After the Republic of China, the "eight delicacies" in the catering industry varied from place to place, and there were more varieties, divided into "upper, middle and lower three delicacies".
Beijing:
Beijing’s eight delicacies: orangutan lips (dried products of moose heads), bird’s nests, camel humps, bear paws, hericium (bacteria), leopard fetuses, deer sinews, Toad;
The eight delicacies in Beijing: shark's fin, tripe (the tripe of the tripe produced in Hong Kong), fish bones, arowana intestine, black ginseng, anchovy, abalone, and scallops;
Beijing’s eight delicacies: Sichuan bamboo shoots, mullet eggs (mullet roe), white fungus, mushrooms, hericium (bacteria), skirt, fish lip, civet;
Yantai:
Eight delicacies of Yantai: orangutan lip, bird's nest, camel hump, bear paw, hericium (bacteria), duck breast (wild duck breast meat), deer tendon, yellow lip gum;
< p>The eight middle delicacies of Yantai: shark's fin, tripe, anchovy, white fungus, civet cat, toad, fish lip, skirt;The eight lower delicacies of Yantai: Sichuan bamboo shoots, sea cucumber, asparagus , mushrooms, mullet eggs, red scale fish, scallops, oyster yellow.
Today, many of the former Eight Treasures are now protected animals and are prohibited from being hunted and eaten by international laws, such as bears, monkeys, elephants, deer, orangutans, leopards, rhinoceros, swans, owls, wild animals, etc. Camels, seals, giant salamanders, etc. Nowadays, these animals naturally cannot be included in the Eight Treasures.
Bazhen originally refers to eight kinds of precious foods, and later refers to eight kinds of rare and precious cooking ingredients. Its specific meaning varies with time and region. The earliest mention of the eight delicacies was found in "Zhou Li Tianguan Zhongzai": "Food medicine, Zhang He Wang's six foods, six drinks, six meals, one hundred delicacies, one hundred sauces, and eight delicacies are the same." It should be said that "the eight delicacies are the same in all dynasties of China." The contents of "Eight Treasures" vary. "The Rites of Zhou·Tianguan·Shan Fu" states: "Every king's gift should be eaten with six grains and six pure drinks. If you are ashamed, use a hundred and twenty items, and if you are precious, use eight things." This is the pioneer work of the Eight Treasures Banquet in later generations. ?
Eight treasures of the Qing Dynasty. According to reports, one of them is the "Eight Delicacies of Ginseng's Wings", half of which are seafood. Finger (sea cucumber), fin (shark fin), bone (fish bone, also known as fish crisp), tripe (fish maw), nest (bird's nest), palm (bear paw), tendon (deer tendon), toad (toad) ).
The second is the "eight treasures of mountains and rivers",
The eight treasures of mountains and rivers: bear paw, deer antlers, rhinoceros nose (or elephant trunk, elephant trunk), camel hump, civet cat, leopard fetus , lion breast, monkey head.
The eight delicacies of the water: shark fin, abalone, fish lips, sea cucumber, skirt (the skirt-shaped soft meat around the shell of the turtle), scallops, fish crisps, and toads.
The third is the "Four Eight Treasures" of the Manchu-Han banquet.
"The Eight Treasures of the Mountain": camel hump, bear paw, monkey head, orangutan lip, elephant trunk (elephant trunk), leopard fetus, rhinoceros tail, deer sinew;
"Hai Ba Zhen" "Treasures": bird's nest, shark's fin, black ginseng, fish maw, fish bones, abalone, seal, pike (salam fish);
"Eight Birds delicacies": red swallow, flying dragon (produced in the mountains and forests of Northeast China) A kind of bird called hazel grouse), quail, goose, partridge, painted sparrow (possibly a peacock), turtle dove, red-headed eagle;
"Grass Eight Treasures": Hericium (bacteria), Tremella fungus, bamboo fungus (bamboo fungus), donkey nest mushroom, morel, flower mushroom, day lily, cloud scented mushroom (a kind of mushroom).
According to the old Nanhuo old man’s saying: “Eight kinds of seafood” and “Eight treasures of animals”.
Eight kinds of seafood: shark fin, sea cucumber, fish maw, mussels (dried mussel meat, mussels), scallops (dried scallop meat), fish lips (fish skin), abalone, squid;
Eight treasures of animals: bear paws, elephant trunks, humps, orangutan lips, deer tails, monkey heads, leopard fetuses, and bird's nests.
He Yun’s Eight Treasures. During the Guangxu period, Hongyun, a native of Wuwu Mountain, wrote the "Eight Delicacies List of Food": bear paw, deer tail, car ao, shark's fin, crab, scallops, orchid mushrooms (straw mushrooms), spotted fish.
It can be seen from the above groups of "Eight Treasures" that there is no fixed pattern for the so-called "Eight Treasures". Anything that is subjectively considered precious can be classified as a "Treasure", and the varieties of designs and colors are becoming more and more popular. many.
Reference material: "Zhou Li·Tianguan Zhongzai"