Recently, Gansu spicy hotpot has caught fire.
For this bowl of delicious food.
Countless people travel thousands of miles.
Go to the hometown of Gansu spicy hotpot "Dingliu"
Tianshui
This is the birthplace of Fuxi.
It is known as "the hometown of Xihuang" and "the source of China"
Large Neolithic settlement sites here
Unearthed the earliest painted pottery culture in China and even in the world.
Millet, the first grain variety in China, was planted and produced.
During the Three Kingdoms period, it was at the forefront of the confrontation between Shu and Wei.
Zhuge Liang’s six major wars, such as Qishan and Jiangwei, were fought.
It all happened here
Tianshui, how many surprises are still hidden?
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The city of Tianshui is somewhat different from Gansu in people’s impression.
I thought it was a "sunset over a long river", but it was actually a "green age". Thought it was a "camel bell in the desert", but it was actually "on the water side".
The water of the Western Han Dynasty in the Yangtze River basin comes from north to south; Weihe River, a tributary of the Yellow River, came from west to east. Before the "handshake" was completed, a city called Tianshui was born. Therefore, Tianshui is not only drought-free, but also full of green mountains and vegetation, with green springs and blue lakes.
The advantaged environment made Tianshui rapidly develop farming civilization and participated in human childhood early.
According to Gansu Daily, the Dadiwan site in Qin ‘an County, Tianshui is one of the most important Neolithic sites in northwest China. The earliest painted pottery culture in China and even in the world was unearthed here, and the first batch of grain varieties in China-millet was planted and produced.
△ Painted pottery bottle with head-shaped mouth unearthed in Dadiwan
Legend has it that Fuxi, the "ancestor of humanity", was born in Tianshui, so Tianshui has the reputation of "hometown of Emperor Xihe". Today, there is a Fuxi Temple in Xiguan, Tianshui City. As the most intact temple dedicated to Fuxi in the Ming Dynasty in China, generations of Chinese people at home and abroad have come here to find their roots and remember Fuxi.
△ On February 7, Tianshui, Gansu Province ushered in the snow in early 2024. The picture shows Fuxi Temple in the snow.
At the end of Shang Dynasty and the beginning of Zhou Dynasty, Qin people came to Xiqiao. Since Zhou Xiaowang, the Qin people have been herding horses for the Zhou Emperor, and their leader Fei Zi was the most famous horse trainer at that time. Because there is a good way to raise horses, Zhou Tianzi gave Fei Zi the land named Qin Di in the west of Weishui and Tianshui. In 688 BC, the Qin people set up Yun County and Ji County in Tianshui, which are the two earliest county-level administrative settings in the history of China.
△ Qingshui County, Tianshui City, was called "Shangtuo" in ancient times and has a history of more than 2,700 years.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Tianshui became the main battlefield and the forefront of the Shu-Han War. The culture of the Three Kingdoms is a heavy page in Tianshui’s history, and it is also the place where Tianshui’s history is very famous.
△ Zhuge Liang’s "Tearing Ma Su" Street Pavilion Ancient Battlefield
In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang’s "six trips out of Qishan" for the recovery of the Central Plains, the loss of a street pavilion, the collection of Jiang Wei, and the shooting of Zhang He by wooden doors all happened here, and the town of Qin ‘anlong was the street pavilion that led Zhuge Liang to "cut Ma Su with tears" in that year.
△ "Old General, do you know Tianshui Jiang Boyue?"
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Since Wei and Jin Dynasties, with the spread of Buddhism to the east, many cave temples have gradually formed in Tianshui. Among them, Maijishan Grottoes, as one of the four largest grottoes in China, are famous for their exquisite clay sculpture art at home and abroad.
△ Maijishan Grottoes
There are 221 caves in Maijishan Grottoes, 3,938 sculptures of all kinds and more than 1,000 square meters of murals. Buddhist statues are simple in shape, and show more knowing smiles, showing the unique oriental beauty everywhere.
Also in Tianshui, Gangu County is like a mountain, with huge and solemn Buddha statues rising from the ground; Lashao Temple in Wushan County, the giant cliff carved Buddha statue has existed for thousands of years.
△ Lashao Temple open-air cliff statue
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For Tianshui people, a bowl of croak can also tell a vivid and moving story.
Quack is the "standard" for breakfast in Tianshui. After the hulled buckwheat is soaked in water, the starch is filtered out from the stone mill pulp, and then it is slowly cooked in a pot with low fire and stirred into a gelatinous state. After cooling, crush the dough with your hands and it will become a quack. Shops that sell croak generally sell croak, which is different from croak. Most of the raw materials of croak are potato starch, and the taste is more elastic.
Quack-quack and Ran-ran have no taste in themselves, and they all depend on toppings. Mix with vinegar, garlic juice and other spices, and then take a spoonful of the soul of northwest cuisine-oily spicy seeds. Eating them is spicy and soft in the import, just like the northwest people who seem to be strong in appearance, and there is always a little tenderness in their hearts.
At the same time, two mother rivers are favored. Tianshui has both the exquisiteness of the south and the boldness of the north, which breeds a unique flavor of food that is "compatible with the north and the south". Tianshui people also have a personality that westerners and southerners blend together-both the rudeness of the northerners and the grace of the southerners.
Tianshui has accumulated too much historical emotion and cultural spirit. The Tianshui people who grew up here are born simple and indifferent, and never "draw on wealth" and will never stop on the road of forging ahead.
Nowadays, Tianshui, a pleasant climate and rich products, is showing great vitality and continuous development vitality.
With a bowl of mala Tang, Tianshui succeeded in making a circle.
Hotter than hot spicy dip.
It is the enthusiasm of this city.
The experience of "pet powder" accumulated by previous cities
Tianshui studied hard and did it in place.
Full of sincerity
△ Tianshui, Gansu, tourists take the "Mala Tang Special Line" to taste the food.
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Tianshui will be in Fengyun Square, the ancient city of Tianshui
Hold Tianshui Mala Tang "Eating Food Festival"
Invite netizens to eat delicious food and see beautiful scenery.
Let every visitor who is attracted by the fragrance
Come on the spur of the moment, enjoy yourself and return home.
Everyone in Tianshui is using the most sincere enthusiasm.
Welcome your arrival.
Go ~
Let’s go to Tianshui to punch in!
Producer Li Zhe
Producer Ma Wenjia
Written by Yang Huijun
Proofreading Gao Shaozhuo
The source of the material in the text is the authentic scenery. Tianshui released Tianshui’s media tour. Xiaohongshu vision china, Tianshui Culture and Tourism Bureau, Gansu Province