Pancakes are a traditional home-cooked staple food in Yimeng Mountain area and a long-standing local specialty food. In film and television dramas such as "Yimeng", "Six Sisters of Yimeng", "Going South", "Red Sun", "Hero Meng Lianggu" and other film and television dramas, the scenes of Yu Baozhen and other "Yimeng Red Sisters" baking pancakes for frontline soldiers to replenish military rations have attracted attention from all over the country. People got to know Yimeng pancakes. As for the origin of pancakes, there are many theories. Most of the legends passed down in Linyi's rural areas are beautiful legends.
According to legend, a long time ago, Tian Zhuang, a local scholar who was helpful to others downstairs in Mengshan Wanghai, was imprisoned because he offended a bully. The bully threatened not to deliver food for 49 days, but only pen, ink and paper. Later, Tian Xiucai's wife Qiaozhen received the guidance of Empress Mengshan in her sleep. She spread pancakes, put green onions on them and brought bean paste to Tian Zhuang. The prison watchers thought the pancakes were paper, the green onions were pens, and the bean paste was Mo, I didn’t ask any more questions.
In this way, after 49 days, Tian Xiucai not only did not starve to death, but was in high spirits. The kind-hearted Qiaozhen, in order to repay the kindness of Empress Mengshan, enthusiastically taught the pancake skills to her neighbors. Later, she spread the skill to ten people and spread it to Yimeng for eight hundred miles.
In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was a village in the north of Linyi City and on the west bank of the Yi River. There was a rich man on the village who hired many long-term workers. Among them was a long-term worker named Wang, whose family was impoverished. One day, the long-term worker's mother died of a serious illness. There was no cemetery at home to bury her, so she had no choice but to go to the rich man and ask for a place to bury her.
Firstly, this rich man has a huge fortune and thousands of hectares of fertile land, so he is more generous with his spending; secondly, he seems not to have cared about the deserted beach by the river; thirdly, this man has a bit of humanity. , Thinking of the long-term workers who have followed him for many years, plowing and raking for him all year round, he works very hard in everything. Seeing the miserable condition of the long-term worker, I felt very sympathetic, so I agreed to give the long-term worker a piece of thatched wasteland near the river to the east of the village to bury his mother. The long-term worker returned home and secretly figured out that this place could be used as a burial ground for his mother and could be cultivated as fertile farmland. But then I thought about it, in the future, if I manage my business well and the deserted beach becomes fertile farmland, what should I do if the rich man regrets asking for money from me? I often hear people say that "empty words are supported by words", why not find someone to prove it by words? So Chang Gong found Wang Xizhi. The long-term worker sold a pot of wine, bought a live goose, and asked Wang Xizhi to write a document. The rich man is of course also present as the other party. Xizhi Yan wrote with a splash of ink: "There is a deserted beach next to the Yi River, and Wang Po is buried in a thatch. If you ask how much it is worth, a lake of fine wine and a river of geese." Wang Xizhi has always had the virtue of sympathizing with the poor, and he wanted to help The long-term worker wanted the land and was afraid that the rich man would regret it in the future, so he deliberately wrote the word "hu" for the wine pot as "hu" for lake, and the word "live" for "live" as "river" for Yihe. After writing it and reading it to both of them, they both felt that it was practical, reasonable, and humorous. Because Wang Xizhi wrote it in cursive script, he saw that the characters were charming and strong, like a long snake coming out of its hole or a bird flying into the forest. It was very artistic, but difficult to identify. Although the wealthy man had studied for several years, he lacked research on cursive script. At first glance, Wang Xizhi's calligraphy was exquisite, but many of them he didn't recognize. Wang Xizhi changed "pot" into "lake" and "huo" into "river", but the rich man didn't recognize it. So when Xizhi finished reading it, the rich man praised it and agreed happily. From then on, the long-term workers worked hard on this piece of wasteland. Finally, the hard work paid off, and the wasteland turned into a field of rice and grain. The long-term workers' life got better day by day. At this time, the old rich man had already passed away, and the rich man's son was uneducated, lazy, and possessed the five evils of wealth, anger, gambling, alcohol, and sex. After selling the land and houses, he became a pauper in just a few years. Then he thought again of the deserted beach to the east of the village by the Yi River, which has now become a treasure land. At first it was only worth a jug of wine and a goose. If I gave the long-term worker a jug of wine and a goose and took the land back, wouldn't I be able to live a good life for two years?
So he found the long-term worker and asked for this place. Changgong has worked hard for many years to develop and manage the land to this day, but of course he refuses. So the man complained to the county government. After reading the document, the county magistrate said: "How many jars of fine wine can one lake hold? How many geese can one Yi River hold? Can you afford it?" The long-term worker was filled with joy. After returning home, he continued to farm and buy land, and continued to thrive for generations. Thrive.
"The boss took the pancakes and went to find Xiao Shitou, the grandson of the old landlord. It seemed that the child hadn't even changed his baby teeth, but when he ate the pancakes, he felt like cutting grass with a guillotine. Xiao Shitou smiled and said, "Eat it. What’s there to learn about pancakes? It’s delicious! Mr. Chen asked: "How do you stack it?" "Little Shitou was even more happy. He took the boss's hand and taught him how to fold the pancakes in front and back, and then opened his mouth to bite out the head for him. Little Shitou gestured with his hands and said: "Eat pancakes and hold your hands tightly. , the teeth must be gritted hard, and it tastes like cut grass. "Mr. Chen imitated the little stone and ate pancakes. Sure enough, he ate four large pancakes at once. The next day, Mr. Chen gathered the team, holding a white paper in one hand and a pencil in the other. Comparing the white paper with He folded the pancakes back and forth, then compared the pencil to green onions and stuffed them in, and said humorously: "Eat pancakes, roll the green onions. Open your mouth and press in. Once you bite your teeth and loosen your hands, you can only eat for a few minutes. "The soldiers laughed loudly after hearing this, and they all learned to eat pancakes from then on. The villagers gave a thumbs up one by one: "Mr. Chen's army follows the customs wherever they go. It is really our own people's team! ”
Since then, the story of Mr. Chen eating pancakes has spread in the Yimeng Mountain area.
Yimeng pancakes, as “Yimeng’s No. 1 Pancake”, are the same as “Yimeng’s No. 1 Gu”. —銊子崮, "Yimeng's No. 1 Gourd" - Electromagnetic Gourd, the "three firsts" shine together, forming a complete system of Yimeng Gator Pancakes