In this era of online shopping and supermarkets, it is extremely convenient
Visiting the morning market has long been drifting away from many young people
There is not even the slightest intersection
But take a trip to the morning market and you'll find it
Here's what is --
Authentic authentic Guilin people's life
Guilin, the city is not only because of the landscape to survive, but also a strong breath and life, Xishan Morning Market is under the face of the leisure tourism city, the most simple portrayal of the old Guilin life.
Many young people in Guilin may not know about the Xishan morning market, but when they are a little older, they say with interest: "The things there are so cheap, the fruits are cheaper than other places", "There are many good drops".
Nishiyama Morning Market was opened in 2006 and has been around for 12 years. It wakes up every day around 6 a.m., and the vendors who sell vegetables start making ends meet for the day. At that time, you were probably still dreaming like me.
At the peak of the morning market at around 9 a.m., a 100-meter corridor was packed with people coming from all directions. Together, the most vivid picture of the city's life in the city is staged:
Each one speaks the most authentic Guilin dialect, shouting and bargaining, mixed with the sound of chopping meat, the sound of chickens and ducks, the cries of children, and the sound of motorcycles not far away...
Most of the people who come to the morning market are elderly uncles and aunts, grandfathers and grandmothers, who either have leisure, or know how to live a life of careful calculation, or know how to eat.
After all, "food, color, sex also". People who can't eat without food, because food, the intersection of one life and two ripening, and then to the natural heat, there is no need for a reason at all. Stories of people and food play out everywhere, not to mention in this pyrotechnic morning market.
Nothing was too special
It's just these ordinary people.
Make a living by your craft
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1.
Great-grandmother's cold dumplings
The grate garden cave walked to the left, and the gray-haired great-grandmother crouched on her back at the entrance of the alley. On the dustpan were about 10 cold dumplings, and the enamel bowl contained sesame peanut shredded sugar. There are coins in a plastic bag on the side.
The big brother who came around from the morning market shouted "Come one", "Buy you one yesterday, it's quite soft, the old man wants to eat"!
Grandma Great-grandma skillfully unwrapped the rice dumpling leaves, inserted two bamboo skewers into the cold rice dumplings, and in an enamel bowl, evenly wrapped the entire rice dumplings with sesame peanut candy with a brush. Even the little master could not withstand this sweet temptation.
I didn't feel like chatting with my grandmother, and the thick accent made communication a little difficult. It turned out that her great-grandmother was from Shaodong, Hunan, and she clearly remembered that she had been in Guilin for 57 years and married here. "It's been more than 30 years," she said. I couldn't help but ask her age, she said "two years off is 80 years old"!
My great-grandmother told us that she used to do a lot of work: shoes, printing, and so on. And the craft of making cold dumplings was learned from the locals, and Grandma smiled and said, "I won't beat these things, I will make these pastries." In addition to cold dumplings, rice dumplings, water dumplings, mugwort, rice cakes, she will. Looking at the cold and warm weather, she sells differently.
Ximen Vegetable Market and Xinyi Vegetable Market were originally her regular stations for pushing carts, but just two days ago, her car was confiscated, so she had to go to the alley of Xishan Morning Market to sell cold dumplings. More than 30 sticks a day, sell out and go home.
2.
Uncle Yongfu Gan's longevity dumplings
Uncle Gan's longevity dumplings have long been famous in Guilin. It was named Changshou Zong because Uncle Gan's family came from Yongfu, the hometown of longevity, and the Zongzi craft was handed down from Uncle Gan's grandmother's generation.
And to carry it forward and improve it into the current taste, it is his own daughter-in-law. The biggest feature of Uncle Gan's rice dumplings is that the material is very solid, and the meat pieces are wrapped in sesame seeds. The best selling one is 3 pieces of 5 mung bean chestnut meat dumplings.
During the conversation, Uncle Gan enthusiastically peeled two rice dumplings and gave them to us to taste. The dense glutinous rice is mixed with chestnuts, mung beans, and the aroma of melted fatty meat oil, and each bite is satisfying.
It has been more than 10 years since I opened it, and my son and daughter-in-law have sold this rice dumpling to other places through their own efforts. Busy packing to Hunan, Guizhou and other places every day is busy enough. The grandson has gone to junior high school, and the old couple is idle anyway, so they focus on helping to take care of this small storefront.
3.
Big Brother Huang's old rice noodles
In such an old alley, the sign of this rice noodle shop is very fashionable! But in addition to the signboard, the smell of the city in the store is still very charming.
Big Brother Huang sold rice noodles in the army in 2005, and in 2006 he moved to the morning market to sell, which is also his own house. Who learned the craft of making rice noodles? My master started to make rice noodles before liberation.
No bowl of rice noodles can dominate the rivers and lakes of Guilin, these crafts handed down from the ancestors, the taste is different, but each can close the stomach of a group of people' rice noodles, which is the breadth and depth of Guilin rice noodles.
Salty brine, crispy pot roast, strong brine beef, each of which must be done by hand, in order to make the old taste that the neighbors love for ten years.
Aunt Huang, who was partnered with Big Brother Huang, also showed us the capers in the corner of the room, waiting for time to ferment the delicious.
Regarding the signboard, behind it is a master-apprentice relationship. The apprentice who previously apprenticed to Brother Huang took his craft to Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, opened more than 10 stores, and founded his own rice noodle company. Saying that, Big Brother Huang also turned out the photo to show us.
Full of gratitude for the master's kindness, he not only helped to make a sign to send to Guilin, but also often brought seafood gifts back to visit the master during the New Year's Festival.
4.
Pingle's water fins
This restaurant, which is always full of people, is really impossible to ignore. Auntie is an authentic Pingle person, relying on the craftsmanship of her hometown that she has heard from childhood, and has opened an oil tea shop in Guilin.
Now I live in the morning market selling pot roast and pastries: boat cake, taro cake, printed word dumplings, belly dumplings, horseshoe cakes... With a good reputation of "her family's things are quite real" and "quite delicious", the owner of the oil tea shop also fixed some rice dumplings here.
There is also this piece of cake that is larger than the basin, and I have forgotten what name it is, only to feel that it is soft and strong.
A grandmother from the north gate told us, "The water is delicious!" "Grandma didn't buy anything at the morning market, so she asked for a few water sticks!" I'll bring it back the next day." On the one hand, he also helped the boss lady Zhang Luo's business, "They are called bean flour dumplings, and we in Guilin call water noodles."
In order to zhang Luo's morning market business, the aunt had to be busy until eight or nine o'clock in the evening every day, preparing vegetables and making 10 kinds of rice dumplings by herself. The amount of various kinds of rice dumplings every day is limited, and it will be sold out until the next day.
No, a big sister who lives nearby came late and wanted 10 or so big belly dumplings to take to the field, but she didn't get it, so she had to go to a box of ai ye cang.
5.
Anhui Aunt Zhang's leek cake
Aunt Zhang, 46, said she had been in Guilin for "two whole years." But it's been more than 20 years since I made bread.
Aunt Zhang from Ma'anshan, Anhui Province, learned the craft of making cakes in Zhejiang. She said, "We run everywhere." I came to Guilin with relatives here, but I did not consider settling down, and my children were in my hometown.
Between words, Aunt Zhang did not stop what she was doing, one would greet the guests, and the other would be busy chopping sauerkraut. Many nearby residents come here to take a breakfast with them. We followed a guest for a 1 yuan leek cake and a cup of 1 yuan soy milk!
As soon as the soft pie is bitten open, the aroma of leeks does not rush, and it strikes softly! Soy milk is also squeezed by the aunt herself, and the mouth also has some soybean residue.
6.
Miss Li's little bear bun
"Delicious, the little master likes to eat", "it is a little expensive". The two aunts chatted in front of Sister Li's bun shop, but they still bought it. Sister Li couldn't help but interject: "I made it myself, the material is expensive!" The cream is a filling made of pure milk."
The shape of the bear, dog, and chicken is really cute and very delicate! This is the craft that Li Jie learned in the early years of working in the Guangdong Bun Factory.
Because of the good materials and good shape, Li Jie's buns are also supplied to several restaurants such as Bali Street. The yellow buns are filled with cream, while the black and white buns are stuffed with bean paste, which costs 1.5 yuan a piece.
The fragrance is soft and soft, the entrance is particularly sweet, and the cream filling also carries the aroma of milk. Just now I heard the aunt who bought the bun say, "The little master should eat three or four at a time, and say that it is delicious."
7.
Pingle Zhoujie's fried eggplant box
Sister Zhou hung the eggplant box with chopsticks full of powder, and the next second she threw it into the oil pot, the eggplant box that was cheering, and the aroma of the fried eggplant went straight out! People can't help but swallow.
After 8 minutes, drain the oil and you can eat it directly.
As a native of Pingle, Sister Zhou said that she didn't need to learn at all, and she would do it since she was a child. Pingle's eighteen brewed dishes are all commonplace for her. The stuffed vegetables sold on weekdays are based on seasonal vegetables in the season. The filling of the stuffing dishes is uniform: meat foam, shiitake mushrooms, green onions.
In addition to the eggplant box, there are also fried fish cubes, fried root balls, chili stuffing and so on. They are all common home-cooked foods on the table of Guilin people.
8.
Rare sweet sugar
A large oil pot, the uncle holds an oil spoon, focusing on the bottom of the pot to fish for several large lumps similar to oil pile plus, what is this? Just happened to meet the eldest sister who brought the child over to answer: "Sweet sugar, delicious drops, you also want to taste it."
After three or four minutes, the big man came out of the pot, and the aunt who was busy inside came out and rolled the hot rice evenly in the snow-white powdered sugar and put it for us to eat.
The powdered sugar is glued to all the sweetness under the hot air of the oil, the surface is crispy yellow, the entrance is particularly crispy, and the sweetness of the hungry!
On weekdays, I really haven't seen such sugar dumplings on the street, and the uncle said that this is an old traditional snack, and he has been doing it for 10 years. I wanted to talk to my uncle more, but my aunt was full of defenses about our visit and had to give up.
9.
A "not much talking" mooncake
Opposite the longevity dumplings, near the mouth of the alley, there is a family selling mooncakes. There are four kinds of mooncakes in the glass cabinet at the door: mung bean paste, lotus paste, egg yolk white lotus, and char siu. There is also an open char siu on the counter for guests to try.
The aunt who made the mooncake didn't say much, only knew that the mooncakes were made by herself, and after only a while, she poured a large bag of flour on the desk and pounded it.
Mooncakes can be sold loosely or given away in packaging. If you sell it alone, char siu and egg yolks are 7 yuan a piece, and you can buy it by 28 yuan per pound. The other two models are cheaper, buying 5 yuan a single.
10.
Tofu brain full of osmanthus aroma
There is an aunt pushing cart at a stall on the side of Lotus Pond Lake to sell tofu brains, and at about 11:30 we walked to the stall to ask for a copy, only to see that the tofu brain in the bucket was about to bottom.
The grandmother who sells vegetables next to her eats mugwort and drinks tofu brain for lunch. While telling us that it was delicious, he also said that this tofu brain has been sold for 15 years. However, the aunt who sells tofu brains is reluctant to talk to us more.
Auntie's tofu brain xu is a relatively simple practice, feeling more loose. However, the aroma of osmanthus sugar water is very strong, especially in the limelight.
11.
From the "girl" began to repair the watch
There is a watch repair stall in front of the wonton shop near the mouth of the lotus pond, and the elderly aunt wears a magnifying glass and concentrates on the table, holding tweezers on the parts on the welding dial, and scattered with fragments of accessories.
When do I start repairing my watch? The aunt said with an exclamation, "Oh girl at that time." In the 1980s, seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls came out to learn from their teachers. Since then, he has been old with this craft.
12.
The ordinary morning of each "they"
Grandma Yang, who lives in Jiashan, gets up at 5:30 a.m. every morning to pick vegetables and rushes to the morning market at 10 o'clock. She said that "the vegetables are all grown by themselves, and if they can't finish eating, they will be sold", and said that "when you are old and no one wants to work, you can only grow some vegetables."
The big brother who sells green dates by the lake, 4.5 yuan a pound, we said "so cheap!" He said, "Dates elsewhere are sold for 7.5 yuan and 8 yuan a catty." "Here are 5 cents to earn and start selling." He was referring to this morning market. The eldest sister who selected dates added a sentence: "There are many people selling here."
The aunt who sold loach over there, the customer was bargaining with her, and the last remaining loach was sold for 18 pounds.
The Xishan Morning Market, which is inexpensive and crowded, is closely related to the lives of the people of old Guilin every day.
It is a place with hidden sources of various cuisines, and it is a beautiful place to be in the city. Find a time to walk slowly here, and you will feel a stronger presence in Guilin.