Firewood, Rice, Oil and Salt. (柴米油鹽)
The Song Dynasty in China is divided into
two periods by historians.
The first stage was the Northern Song
Dynasty (960-1127 AD).
The second stage was the Southern Song
Dynasty (AD-1127 to AD 1279).
In 1129 AD, the Southern Song Dynasty moved
the capital to the city (Lin'an), which is the current Hangzhou City of
Zhejiang Province.
After the fall of the Southern Song
Dynasty, a scholar named (Wu Zimu) wrote a book.
This book records many customs in Lin'an
City before the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty, and also depicts the urban
landscape at that time and the daily life of people of various identities
living in the city.
A passage in this book describes it as follows.
Hangzhou is a large city, and there are
many people living in the city.
This city has a feature that other cities
don't have, that is, there are many shops that make and sell dried fish
everywhere.
I don't know how many shops there are in
total selling dried fish, but I guess there are about 200.
These shops will not be opened in very
lively commercial areas, but will be opened near residential areas.
There are also some merchants who will
carry a bamboo basket with dried fish and shuttle in the alley to sell.
In addition, some merchants will set up
street stalls to sell dried fish.
There is a saying that there are seven
things everyone uses every day.
Firewood, rice, oil ,salt, sauces,vinegar
and tea.
I think people living in the city of
Hangzhou should have eight items that they use every day. The eighth item is
dried fish. .
Hangzhou has a variety of dried fish made
from seafood, which is an important ingredient that both rich and poor people
will definitely use in their daily cooking.
This idiom is used to describe all the
necessities of life.
Dear friends, what are your feelings or
thoughts after listening to this story?
Are there any special ingredients or foods
in the city where you live? What kind of food taste from your hometown do you
miss the most?
I hope this story will give you something
new to gain.
柴米油鹽(Firewood, Rice, Oil and Salt.)
中國的宋王朝被歷史學家分為兩個時期。
第一個階段是北宋王朝(西元960-西元1127年)。
第二個階段是南宋王朝(西元-1127年到西元1279年)。
西元1129年，南宋王朝把首都遷到(臨安)這座城市，這座城市就是目前的浙江省的杭州市。
南宋王朝滅亡之後，有一個名字叫做(吳自牧)的學者寫了一本書。
這本書中紀錄了南宋王朝滅亡前，臨安城中的許多風俗、也描繪了當時的城市景觀與居住在這座城市中的各種身分地位的人們的日常生活。
這本書中有一段描述如下。
杭州這座城市的面積很大，住在這座城市內的人也非常多。
這座城市中有一個別的城市沒有的特色，就是在到處都有許多製作魚乾與販售魚乾的店鋪。
我不知道到底總共有幾間販售魚乾的店舖，但我推測應該大約200間。
這些店鋪不會開在很熱鬧的商業區，而是會開在住宅區附近。
還有一些商人會挑著裝個魚乾的竹籃、穿梭在小巷內叫賣。
另外還有一些商人會擺地攤販售魚乾。
有一句俗話，每個人每天都會使用到的七件物品。
木柴和米和油和鹽和醬料和醋和茶。
我認為生活在杭州這座城市中的人們，每天都會使用的應該有八件物品。這第八件物品就是魚乾。。
杭州有著各種海鮮製成的魚乾，杭州人在每天的料理中，這是一項不論富人或是窮人都一定會使用到的重要食材。
這句成語被用來形容所有生活中的必需用品。
親愛的朋友，你聽完這個故事有怎樣的感受或有怎樣的想法呢。
你住的城市中有沒有那些很特殊的食材或是食物呢?你的故鄉的那一種食物的味道，是你最懷念的呢?
我希望這故事能讓你產生一些新的收穫。
出處宋-吳自牧-夢梁錄-卷17-鮝鋪
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