1.[food]Hot Dry Noodles
Introduction
Wuhan Hot Dry Noodles (rè gān miàn 热干面), together with Shanxi Sliced Noodles (dāo xiāo miàn 刀削面), Guangxi , Guangdong and Hainan Yifu noodles (yī fǔ miàn 伊府面), Sichuan Dan Dan noodles (dàn dàn miàn 担担面)and Noodles with Soy Bean Paste (zhá jiàng miàn 炸酱面) in the North, are known as one of the five famous noodles in China. Hot and Dry Noodles are the most popular food for breakfast in Wuhan. It enjoys a high reputation for its low price and delicious taste, eaten by almost Wuhan natives daily at breakfast time. When in Wuhan, be sure to try a bowl of the hot dry noodles. They are truly delicious.
History
Hot Dry Noodles is a traditional snack in Wuhan with a long history of 50 years. It was said that in early 1930s, there was a person named Libao in Hankou District of Wuhan, who sold Noodles. One day, it was hot and there were a lot of noodles left, he was afraid the noodles became mold and turned worse. So he boiled noodles left, took it out, dried it on the chopping board, But he splashed sesame oil over noodles because of carelessness. A good idea came to his mind that Libao mixed and stirred noodles with sesame oil, then cooled it.
How to produce Hot Dry Noodles ?
Ingredients: noodles, dried turnip , minced scallion (1 tablespoon), oil, sesame paste, salt, soy sauce, rice vinegar, and red chili oil.
Step 1 Cooking noodles (approximately 3 minutes).
Step 2 Cooling down hot noodles while putting oil and stirring them well.
Step 3 Putting into a large cone-shaped strainer and lowering into a pot of boiling water. Make sure they are heated evenly, until the cooking process is completed (approximately 30 seconds).
Step 4 straining with a few shakes and served in a bowl topped with peanut oil (or other kinds of vegetable oils, such as sesame oil), soy sauce, sesame paste, salt, dried turnip , and vinegar.
2.[Wuhan sight] Yellow Crane Tower
Yellow Crane Tower is located on Snake Hill in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Enjoying the fame of 'The First Scenery under Heaven', it is one of the most renowned towers south of the Yangtze River.
Legends
There are at least two legends related to the Yellow Crane Tower. In the first, an Immortal (仙人) named Wang Zi'an (王子安) rode away from Snake Mountain on a yellow crane, and a tower was later built in commemoration of this story. In the second legend, Fei Wenyi (费文祎) becomes immortal and rides a yellow crane, often stopping on Snake Hill to take a rest. The tower is also a sacred site of Taoism. Lü Dongbin is said to ascend to heaven from here.
Literature
Yellow Crane Tower was made famous by an 8th-century poem written by Cui Hao, titled "Yellow Crane Tower" (黄鹤楼). The original text of the poem is shown below:
昔人已乘黄鹤去，此地空余黄鹤楼。
黄鹤一去不复返，白云千载空悠悠。
晴川历历汉阳树，芳草萋萋鹦鹉洲。
日暮乡关何处是？烟波江上使人愁。
A modern English translation is:
Long ago one's gone riding the yellow crane,[4] all that remained is the Yellow Crane Tower.
Once the yellow crane left it will never return, for one thousand years the clouds wandered carelessly.
The clear river reflects each Hanyang tree, fragrant grasses lushly grow on Parrot Island.[5]
At sunset, which direction leads to my hometown? One could not help feeling melancholy along the misty river.
Poem by Li Bai
There are other famous poems about the Yellow Crane Tower by Li Bai, one of which was written on the occasion of Bai parting with his friend and poetic colleague Meng Haoran. The poem is titled "Seeing off Meng Haoran for Guangling at Yellow Crane Tower" (黄鹤楼送孟浩然之广陵), and is shown in its original form below:
故人西辞黄鹤楼，
烟花三月下扬州。
