History as a Mirror? Ji Tang records that in the fifteenth year of Tianbao, An Lushan rebelled and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty fled south. Passing through Maweipo, Chen Xuanli, a general, and his men thought that Yang's brothers and sisters had brought disaster to the country and the people, and they angered Yang Guozhong, forcing Xuanzong to give Yang Yuhuan to hang himself.
according to unofficial history's records, Xiao Jun, a subordinate of Chen Xuanli, the imperial general at that time, hated the beauty of the imperial concubine and couldn't bear to kill it. So he conspired with Gao Lishi and replaced his death with a maid. Yang Guifei, escorted by Xiao Jun's cronies, fled south, sailed out to sea, and went to a desert island to live in the home of local fishermen. At the seaside in early summer, the humidity was particularly heavy, coupled with the bumpy road and physical exertion, Yang Yuhuan's health was also affected. Excessive moisture in the body, drowsiness, heavy limbs, loss of appetite, cold hands and feet, skin rash, sticky and uncomfortable face, white and thick tongue coating, poor mood and overwork. At this time, the old fisherman cooked noodles with freshly salvaged mullet and ginger soup that had been boiled for a long time. Xiao Jun's cronies gave Yang Yuhuan a few times, and magically found that Yang Yuhuan's complexion was ruddy and the moisture gradually disappeared.
Yang Yuhuan asked Xiao Jun's cronies in surprise, "What kind of noodles are you eating these days?"?
"imperial concubine, it's mullet noodles!"
Yang Yuhuan asked, puzzled, "How can it be used to treat diseases?"?
"The island where we live is near the East China Sea, with shrimp and shellfish in Man Cang, and there are many fish markets all the year round. The mullet is the fattest in this season. I have read Kaibao Materia Medica, which says that it can" stimulate the appetite, benefit the five internal organs, and make people fat and healthy after eating for a long time ",and it is also called" with all kinds of medicines "; "Food Materia Medica" says: it can "help the temper, make people eat, benefit the bones and muscles, benefit the qi, warm the middle and lower the qi".
The soup you've been drinking these days is boiled with ginger and water for hours, and boiled into ginger soup, which becomes the soup for herring noodles. The old fisherman told me that ginger is necessary for local women to give birth to confinement because of the terrain and climate here. "Eat radish in winter and ginger in summer, without prescription". According to the physician, ginger has the functions of warming stomach, dispelling cold and dispersing cold. This season is the best time to eat ginger. "
After hearing this, Yang Yuhuan became more and more fond of this small island, so he lived in seclusion.
Origin of the name Jade Island:
Later, in order to commemorate the arrival of Yang Yuhuan, our ancestors named the island Jade Island. The delicious dish of mullet noodles has been passed down to this day, and the locals call this dish Guifei mullet.