Chinanews, Dali, March 10th (Chen Jing) From March 8th to 9th, the "Xiake Spring Breeze Traveling Through Time and Space-Following Xiake to Eryuan" activity was carried out in Eryuan County, Dali Prefecture, Yunnan Province.

In addition to activities such as planting friendship trees, uncovering friendship monuments, and presenting calligraphy and paintings, descendants of Xu Xiake also came to Fengyu Ancient Town to have a "Xiake Banquet" with the descendants of the chieftain, and recount their friendship 384 years ago.

　　Liu Ruisheng, vice president of the China Xu Xiake Research Association, introduced that on the eighteenth day of the second lunar month in 1639, Xu Xiake started his 20-day trip to Eryuan and sowed the seeds of friendship.

The communication between Xu Xiake and He Mingfeng, a famous scholar in Eryuan, is a testament to the friendship between the Bai people and the Han people; the food culture and folk customs he recorded are still a strong support for the development of Eryuan's tourism economy.

The picture shows the guests who participated in the event enjoying the dance of the Bai ethnic group.

Photo provided by the organizer

　　Xu Xiake stayed in Eryuan for 22 days and visited Eryuan Cibi Lake, Jiuqitai, Foguangzhai, Qingyuan Cave, Niaodiao Mountain, Xiashan Pass, West Lake, Deyuan Mountain and other famous scenic spots. Knowing the ethnic customs, Eryuan is said to have "the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River".

　　In order to better continue the friendship between Xu Xiake and Eryuan, the Xu Xiake Research Association of Dali Prefecture and the Xu Xiake Research Association of Eryuan County co-sponsored this event, which included planting friendship trees, unveiling friendship monuments, and presenting calligraphy and painting works; "Follow Xiake Tour Eryuan postcard, secretary of "Xu Xiake in Eryuan", release ceremony of travel route of Eryuan tour with Xiake; "Spring Breeze Traveling Through Time and Space" spring concert with Xiake; tour Eryuan series with Xiake, etc. Xu Zhenqing, the 81-year-old descendant of Xu Xiake's tenth generation He made a special trip from Shanghai to participate in this event, and He Binggang, a descendant of He Mingfeng, also came to the event site.

　　According to Yin Cansong, a descendant of Yin Zhong, Fengyu soil inspector at the end of the Ming Dynasty, Xu Xiake left Eryuan early in the morning on the first day of the third lunar month on the recommendation of his close friend He Mingfeng, arrived in Fengyu at noon, and stayed at Yinfu.

Yin Zhong, the 11th inspector of Fengyu soil, like Lijiang Mufu Tusi, likes to make friends with celebrities from the inland, and greets Xu Xiake with the most solemn etiquette of the Bai people.

　　For this reason, the "post-90s" Yin Cansong, who has become the executive chef of a local hotel, invited the descendants of Xu Xiake, as well as guests from the China Xu Xiake Research Association, the Xu Xiake Research Association in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province, and the Xu Xiake Research Association in Dali Prefecture, to his home - Yinshitu In the old house of the Inspection Department, watch the "Drumming" (Suona blowing and percussion music) and "Emergency Drum" (Octagonal Drum Overlord Whip) that Xu Xiake once admired, and taste the Xiake banquet.

The picture shows Yin Cansong (the second from the right) and Xu Zhenqing (the first from the left) enjoying the Xiake Banquet together. Photo provided by the organizer

　　"When Xu Gong recorded Feng Yu, he used a lot of brushstrokes to describe the food culture." Yin Cansong introduced that according to Xu Xiake's records, the drinks at that time included Haier tea and Diao Teng wine; the ingredients included chicken, pig, Huangliang, preserved fruit, meat, etc. , He used "very abundant", "banquet" and "very comfortable and quiet" many times to describe the richness of the food, and mentioned singing and dancing accompaniment and food twice.

　　Yin Cansong meticulously researched and restored the "fishing rattan wine", and used the local delicacies of raw hide (cold pork with pork skin) and chicken soup to restore the "extravagant person who brings a pig, sacrifices it on the kang between the tombs; the poor person who brings a chicken, hangs it between the tombs". Kill it, and cook it as a sacrifice." The traditional food accompanied by the traditional dance of the Bai people, as if returning to the time when Xu Xiake traveled to Fengyu, the guests who participated in the event praised it again and again.

　　"As a native of the Bai people, I have gained a lot of insight and inspiration from studying the traditional culture and folk customs of the Bai people." Yin Cansong said that food, as a part of cultural inheritance, can stand the test of time. The chieftain's family banquet contributes to the traditional culture of the Bai people.

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