingyin Temple forever! Because it flew from other places, it was called "Feilaifeng"

Fengheyu Brewery

Fengheyu Brewery Quyuan Fenghe, which was once a court koji-making workshop in the Southern Song Dynasty. In 23, the Southern Song Dynasty wine culture exhibition was set up, and the production process, court banquet, people's restaurant, race reception and other contents of the Southern Song Dynasty royal wine were vividly displayed by murals and scene restoration. You can not only understand the cultural connotation of wine in the Southern Song Dynasty, but also taste the famous wine in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Hangzhou's cultural landscape

The beautiful scenery of the West Lake includes not only the peach willows embracing each other in the spring, the lotus flowers connecting the sky in summer, the three pools soaked in moonlight in autumn night, the red plums with sparse shadows after the winter snow, but also the warblers in the willow cage gauze and the balcony in the misty rain. The West Lake is not only good at the beauty of mountains and rivers, but also the beauty of forests and valleys. It is also enhanced by numerous human landscapes. Since ancient times, the West Lake has been associated with the names of heroes. Famous national heroes in history, such as Yue Fei, Yu Qian, Zhang Cang Shui, and revolutionaries in the late Qing Dynasty, such as Qiu Jin, Xu Xilin and Tao Chengzhang, all buried their bones by the West Lake. Their brilliant achievements have always been praised by the people. Their fame and integrity will remain among the green mountains and green waters of the West Lake.

Since the Tang and Song Dynasties, the West Lake has formed an indissoluble bond with poets and painters. Poets Bai Juyi, Su Dongpo, Lin Hejing and Liu Yong have all left poems that have been told for generations. "Spring on the lake is like painting, and the peaks are spread around the horizon. "The pines and rows of mountains are full of green, and the moon has a pearl in its heart." "The water is bright and sunny, and the mountains are empty and rainy. "If you want to compare the West Lake to the West Lake, it's always appropriate to put on light makeup and heavy makeup." These famous works by Bai Juyi and Su Dongpo have been well-known for thousands of years. Walking on the banks of Su and Bai, where green willows smoke and peach blossoms are burning, and reciting Bai Juyi and Su Dongpo's famous poems about the West Lake in those days, they will naturally remember their achievements in managing the West Lake. It is they who have opened up a poetic realm for the West Lake. The famous "Ten Scenes of West Lake" is scattered among the mountains, rivers, forests and bamboos around the West Lake. The name of "Ten Scenery" comes from the title of the West Lake picture scroll by the court painter Ma Yuan and others in the Southern Song Dynasty, and it has been passed down to the present through the inscriptions of Emperor Kangxi and Emperor Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty. Wu Changshuo, a great modern painter, Huang Binhong, Pan Tianshou, etc. all described the beauty of the West Lake. It is precisely because of the poems and descriptions of poets and painters in ancient and modern times that the West Lake is more famous.

The name of West Lake is also associated with splendid culture. Many ancient grottoes statues, inscriptions and buildings here are the artistic treasures and precious heritage of ancient Chinese people. More than 2 cliff carvings on Feilai Peak are works from the Five Dynasties to the Song and Yuan Dynasties, with smooth lines and lifelike. The statues of the late Jin Dynasty in Ciyunling and the Five Dynasties in Yanxia Cave are elegant and natural. They all have high artistic value. The Eastern Han Dynasty's "Three Old Men's Taboos to Avoid the Sun" collected by Xiling Printing Society, and the Southern Song Dynasty Stone Scripture in Hangzhou Forest of Steles are all famous ancient inscriptions. Pagoda of Six Harmonies, White Pagoda, Baoshu Pagoda, Lingyin Temple, Brahma Temple and other architectural and sculpture arts are the crystallization of the wisdom of working people in ancient China. Wenlan Pavilion at the southern foot of Gushan Mountain is one of the seven bookshelves in China that collect Sikuquanshu.

Since the Qing Dynasty, there are only ten city gates in Hangzhou, and each city gate has its own characteristics. In Hangzhou's words, they are: Fish Duner outside Beiguanmen (Wulinmen); Basket of silk outside Bazimen (Genshanmen) (a machine shop where many silks are woven nearby); Horse racing outside Zhengyangmen (Fengshanmen); Salt burden outside Luosi Gate (Qingtaimen); Outside the Caoqiaomen (Wangjiangmen), there are vegetable baskets; Wine jars outside the waiting gate (from which Shaoxing's wine enters the city); Firewood outside Qingbo Gate; Boating outside Yongjinmen; Incense baskets outside Qiantang Gate (through which you can burn incense in Zhaoqing Temple, Lingyin and Tianzhu); Dung outside the Taiping Gate (where farmers transport manure).

when Li bi went to Hangzhou as a historian in the Dali period of the Tang dynasty, in order to solve the drinking water problem of residents, he dug six wells in the densely populated areas of Qiantangmen and Yongjinmen, and introduced the West Lake water into the city by the method of "opening the yin sinus" (that is, burying tile pipes and bamboo tubes), which played a great role in the development of Hangzhou in history. Li Bikai's six wells is now mostly in oblivion, and only Xiangguojing site is in the west of Jingting Bridge in Jiefang Street. The other five wells are: Xijing (originally located in the west of Xiangguo Well), Fangjing (commonly known as Siyanjing), Jinniu Well (originally located in the northwest of Xijing), Baiguijing (originally located in the west of Longxiang Bridge) and Xiaofang Well (commonly known as Liuyanjing, originally located in Qiantangmen, that is, around Xiaoqiaoqiao today).

Kangxi inscription

Emperor Kangxi went down to Hangzhou. He traveled around the West Lake, reciting poems and inscriptions, claiming to be a romantic emperor.

One day, he will come to Lingyin to play tricks.

When the old monk in Lingyin Temple learned the news, he was really surprised and happy. He quickly knocked the bell and drum and gathered more than 3 monks in the whole temple. The monks put on brand-new robes, put sandalwood on their heads, knocked on the instruments, and recited Amitabha Buddha in the south. Everyone followed the old monk and rushed to Shilian Pavilion three miles away to take Emperor Kangxi to Lingyin.

The old monk accompanied Emperor Kangxi and toured around the front and back of the temple, up and down the mountain. Emperor Kangxi saw Lingyin with high peaks, clear springs, shady trees on the mountains and red flowers everywhere underground. What a good place! As soon as he was happy, he ordered a banquet in the temple.

the emperor gave a banquet, which was really lively! Blowing, playing, singing, suddenly turned this Buddhist temple into the home of emperors! Emperor Kangxi held a goatee beard in one hand, a wine lamp in the other, yellow soup and poetry.

The old monk had heard that Emperor Kangxi liked to recite poems and write inscriptions. At this time, seeing his shaking head, he went to consult with the local officials who followed Emperor Kangxi: "My Lord, I want to ask the emperor to write a plaque for the mountain temple. Do you think it is possible?"

The magistrate of Hangzhou said, "Yes, yes, if the emperor inscribed a plaque for Lingyin Temple, even my whole Hangzhou mansion would be stained!"

the official of Qiantang county also answered, "Your Majesty is in a strong mood for wine. You, Guang Chen, go and ask him for a plaque, and I think you will definitely agree. "

When the old monk got down to earth, he got up his courage and went to the Emperor Kangxi. He knelt down and kowtowed:

"Your Majesty, look at the Buddha's face of the Great Bodhisattva in Lingyin Temple. Write a plaque for the Mountain Temple and let us enjoy the scenery!"

The old monk's request just scratched the itch of Emperor Kangxi. He nodded, grabbed a brush and brushed it a few times, then wrote an oblique word "rain". This Guang Chen, he was drunk, his wrist trembled a little, and he put pen to paper too quickly. The word "rain" actually took up more than half of the paper! The word "spirit" in Lingyin Temple, according to the old way of writing, has three mouths and a witch under "rain"! Now there is only room for this small piece of paper, and you can't put it down anyway. Write a new one, what a shame! Emperor Kangxi grabbed the pen with one hand and kept licking his goatee with the other, but there was nothing he could do. The officials around knew that Emperor Kangxi could not leave the stage, but no one dared to say so, so they just stood by and worried. Fortunately, a college student named Gao Jiangcun came up with an idea. He first wrote the word "Yunlin" in the palm of his hand, then pretended to grind ink, approached Emperor Kangxi and secretly spread his palm. Emperor Kangxi looked at it and said, Oh, these two words are really saving the king and bodhisattva! When I woke up half drunk, I scribbled the words "Yunlin Temple". After writing, raise your hand and throw the brush far away.

the old monk came to take a picture, which is not right! How can Lingyin Temple be written as Yunlin Temple? Without looking at the scenery, he stammered:

"We are called Lingyin Temple, not Yunlin Temple! Did the emperor make a mistake? "

Emperor Kangxi stared at this and shouted, "What a big mouth!" Where did the old monk dare to speak again, he had to stand beside him respectfully. Emperor Kangxi turned around and asked the officials:

"There are clouds in the sky and forests underground in this place. Tell me, is it called Yunlin Temple?"

"Yes, yes, the emperor is enlightened!"

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Emperor Kangxi was so happy that he laughed and ordered the plaque to be carved and hung.

when the emperor says a word, the officials are busy. While they asked someone to replace the original plaque of Lingyin Temple, they also asked a carver to carve the four characters "Yunlin Temple" written by Emperor Kangxi on mahogany.